Hi folks!
As the current run is going to end in a month, it is time to start a new thread.
This will start around end June or beginning July.
I am going to end the year on perpetual grow style as it looks like to fit my needs better, so I will halt the photos and will embrace autos as they last.
Today I just got the pots for the autiflowers and maybe just maybe I have been using very small pots.
You are very kind, thank you very much.
Still I have some autos to hold about a year and then or half way if I can hold a stash, I switch to the photos that I have plenty of seeds and I don’t want them to go bad.
I have been loyal to RQS but the true is that growshops sell their products cheaper and with better gifts, so I have some rqs strains and now the first sweet seeds bank seeds, both kush but photos. So I have to try them all.
Still your action is highly appreciated and I will remember you.
All right, I need you again…
I am used to grow in soil, I got 50L of coco mix from biobizz, I was wondering if I should place layers of soil and coco until the pot is as desired, or is it a bad idea?
Well, with so many inputs I got confused so I will stick to the plan and will mix coco and soil in layers 2 in each layer, and one titan and a widdow to start.
I’m still like 2 weeks from starting this run but getting excited with the crop coming and oh yeah!
So I will germinate the seeds as usual over a heat mat in bagd with paper towels and moisture.
Once I spot 1/2 in of tap root, pot with them and 18-6h all time. 1 month later, repeat the process, but I haven’t decided what strains to use after. But I will.
And when I’m finnished with all the autos I have some Kush to try out, so…I might need a 2nd grow space…
All right, in a few hours I will turn older and my run harvest is coming and that mean prepare this auto perpetual run that will last over one year, that’s right, at least if all seeds germinate.
So It is time to star this Journey and if a starter grower come across this, I hope to leave the most complete directions I find the key to sucess on growing this plant.
Below are some key points that I will go thru and completing while going on this first couple plants.
Is where I stand right now, one run is few days from harvest an I have to prepare to the auto run.
First I check all the materials needed:
Pots
Pot bases
Soil
Seeds
They all check.
Now part of the preparation mean cleaning your grow space very well, with acid products and stuff to real have the grow space sanitized before start.
Cleaning is a very important step!
You clean you tent or closet walls inside, roof, bottom, parts of the structure and even the fans blades so your setup is default.
Once your setup is ready and prepared, you can place your pot bases and pots filled with soil in place.
What you do on soil systems is you place your pot over a pot base and drop your soil in by hand mixing and making the soil loose and fluffy. Fill the pot up to the border because with waterings the soil will go down a bit.
It is better to prepare the pots just before planting the seedling, the soil contains moisture that evaporate over time and in order to give your small seedlings the best, make sure your soil is fresh and haven’t been sitting like that for a week or it will get too dry.
So I will start with germination and then I will come back to the pots and soil when the seedlings have a tap root exposed.
This step is obviously crucial and I know that seeds like moderate worm and moisture to germinate.
So first step is drawn the seeds, let them sit for 6-12h in a small container with water* so they soak water inside to get the growing hormones started.
IMPORTANT! By Water I mean controlled water with PH 6-6.5 This is the second most important thing while growing.
Your plants need the right ph to ease gathering the several nutrients, and tap water is well known for ph fluctuations so be aware, always test and correct ph if necessary.
We have the seeds on water in small containes and they will be there for at least 6h, I will place the cups with the seeds over the heat mat to keep them warm.
After 6h or so I carefully transfer the soaked seeds to a square papper napkin and place it inside a zip lock bag with 2 or 3 sprays of Water* inside. Or in this case I use a propagator.
I’m going to lifta the skywalker see if it starts growing up, never happened this and I have a bad feeling about skywalker. Let’s see what happens.
All bad, >Skywalker isn’t developing any root, and that’s why it isn’t growing…I was tempted to have a little clonex to boost the root but as it is an autoflower with all the stress and privations may die anyway or small size and yeld, I gues I will have it in a cup size pot and let her be and will popup a widdow to compensate.
As you can see not everything goes according to plan, mother nature has its own shedule so WWAuto to compensate and I am embracing this skywalker as a challenge and I will try to taste it if it survives.
Every now and then you can turn a mierable event in a nice learning experience.
That’s Skywalker for me, I am going to do some things.
So Widdow is soaking and goes to the soil later today, the Skywalker, I managed to cut the very small root and placed some clonex around, had the little seedling into a very small pot into the propagator some water puffs on it and now let it be, ocasionally some puffs of water to keep it moist and let’s see if it wants to live.
