Small Tent, Perpetual Monthly Harvest, Auto-Flower Grow Journal (canna, coco, LED)

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Got antsy and got another Blue Mystic (#2) seed going. I needed to soak and germ some freebies to give to a friend for her first grow so I thought I'd do my third auto plant at the same time.

As usual I pulled the seeds from the fridge ahead of time so they can warm up a bit at room temp. Then I soak them in Ph'd water. They probably had a 24 hour soak this time and the Mystic 2 seems to have popped (oops)!

Mystic 2 went under my new 2nd generation Roleandro 300W full spectrum LED (145W draw apparently, 60 x 5w 3000k LEDs, double lenses). Long term I plan to use this light to start and veg my auto's before moving them under the P300 + the 90W DormGrow UFO to flower. However, to try this light out and see how it does I plan to use it throughout the entire life cycle of Mystic 2. The light put out by this thing has a lovely look to it, a sort of buttery white.

The 300W Roleandro was set at 25" from the coco. I'm a tad concerned about the 5w chips with double lenses and burn so we'll see what sort of distance works best as this plant develops.

(I also re-sized and compressed all my pics before uploading (120 ppi, 1000 px width, jpeg compression at 60%) as we recently learned that the forum doesn't automatically resize images.)

[NA420]

Yes they took a little tugging to tear but wasn't that bad. This was my last time using solo cups anyway, im on my 6th grow and have gained enough experience to be confident enough to plant straight into the medium after germinating in a rapid rooter. The solo cups have helped tremendously and i would reccomend it to every first timer!

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Thanks NA420 I think I'll cut the cups out next time rather than tearing. It's my first time using that technique but it made for a very smooth process for me so I'm goig to keep it.

[NA420]

I did the same solo cup trick thanks to you Beach_Town_Brit worked pretty well! Everything looks good! You will get the hang of it and once you do it will be like an assembly line flowing smoothly!

[Tika]

Vapo69 enchanting saying..VBG and I will pass it on.
Stay in touch

[bobsakamoto]

BTB, i have one of the Roleadro COBs and i liked it so much (and by i i mean my seedlings ) that i bought another one cuz they're only $100 on the big bookseller right now... i'm really looking forward to seeing what the adding both can do together with my viparspectra 300....

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Yes it's a little tough to get used to, it all pivots around getting the right week to add the P/K I think.

My guess'timate for autos is:

Start/Rooting (week 1)
Vegetative I (week 2) -- plant develops
Vegetative II (week 3 & 4) -- veg stagnation to early flower
Generative I (week 5 & 6) -- flowering stretch and fruit growth
Generative II (week 7 ) -- flower breadth
Generative III (week 8) -- flower weight
Generative IV (week 9) -- flower ripening

But that's totally out of my arse. Hopefully we can apply the hive mind to refining it

[Beach_Town_Brit]

I'm actually in Santa Monica, just on the Venice border, just west of Lincoln

I can't imagine what you'd have to "do in kind" to get a $50 room in Brentwood these days!

I tend to add CalMag 1 in 3 feedings, basically because I filter my water.

[Vapo69]

I'm using everything on that chart and plant magic cal-mag....I didnt know canna did a cal-mag but have just seen it a hydro shop....I will probably get the canna version to keep the same😀

[Vapo69]

Then may the best of every day fall at your door😀😀🌱🌿🌲

[Tika]

I'm in second phase.. 35 days from dropping seed ...and will continue until totally bushed out..I think
are you folks adding cali agricultural?

[Tika]

Every day is like that

[Vapo69]

One of THOSE days......?😀😀

[Tika]

No WRONG CHART will post right one in a sec.

[Tika]

I am using this one. I have found at least 3 online (grrrr). All new to me coming from 3 years of Flora Trio + adds
was told to feed full one feed then half the other..but voting with my feet right now.