Hello everyone! Here is the deal. My wife and I have been self medicating for years, and finally decided to grow our own. We just planted our first 3 seeds. 1 is a Purple Bud Auto (White Label Seeds), 1 is a Big Yield Auto (Phoenix Seeds), and 1 is a Candy Kush Auto (Auto Seeds).
We popped them directly into the soil using solo cups, after we saturated the soil with RO water with a little bit of Dr. Root, and SLF-100.
We placed the solo cups in a temp controlled propagation dome set at 78 degrees, and we are hoping to keep the humidity above 80% by adding a little extra water to the bottom tray of the dome.
We are using a 2x4x7ft Gorilla Grow Lite tent, a Chiled Growcraft x3 (330 watt), and a 4 inch AC Infinity inline duct fan, with various other small fans for maximum air circulation.
Feel free to leave any comments or tips. I will keep updating this post when anything interesting happens.
Take care all!
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Sounds like you know what you're doing. You also picked out some really good equipment.
Seeds have sprouted. Our little ladies are growing. Took 4 days to get to this stage. Not sure if I should make a new post everytime I update, or just keep leaving comments here as the grow goes on.
I don't know, Satan's pretty cool.
Take care friends!
Looking good! Replying to this thread would probably be best so all info is in one thread instead of multiple.
Little ladies are doing their thing. My wife and I are already proud as hell! So excited to get them transplanted in a week or so and give them their first feed. Should we feed them on the day of the transplant, or wait til they adjust to the new pots? We are putting them into 5 gallon fabric pots where they will spend the rest of their lives. This is day 3 since sprouting. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!
Take care friends!
What soil are you using?
We're using Nectar for the Gods soil #4. And gonna use the NFTG Spartan Regimen + Athenas Aminas and Demeters Destiny nutes when its time to feed. Also using Cultured Biologix products for my teas, and SLF 100.
@DvntGarden Ok, that soil has nutrients in it so no need to feed them on the day of transplant.
I only spray the surface and I have a plastic dome I use for humidity at this stage and I spray it as well. Seedlings don't need much of anything. As Mr. Growit said, they are resilient.
Thank you both!
Just a little update for anyone interested. The plants seem to be ok. Gonna stop over watering, and gonna start phing the water. The little ladies didn't grow any height wise, but the leaves got bigger. Consulted a good friend of mine and he thinks that the ladies were growing out their roots yesterday and that's why I didn't see any growth. And I think he was on to something because the soil was way dryer than normal this morning when I checked on them. So anyhow, that's it.
Take care friends,
DvntGarden
Sweet! You won't see much growth for the first 7-10 days after sprout while the plant is establishing its root zone. After that you'll notice growth daily.
Hello everyone!
Little ladies are still looking ok as far as we can tell.
Plus, even better, we got married yesterday. Had a small ceremony in our backyard with family only. We hope you will forgive us for lying to you up until now. It just seemed easier to say "my wife" instead of "my fiance", knowing that my fiance would become my wife shortly. 😆
Anyway the last 2 waterings have been after 48 hours of the last. And yesterday we noticed roots growing out of the holes that we cut in the bottom of the solo cups! So they have been growing out their roots after all. We were stoked to see that!
Today we gave them their first feeding. Will update when there is new developments.
Take care all,
DvntGarden
Congrats on the wedding. I have never grown autos, interested to see the progress.
Thank you! I am gonna keep my grow journal updated fairly regularly. Mr.GROWIT'S videos along with this forum have been an excellent resource so far. Plus I have my best friend who has been a licensed caregiver for the past 10ish years and uses the Nectar For The Gods nute line who lives nearby. He is the reason I am using Nectar myself, because his meds have always been top shelf.
I think our girls are doing well after their first feeding last night, although I don't know how long it would take to see any negative effects if we were premature in feeding them. They are about to go into their dark phase for the day in 30ish minutes, and lights will be back on 6 hours after that. So I will be waiting to check on them again until then.
We are dying from the wait to see them start growing fast. We struggle with patience btw. And as always I will continue to update with any relevant info, and I'm always happy to answer any questions about our grow and happy to hear any advice anyone has to give!
Take care friends,
DvntGarden
Congrats on getting married! Your plants seem to be coming along nicely.
Thank you!
Soil is still a little moist. We are gonna wait til tomorrow evening to feed and water the little ladies.
In the meantime here are some, hopefully, better shots of them.
Take care friends,
DvntGarden
Fed them again last night. That's feeding #2. I am using the nectar for the gods feeding schedule, as per their recommendations with no deviation so far. They look great, as far as I can tell!
The Candy Kush is supposed to be the runty one and we can already see it falling behind in development. But she is the one I am most excited about. She is supposed to be very potent. 5+% CBD and 15-20% THC!
The Big Yield and Purple Bud ladies are coming along very nicely, as you can see their leaves starting to spread out into clusters instead of single leaves. Im sure their is a proper sciencey term for it, but fucked if we know what it is.😆
Lastly all the stems are really starting to stiffen up. I think at this rate they will be ready for transplant into their 5 gallon fabric pot forever homes next week sometime.
As always feed back is greatly appreciated!
Take care all,
DvntGarden
2 days since transplant. I know, I know. We should have waited. But I decided I knew better than all the experts, after all we have been growing for a solid 2 weeks and 5 days...😆
Next time I'm gonna give them at least 3 weeks before I transplant, or I'm gonna pop the beans right into 5 gallon pots right off the bat.
