After two unusual seasons in which I started this hobby, I think I've found my sweet spot, and started my seedlings two weeks ago.
One of the biggest lessons for me was to scale down my number of plants. Two years ago, my bro-in-law and I started out with ~100 plants split between our houses, which was too many for a noob. There was simply too much work to do, and it meant that we sometimes let things slip on timing, and it caused issues.
Last season, I had some health issues, and didn't get my seedlings started until late Feb. I had decided to try out hydro, and received an Emily's Garden for Xmas. So, in addition to scaling back the number of plants, I also did 6 hydro plants in a homemade DWC setup. Unfortunately, something happened to 75% of the non-hydro plants, so I scrapped all the rest and just went with the hydro. I had a decent season for the late start, with a lot of lessons learned to apply this year.
So, for this year, I'm specifically targeting a total of 14 plants, 6 hydro, the rest potted. I'm germinating in rockwool, even for the potted plants, and put in three seeds per cube to make sure that all the cubes were usable, with the intention to cull any multiples with the strongest looking seedling. After two weeks, only four cubes have yet to germinate.
Here's what I'm growing this year, two plants apiece:
Billyboy Douglah
Brain Strain
Red Savina
Butch T Scorpion
Yellow Brain Strain
Bhut Jolokia
Yellow Bhut Jolokia
One of the biggest lessons for me was to scale down my number of plants. Two years ago, my bro-in-law and I started out with ~100 plants split between our houses, which was too many for a noob. There was simply too much work to do, and it meant that we sometimes let things slip on timing, and it caused issues.
Last season, I had some health issues, and didn't get my seedlings started until late Feb. I had decided to try out hydro, and received an Emily's Garden for Xmas. So, in addition to scaling back the number of plants, I also did 6 hydro plants in a homemade DWC setup. Unfortunately, something happened to 75% of the non-hydro plants, so I scrapped all the rest and just went with the hydro. I had a decent season for the late start, with a lot of lessons learned to apply this year.
So, for this year, I'm specifically targeting a total of 14 plants, 6 hydro, the rest potted. I'm germinating in rockwool, even for the potted plants, and put in three seeds per cube to make sure that all the cubes were usable, with the intention to cull any multiples with the strongest looking seedling. After two weeks, only four cubes have yet to germinate.
Here's what I'm growing this year, two plants apiece:
Billyboy Douglah
Brain Strain
Red Savina
Butch T Scorpion
Yellow Brain Strain
Bhut Jolokia
Yellow Bhut Jolokia
