Sweet Seeds 1st Auto grow.

[JohnEMad]

A few pic of the gals.
Temps at 23-26.5C night/day. RH 50-75% depending if the small humidifier runs out of water or not.
Light 26" above.
No water added for days as the coco is still holding the moisture.
Basically they are putting down roots and looking fine after the little setback.
Seems after reading up on things I will only do LST and definitely no topping due to the time lost in recovery.
CC & NL/MG's from top to bottom.
CC is still the front runner though the 20K race is far from over.
I would call the photoperiod grows marathons.

 

[Sweet Seeds Apolo]

Hi Buddy!
Tip: Try not to water excessively. An excess of moisture in the soil complicates the development of the roots.

Sweet smokes!
-Apolo

 

[JohnEMad]

Hi Buddy!
Tip: Try not to water excessively. An excess of moisture in the soil complicates the development of the roots.

Sweet smokes!
-Apolo

Hi Apolo,
appreciate the tip ...

 

[St. Tom]

how you doing john

 

[JohnEMad]

how you doing john

hey ST Tom,
been super busy with work these days and waiting for my little autos to grow up some.
They are starting to show a forth set of leaves and should be ok.
Seems I probably did things to slow the early growth... so not the best for autos.
I see you can grow super buds even in a solo cup. Amazing!
Questions are coming however when I get time to sit.

 

[St. Tom]

hey ST Tom,
been super busy with work these days and waiting for my little autos to grow up some.
They are starting to show a forth set of leaves and should be ok.
Seems I probably did things to slow the early growth... so not the best for autos.
I see you can grow super buds even in a solo cup. Amazing!
Questions are coming however when I get time to sit.

No problem ask me anything no question is stupid in this game also I think maybe next time start your girls in solo cups I swear by it and no worries about over watering and I pot them up once they have great roots and no shock if you do it at the right time

 

[JohnEMad]

Found out I have to go out of town for up to a week with work. Unusual circumstance but forcing me to start up the Autopot system. Plants are slow starting for sure but who knows what the end results will be.
Mixed up the nutrients to 1/8 strength. EC of 1100. ph at 6.10
temps been running about 20/26C night/day.
RH at 45/65%, slowly fluctuating.
See what transpires while I am away.

 

[JohnEMad]

Also, think I discovered one of the main reasons for the slow start and discoloration of the seedlings as being a calmag deficiency. Seems to be a common problem with coco coir.
Used a weak foliar spray and added a little extra calmag to the nutrient /water reservoir.
Whats the worst that can happen?...

 

[JohnEMad]

I remember reading about coco and cal/mag deficiencies a while ago but simply forgot it. Any way the problem seems to be solved and almost in a day. New growth easily evident and things going greener.
Used the foliar spray with cal/mag several times and top watered with a stronger solution.
Glad my out of town work was cancelled so I could attend to this.
Will post again in a few days. Thanks

This is the quick change and new growth. 3 days and what a difference.

 

[JohnEMad]

Starting to look like something now.
Plants are all growing differently. Cream Caramel being mainly indica is shorter and more compact.
The 2 Northern light crosses are mainly sativa so they are taller.
CC - 7cm H x 19 cm W, raised the pot to even the canopy
NL/MX #1 - 10 cm H x 19 cm W
NL/MX #2 - 13 cm H x 23 cm W, topped this one to even the canopy