West Coast Chronicles

[Texagonian]

So beautiful! I am praying for a female from these blunt force trauma's that I popped! I need these in my life I think I am 6/6 males so far, so I'm definitely overdue... of course, I got lucky and both my schwaggy plants were female, so now I'm worried I have used up all my luck

Sending some of the estrogen from my life. I’m the only guy in the house. Wife and 4 daughters plus my pit is a girl too. Sending the power of the V your way my man. I got plenty around here

 

[spyralout]

 

[Texagonian]

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Fuck yeah man! Good stuff

 

[Texagonian]

Alright @Phylex . Quick update and some progress in the sexing department. Here’s a group. Top left tote are two blunt force trauma one of which is confirmed lady and oh so fine. Bottom left is citrol sledgehammer and one is 99%male the other looks like a she. Top right are two Black abyss and still not sure male or female and bottom left is ground pounder still not showing. All happy and healthy with zero issues.

 

[Phylex]

Day 46: Quick Photo op for a few of the girls.

Astro Black (Blackjack x Hyper Alien)




Celestial Ghost (Ghost Train Haze #1 x Hyper Alien)





Galactic Funk (Tangie x Hyper Alien)



Terpenado Mystery: With the Sweet Lemon nose, she's most likely [Terpenado x (Goji OG x Sunshine Daydream)]

 

[Phylex]

Hydro vs. Soil

Being a "soil guy" myself, I finally decided to try hydro after succumbing to peer pressure. Here's an updated comparison and my personal thoughts.

Test Subjects:
God O War and Moontang Mystery. All seeds were soaked and started all together.

Time:
Soil - The majority of seedlings were planted into soil 27 days ago. A few were planted into soil 23 days ago because I chose last minute not to put so many into the F&D totes.
Hydro - The seedlings were placed into the F&D totes 23 days ago.

Overall plant growth:
While plants do in fact grow quicker in hydro, it's not nearly as much as I had envisioned prior to testing them side by side for myself. Granted this wasn't a planned testing by eliminating the controlled variables such as start times, it's close enough for me to start formulating my own personal opinions.

Height:
While the plants grow taller in hydro, it's not nearly as noticeable when comparing it to soil at first glance. However after measuring, the tallest plant in hydro is 19.5" and the tallest in soil is 14". The shortest plant in hydro is 12" compared to 9" for the soil shorty.

Stalks:
One of the most notable differences are stalk girth. The stalks in hydro are vastly more robust.

Leaves:
Another very notable difference is the overall size of the fan leaves. The fan leaves in hydro sit around 8.25-8.5" while soil averages 5.5". Think of a soil fan leaf as sitting in your palm while the hydro fan leaf covers your palm.

Lateral branching:
While lateral branching was present across the test subjects, they're definitely more developed in hydro at this stage in the game.

Early determinations:
I really do like hydro so far. I do like being able to monitor and micro manage the grow. It satisfies my OCD and having a reservoir vs. watering every day or two is a huge perk. However it is rather expensive for me based on how I would want to run things. For example, I'd personally want a Bluelab Guardian dedicated for each reservoir. That alone will get costly if I choose to do a full changeover. I've considered different hydro systems and set-ups and at the cost of additional equipment, I'm not convinced just yet that a full changeover to hydro is worth the gains. Granted I'm still in veg. Flower and or harvest may sway my opinion, but at this juncture I don't foresee it.

Early conclusion:
Regardless of harvest, hydro will remain in my garden to some capacity. I'll keep the 2x4 set up with the F&D totes and I'll dedicate a space in the flower tent for hydro. I'm strongly considering a Flora Flex style set up for the other half of the flower tent after seeing it described in @Heisenbeans video. The Flora Flex style system seems like a soil/hydro hybrid. I like that it uses a reservoir, automated watering, drain table and recirculated water. Anything that saves time without consequence is a huge perk for me personally. I'll continue to keep the veg rack dedicated to soil, and I can transfer them to the flora flex system when they're ready for flower if I end up going that route.

Hydro: Day 23


God O War


Moontang Mystery



Soil: Day 23-27 respectively

 

[spyralout]

Hydro vs. Soil

Being a "soil guy" myself, I finally decided to try hydro after succumbing to peer pressure. Here's an updated comparison and my personal thoughts.

Test Subjects:
God O War and Moontang Mystery. All seeds were soaked and started all together.

