Grow Mediums Olderfart does solos

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Ok peeps, this will be a separate thread on my solo cup mischief. This is kind of a consolation grow since my SSSC solo cup event seeds are still in the mail somewhere.

Anyway, I popped four seeds, gave them a few days in peat plugs, and into solos they went. The medium is coco rinsed and buffered by yours truly with ~20% perlite. Nutes are AN Connoisseur Coco, now just the grow A&B at ~1100EC. (There is still a trace of CalMag in there, but very little since the reservoir topup this morning).

The girls are now at Day 13.

First up, two Dinamed Auto CBD Kush x Dinamed Auto CBD from last winter's seed mischief:

Just for shits and giggles, one of these two solos has only drainage slots in the bottom corner, the other also has ventilation slots up the sides as well, making it into kind of an air solo. It will be interesting to see if there is much difference. So far, not much.

Next up a Canuk Seeds Auto PK (Purple Kush or Pink Kush, I've never been able to find out for sure):

This girl is showing a tad of interveinal chlorosis, so she is still on foliar epsoms with yucca.

Last up, a Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey:

WTF???!! was my response this morning. The spots showed up overnight, not a bloody hint of issues yesterday evening. I doubt that this could be damage from water/nute droplets as the plants have been on irrigation from the irrigation ring for a couple days. Kinda looks like some sort of calcium issue, but not really to my noob eye. In any case, the rez still had ~~100EC of calmag in it last night, so on the off chance that the cal mag was the issue, the res has now been cleared of virtually all of it. In theory the AN nutes should be complete, the package was specifically designed for cannabis in coco, so we shall see. None of the other three plants show a hint of whatever this issue is. Nasty surprise this.

Happy soloing peeps.

 

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All were topped above node 4 this morning. No further problems on the M4AM.

Initial indications re. venting of the solos is interesting. Roots were emerging from the bottom slots of all 3 vented solos, but not the one without side venting, suggesting that initial root development is quicker and more thorough with venting. No real differences in canopy growth so far though, all were more or less similar in node development. Still at 1100EC nute mix, still a hint of Calmag but likely negligible.

Photo update on weekend.

 

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The Dinamed CBD cross in the unvented cup showed its first pre-flowers yesterday, none of the others have done so yet. The difference between the vented and unvented cups continues to increase, roots coming out of all vented cups have had to be trimmed repeatedly, but less so in the unvented cup. The unvented cup may also have more advanced canopy as well as showing pistils earlier. This is not a serious test though, a sample size of one, and seeds instead of clones can't prove much. But fun anyway.

 

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Here they are at Day 18. First up, Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey:

Miss Monkey had some sort of odd leaf complaint earlier, but now it seems to be sorted.

Next up, Canuk Auto PK:

Miss PK seems to have a tad of Mg shortage, so she is still getting foliar epsoms.

Next up, two Dinamed CBD crosses:

The first is the unventilated cup, the second ventilated. At this point is seems that venting does not make a huge difference, but the jury will be out for a bit. Initial root growth was stronger in the ventilated cup, initial canopy more advanced and larger than unvented, but that could change. In any case, differences could just be genetics which is why valid tests need to be done with clones. Fun to see the comparison anyway though, and likely confirms that lack of venting is not a big disadvantage.

That's all she wrote peeps, Happy New Year, and happy growing.

 

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Hello peeps, here they are at Day 25.

First up, Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey:

Next up, Canuk Auto PK:

Next, two Dinamed Auto CBD x Dinamed Auto CBD Kush:

That'll do peeps, thanks for checking in.

 

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Well peeps, here they are at Day 32.

First up, the Canuk Auto PK:

Miss Auto PK is going to be the tallest so far, it will be interesting to see how the buds fill out on this stretched out girl.

Next up, the Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey:

Miss Monkey is likely the happiest of the bunch by a little bit, the nutes seem to be just about right for her at the moment.

Next up, the two Dinamed Auto CBD X Dinamed Auto CBD Kush:

This girl is the largest of the two by a bit, and coloring up a bit sooner than her sister - a slightly different pheno perhaps.

This cbd cross girl is the darkest green of the bunch, and has shown a bit of clawing, so she seems to be close to the limit of her nute tolerance, but doing fine anyway.

All the solo girls have suffered a bit while I fussed with auto fertigation. I think I finally have it sorted, but they got a bit too dry a few times, and it showed with a bit of leaf mischief. They are now on 6 fertigations/day, each a 10 second pump, followed by a minute to soak it in, and then another 10 second pump. The problem was that now that the solos are pretty much plugged with roots, it is not possible to get proper runoff unless the application of nutes is done in a couple of doses. If I do less than 20 or so seconds, I don't get enough runoff, but if I do 20, the top of the solo overflows. A couple doses of 10 seconds seems to do the trick, but I am still watching to see how things go for a couple days. Programming the timer to accomplish this was a bit of a pain, but it seems to be done now.

That's it peeps, thanks for checking in.

ps. @AutoBobje, I fixed up the pics.

 

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Here they are at Day 39, first up, the Canuk Auto PK, the biggest girl among the 4:

Just for shits and giggles, I pollenated one branch of this girl with 24C pollen from earlier mischief in this grow.

Next up, Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey:

And last up, two Dinamed Auto CBD Kush x Dinamed Auto CBD:

All these girls have suffered a bit while I have tried to sort out the automatic irrigation. And, the RH in the drobe is not ideal for them, but I am not going to go higher because of the finishing plants that might develop bud rot.

Happy soloing peeps.

 

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Here they are peeps, still trucking, more or less.

The much emptier drobe as a whole:

The big girls have all been chopped except for the three pollenated branches, two in the 24C pot front right, and one in the Fugue State pot, rear right. The solos are Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey front center, Canuk Auto PK rear left, and two Dinamed Auto CBD Kush x Dinamed Auto CBD rear center and right. Just for shits and giggles, I pollenated one branch of the Auto PK with 24C pollen. Might make another good sleepytime strain. I'll test with a solo or two in the next grow. A wee bit o' pollen chucking by OF. Never thought I would see the day.

Individual portraits start with Canuk Auto PK:

Next up, two Dinamed cbd crosses:

And the last and prettiest, the Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey:

That's all she wrote for now peeps, happy soloing all.

 

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The girls in their newly cleaned up 'drobe:

Miss Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey:

The two Misses CBD crosses:

And last and tallest, Miss Auto PK:

All still packing on the bud in spite of earlier challenges getting the fertigation sorted. They now get a drink once every two hours between lights on and lights out.

The rest of the setup is: 20/4, Day temp 26C, night temp ~23, RH ~55%, PPFD at tops ~500, AN Coco bloom nutes at ~900EC, pH~6.

Happy soloing peeps, and thanks for checking in.

 

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The 'drobe:

From left to right, Mephisto 4 Assed Monkey, two Dinamed Auto CBD Kush x Dinamed Auto CBD, and Canuk Auto PK.

Miss Monkey:

Two Miss CBDX:

And Miss PK:

Still putting it on, so it will be a week or so yet for the CBD and PK girls, and a bit longer for Miss Monkey.

Happy soloing peeps.