Indoor Maybe I was expecting too much... anyway, onward and forward!

[Corum59]

Yup, gonna give these another go.

mix is, some light mix I had left over from the last grow, some premix compost (very heavy needs perlite) perlite and activated carbon mixed.

1 seed doesnt look that good, see photo, it does not look viable but....

After mixing and bucketing, i soaked 4 pads in a little Root Juice mix, placed one seed on each approx 1cm from the top, folded over and set in the center of each bucket just so the top of the pad level with the soil.

just gotta sit back, wait and hope now, you know how it goes.
pics in order:
measured, mixed, in the tent all ready, that not so good looking seed.






I also printed out some stake to hold my drippers more secure and some Lst/supercroppers.

New grow startup cost​	​
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https://www.dutch-headshop.eu/auto-gorilla-cookies-cannabis-seeds-private-label x5​	€ 22.00​
shipping​	€ 4.95​
1 10ltr pack perlite​	€ 7.95​
1.00 PLAGRON ALGA BLOOM 1​	€ 12.95​
shipping​	€ 5.95​
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sub total​	€ 53.80​

 

[Corum59]

its been cold, and the soil was cold when I started, even though I had brought it inside due to -6C out on the balcony.

Anyway i was expecting a slow start due to the chill, and slow it is, i have no issue with that so long all 4 pop soon.
The first popper has arrived and its an oddball, should I expect more or less???

in order:
hello.... Oh whats that? never seen that happen before???
Its a side shoot popping right out of the stem below the original Cotyledon. twins maybe??? conjoined twins??

 

[Corum59]

All 4 seeds have popped "actually last night, all within 24hrs, so thats a good start,
Tent is maintaining a fairly constant 21-23C,
Lights are running 4 cob's at 60watts total 24/7 to maintain the temps, Dli is around 20.

The small flowering plant down on the floor in the middle, is from the last grow, I sprayed it with CS, but it failed to flip to male, it has been sitting on the indoor windowsill through the cold spell since the last grow ended with almost no direct sunlight for the last month, but its still alive, who wudda guessed, gotta admire it's tenacity.
I may try to STS her (if she survives) but its interesting just to see how she gets along.... deffo not for smoking

pics in order:

the view, 3 new poppers and the mutant.







Have a good day.

 

[Corum59]

As is the way, not a great deal going on after the first 7 days.... i did give them a watering with some root juice..... apart from that, well, you know, just leave them alone and let them get on with it.
lights are at 24/7, 60w total for 4 cobs, dli around 20, temps are quite stable 20-23C.

in order:
the door view, fr, fl, rl, rr, the failed CS from the last grow.

 

[Corum59]

You know how it is when the seedlings are kinda getting to know what their job is and not a lot is happening or requires attention.

So I grabbed a dirt cheap Chinese xh-w3001-AC thermal switch for 2.96 Euro's inc delivery off of aliexpress and wired it into my 2 speed extraction fan... cut a hole in the wiring box and bingo, works like a charm, just as it says on the box.

Ugly as sin, but hey, the fan is getting quite old so why not give it an upgrade.

 

[Corum59]

I now understand why the guys here create their own seeds and seem to plant more than they need/grow, the genetics in Auto's (so far for me) are so varied that there is no common growth pattern... of course it could be me, my soil mix, my lights....who knows.

Anyway, slowly moving along, 14 days, one week later.

in Order,
The white seed, the slow one, the trying one and the only one that looks ok. oh and the one from the last grow, looks kinda wierd but interesting that its still going.after about 19-20 weeks

 

[Corum59]

goddamn, realised I forgot to give them a drink.. its been a week, I just totally forgot, must be getting old.....

top 5-6 cm were bone dry, anyways, gave them a drink with some root juice, I can only hope that the dry spell has forced them into deep rooting, which should pay dividends through the early growth. if not, well... might as well drop in some Photo's and see if I remember how they work.

So I dropped another seed into the "pathetic starter" pot, it will be 16-18 days behind, but hey... if your are gonna have fun might as well have more fun.