Anyways, they all handled the transplant pretty well. The Big Yield (Bertha) took it the worst but still looks healthy, even though her stem needs propped up now. The Purple Bud (Shaniqua), and the Candy Kush (Tootsie) both look fantastic as far as we can tell.
We gave them a full feed tonight using the early veg feeding schedule from NFTG. We mixed up a half gallon of nutes and split it up between the 3 ladies.
Any thoughts, comments, tips, and/or constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!
Take care friends,
DvntGarden
P.s. I tried to add some new pictures. But it wouldn't let me. Idk
Here we go.
@DvntGarden Coming along good!
We fed them Tuesday, and again today. These last 2 feeds we gave them a full gallons worth of nutes in half a gallon of water, divided evenly among the three (about 22 ounces per plant).
The feeding today was supplemented with cultured biologix instant teas. I gave them Dr. Root (last time I give them this one), Dr. Growth, and Dr. Veg.
Everyday this week I have been doing a little training on them. Bending, and also pinching and twisting the stalks. And the stalks have really responded, they have easily doubled in their strength/rigidity since the transplant (mostly in this week). I want thESE little ladies to be strong and THICC! 😆
Anyways I believe they are looking healthy and they are really starting to spread out in this last week. Let me know what you think!
Take care all,
DvntGarden
The little ladies are a month old today. So to celebrate we gave them their first round of LST. Just bent each plant over with gardening wire, and used the wire going the opposite way on the bottom for some counter support so as not to damage the roots.
Take care all,
DvntGarden
God damnit friends. Is this a male?
Sincerely,
DvntGarden
I see pistils. Female, but could be a hermie which would be pistils and pollen sacs. The pollen sacs grow in clusters so I would wait for further development until making a determination.
Thanks for the feedback. I reached out to my best bud (and caregiver) and he is confident they are females, but I am definitely gonna keep an eye on em.
Shaniqua (Purple Bud) and Tootsie (Candy Kush) are in flower, Bertha (Big Yield) ain't quite there yet. Tootsie is the top picture and Shaniqua is the bottom
They are still pretty short though. Hoping to see them stretch soon. Time to bump the feed up to flowering doses!
Take care friends,
DvntGarden
These are unrelated to my grow. We just had to share the view from the back porch this morning. The fall colors and the river are beautiful! We're so thankful to have bought this house!
Feeling grateful,
DvntGarden
P.S. Hoping to do a feed this afternoon. Will update with some new pictures of the plants later.
@DvntGarden So beautiful! Wow. That's your home or vacation spot? Looking at this picture, I'm guessing you get a view of the sunrise every morning. Is that right?
This is our home. We live in southwest Michigan, on the St. Joe River. The home belonged to my mother and father, they bought the house in 1993 when I was 10, and I bought it from them last year when they decided to downsize and move to a nearby town closer to my sister. Our home is in the country just outside of a very small township of less than 1000 people. We love it.
Take care friends,
DvntGarden
Michigander here as well. Love your view. I live on the southeast side of MI. Here's a pic of one of my girls posing in front of my canal. Haha
Just started reading through your journal. Looking good. 👍🏼
Hello all,
We gave the ladies a feeding tonight, we bumped it up to the early flower dose and gave them some instant microbe tea as well. We also did some LST and some selective defoliation, just enough to uncover the bud sites that weren't getting much light. Definitely noticed a little faster growth over the last few days.
So I'm feeling confident in saying we have made some mistakes so far. I believe that we did over water them when they were seedlings, which resulted in some stunted growth. I also noticed earlier this week that 2 of our bottled nutrients (Medusa's Magic, & Herculean Harvest) had a sludge layer in the bottom of the bottle. This means that we never properly mixed those nutes up to this point. So if anyone out there is thinking of trying out Nectar For The Gods nutes, make sure to shake the shit out of each bottle and then use a bamboo skewer to scrape the bottom inside to check for a sludge layer.
Despite our mistakes I think they are looking healthy, albeit pretty short. Hoping to see some signs of flower from the big yield this coming week, and would love to see some good vertical growth soon so we can get in there and strengthen up the branches with more LST (Pinching and twisting the branches).
Take care friends,
DvntGarden
Hello everyone,
Its been awhile since I have posted but now I'm concerned. This is my big yield auto. She has been having issues with the "newer" growth, in that it hasn't been developing. She is getting taller and bushier, but the tops and tips haven't developed in more than 2 weeks. She also has responded within hours of being defoliated and tied down, I'm having to defoliate and tie her down every week cuz she is just so damn thick. All of her older growth is nice and green and healthy looking. I have been giving her a feed, feed, tea, feed, feed, tea every other day or 2. I have slurry tested her twice in the last 2 weeks and the tests come back right in the proper range I'm looking for, 400 ppm and in the 6-7 pH range. I don't know whats going on with her or maybe I'm being too impatient. My other 2 plants are in full flower and they look good although still small.
Any advice on my big yield would be appreciated!
Take care friends,
Lowell Kimble
P.s. I'm looking for a photo period plant with a good combination of THC and CBD. I have found seeds for Jorges Diamond strain by Jorge Cervantes and Dutch Passion so far. If anyone has another strain that meets that criteria I am very interested in hearing about it. Thank you!
@DvntGarden Hmmm. She may just still be stretching and will stop growing upwards then flower more vigorously after day 21ish of being in flowering is my guess.
Thanks! And to tell you the truth it could be 3+ weeks of this issue with Bertha. Is that common with AFs?
@DvntGarden Some Phenos pack on more weight towards the later weeks in flowering. How many days since the plant has sprouted from the medium?