Time:
Soil - The majority of seedlings were planted into soil 27 days ago. A few were planted into soil 23 days ago because I chose last minute not to put so many into the F&D totes.
Hydro - The seedlings were placed into the F&D totes 23 days ago.

Overall plant growth:
While plants do in fact grow quicker in hydro, it's not nearly as much as I had envisioned prior to testing them side by side for myself. Granted this wasn't a planned testing by eliminating the controlled variables such as start times, it's close enough for me to start formulating my own personal opinions.

Height:
While the plants grow taller in hydro, it's not nearly as noticeable when comparing it to soil at first glance. However after measuring, the tallest plant in hydro is 19.5" and the tallest in soil is 14". The shortest plant in hydro is 12" compared to 9" for the soil shorty.

Stalks:
One of the most notable differences are stalk girth. The stalks in hydro are vastly more robust.

Leaves:
Another very notable difference is the overall size of the fan leaves. The fan leaves in hydro sit around 8.25-8.5" while soil averages 5.5". Think of a soil fan leaf as sitting in your palm while the hydro fan leaf covers your palm.

Lateral branching:
While lateral branching was present across the test subjects, they're definitely more developed in hydro at this stage in the game.

Early determinations:
I really do like hydro so far. I do like being able to monitor and micro manage the grow. It satisfies my OCD and having a reservoir vs. watering every day or two is a huge perk. However it is rather expensive for me based on how I would want to run things. For example, I'd personally want a Bluelab Guardian dedicated for each reservoir. That alone will get costly if I choose to do a full changeover. I've considered different hydro systems and set-ups and at the cost of additional equipment, I'm not convinced just yet that a full changeover to hydro is worth the gains. Granted I'm still in veg. Flower and or harvest may sway my opinion, but at this juncture I don't foresee it.

Early conclusion:
Regardless of harvest, hydro will remain in my garden to some capacity. I'll keep the 2x4 set up with the F&D totes and I'll dedicate a space in the flower tent for hydro. I'm strongly considering a Flora Flex style set up for the other half of the flower tent after seeing it described in @Heisenbeans video. The Flora Flex style system seems like a soil/hydro hybrid. I like that it uses a reservoir, automated watering, drain table and recirculated water. Anything that saves time without consequence is a huge perk for me personally. I'll continue to keep the veg rack dedicated to soil, and I can transfer them to the flora flex system when they're ready for flower if I end up going that route.

Hydro: Day 23
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God O War
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Moontang Mystery
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Soil: Day 23-27 respectively
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Excellent observations and subsequent report. The flora flex is most definitely intriguing. Glad you're digging the totes, they have been a great addition to the arsenal, at least for us.

 

[SoLowDoughLow]

Hydro vs. Soil

Being a "soil guy" myself, I finally decided to try hydro after succumbing to peer pressure. Here's an updated comparison and my personal thoughts.

Test Subjects:
God O War and Moontang Mystery. All seeds were soaked and started all together.

Time:
Soil - The majority of seedlings were planted into soil 27 days ago. A few were planted into soil 23 days ago because I chose last minute not to put so many into the F&D totes.
Hydro - The seedlings were placed into the F&D totes 23 days ago.

Overall plant growth:
While plants do in fact grow quicker in hydro, it's not nearly as much as I had envisioned prior to testing them side by side for myself. Granted this wasn't a planned testing by eliminating the controlled variables such as start times, it's close enough for me to start formulating my own personal opinions.

Height:
While the plants grow taller in hydro, it's not nearly as noticeable when comparing it to soil at first glance. However after measuring, the tallest plant in hydro is 19.5" and the tallest in soil is 14". The shortest plant in hydro is 12" compared to 9" for the soil shorty.

Stalks:
One of the most notable differences are stalk girth. The stalks in hydro are vastly more robust.

Leaves:
Another very notable difference is the overall size of the fan leaves. The fan leaves in hydro sit around 8.25-8.5" while soil averages 5.5". Think of a soil fan leaf as sitting in your palm while the hydro fan leaf covers your palm.

Lateral branching:
While lateral branching was present across the test subjects, they're definitely more developed in hydro at this stage in the game.

