Hello everyone!
My name is Al (or Bog/Bogleg). I am a hobby grower in MA. I started growing when they legalized recreational cannabis in my state.
Right now, I am growing in a combined 40 square feet using a variety of methods.
First, I maintain a 4x4 “veg” tent for housing moms. This tent is lit by QB-like PCBs (four of them at 60w each) in a 4k spectrum. I keep moms in cloth pots with a coco/perlite mix (70/30ish).
In addition to that, I maintain a pair of 2x2 spaces (one an actual grow tent, one manufactured from an old soft-sided dog crate). I use the 2x2 grow tent for a breeding tent, and the dog crate for a seedling/cloning enclosure. I run a DIY 17-spot cloner under a 125w CFL (6500K spectrum).
And lastly, I am running a 4x4 tent for flowering with a 3x3 ebb and flow tray and 40 gallon reservoir. My flower tent is lit by DIY COB rails using Citizens CLU048-1212 COBs, five per rail, running at 40w each for a total of 600w in a 90cri 3k spectrum.
The grow above was harvested last week. I’ve only been doing ebb and flow for two grows now - prior to that it was all DWC indoors. I do grow outside as well, but I don’t factor the outdoor plants into my growing schedule. I just do it outside for a little more fun. I guess kind of like having sex outside.
Right now I am through a first generation pheno hunting exercise on seeds from an Alien Fruit Cake (Northcoast Genetix) x Cinderella 99 (Brothers Grimm) cross (I’m calling it “Dejah” for convenience). This last grow I started with 14 plants from seed. After culling males and a couple of weaker looking plants, I ended up flowering out 7 plants. I selected three of them and bred them with a “Dejah” male from the same seed batch - those plants are nearly done so I should be collecting seeds from them soon.
In the mean time, I have taken a bunch of clones from one of those same “Dejah” moms and have them in the cloner now. Assuming the cloning goes as planned, I should be starting up another flower run here in a couple of weeks with 16 plants in the 4x4. I made a cheapo lid for my tray and hung 16 4" net pots off of it in hydroton.
Up until the conclusion of this past grow, I had been using GH Flora nutes in a Lucas Formula schedule with calmag and silica supplements. I normally add a PK booster after the transition period in flower. I just recently switched to Jacks 3-2-1 (JR Peters) and have been feeding my moms now for a week with the Jacks 3-2-1 schedule.
In addition to the growing, I also own a Source Turbo for QWET and a 10 ton press with 4x7 heated plates for solventless extraction. I have been on a quest to make my own e-juice for the past couple of years and am finally getting close to something I like.
Future plans for me include a basement build out (all my tents are in my unfinished basement) for a more controlled environment/grow space.
I currently work in the software industry as a pre-sales consultant, but like most hobby growers, I suppose, have a dream to somehow transition into the cannabis industry - ideally as an extractor and maker of concentrates.
Happy to be here!