Hey guys!
So this is technically my second grow of my first season! My first of of tester autos are 4 weeks or so from done along with some photos I put out 8 weeks ago but that plot is a bit harder to check they are all looking good slight yellowing off the tips and edges off new growth I havent given them nutes but they had a couple handfuls of homemade horse manure about 6_8 years rotted, seems to be getting better might flush them a bit though. Enough about them back to the diary.
https://www.autoflower.org/index.ph...r-how-are-my-girls-looking.43563/#post-845546 here's the link to my testers so you can see the results of my bizarre soil mix at the moment.
So today iv germed the three short stuff mix pack seeds and tomorrow ill do the purples.
So my soil mixes are going to be interesting to some I think, now I'm really pro organic and pretty green fingered anyway! I have everything from tomatoes, strawberries, aubergine ( which I don't actually like ), pak choi to Indian bean trees. So I know the earth I'm growing in well I don't use anything chemical, the closest ill get is slug pellets and only stuff I can use on edibles and not dusty. All that being said I still need your guys help cause this plant is something unto itself.
Germed the 3 SS mixes in paper towel today
So the soil mix and seedling stage;
The main mix I'm using is slightly adjusted from my testers which aren't finished yet but I want the prime Sun for these plants lives. So;
40 percent Native earth- clay Loam, more Loam natural ph of about 6.5/6.8 varying.
5 percent/ 1 handful- horse manure well rotted
30 percent- organic homemade compost similar to coco fir but with more of a soily nature
10 percent perlite
10 percent boiled stones/pebbles
5 percent/1 handful organic erroneous plant compost topsoil.
Seedlings; there going Into a light multi purpose mix for young plants I get from a friend it's nice light airy totally organic retains moisture well but drys out as well.
First and only transplant into 7-10 gallon tubs which will be dug into surface level earth with a cage for pesky theives.
For pest control I'm still thinking my slug pellets they worked well after I put them out was hoping to escape them but they even crawled over copper tape. I might use a spray on pest repellent I want to make myself, on my other plants I use a mix from American Spirit tobacco which is additive free so hopefully that into a spray would be okay ?
Attached are a pic of my nutes I plan on using anyone got suggestions on a feeding schedule for them ? Armanidog suggested I start off with the grow at quarter strength cause it's high in nitrogen, then move to the bloom in later flowering. I think that sounds good to me when should I use the mass booster though? Those extra sugars seem like big resinous buds to me.
So the site says 8-9 weeks so ill give 10-12 weeks I think as a rough timeline, I'm really looking forward to these and so far for my first season things are going well, fingers crossed.
There's my game plan let me know what you think guys. Peace.
So this is technically my second grow of my first season! My first of of tester autos are 4 weeks or so from done along with some photos I put out 8 weeks ago but that plot is a bit harder to check they are all looking good slight yellowing off the tips and edges off new growth I havent given them nutes but they had a couple handfuls of homemade horse manure about 6_8 years rotted, seems to be getting better might flush them a bit though. Enough about them back to the diary.
https://www.autoflower.org/index.ph...r-how-are-my-girls-looking.43563/#post-845546 here's the link to my testers so you can see the results of my bizarre soil mix at the moment.
So today iv germed the three short stuff mix pack seeds and tomorrow ill do the purples.
So my soil mixes are going to be interesting to some I think, now I'm really pro organic and pretty green fingered anyway! I have everything from tomatoes, strawberries, aubergine ( which I don't actually like ), pak choi to Indian bean trees. So I know the earth I'm growing in well I don't use anything chemical, the closest ill get is slug pellets and only stuff I can use on edibles and not dusty. All that being said I still need your guys help cause this plant is something unto itself.
Germed the 3 SS mixes in paper towel today
So the soil mix and seedling stage;
The main mix I'm using is slightly adjusted from my testers which aren't finished yet but I want the prime Sun for these plants lives. So;
40 percent Native earth- clay Loam, more Loam natural ph of about 6.5/6.8 varying.
5 percent/ 1 handful- horse manure well rotted
30 percent- organic homemade compost similar to coco fir but with more of a soily nature
10 percent perlite
10 percent boiled stones/pebbles
5 percent/1 handful organic erroneous plant compost topsoil.
Seedlings; there going Into a light multi purpose mix for young plants I get from a friend it's nice light airy totally organic retains moisture well but drys out as well.
First and only transplant into 7-10 gallon tubs which will be dug into surface level earth with a cage for pesky theives.
For pest control I'm still thinking my slug pellets they worked well after I put them out was hoping to escape them but they even crawled over copper tape. I might use a spray on pest repellent I want to make myself, on my other plants I use a mix from American Spirit tobacco which is additive free so hopefully that into a spray would be okay ?
Attached are a pic of my nutes I plan on using anyone got suggestions on a feeding schedule for them ? Armanidog suggested I start off with the grow at quarter strength cause it's high in nitrogen, then move to the bloom in later flowering. I think that sounds good to me when should I use the mass booster though? Those extra sugars seem like big resinous buds to me.
So the site says 8-9 weeks so ill give 10-12 weeks I think as a rough timeline, I'm really looking forward to these and so far for my first season things are going well, fingers crossed.
There's my game plan let me know what you think guys. Peace.
