Grow Journal 1st grow Autos by Greenpassion

[Greenpassion]

I have a question to those who grow in kind soil. There's a product out there that is much less expensive made by Nature's living, called Nature's living soil for autoflowers. Is anyone familiar with this? With my budget kind soil is pretty steep price wise, and this Nature's living soil seems to be a kind of concentration where you only use like a half a cup in a 3 gallon grow bag. I do not want to have to go to using nutes, and if this actually does what they say it does I can definitely afford this. Is anyone out there for miliar with this product?

[Californiakid]

Someone else has mentioned this company. I will be trying them out when I run out of kind. *free shipping in the U.S..

[Greenpassion]

Where do you get free shipping for kind soil? I bought mine off Amazon. And shipping is 1350. Are you buying it directly from kind soil?

[Californiakid]

Natures living soil offers free shipping in the U.S.

[Greenpassion]

Cool.

[Californiakid]

I like to inquire when I find a new source.

[Greenpassion]

I'd really like to check it out but I'm afraid to do so without someone who's experienced using it. I will be needing to order 25 lb of kind soil soon, and I'd much rather get this stuff if it's as good as kind.

[Californiakid]

I'm going to say my guess is they are likely to be very similar. Both are made/blended specifically for cannabis.

I think after the grow challenge I'll do a side by side comparison.

[Greenpassion]

That would be interesting. If you really think they're pretty much the same thing then maybe I will go ahead and buy Nature's living for this upcoming grow. My current plants 35 days old, so I'm still not sure when I want to start 5 more seeds that are Auto. But I'm also planning on growing 5 photoperiod plants in the same room as my next group of Auto. Of course moving them into a flowering room when they are done in veg.

[Greenpassion]

Just went upstairs and checked on the girls. Lights have been out about an hour. Humidity 53, temps 75, and every single plant is drooped! I don't believe they're over or under watered- what is going on? I've got to say my suspicions might be that I did not use enough of the neutral Pro mix BX on top of the kind soil, and maybe they're getting too much of a good thing so to speak. Every single one is drooped. Very strange. Any ideas?

[Chefbjy]

When lights go out leaves go to sleep... they should perk up with lights on. It's called circadian rythum.

[Greenpassion]

Oh wow! Never knew that. Guess I'm on the right track then.😊

[Greenpassion]

Two days ago I planted five more OG Kush seeds in Rapid Rooter plugs. I had soaked them overnight, planted them in the plugs and put them on the heat mat under CFL lighting. I cannot for the life of me think of anything I've done wrong, but once again four out of five have come up. The first grow of which my plants are now just beginning to flower, out of 10 seeds I got six. These are from Nirvana and the company says they've never had a problem. What in the world am I doing wrong here. Next time I will use the paper towel method. But here's a question. The one little seed that has not done anything, can I take that out and put it on a small plate in a damp paper towel now? Or is it too late for that at this point? I planted them Friday morning. It is now Monday morning. Any thoughts?

[Greenpassion]

Wow okay. I'll give it more time I guess. Nirvana gave me the impression that they never have a seed failure, so I attributed it to be my fault. The first round 6 out of 10 sprouted, and I didn't really give the other four much more time. Turned off the heat mat Etc. I will leave this one alone and hope for the best. They are under 2 CFL grow bulbs 60w, 3200 k. I have them about 12 to 13 inch away from the Rooter plugs. Thanks for your replies guys.

[Redwasp]

Nirvana has some really good seeds and really good strains but no one can claim 100%. It just will never happen. I get close to 100% but 100 is just plain impossible no matter what kind of seeds you are planting. There will always be failures. I think that for most people getting 8 out of 10 is a rather good number. I know that Nirvana will usually work with you if you have a very dismal germination rate but that is usually for when none of the seeds germinate. Good luck and never fret about losing 1 or 2.

[Greenpassion]

I feel better about this now, thank you Redwasp. Thank all of you. 😊

[Greenpassion]

Well I thought that kind soil was supposed to prevent nutrient problems. One of the six is seriously yellowed at the bottom of the plant. A lot of the leaves are pale and yellow. The only one out of six. And another issue is another one out of six has not even begun to go into flowering, when all the others are well into it. These These are from Nirvana. Do they ever mix up and send photos instead of Auto?. Really surprised at the yellowing leaves.

[D.A.A.S.69]

I doubt the KindSoil is causing the yellowing, That sounds like too much water to me, causing the yellowing

[Greenpassion]

Quite some time ago when I first started this journal I had mentioned that I mixed up my tags. It is either a northern lights or an OG Kush that is yellowing at the bottom. As far as over-watering goes I'm really not sure that that could be. I wait until they are dry and very light. I'm going to do some more LST on them and then pull them out of the room and photograph them today. In a couple hours I'll post some pics.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Just saying I ain't never had no trouble using KindSoil, unless it was my fault, and I've used it a bunch.
If anything ,it might be a little to strong.

