Outdoor Outdoor Multi-Strain Grow (20+ auto strains)

[woody]

Alright, I might have been switching a little too soon on the first batch then, I'll try going with a couple more veg feedings on the next ones.

But the Kush-n-Cheese and the biggest White Widow are still noticeably stretching, i'd say a good 3cm a day (they had 3 or 4 flowering feedings already)

Some growers believe giving bloom nutes earlier can speed up the overall finishing time of an auto- personally i dont believe it.
Im sure you'll know the signs yourself of what the plant needs like-
If you start to see leaves getting really dark and clawing shes getting too much Nitrogen.
And if the lower fans start to get big brown spots it needs more phosphorus. If you see both its def time to switch to bloom nutes.
But if the plant looks healthy throughout its obviously getting everything it needs.
Not trying to teach you how to suck eggs as you seem like a top grower already!

 

[TheBadKid]

Thanks dude, yeah I like to think I can read my plants pretty good but it's a constant learning process for me. Glad to be able to get the input of people like you who have more experience with autos than I do

 

[TheBadKid]

Transplanting Time
I know it's not recommended to transplant autos but I don't really have a choice, I can only fit two 5 gallons smartpots in my tent but I can fit fifteen 3 liters square plastic pots, so a choice had to be made.

Since I know transplanting is a big topic with autos I am going to run a little experiment with you guys to try and pinpoint the right time and the right method to avoid stunting growth as much as possible.

Let me know what you want me to try, right now I'm thinking:

• Transplanting at different ages
• With and without nutes in the watering solution for the transplant
• With and without sprinkling trichodermas on the rootball
• Transplanting a dry plant or a freshly watered/fed one

I started today by transplanting the Sweet Trainwreck & the eldest Fantasmo Express (both on day 17) from their 3L pots to 5 gallons smartpots.
Both were given the same nutrient solution (enzymes, root stimulator, grow base nute and some sweetener).

I sprinkled trichodermas harzianum at the bottom of the smartpot and on the rootball of the Sweet Trainwreck but didn't on the Fantasmo.

Here are pics taken right after transplanting, I'll be checking back with you guys in 24h to see if there's any visible progress.

 

[G.Leave]

Better changes your username to TheAwesomeKid as this outdoor grow looks like its going to be awesome!! I'll be stopping by as much as I can...good luck!

 

[Swash]

Looking forward the the journey. Interested in the transplant info as I too have limited space to start the beans.

 

[G.Leave]

Looking forward the the journey. Interested in the transplant info as I too have limited space to start the beans.

I did some transplanting of autos this winter and found little ill effect. I think the problems stems from either too early or too late transplanting, not the actual transplant unless poorly done. Too early and dirt may shift damaging fragile roots. Too late and growth will be hindered by constricting roots.

 

[TheBadKid]

Better changes your username to TheAwesomeKid as this outdoor grow looks like its going to be awesome!! I'll be stopping by as much as I can...good luck!

Thanks man haha Happy to have an outdoor master like you onboard, I remember reading through some of your grows, amazing work with them monsters!

 

[TheBadKid]

Transplanting day #2
Ok so today I've listed the possible stress factors that could affect my plants when transplanting to try and see how I could reduce some of them and it mainly comes down to two things:

• Light stress: they are under 24h of light in the tent so they don't know what night is, and when put outside they're only getting about 15h of light currently and a maximum of 10 hours of direct sunlight (more like 8 for most of the plants).
• Heat stress: indoors they're constantly between 23 and 26°C but outside I'm getting around 4°C at night to 18°C in the day (obviously more in direct sunlight)

So this morning I put my next two candidates for transplanting (1 Dark Devil & 1 Red Poison, both on day 18) outside, still in their 3L pots. I repotted the Dark Devil tonight and will be leaving the Red Poison outside until tomorrow night or the day after so it can get acclimated a little bit better.

I might also start introducing some night in my tent progressively, like 1h every day for the next 7 days, but I'm hesitating because I really get crazy growth under 24h of light.

What do y'all use indoor for autos? 20/4 is what I hear is the norm?

Anyways here is the Dark Devil in its 5 gallon smart pot right after transplanting (nevermind the tip burns, went a bit too hard on this one last feeding...)

So for this one I did not use the base grow nutes this time, the solution I used to water during transplanting was:

• Enzymes
• Root Stimulator
• Trichoderma harzianum
• Aloe vera juice (roughly a quarter cup for 4L so about a gallon, there were bits of plant matter in there so hard to tell how much juice there really was)

Alright so now for the plants that were transplanted yesterday.
First noticeable thing is they are perking up a lot more than they ever did in the tent. It's hard to tell but I think the Sweet Trainwreck did grow a little, looks like the new fan leaves are more out than yesterday.
Compare the pictures and let me know what you think

I really couldn't say for the Fantasmo, you be the judge:

 

[G.Leave]

The one thing I would advise is try to avoid the cold nights as much as you can. Temp trends are similar right now here, and 4 degrees at night is pretty hard on the younger autos(just my experience). If you can, acclimate them to the sun, and bring them in at nights until the nights warm a bit more.
I personally run all of my plants under 24hrs of light until they go outside and in the ground permanently after a couple of weeks of getting used to the cold nights(living in an unheated outbuilding at nights) I haven't found it to be a problem as long as proper sunlight introduction is done(also do it with photos).
I'd maximize growth as long as you can(or at least that's what I am doing, this and every other season). Remember that photos are grown under 24 hours of light and then forced into 12/12 all the time and run great.

 

[TheBadKid]

Thanks 912GreenSkell, that's good info right there, I will try to put some plants outside in the morning and get them back inside in the evening for a few days prior to transplanting.

Also makes sense that abrupt photoperiod changes shouldn't shock them too much, logically even less than photos.

I was expecting the Red Poison I left outside in its small pot yesterday and tonight to be perking up like the ones I transplanted, but it did not. It's not droopy or anything but just not super perky like the ones I transplanted.
I thought some night and fresh air was at least partly responsible for the perking up but apparently it's all from the roots being happy to find some new space.