Grow Mediums Low_and_Slow Coco Micro Grow! (16oz container comp. entry)

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Containers:
15oz square pots...did several measurements and they're the perfect size for the area I'll put them, but they're just shy of 16oz full to the lip.

Medium:
Mostly Botanicare coco out of the bag with some EWC, vermiculite, Azomite, and a TON of ZHO root innoculant. I mixed this all up then sprayed with my foliar sprayer to get the moisture just perfect. The sprayer was a dilute solution of Gen Hydro's Floralicious+ and RO water, my only and favorite additive.

Nutrients:
GH Micro/Bloom/Floralicious+ with some epsoms initially, phased out into late flowering. Floralicious will be in the mix with the ferts, but will also be applied to the leaves as a foliar. I'll be using the Lucas Formula ratios, but starting out VERY light until I see some mild deficiency.

Feed Schedule:
1ml Micro + 1.5ml Bloom + TINY pinch of epsom per quart of water. This "sits" well for about a week, I'll eventually ratchet up to 6/9 per gallon ratio like the formula prescribes. I water each pot daily until I see about 10% runoff, just a tiny trickle and I let is just drain to waste.

Lighting:
Blackstar 270 Chrome in 2x2x5.5' Tent, they'll be under 11/13 while my photos finish out, then will go to 20/4 when I put my next volley of photos in to veg out. Those photos are growing until I can pull clones, so this should be quite a while...once I clone them, I'll veg the clones till they root, transplant into final pots, then flip to flower. Point being, these should basically germ under 11/13 then flip to 20/4 within 2 weeks and stay there through the comp, depending how long it takes the clones to root and stabilize to the point of going 12/12.

Water Source:
Home RO setup that screws into my hose bib. 2 digit ppm end product that's always right around 7.0 ph.

Strains:

Dinafem Haze 2.0 autoflower
Mossy's Magic Dragon (early 2012 release from original AFN store)

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Pots are tented up to encourage myco growth and colonization. Beans will drop on 03 September when the contest starts.
 

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:High 5:...looks like your set and ready to go...:smokeit:...:smokebuds:
 
If this works out to yield a good amount, I might run a SOG and get like 12 strains up in hear afterwards!
 
Beans in, poke and pray, put the "tent" back on each pot. Check tomorrow for germ.
 
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First pic is strawberry cough, about 2 weeks or so ago. She came down tonight, right at 11 weeks I think...maybe a bit more. Buds have been drenched in RO water and agitated to knock dirt/debris/dust off. They're hanging with all sugar leaf on to allow them to cure-dry more slowly and evenly. Plus, I plan to keep all the cured sugar leaf for joints since it has a high CBD content.
 

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Your the first person I have seen on AFN, other than myself, that washes their bud. I always have a 5 gallon bucket of clean water to dunk in.
 
Whats up gentlemen
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so washing your bud finishes the job off nicely ?
 
Yeah, rehydrates the buds so they dry evenly and gets all the "crap" from the grow off. You should see the water afterwards!
 
First non-water feed last night. 1q RO water, 1ml Micro, 1.5ml Bloom, tiniest pinch of epsoms, watered till she ran through the bottom of both.

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