Grow Mediums Mom's AutoCob, AutoPot, AutoMazar, MegaCrop Grow :-)

[MassMom]

Looks like you are doing well, trying new techniques and more important, having fun :smoking:

Yes, these poor ladies are for sure my ginea pigs, the poor babies! I get so excited when I open the tent every morning and they look different.

 

[MassMom]

But you're a smart, OCD blonde, ready to do get her grow game on. Not that many people actually ask for advice and then use it and follow up and keep the dialog open on progress or issues. You do that really well. Very well.

All my style and ideas come from slowandeasy. I just borrowed it all from him. Hopefully it wont get me banned though because he can be a bit of a cantankerous, call it like he sees it guy, which usually means someone is going to be banned eventually. But his advice is rock solid and easy for me to relate too and to distill down to something to work with and then pass it on to others and pay it forward. The weighing watering method is catching on too. A local guy, actually two guys, came over yesterday to do some bubble hash with me. They both use the solo cups in coco and weighing technique and swear it saved their grows kind of thing. And one of them uppped his game even further and got the larger postal scale to be used after transplanting and weigh final pots and he said its his "new favorite toy". LOL. I do love mine too. BTW, at day 40 in 1g pots, I'm watering enough to weight 2.3 KG a pot on average and I have to do this 3 times per day. The ladies are thirsty little gals right now. And it does not take long for them to dry out so you have be on your game and alert.

The clothes pins comes from someone else though. And I like it so much I bought two packs of pins. I used them on all my plants early on, but now its just the low lying jungle indicas that need it. Definitely a reliable and effective tool.

I would weigh the pots but being on the auto res they are so heavy I would break my back, ha ha. The solo cup definately saved my babies...100% for sure that is a method I will NEVER change. Thank you to slow for passing to you, and thank you to you for passing to me. A lot of folks wont take the time or effort (or have the patience) to do it.

 

[MassMom]

Checked the res this morning and it was 6.2 so I ph'd down to 6.0.
Peeked at the ladies and saw some more growth from the underneath (thank you LST) but after the ladies had such great growth as seedlings I am rather disapointed that they seem to have hit a wall. I think the transplanting really messed with them, but nothing I can do now. Next grow I will transplant ONCE from their cups to the autopots. Live and learn, yes?....
I will update soon with pics. Just not much growth to report at the moment. sigh. This is when they should be exploding. Megacrop, great lights, perfect tempratures, on the res and airdomes. Must have been transplant shock. Bad mommy.

 

[Ivean]

Checked the res this morning and it was 6.2 so I ph'd down to 6.0.
Peeked at the ladies and saw some more growth from the underneath (thank you LST) but after the ladies had such great growth as seedlings I am rather disapointed that they seem to have hit a wall. I think the transplanting really messed with them, but nothing I can do now. Next grow I will transplant ONCE from their cups to the autopots. Live and learn, yes?....
I will update soon with pics. Just not much growth to report at the moment. sigh. This is when they should be exploding. Megacrop, great lights, perfect tempratures, on the res and airdomes. Must have been transplant shock. Bad mommy.

Yeah I only ever do it once with autos and autopot.
Start seed in small pot then transplant around day 10-14 leave for another 10 days then turn on system.
I'll be interested in your mazzar I've done it twice and hated it both times
Pain to grow and nothing but trouble.
Happened first run and I thought it was me as I'd only just swapped to autopot and biotabs. Tried again about a year later and same again
To make it worse i didn't even like the finished smoke so hashed it all

I've looked at lots of successful journals so i know it can be done but I've come to accept some plants i just struggle with in my set up.

Live and learn it's the only way to grow

 

[MassMom]

Hi Ivean! Yes, they started out so vigorous, now I am dealing with short stubby plants that are so thick I dont know what to do. I am used to Sativa (or at least a 50/50 mix) and waiting with my fingers crossed for the ladies to start growing UPwards. I am sure my dual transplant put a voodoo curse over the grow too! Poor little things.

 

[MassMom]

3/20/19
DAY 25
Tent Temp 80
Still going off last fill of 3 gallons RO water, 4g Mega Crop/Gallon, 3ml CalMag/Gallon, Hydroguard 1ml/G
PH was up to 6.3 ~adjusted back down to 6.0..grrrrrr
PPM: 750

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Got my new ppm meter in the mail today and ppm is 750. I love this new meter as it is "back lit" and when I stick it down into the res I can actually see the reading! Wish my ph pen was that way.

A friend gave me (1) Auto Gorilla Shizzle (ShortStuff seeds) and (3) Auto Blue Amnesia (Ministry of Cannabis) seeds. I am thinking of using them my next grow. They have a little more sativa to indica ratio.

Ladies are looking good, but not gaining much height. Still going off last res fill (I didn't expect them to drink much at this point.) Tightened up LST restraints a bit and turned pots clockwise in their bases so they can get the light from different direction.

Tent temp 80 and just kind of going on "autopilot" for now.

 

[FishWizard]

See if you can curl those larger fans under to get the lowers to pop. I support the middle of the fan stalk with my middle finger, with my thumb over the top of that, to prevent snapping. Then with your index finger you can manipulate the fan back behind itself and wedge it on the lower branch, the serration on the leaf will hold it. Sometimes they snap, but it really opens things up. Good Luck Ma

 

[MassMom]

See if you can curl those larger fans under to get the lowers to pop. I support the middle of the fan stalk with my middle finger, with my thumb over the top of that, to prevent snapping. Then with your index finger you can manipulate the fan back behind itself and wedge it on the lower branch, the serration on the leaf will hold it. Sometimes they snap, but it really opens things up. Good Luck Ma

Leaf tucking, yes? I will give it a shot, fingers crossed no snapping!

 

[MassMom]

The LST has done good. Each plant had little tiny leaves that are now growing out. You can only see it on one plant in the picture below because I rotate the pots clockwise every few hours.

I will attempt a little tucking when I check on them in the morning.

 

[MedCzech]

They will recover in the next week or so. You can see they were stunted a bit, but maryjane is a strong little girl.

Don't stress. Just keep cruising. Any day now they will pop!