 

[Corum59]

all packed up, these plants failed, thats what ya get for using soils that hung around too long I guess.

Anyways..... I will leave the tent in place a few weeks, so that if I feel like using some of my own grown seeds (royal queen cross's) or some Blond Russian ladies that I still have (all feminized photo's) then I can just grab some soil and get running without too much sweat.

In the mean time, I wish you all massive success with your grows.

I decided I would let nature take its course and instead of dumping the plants in the bin, they can take their chances on the balcony ( which also saves me carrying down lots of soil to the trash bins) and maybe the rain will flush out the excess toxins.

 

[Corum59]

Well I tried Auto’s and failed….


I need a confidence boost, and to check that my light still works, after 2 poor attempts at Autos I am questioning everything….so I went back to what I know, Photo’s,
I Soaked & dropped 6 feminized “Blond Russian Ladies” into jiffies, Feb 10.
These seeds were freebies from Dutch-headshop here in Amsterdam, very nice of them.
They are an old cross that is no longer sold but they had some lying around, and I have had them a while, a couple of years I think.

Blond Russian lady-feminised.
Genetics: AK-47 x White Widow
Mostly indica.
Flowering indoors, 8-10 weeks average.
12 -16weeks full grow.
A fairly short plant with many branches and strong aroma’s
THC; 22%

Picked up some new “dirty stuff” 17 euro for 40lters… I mean really???? and will sheeps wool in soil make a difference???? who knows, but what the hell, why not, might be a game changer…...
Grabbed some perlite, coco blocks, and 4 smaller grow bags-15 liters, the 28cm/25 liter bags were bloody unwieldly and my buckets are in use on the balcony.
I have nutes, unused and unopened all factored into the last two grows...so they are all free to use.

I will start with the jiffies,

Once sprouted (fingers crossed) move them to paper cups and put them under my home made 2 cob (CLU048-1212 5700k) starter light, which uses an aluminium rad and driver salvaged from my old marshydro 700 (ancient blurple history) which runs@ +/- 47watts = 72Vx 0.65A, the starter light worked well in the past, so I have no reason to suspect it will fail me now.

I will pick the 4 healthiest looking seedlings and pot them in the 15lter bags and (if all 6 sprout) put the others in small pots as reserves… you know in case there are males in those feminized seeds, or 1 fails etc.
Once potted I will install the main lamp, pump up the volume and start the training.
The aim is:

4 plants, topped and scrogged, 16 mains to a plant, 64 mains in total, (provided my heavy handed approach doesn’t break any branches, as is usual) in my 70x70cm 64 mains is a perfect fit to fill the horizonal space. Anyway, The plans of mice and men and all of that......

4 x GRONEST AQUA BREATHE FABRIC POT 15 LITER 24.5 X 24.5 X 25 CM​	€ 17​
2 x PLAGRON PERLITE 10 LITER​	€ 15.90​
Shipping method DHL NL​	€ 5.95​
Free seeds from dutch-headshop, Blond Russian ladies.​	​
40ltrs soil​	€ 17​
6x coco​	€ 7​
propagator​	€ 3​
Trowel​	€ 1.19​
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total​	€ 66.62​

Pics as things moved along:
new dirt, jiffies

starter lamp










and we're off, well some of them are anyways....

oh yeah, the auto's that I started are still on the balcony, its rained so much they have probably been flushed by now... and in 2nd stage drowning, nothing to be done though, they pull through or they dont.

 

[Corum59]

he double paper cups are old school, the inner cup walls are cut into 6-7 strips down the sides and the bottoms are slashed, the outer cup has no bottom. air gap, as the cup is watered the paper soaks up the water and starts to get soggy and sloppy and the roots find it easy to spread out into the pots soils once replanted, I know, you all did that in the 70's, but its fun to try old school now and again.

Oh yes, and those Auto's in bad soil out on the balcony in the rain, rain and even more bloody rain.





i guess there is a chance they pick up..... maybe 1 in 100...