Grow Mediums Flipper's 1st journal - Autopots, AutoCobs, MegaCrop, Fast Buds Green Crack

[Flipper]

I love me some autopots, autocobs, and some Fast Buds genetics, especially that LSD25 auto they have. Some of the most enjoyable smoke I have ever grown. Getting ready to drop me some FB Tangie-matic soon.
Thanks for posting a journal.

OMG Hemi, ya, that LSD25 is really great weed and what an aroma! I had my best grow so far with that strain which is why I'm growing it again, pic below. I've read thru a bunch of your work, thanks for sharing.

I'll be tickled pink if I get another 25 like this one. I used the orange wraps to steady her as I carried it out of my cellar.

 

[Flipper]

A few details that I forgot to mention in the initial post:

- I'm going to run 24/0 to make controlling my tent temps easier. I'm growing in an unheated basement that runs from 50-65F depending how cold it is outside.

- I spray with Optic Foliar Overgrow every 3rd day or so.

And an update:

I'm sure at least a few old-timers here remember the TV show Flipper (just those in the US maybe?) but did you know Flipper had girlfriend named LoreLei? He did and in honor of her, I'm naming my girl LoreLei! Or LL to friends, ha.

LL is shown below as of day 10. No water or nutes applied yet. Keep in mind the top 1/4 of my pot is OF soil (ran out of coco) so she's feeding from that. Also the coco in the bottom 3/4's of the pot was pre-soaked with water pH'ed to 6.0 so she has moisture to "reach" for. It seems to be doing well so maybe this was a happy accident. Necessity is the mother of invention, we'll see how it plays out.

I think I may have jacked up some of the tags in my first post, readding them:

@Ryker604_BT@Dudeski@IzzyTheGrower@Mano'Green@BigSm0@MassMom@lunarman@BII

 

[MassMom]

Hi ReNN042, thanks for dropping by. It's a Crane EE-5301 and ya, it's working well for me and the dial shown is actually very accurate. But I would say especially that the process of pulling the moist air over the seedlings has really been a game changer for me. I've always done ok with germinating but my growth during first two weeks of growth wasn't that great until I started doing the pull process. It hard to see in the pic but the little girl gets a steady stream of fog over her and a gentle pulling breeze.

Here's a better pic of what I'm doing. So the little white fan is sitting on a hunk of foam blowing the air towards the left wall of the tent which pulls the fog across my girl - a "atmospheric river" if you will, ha. There's an open vent on the right side of the tent for passive air intake and the white fan blows out a vent of the left side so this also acts as my exhaust fan during this period.

Also note in the upper left-hand corner, barely visible, is a @BigSm0 AutoCob that I'm using to "wean" her off the CFL. So the CFL is 6400K and my cob is 3500K. She's been under just the CFL for 10 days now and today I lit up the cob that I have angled at her. Not sure if this is needed but I've seen people mention plants "stalling" when changing from one light type to another, so I do this to try and prevent that issue. So day by day, inch by inch, I'll pull the CFL away until she's just under the cob. I need to read more about stalling, any feedback on this would be appreciated (from anybody)...TIA, Flipper

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When I switched from my CFL to an AutoCob I swear I could almost see my babies straighten up and take notice
Also, I didnt want to step on your toes but I noticed that your call tags were not working by the way they looked.
I copied them down below and put a space between them, and voila. Hope you dont mind.

@Ryker604_BT @Dudeski @IzzyTheGrower @Man0'Green [USER=33225]@BigSm0 @MassMom @lunarman @BII[/USER]

I dig your ocean forest on top and moistened coco underneath. Seems to be working...your 10 day old baby is so much
larger than mine are. Necessity is the mother of invention, nice job hon

 

[Flipper]

When I switched from my CFL to an AutoCob I swear I could almost see my babies straighten up and take notice
Also, I didnt want to step on your toes but I noticed that your call tags were not working by the way they looked.
I copied them down below and put a space between them, and voila. Hope you dont mind.

@Ryker604_BT @Dudeski @IzzyTheGrower @Man0'Green [USER=33225]@BigSm0 @MassMom @lunarman @BII[/USER]

I dig your ocean forest on top and moistened coco underneath. Seems to be working...your 10 day old baby is so much
larger than mine are. Necessity is the mother of invention, nice job hon

Thanks MassMom, I knew something was wrong with the tags!

 

[bushmasterar15]

 

[IzzyTheGrower]

Subbed up flipper great setup you can't go wrong with autocobs and autopots amazing combo happy growing to ya [emoji41]

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[Flipper]

Subbed up flipper great setup you can't go wrong with autocobs and autopots amazing combo happy growing to ya [emoji41]

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

Izzy, bushmasterar15, thanks for following.

 

[Flipper]

Day 15 update:

- Fully switched from CFL to AutoCobs
- The 5-fingered leaves are fully out and the 7-fingered are emerging.
- No water or nutes yet, just Optic Foliar Overgrow every 3rd day.

 

[Flipper]

@Nosias @Mañ'O'Green

Hi Nosias and Manogreen, thanks for your replies in the other strings! I'll update my grow tomorrow.

 

[Nosias]

Im on board