[Greenpassion]

Mine are taking about six and a half to 7 cups of water about every 4 days. There's a lot of air circulation and the temps are between 80 and 81. Don't know if that helps

[D.A.A.S.69]

Are you getting runoff a little ? Are you feeling the bottom of your pots to make sure that the roots are getting damp when you water.?
If the roots don't get damp, you are gonna have problems.

[Greenpassion]

Just took several pictures of plant number one. I have them all numbered one through six. And this is the one out of 6 that is not flowering and I'm wondering if it is a photo. They are around 2 months old in a few days.

[Greenpassion]

This is plant number three, the one that is yellowing.

[Greenpassion]

Californiakid, there are 21 cups of kind soil in each 3 gallon grow bag. I use epsom salt on my orchids because they tend to go into magnesium deficiency if I don't. Should I start doing that? My pH comes out a perfect 6.5 lately. And I'm not clear on what you meant by no foliage drench.?

[Chefbjy]

A drench would be watering foliar would be spray leaves. You can try making your water up with epson salt and molasses. 2tbl epson salt 1tbl molasses per gallon... I would only use calmag as last resort... You can look into making a tea with langbeinite too it's a natural amendment that is 22% water soluble. Great source of k mag and sulfur.

[Greenpassion]

Then next watering that's what I will do. Epsom salts 2 tablespoons per gallon. And I'll get some molasses.

[Greenpassion]

This is plant number 6. It has a big thick Cola I guess that's what you call it. It's so densely leaved it's difficult to expose all the buds. But this one seems to be smaller but far more ahead of the other ones. It's already sticky and smelly.

[Greenpassion]

This is plant number 4.

[Greenpassion]

This is plant number two. This was the other one that I thought would not go into flower but as you can see or hopefully, it looks like it is just now beginning to flower. Quite a bit behind the other ones but still ahead of number one that isn't going into flower at all. I've just water them and they look a little wilty. Is that normal? I water them until I feel the bottoms of the cloth pots are wet. I try not to have any drain out. I feel underneath them and my fingers come off wet, which I hope is okay. It tells me that the water has gone through the pot. Am I on the right track?

[D.A.A.S.69]

I wasn't thinking, sorry about that. If they were mine I wouldn't worry to much anyway,, less it's spreading fast.
Epson salt might work fine .

[Chefbjy]

I think epson salt with some molasses would help imo... But you can get a 5lb box of langbeinite for around 13$ and try a tea... with autos and kind soil I would start them on teas molasses and good amendment teas for flowering. I bet it gets better fast without calmag imo. Then you can clip those yellow leaves off and watch it thrive... granted that it is an auto...not sure what plant that was 😆.

[Greenpassion]

Thank you guys so much. I will totally keep you posted on the response to my addition and they're watering. I'll take some pics in a week or so. You guys are awesome!

[Greenpassion]

Hey everybody. Things are really going well here on my first grow with autos and kindsoil. I thought I would post some pics. It looks like a couple of these are just about ready to go. I'm getting some brownish trichomes and a lot of the buds are super thick and Hefty.

[Greenpassion]

Redwasp, I think they're about 3 months. I'm not at home so I can't look in the book, but I was thinking that it would be around the very end of September or the first week of October that they would be harvested.

[Greenpassion]

Redwasp, the seeds sprouted June 24th so they won't even be 3 months until September 24th. Does that sound about right? So if I harvest the one that looks the closest and the next 10 to 12 days or so well I hope I'm on track here.

[Redwasp]

Always check the trichomes but yes that sounds to be just about right depending on the strain. 65 to 90 days for most autos. Although mine have all gone 75 days or more. But I like the more relaxing smoke for most of my plants so I always wait a little longer. So yes the timing is right in the window.

[Greenpassion]

Thank you guys for the thumbs up. I wouldn't be able to do this without you. Seriously! I had a friend come over and put eyes on, and he was really really impressed with the size of the buds. And the four new OG Kush seeds that came up about a month ago are now starting to flower also. I'm really surprised at that.
And in the next day or so I will be starting some photo period plants- Pure Power Plant seeds. And having said that, I will be opening up a second room so that when the p.p.ps have been in veg for a while, I can move them into 12 12 in the other room.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Greenpassion, nice job with your plants,

[Chefbjy]

Awesome job! Do you think you've worked out your kinks? I think you did a stunning job for your first grow. Autos are fast and fragile, I think you'll like growing photos there's much more room for error 😉.

[Greenpassion]

Thanks you guys!!!