New Grower Mephisto, Megacrop in soil and autopots (Skywalker, 3BOG, Sour Stomper, and 2 Illuminautos)

[WildBill]

I got what you meant by SOLUTION - I'd mistyped and phrased it as if I thought you meant soil pH but I got that you were talking about nute solution pH. Appreciate the clarification regardless. 6.4 target it is. Dunks and NEEM ordered - hopefully I can still interrupt the larvae at this point. Still need to dig into IPM past the glue traps and NEEM. I REALLY appreciate your "rambling" and can't wait to follow along on your next grow. I saw some HBSS in stock at a vendor last night actually and was thinking about adding that to the already extensive queue. What was your thinking behind choosing the HBSS for the earthboxes and PK/SS for the fabric?



Thanks @pop22! The soil is Roots Original, which seems to have plenty of nutes for early growth so far. Going to give them a bit more time and then turn on the MC and autopots. Just to make sure I read it right, your method is to stay at 500-550/6.4 for the life of the grow, with MC in every feeding (as opposed to only water alternating with MC)? That's about as ideally KISS as I can imagine, if so!

I saw a few fine examples of HBSS and they were pretty good size, but all I saw that were a good size, were in what I call a small pot....3 or 5 gal pots. They WILL grow larger in an EarthBox. Meph's Genitic Seed Guide says it's a good outdoor strain. I plan on taking clones and selfing and making seeds from the cuttings for my neighbor's outdoor grow in spring and for me to grow later. I haven't seen any of the others that I'm growing that is as big as HBSS. It should be easier on a big girl to recover from taking a couple of cuttings also.
To be honest, two HBSS will probably fill the tent if things go well, but I wanted to try Kong because of her lineage and a friend of mine says her husband grew Sour Stomper and loved the grow and taste.

I think there is some logic in there, but I dunno. It could be because I'm high as hell. I just made my first little experiment in the world of edibles.

 

[terp182]

Days 17/18

Everything is chugging along nicely with every plant right now. Every plant has reached the edges so after some manual bottom watering, I turned on the res with Megacrop at 515 PPM and 6.4 pH, and dialed down the humidity to 65%. I also top watered yesterday with a mosquito-dunk water to control the gnats, which seems to have worked well so far. Looking forward to the stretch!

 

[terp182]

Any idea what these brown faded spots is indicating? They’re only on two opposing large lower fan leaves on the sweet n smelly. They don’t seem to be getting much worse, but I can’t seem to match up the pics to anything I’ve seen. Any thoughts what this is and how to fix it?

 

[WildBill]

Any idea what these brown faded spots is indicating? They’re only on two opposing large lower fan leaves on the sweet n smelly. They don’t seem to be getting much worse, but I can’t seem to match up the pics to anything I’ve seen. Any thoughts what this is and how to fix it?

Is that the one on the bottom/up front in the group pic above?

 

[Big Sul]

This is amazing stuff. I am truly thankful to the access to experience AFN is affording me. Really like observing the soil/autopot combo. Does the same principle apply to Natures Living Soil supersoil or living soil in autopots. Specifically, use of MC w/supersoil? Or should I be thinking about Roots Organics or HF w/o amendments and rely on MC feedings?

Looking at next grow. Quick response is fine. Don't want to hijack thread.

 

[WildBill]

This is amazing stuff. I am truly thankful to the access to experience AFN is affording me. Really like observing the soil/autopot combo. Does the same principle apply to Natures Living Soil supersoil or living soil in autopots. Specifically, use of MC w/supersoil? Or should I be thinking about Roots Organics or HF w/o amendments and rely on MC feedings?

Looking at next grow. Quick response is fine. Don't want to hijack thread.

Best thing about growing canna is there are so many ways to grow it well. It can be as complicated as you want it or as simple as you want.
If I were to ever use autopots, it would be in a simple living soil and feed MC.

My current grow, in the sig, is gonna be my idea of simplicity with EarthBoxes. Keep water rez filled and put some stuff on top of the soil. The 7gal pots can be just as simple. Although I'm going with top dressings and teas, I could just as easy feed with MC when it needs water and be done with the grow. I really don't think, at total ppm of around 550ppm, MC has an detrimental impact on microbial activity. In, my first grow, I mixed both methods with pretty good results.

 

[terp182]

Is that the one on the bottom/up front in the group pic above?

It is. It’s the larger of the two multipotted plants.
Just found these on my Skywalker. This is an issue now. Any ideas as to cause and solution? My first guess is a mag deficiency maybe?

 

[WildBill]

It is. It’s the larger of the two multipotted plants.
Just found these on my Skywalker. This is an issue now. Any ideas as to cause and solution? My first guess is a mag deficiency maybe?

I'm not good on that. Submit it to the clinic with as much info as possible. It is an issue now.

 

[terp182]

The clinic identified it! I think. Nute solution on a couple leaves. From a leaky end valve I had. I’m 95% sure that’s what it was.

In less encouraging news, this is what the tent looks like right now, 22 hours into a blackout. High winds upended a bunch of shit last night and we still have no eta on when it’s coming back. I know the lanterns probably don’t help but it just feels wrong leaving them in the dark for so long at this point. Hopefully the power is back tomorrow and they get back on schedule.

 

[terp182]

Thankfully the plants only got about 30 hours of mostly darkness. We picked up a generator yesterday and they came back to life well enough, except for a few VPD related looking leaf curlings on lower fans. The temp got to the lower 60’s and they had quite a bit of dark, but today I re-trained with some light LST and they’re looking riotous. Onward into the stretch we go!