Indoor The Return of Zamnisia Auto Caramel - A Frogster Grow

[Frogster]

Excellent grow log mate!!! And thank you for the kinds words and support. Those bendy plastic things look insanely useful, I'll have to grab some

Autos absolutely crush it when given the ideal environment... which is interesting considering autos are a species of cannabis (ruderalis) designed specifically to survive in the harshest conditions imaginable. I remember growing some really impressive autos ~10 years ago (Blue Streak and Sour60) so I can only imagine how far the breeders have come after all this time. I shall find out personally this spring

Thank you Sir , Yep, those "bendz" things are very useful when you start growing to the potential Autos have... A good way to keep the stems out of the lights.

What an awesome video! Well done :smoking:

Thanks, I will have to look at making another one soon.

Day 43 Update

Not sure if it was luck or judgement, or a bit of both, but It looks like I have managed to work out where & how to stop the stretch in just the right place.

Those "Bendz" stem bender thingies have been used a lot in this grow and have helped for sure, and changing to my "flower mix" at the right time also helped.

I was worrying there for a day or two, my lights are now hard against the tent roof, I had even considered building a taller garage to house a taller tent.

Some might say, the plants are doing a little too well, It's a little jungle, but I see the final bud potential and think I will manage OK

Had a close look at some of the flowers and can see the start of fairy dust appearing.


Big plants in a small area create problems that you need to handle, humidity, air circulation, temps, etc and it has taken a bit of fiddling to keep it on track.

The Pulse charting has been able to help me identify what needs changing (temp, Rh, etc), so I can fine tune the environment to the plants requirements (and best VPD) at each stage of the grow.

I can't see me growing in the future without this bit of kit.

@getpulse.co

Day Chart

Night Chart

VPD is off just a tad, but I am happy with that considering the above and external conditions I have to contend with.

The plants look as if they are happy.

Buds are starting to fill in nicely, as you can see, and loads of bud sites everywhere in the tent.

Nothing changed on my feeding regime, EC, and Ph as before, but I have to say... these Ladies are greedy buggers.

I have changed my lights from 20/4 to 19/5 , just as an experiment

Barring any unexpected incidents I have no plans to change anything else during this next part of the grow.

As the bud develops and fills out, I plan to lower the Rh a bit, and change some additives to final feeds, cooler night temps, etc, but that's for later.




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[Frogster]

Day 45 Update

It's bloody cold outside, with a threat of snow, but inside my Ladies are basking in a nice warm tent, and loving it.

All is well in their little world. Buds are continuing to fill in and they are taking up the nutrients and water like an alcoholic on a bender.

My "flower/bloom Mix" is still being administered via the Reservoir and I am maintaining this at 5.8 PH, EC 1.8

Getting the feed PH is one thing, but something often overlooked is checking the Growing Medium PH.

This is often confusing to people as "Feed PH" and "Growing Medium PH" are different.

The PH and nutrient concentration of a cannabis plant’s "growing medium" can vary and you have to dial in the right numbers to unlock the plants full potential.

Whether you are growing with a soil or soilless setup, the growing medium PH should be measured (and adjusted if need be), to obtain the correct levels for the medium used.

This will in turn control the nutrients the plant can absorb, getting it in the right range will eliminate potential problems associated with lockouts and deficiencies.

Cannabis plants prefer a slightly acidic environment for its roots. Strain requirements can vary slightly, an ideal range if growing in soil is between 6 to 6.8. For a soilless garden, PH should sit between 5.5 to 6.5.

I grow using a soil/pebble/perlite mixed medium (in autopots), as I have detailed elsewhere in this journal, the following applies in general to Soil type grows.

There are many charts out there, this is the one I use

Growing outside this range can lead to Nutrient lockouts and cause problems and stress to the plants.

So how do you measure the Soil PH ?

I find a good soil Ph meter is the best way to get a true read of the soil (but there are other methods, checking run off etc).

My personal target Ph for the Soil is 6.4 - I find this is my sweet spot for ensuring a good up take of all the required nutrients.

I checked it again today, and it is Spot on.

That's it for today, I hope that may be of interest to some of you




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[Only1Sky]

Thanks for all the time and detailed info here. This is absolutely awesome.

 

[davisgirl]

Fascinating! Almost didn’t notice you didn’t include a pic of the ladies.

Can I get your opinion? First grow, and currently in 5 gallon bubble buckets, soon to be fed with a top off reservoir compliments of quite a bit of help from Man O Green. My original plan for the second grow was the 4 pot Autopots XL 6.6 gallon along with the reservoir and air domes - all ready to go and sitting in the box beside the tent. Now that I’ve got the top off reservoir, I’d just as soon stick to the bubble buckets. What do you think?

 

[EvilScotsman]

Fascinating! Almost didn’t notice you didn’t include a pic of the ladies.

Can I get your opinion? First grow, and currently in 5 gallon bubble buckets, soon to be fed with a top off reservoir compliments of quite a bit of help from Man O Green. My original plan for the second grow was the 4 pot Autopots XL 6.6 gallon along with the reservoir and air domes - all ready to go and sitting in the box beside the tent. Now that I’ve got the top off reservoir, I’d just as soon stick to the bubble buckets. What do you think?