Early determinations:
I really do like hydro so far. I do like being able to monitor and micro manage the grow. It satisfies my OCD and having a reservoir vs. watering every day or two is a huge perk. However it is rather expensive for me based on how I would want to run things. For example, I'd personally want a Bluelab Guardian dedicated for each reservoir. That alone will get costly if I choose to do a full changeover. I've considered different hydro systems and set-ups and at the cost of additional equipment, I'm not convinced just yet that a full changeover to hydro is worth the gains. Granted I'm still in veg. Flower and or harvest may sway my opinion, but at this juncture I don't foresee it.

Early conclusion:
Regardless of harvest, hydro will remain in my garden to some capacity. I'll keep the 2x4 set up with the F&D totes and I'll dedicate a space in the flower tent for hydro. I'm strongly considering a Flora Flex style set up for the other half of the flower tent after seeing it described in @Heisenbeans video. The Flora Flex style system seems like a soil/hydro hybrid. I like that it uses a reservoir, automated watering, drain table and recirculated water. Anything that saves time without consequence is a huge perk for me personally. I'll continue to keep the veg rack dedicated to soil, and I can transfer them to the flora flex system when they're ready for flower if I end up going that route.

Hydro: Day 23
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God O War
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Moontang Mystery
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Soil: Day 23-27 respectively
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Interesting observations... when I first started hydro, I wasn't as impressed with the growth rate as I thought I would be, but the better I became and the longer I did it, the more impressed I was. I grew in soil in 5 gallon fabric pots, and I easily double my yield on average, growing in 5 gallon dwc, in the same amount of time. Cuz the plant not only grows faster, but the buds swell up bigger too. But I suck at soil too

I'm interested in floraflex too, and bought the system with some 6 inch rock wool cubes a couple weeks ago. I just gotta get off my lazy ass and set it up lol

Looking good tho!

 

[Phylex]

Glad you're digging the totes, they have been a great addition to the arsenal, at least for us.

I definitely am. I always like trying new things to see what fits and for the personal experience of it.

when I first started hydro, I wasn't as impressed with the growth rate as I thought I would be, but the better I became and the longer I did it, the more impressed I was. I grew in soil in 5 gallon fabric pots, and I easily double my yield on average, growing in 5 gallon dwc, in the same amount of time. Cuz the plant not only grows faster, but the buds swell up bigger too.

Absolutely. Flower and harvest may change my mind. Especially if there's a significant difference in quality. I'm more so less concerned with yield.

I'm interested in floraflex too

I always wanted to automate my soil grows. I just never got around to sitting down and putting much thought into it. After watching the video and seeing there's already a system that takes the the guess work out of it is right up my alley. Definitely something for me to strongly consider.

 

[Phylex]

Update: Day 47

Astro Black and Pandemic are the phenomenally sweet stinkers of this bunch. They're the ones you just can't stop going back to take another whiff of. Blackjack passed along it's almost black like fade in Astro Black, while my deeply rich purple Gelat.OG passed along some nice purpling in the Pandemic.

Astro Black

 

[Phylex]

Pandemic

 

[Phylex]

Update: Day 47 (continued)

Galactic Funk
Two different chemotypes/phenotypes pictured. One is an earlier finisher and should be done within the week. I'm anticipating the other to finish up around 65 days as usual. The trichomes on the late finisher have this sheen that give it a gray, or silver hue looking coat from a distance. It's kind of a trip when looking down on the tent. It's purpling is blotchy but I would suspect it fills out more as it matures. The Tangie used expressed a deeper purple fade toward the end of its life cycle.

 

[Phylex]

Update: Day 47 (continued)

Terpenado Mystery while disappointing at first with overall flower size, it's finally starting to pack on a little weight to lessen that blow. It did however have a ton of flower sites and excellent structure. The flowers themselves have just remained somewhat small for what I'm used to growing. With that said, there's just something about its color combination and hue that really makes it a very sexy looking flower. I'm excited to see it dried and trimmed.

Terpenado Mystery

 

[Phylex]

Update: Day 47 (continued)

Hyper Dragon - Hyper Dragon is so strange looking, with mutant like qualities, (was actually a mutant), but frosty AF. It's definitely one of the earlier finishers. Its unique mutant looking self is actually very cool. Some of its unique traits would make for finding the real deal, or leaners easy to spot. I actually want to play with it on a non release basis at first to see how its offspring produce. With all of its uniqueness, I'd like to see if I can create something funky with it. I'm hoping for some fire that looks absolutely off the wall while it's growing. It's central stem is a beast, but it's a single cola stacker. I'd really like to improve the structure and smell with the progeny. It doesn't have a very definitive smell. The nose is very light. The flower structure is crown like and this one should be fun to play with. I have a few candidates in mind that might shake some things up. Her fade is absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Phylex]

Hyper Dragon (continued)

 

[Phylex]

Update: Day 47

Space Invasion is another earlier finisher looking to finish up within the week. She has a pretty decent overall structure and her flower structure is gorgeous. She's a pretty girl with nicely pronounced trichome coverage.

