Post by shelilla on Apr 30, 2017 15:00:26 GMT -5
Finally, after days of planning, buying, and waiting....here it is! My new seed setup! I researched my eyes out to get it all together 
The light is a 54 W, 4100 K T5-HO fluorescent bulb (this one: www.rona.ca/en/fluorescent-03175318--1). It's set on a 16-hour timer.
The fixture was actually harder to find than the bulb lol, thank goodness for Sunblaster having so many sizes of T5 fixtures and all 54 W. It's this one: www.buyagreenhouse.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&products_id=492&osCsid=1a9d80e69c7a327524e9e8147877a03c
And the soil I probably put more effort in than anything else. The sand was like almost impossible to buy! It was sold at only one place in Calgary, only open on weekdays, and closed at 5 (I normally get home from school at 4:30 and the rest of my family normally isn't even home yet). My dad left work early three days in a row to try and get this damn sand, and every time it was closed. >
(But in the end we got it and I was very happy)
The sand is pure silica sand (this one: www.targetproducts.com/UserContent/SpecSheets/lmsilsnd.pdf), grade #16 since #12 wasn't available and I washed it using the growsundews.com method.
The peat moss was the one thing I didn't take part in; my dad unexpectedly already had exactly what I was looking for, pure Canadian Sphagnum peat with no fertilizer or additives, I think the brand was Sunshine. I rinsed this too and picked out a lot of annoying sticks and things.
After that we mixed it in a 1:1 ratio (using plastic plant pots as measuring lol) and mixed it all together. After that, I put the soil in two of these sets: www.buyagreenhouse.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=123&products_id=337&osCsid=1a9d80e69c7a327524e9e8147877a03c (without the mat) and filled up the bottom trays with distilled water.
Amazingly enough, the seeds I ordered from two different people arrived two days in a row, so double the excitement! I've planted them in and just can't wait to see them grow. Here is my new grow list:
(Seeds from the generous and awesome www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/shadowtski-u13377.html)
D. finlaysoniana
D. burmanni
D. sessilifolia
D. tokaiensis
50 mixed cultivar VFT seeds (I really can't wait to see how these ones will turn out, since they were taken from different cultivars pollinating in the same area, so who knows? :3) These ones: www.ebay.ca/itm/201683625297?redirect=mobile
And some seeds I salvaged from my last batch that didn't grow- N. ((Viking x Raff) x North) x (Thor x veif)- a hybrid of hybrids of hybrids! XD
Now- what do you think? Could my setup get any better than this? :3
The light is a 54 W, 4100 K T5-HO fluorescent bulb (this one: www.rona.ca/en/fluorescent-03175318--1). It's set on a 16-hour timer.
The fixture was actually harder to find than the bulb lol, thank goodness for Sunblaster having so many sizes of T5 fixtures and all 54 W. It's this one: www.buyagreenhouse.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&products_id=492&osCsid=1a9d80e69c7a327524e9e8147877a03c
And the soil I probably put more effort in than anything else. The sand was like almost impossible to buy! It was sold at only one place in Calgary, only open on weekdays, and closed at 5 (I normally get home from school at 4:30 and the rest of my family normally isn't even home yet). My dad left work early three days in a row to try and get this damn sand, and every time it was closed. >
(But in the end we got it and I was very happy) The sand is pure silica sand (this one: www.targetproducts.com/UserContent/SpecSheets/lmsilsnd.pdf), grade #16 since #12 wasn't available and I washed it using the growsundews.com method.
The peat moss was the one thing I didn't take part in; my dad unexpectedly already had exactly what I was looking for, pure Canadian Sphagnum peat with no fertilizer or additives, I think the brand was Sunshine. I rinsed this too and picked out a lot of annoying sticks and things.
After that we mixed it in a 1:1 ratio (using plastic plant pots as measuring lol) and mixed it all together. After that, I put the soil in two of these sets: www.buyagreenhouse.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=123&products_id=337&osCsid=1a9d80e69c7a327524e9e8147877a03c (without the mat) and filled up the bottom trays with distilled water.
Amazingly enough, the seeds I ordered from two different people arrived two days in a row, so double the excitement!
I've planted them in and just can't wait to see them grow. Here is my new grow list:(Seeds from the generous and awesome www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/shadowtski-u13377.html)
D. finlaysoniana
D. burmanni
D. sessilifolia
D. tokaiensis
50 mixed cultivar VFT seeds (I really can't wait to see how these ones will turn out, since they were taken from different cultivars pollinating in the same area, so who knows? :3) These ones: www.ebay.ca/itm/201683625297?redirect=mobile
And some seeds I salvaged from my last batch that didn't grow- N. ((Viking x Raff) x North) x (Thor x veif)- a hybrid of hybrids of hybrids! XD
Now- what do you think? Could my setup get any better than this? :3