Definately stuck to the bubble buckets and sell me the Autopots lol they're fuckin extortionate but I'm dying to try them

 

[davisgirl]

Definately stuck to the bubble buckets and sell me the Autopots lol they're fuckin extortionate but I'm dying to try them

LOLOL would if I could. Gathering dust atm. Costs too much to ship it back to the vendor at this point I’d rather use it as a handy shelf for various supplies.

 

[Frogster]

Thanks for all the time and detailed info here. This is absolutely awesome.

Thanks, I hope that this grow journal (with some advice and tips along the way) may help in stopping others from making the same mistakes that I made during my early grows, and also reduce the inevitable head scratching as to why their grows didn't produce or go as they expected.

Almost anyone can grow weed - of some sort.... after all, It is a weed. But to start getting above average results, some more detailed understanding (of stuff like PH) is required.

I'm not an expert, just a bloke that has a passion to try and grow good weed... when I started all the info available that there is today was not available.

A lot of what I do is a result of my own experiments, some worked some didn't, pick out the bits you want.

My way of doing it, is not the only or definitive way... just "My Way" not everybody will have the same ideas and may disagree with me.... That's fine, but I hope seeing what can be done and how it was achieved from germ to harvest may benefit a few wanting to progress without having to reinvent the wheel.

Just my way of paying back and trying to help out.

Fascinating! Almost didn’t notice you didn’t include a pic of the ladies.

Sorry, other stuff to do today... life huh

[Can I get your opinion? First grow, and currently in 5 gallon bubble buckets, soon to be fed with a top off reservoir compliments of quite a bit of help from Man O Green. My original plan for the second grow was the 4 pot Autopots XL 6.6 gallon along with the reservoir and air domes - all ready to go and sitting in the box beside the tent. Now that I’ve got the top off reservoir, I’d just as soon stick to the bubble buckets. What do you think?

Well, as I said above.... I am no expert and this is just my way of doing it, is not the only or definitive way... just "My Way".

I don't have experience of bubble buckets - Sorry, but I have used Autopots on a lot of grows now without hassle or failure, I am happy with the results I get and they are so easy to manage, so I wouldn't change from them.

Sorry I can't advise more on them, but @Mañ'O'Green may be able to....

Over time you will find what works best for you. Why not try both methods and see.

 

[davisgirl]

Thanks, I hope that this grow journal (with some advice and tips along the way) may help in stopping others from making the same mistakes that I made during my early grows, and also reduce the inevitable head scratching as to why their grows didn't produce or go as they expected.

Almost anyone can grow weed - of some sort.... after all, It is a weed. But to start getting above average results, some more detailed understanding (of stuff like PH) is required.

I'm not an expert, just a bloke that has a passion to try and grow good weed... when I started their wasn't all the info available that there is today, and a lot of what I do is a result of my own experiments, some worked some didn't, pick out the bits you want.

My way of doing it, is not the only or definitive way... just "My Way" not everybody will have the same ideas and may disagree with me.... That's fine, but I hope seeing what can be done and how it was achieved from germ to harvest may benefit a few wanting to progress without having to reinvent the wheel.

Just my way of paying back and trying to help out.




Sorry, other stuff to do today... life huh



Well, as I said above.... I am no expert and this is just my way of doing it, is not the only or definitive way... just "My Way".

I don't have experience of bubble buckets - Sorry, but I have used Autopots on a lot of grows now without hassle or failure, I am happy with the results I get and they are so easy to manage, so I wouldn't change from them.

Sorry I can't advise more on them, but @Mañ'O'Green may be able to....

Over time you will find what works best for you. Why not try both methods and see.

Thanks for the advice Frogster

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I would be growing in DWC if my climate allowed me to control the reservoir temperatures. It does not. My back does not allow me to move heavy pots around so soil type grows are out for me. Pumps and gravity move all of the water in my rock wool hydro system. The only time I have to lift anything heavy is to harvest a plant - hopefully they are heavy. I think good plants can be grown in every style once you learn that style. So to answer @davisgirl it depends - but I am envious of your environment that allows DWC.

 

[davisgirl]

I would be growing in DWC if my climate allowed me to control the reservoir temperatures. It does not. My back does not allow me to move heavy pots around so soil type grows are out for me. Pumps and gravity move all of the water in my rock wool hydro system. The only time I have to lift anything heavy is to harvest a plant - hopefully they are heavy. I think good plants can be grown in every style once you learn that style. So to answer @davisgirl it depends - but I am envious of your environment that allows DWC.

I’m really happy with the ladies in DWC. I really couldn’t have asked for any better results, I’m thrilled. I feel comfortable with the buckets and I feel like I’ve worked out the new DWC grower snags. I guess I’ll just move the unopened Autopots box into the corner of the growroom containing similarly ill thought out purchases like the 3x3 tent, 300w blurple, 4” fan and filter, cash crop 5.0, various nutes and meters and inadequate air pumps good god it pains me to think of it.