Strain
Blue Dream Auto(3 seeds)
Equipment
Mars Hydro 32x32x63 Tent
Maxsisun MF2000 Light
VIVOSUN 4 Inch 190 CFM and Carbon Filter
OPULENT SYSTEMS 5-Pack 5 Gallon Grow Bags
Vicks Ultrasonic Hunidifier + 8 Feet - Washing Machine Drain Discharge Hose
Inkbird IHC200 Humidity Controller
Soil Mix
20% Fox Farms Strawberry Fields(Layered in the bottom of bags)
40% Fox Farms Ocean Forest*
40% Fox Farms Happy Frog*
(All with extra perlite mixed in)
*Mixed evenly to fill bags
Nutes
House + Garden Starter Kit
Notes
This is my first solo grow. 22yrs ago I helped a neighbor turn a hidden basement room into a grow room and we grew several pounds, but he was in charge of it and I did very little outside of some watering and helping to burn up the final product over the next few months. I have limited experience with plants but am very experienced growing psilocybin cubensis mushrooms, not sure if they are harder to maintain than cannabis but Iâll be sure to give my thoughts post grow. I suspect cannabis will be tougher as most of the work with shrooms happens at the beginning, then itâs wait for the mycelium to cover the grains, then transfer to pasteurized coco and wait again. Gnats and mold are the enemies that can ruin a grow. Donât have to worry about nutrients, burn, PH, lockout, etc.
Diary
4/23/2022: Tent setup
4/24/2022: Seeds Soaked in tap water and h202 for 24hrs then into a paper towel. Only 1 showed tap root.
4/27/2022: Taproot at 2.3cm. Put in final pot, watered and covered with solo cup. Tent temp at 77f and 68% humidity.
4/29/2022: Still no tap roots on other 2 seeds. Starting to think they are DOA. Have photo seeds on the way so might be taking a hard turn on this grow.
4/29/2022: Took the cup off the baby to see if it had done anything. Saw a little bit of a seedling thatâs trying to get itself upright. Should I leave the cup on it for now or give it some light to stretch towards?
4/29/2022: Replaced the solo cup with a wet glass(gonna go pick up some clear plastic cups later today). She stood up after a few hours.
4/30/2022: Leaves on the seedling still havenât spread out yet. Sheâs looking fine otherwise. Humidity in the tent up to 78%(Probably higher under the clear cup thatâs still covering it), temp at 76F, light at 5200lux about 24" away.
5/1/2022: humidity holding >80% in the tent, and sheâs doubled in height over the past two days. Leaves still havenât stretched out though.
5/1/2022: Took a pair of tweezers and very gently touched the leaves and they sprung out. looks like part of the seed shell was still stuck to them both keeping them together.
5/2/2022: Checked on her this morning and the leaves are curling down on the edges. Should I be concerned? Is this a water issue or light? Normal?
5/52022: New beans arrived in the mail today. Dropped 2 in water to hopefully get them in dirt within a couple days to use the other two pots I had prepped. These two are photo seeds from a breeder here. (Strawberry Diesel x Space Dude) x White cherry Truffle. Hoping they catch up with the auto quickly since theyâre all going in the same tent.
5/6/2022: Auto still growing with no visible issues.
5/7/2022: Got tails on the two SD x SD x WCT beans.
5/8/2022: Put the two beans in dirt and in a germination kit I bought.
5/10/2022: Looks like the little ones are stretching because this kits light is weak AF. Put them in the tent.
5/11/2022: Blue Dream Auto is looking good after two weeks in dirt.
5/11/2022: The two little seedlings are struggling a bit I think. Maybe the shift to the tent light is stressing them, the round leaves are curling down.
5/17/2022: Been a few days since my last update. I started giving the auto a proper watering and nutrients as it is officially in veg. I may have waited too long as the leaves were starting to yellow, but after a good watering and a couple days she started to get some color back. The seedlings are doing well too.
5/21/2022: Been having some issue this week. With the increase of light now that Iâm in veg, and the feeding I think I either overdid it on the nutes or it was too hot, or both. The tent was in the high 80âs and the humidity was down to 35% after kicking the fan on. I had the fan on high and it wasnât cooling the tent well. I had the vivosun fan and filter. So I ordered the AC Infinity Cloudline setup and installed it today.
As far as the possible nutrient burn, I didnât get pics but I trimmed the two early leaves from my auto, they were all miscolored and curling up bad. I didnât do a full flush but the past two waterings have been just PHâd tap water, nothing extra, and they seem to be doing better. The auto is still drooping bad though. You can see some of the similar markings on the leaves of the photo plant on the left as well.
5/22/2022: With the changes in temp and humidity it looks like the auto is starting to perk back up. the soil was pretty dry so I gave them all a watering with toned down nutes a few minutes ago so time to see how they react to that.
5/24/2022: Sheâs very short and bushy. Not sure how Iâm going to LST it if thereâs no vertical growth. Being an auto I know pruning isnât recommended, but with as big as the fan leaves are I might have to.
5/24/2022: Went ahead and snipped 2 of the big fan leaves from one of the early nodes. Then I started LST. Seems thereâs a pretty big mix of opinions on pruning autos, but the leaves were so big and the plant so short that I didnât want a big mess of leaves touching the substrate and blocking air flow. Might have to take a couple more in the next few days. 5/24/2022: Sheâs very short and bushy. Not sure how Iâm going to LST it if thereâs no vertical growth. Being an auto I know pruning isnât recommended, but with as big as the fan leaves are I might have to.
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