Hey TreeTop. My plan is to use either a 3 or 5 gallon fabric pot. I am not sure about fertilizer. I figure the right soil mix may have enough to pull me through. I am still learning and experimenting.
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Just be careful not to stunt them and you should be alright. Autos can be unforgiving of mistakes.
If your interested I can share a simple water only soil mix that will get you through flower in three gallon containers.
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that sounds interesting
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I would appreciate that very much. I am all about learning and would prefer not to screw it up.
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I’m definitely interested. 
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This recipe is for two cubic feet of soil (15 gallons)
Base Mix
7.5 gallons of peat moss
4.5 gallons of perlite
3 gallons of fresh EWC or compost
2.5 cups of dolomite lime
Ammend with
2 cups bone meal
1 cup blood meal
1 cup kelp meal
1 cup greensand (optional)
Save a few gallons of the base mix for seedlings and clones. Let the mix sit for 3-4 weeks before using keeping it slightly moist.
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I really appreciate you doing that. I have some of the items, but the other stuff is easy enough to get.
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I am now on my fifth auto grow. I was skeptical of the quality and/or worthiness of even growing autos before I grew some Dyviders produced originally by @ReikoX and then I grew the F2s made from them by @Scissor-Hanz . Even though this is the only version of autos I have ever grown, my experience with them has convinced me that they are quite worthwhile indeed. My limited overview of autos informs me that this particular variety is relatively small compared to many autos on the market currently. I nevertheless really like how they automatically begin to flower after only a few weeks from seed. They are finished in 60 to 70 days from seed. Amazing. Regardless of light cycle, or indoor outdoor. Now the potency and flavor of these little Dyviders is equal to, or better than many of the photo strains that I have grown both in and out.
I live and grow in SoFla, but I can enthusiastically recommend autos for anyone that lives in the North Country that needs to obtain an early harvest unscathed by impending inclement weather conditions.
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It has been four and a half days since I put the seeds in the Jiffy starter pods. We had an unexpected rain on Monday night, although they were in a protected area, some rain got in. I think they may have drowned. Since I am extremely new to growing and auto seeds,do they take longer to germinate?
If I do not see anything by Sunday evening, then I am going to drop a few more. Is it better to use the wet paper towel method with autos?
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If your Jiffy pellets are in a tray outdoors and unsupervised, then it is possible that you drowned them. If you are going to leave the Jiffy pellets outdoors overnight, it would be best to put them onto a flat surface, so water cannot pool up around them, and it will drain off quickly, preventing potential drowning. I also noticed that you stated in your other thread that you place seeds “1 to 2 inches" deep in your pellets. IMO, this is too deep, there is no need to place them more than ¼ inches beneath the surface. I direct sow into the medium always, unless I suspect a viability deficiency, then I soak or use paper towels.
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Thanks Calyzander. They were on a flat surface, in the tray with the cover, under a chair. Something told me to bring them in, but no rain was in the forecast so I left them out. The next morning there was a lot of rain water in the tray bottom. I will try not so deep next time.
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I want to clarify, do not use a tray outdoors over night, make sure they are on a surface which has no sides whatsoever, you want to avoid any possibility of water collecting on/in the surface.
Hopefully your seeds will still sprout.
Good luck and have fun!
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OK. I will move them from the tray and just let them sit. I did this process with my plants I have outdoors now and had good success. However, I did bring them in at night and back out in the day. It was also in late May and the temperature was not so high. Thanks for the time and advice.
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Well, from what I have read in your threads, I think that you have a very large head start in growing cannabis successfully compared to most true pure newbie growers here on OG.
You have experience in growing non cannabis plants, whereas the majority of beginning cannabis growers here had zero experience growing anything at all.
I myself started growing cannabis without any prior experience growing anything. But once I became proficient in growing cannabis, I started getting curious about growing non cannabis plants from seed. So I began what became a lifelong hobby of gardening.
I am enamored of the very process of growing anything from seed, and have been for quite a long time now.
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Thanks Calyxander. I appreciate the words of encouragement. The OG community has been a big part of my early success with this new adventure. I agree about the joy of growing from seed. My wife has plans for the 4 x 4 tent in February to start our vegetables and herbs for our spring planting. The other part I enjoy is getting the distressed plants from the stores and reviving them. I find a lot of satisfaction in saving a plant.
I am always amazed at some of the techniques and things the growers here come up with or manufacture. I love they way people on here share their knowledge and seeds to others. I think back to the 80’s and how low acceptance of pot was by society. Now it amazes me why it is not federally legal. Hopefully in my lifetime it will be.
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Calyxander I thought about what you said on how deep I dropped the seeds. So I got the tray and knocked a little off the top of each pod. It looks like all four survived and just had not broken through yet.
Thanks for making me think.
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Looks like you got to them in time.
Some folks here put seeds in h2o for 8-24 hrs before sprouting.
I’ve tried the paper towel method very successfully before yet my latest grow(Ace Seeds Zamaldelica)
all failed.
Now it’s back to sowing in sterile medium for me.
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I have not tried the paper towel method, but planned on it for the next time. Always trying to learn. Thanks for stopping in.
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After killing the first four seeds I dropped, I decided to drop 6 more autos. I should be able to get them through outdoors. I added a Snow Ryder and a GSC with the first four. Didn’t make the same mistake twice this time. I didn’t bury the seeds to far down.
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