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

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Awesome, do you just get the smallest one?
Do you know what's in them?

[Weed Pharma]

This is the one I use:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seed-Germinate-Sprout-Plant-Cutting-Clone-Grow-Pot-Fabrics-Bag-Breathable-/271911898263?var=&hash=item3f4f364c97

[Beach_Town_Brit]

It's a new device for me so we'll see how effective it is in such a small tent and with only a 4" extractor fan. My tent is in an upstairs bedroom in SoCal so it can get really hot up there during the summer. It's rarely cold here but a couple of days ago my temp dropped to 57F, hopefully only briefly.

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Thanks ButtyBach We'll see if I can keep it up : )

I do use Cannazym throughout. I try to follow the light feeding schedule from canna

[ButtyBach]

Here's my Spartan Series temperature based fan speed controller. It has two temp dials that allow you to set target temperatures for day and night, and it then adjusts your fan speeds to try and maintain those temps. It determines day and night with a light sensor which is very useful because it means it follows day and night in your tent regardless of the actual time of day. There's also a switch that allows you to adjust how sensitive it is and how much leeway the unit will give on target temperatures.

This has got to be my next investment. My temps and humidity are all over the shop.

[ButtyBach]

In the beginning...

I pulled one each of Nirvana auto Blue Mystic and auto Bubbleicious seeds from my fridge stash a couple of days ago to let them warm up to room temperature.
Yesterday morning I put them in Ph'd, filtered water in shot glasses to soak. I use a Brita water filter to filter my tap-water and Ph Down to adjust my PH.
Then last night after the seeds had been soaking for about 9 hours I potted them.

I'm using a trick I learned on the internet somewhere, which is to plant your solo cup with its bottom cut off in your bigger pot. This allows your seed to sprout and grow out within the confines of the solo cup in its initial days, then you just remove the solo cup once the seedling is ready to take on the full pot. To aid in removing the solo cups later I also snipped the bottom of the solo cup twice and marked where the snips were with a marker (2 snips opposite one another). Once the seedlings are ready I'll snip the top edge of the solo at the marks and then gently tear the cup's sides downwards. Once the solo cup is in two halves it's easy to slide out and your seedling has been re-potted with the absolute minimum of trauma ... in theory ...

I'm using coco/perlite mix. I re-use my coco from previous grows. The fabric pots are 3 gallon off-brand "smart pots."

I watered the outer medium with Ph'd water plus CalMag and Cannazym. This was probably unnecessary but I wanted to prime the medium and the Cannazym is supposedly good when re-using coco.

I very lightly watered the solo cup medium with plain Ph'd water and set a couple of half water bottles on top of them to act as humidity domes.

I reset my light timer for 20/4 light cycle -- on at 6pm, off at 2pm. I left it in the off position last night so that the seeds would have nearly a full day of darkness before the lights come on.

For now I am only using my P300, at about 28" from the top of the pots, and with only the veg switch on. The idea being to start the plants off with slightly less light intensity for the first few days.

Wow! Organised be fucked. Fair Play to you

I take it you are going to be hand feeding. Do you use Cannazym throughout the grow? Interesting that you reuse the coco.
Great tip on growing the seedlings in a larger pot. I usually start mine in jiffy plugs, I suppose it will still work. Especially with autos.

Exciting times ahead for you, lokking forward to joining you on the journey.

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Hi Weed Pharma Germination bags sound cool, do you recommend a particular brand?

[Beach_Town_Brit]

I'm with you Royal Nugs : ) When my lottery ticket comes in I'm getting a beach house with a huge Victorian style conservatory/greenhouse looking out to sea. It'll be a fully computerized, climate controlled grow, and I'll have a really good reading/smoking chair. Oh and a maid who can make a decent cup of tea and a proper Victoria sponge cake.

We can but dream

[Royal Nugs]

Very cool. I wish I had a no limits budget to spend on a grow setup. I dream about it all the time.

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Thanks Tika, let's hope they sprout...

[Tika]

Wonderful! I'm subbed too.

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Here's my Spartan Series temperature based fan speed controller. It has two temp dials that allow you to set target temperatures for day and night, and it then adjusts your fan speeds to try and maintain those temps. It determines day and night with a light sensor which is very useful because it means it follows day and night in your tent regardless of the actual time of day. There's also a switch that allows you to adjust how sensitive it is and how much leeway the unit will give on target temperatures.

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Thanks Nugs, I look forward to any feedback you can offer. I'm a tad concerned about yield from the autos.

[Beach_Town_Brit]

Hey Acres, it's the Spartan series fan controller. It allows you to set target day and night temps. Christmas present from my family Gotta love that amazon wishlist.
Just realized I can't post a pic in a comment, I'll post one below.

[Royal Nugs]

Subbed! Can't wait to see em grow!