Space Invasion

 

[Phylex]

Space Invasion (continued)

 

[Capt C]

Alright @Phylex . Quick update and some progress in the sexing department. Here’s a group. Top left tote are two blunt force trauma one of which is confirmed lady and oh so fine. Bottom left is citrol sledgehammer and one is 99%male the other looks like a she. Top right are two Black abyss and still not sure male or female and bottom left is ground pounder still not showing. All happy and healthy with zero issues.View attachment 36305View attachment 36306View attachment 36307View attachment 36308View attachment 36309View attachment 36310

Nice work there Tex! Happy belated Birthday.

 

[Capt C]

Hydro vs. Soil

Being a "soil guy" myself, I finally decided to try hydro after succumbing to peer pressure. Here's an updated comparison and my personal thoughts.

Test Subjects:
God O War and Moontang Mystery. All seeds were soaked and started all together.

Time:
Soil - The majority of seedlings were planted into soil 27 days ago. A few were planted into soil 23 days ago because I chose last minute not to put so many into the F&D totes.
Hydro - The seedlings were placed into the F&D totes 23 days ago.

Overall plant growth:
While plants do in fact grow quicker in hydro, it's not nearly as much as I had envisioned prior to testing them side by side for myself. Granted this wasn't a planned testing by eliminating the controlled variables such as start times, it's close enough for me to start formulating my own personal opinions.

Height:
While the plants grow taller in hydro, it's not nearly as noticeable when comparing it to soil at first glance. However after measuring, the tallest plant in hydro is 19.5" and the tallest in soil is 14". The shortest plant in hydro is 12" compared to 9" for the soil shorty.

Stalks:
One of the most notable differences are stalk girth. The stalks in hydro are vastly more robust.

Leaves:
Another very notable difference is the overall size of the fan leaves. The fan leaves in hydro sit around 8.25-8.5" while soil averages 5.5". Think of a soil fan leaf as sitting in your palm while the hydro fan leaf covers your palm.

Lateral branching:
While lateral branching was present across the test subjects, they're definitely more developed in hydro at this stage in the game.

Early determinations:
I really do like hydro so far. I do like being able to monitor and micro manage the grow. It satisfies my OCD and having a reservoir vs. watering every day or two is a huge perk. However it is rather expensive for me based on how I would want to run things. For example, I'd personally want a Bluelab Guardian dedicated for each reservoir. That alone will get costly if I choose to do a full changeover. I've considered different hydro systems and set-ups and at the cost of additional equipment, I'm not convinced just yet that a full changeover to hydro is worth the gains. Granted I'm still in veg. Flower and or harvest may sway my opinion, but at this juncture I don't foresee it.

Early conclusion:
Regardless of harvest, hydro will remain in my garden to some capacity. I'll keep the 2x4 set up with the F&D totes and I'll dedicate a space in the flower tent for hydro. I'm strongly considering a Flora Flex style set up for the other half of the flower tent after seeing it described in @Heisenbeans video. The Flora Flex style system seems like a soil/hydro hybrid. I like that it uses a reservoir, automated watering, drain table and recirculated water. Anything that saves time without consequence is a huge perk for me personally. I'll continue to keep the veg rack dedicated to soil, and I can transfer them to the flora flex system when they're ready for flower if I end up going that route.

Hydro: Day 23
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God O War
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Moontang Mystery
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Soil: Day 23-27 respectively
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Wow good stuff there on the comparisons. I am most interested in your thoughts and others on the taste difference between the two methods. I feel like i could get somewhat close to hydro results in coco if i could figure a way to keep the fungus gnats at bay.lol

 

[Phylex]

Wow good stuff there on the comparisons. I am most interested in your thoughts and others on the taste difference between the two methods. I feel like i could get somewhat close to hydro results in coco if i could figure a way to keep the fungus gnats at bay.lol

That’s one thing I’m curious about as well.