Rootsruler
New member
06/07/2024
Running six fem autos. Two of each. Scarlet Runtz(Forbidden Runtz x Scarlet Sunset), Scarlet Grapes(Double Grape x Scarlet Sunset), Hot Cakes(The Hotz x Bessie Cake). Seeds were gifted to me by a member on another site.
Going to top one and FIM one of each. I want to see how they react to see what is better for autos. Seeds are currently sequestered in a zip loc bag with a banana peel. I want to see what happens if I expose the seeds to Ethelyne gas the peels give off to see how vibrant they get. That's not really a beginner technique but I'm trying to cram a bunch of different experiments into this run.
I'm also going to run this without using a cannabis specific soil. I want to see if someone with basic grow skills using the same stuff a newb would most likely buy can get to harvest. I'm using Kellog's Patio Plus which has wood chips. I'm guessing the wood chips are their "version" of perlite because there is almost zero perlite in the mix even though the analysis lists it high up on the ingredients list. I went ahead and amended the soil with around 30% Perlite. Everything I'm using is available at your local hardware store.
Original Patio Plus Soil
Soil Analysis
What it looks like straight out of the bag
Perlite I used
Basically the perlite amendment was one bag of soil(1.5 cu/ft) to one bag of perlite(8 dry ounces).
For nutes I'm going to go with the nutes my buddy @Terrapin Station used on his auto grow. Again, available at most home gardening centers and a typical nute a newb would use his first time. No myco or bacterial amendments this round.
When I was clearing out one of my storage lockers I found the 3' x 5' I had been looking for but forgot was in that locker. I had brought over a few things when I came to California to run the two 2' x 2's I brought with me like fans and stuff. I'm going to use those for the 3' x 5'. I also found a 6" inline fan in the storage locker so I'm using that as the exhaust fan for the tent. I bought a plug-in speed controller to be able to manually dial in the fan speed. Again, newb stuff. I found a bunch of grow gear I had forgotten about like a 1/4hp Chiller, cloning trays and lids, etc. Thankfully I brought along the ACI T3 humidifier so environment should be fairly controllable. Lights on will be at night. Daytime temps today were a balmy 105° with higher temps forecast for the next week or so. Yippee.......
The seeds will be in their "banana" bag for approximately 2 weeks. After that I'll germinate them and plant them in 3 gal pots. I was going to sprout and go the traditional route of solo cup to gallon pot to final pot but I figured their final home is going to be 3 gal cloth pots so I'm going to skip the solo cup and go straight to soil like most newbs would.
Setup waiting for the seeds to be ready for their final home. Still need to get some runoff plates and plant stands to get them up off the floor but otherwise we're ready to rock!
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Running six fem autos. Two of each. Scarlet Runtz(Forbidden Runtz x Scarlet Sunset), Scarlet Grapes(Double Grape x Scarlet Sunset), Hot Cakes(The Hotz x Bessie Cake). Seeds were gifted to me by a member on another site.
Going to top one and FIM one of each. I want to see how they react to see what is better for autos. Seeds are currently sequestered in a zip loc bag with a banana peel. I want to see what happens if I expose the seeds to Ethelyne gas the peels give off to see how vibrant they get. That's not really a beginner technique but I'm trying to cram a bunch of different experiments into this run.
I'm also going to run this without using a cannabis specific soil. I want to see if someone with basic grow skills using the same stuff a newb would most likely buy can get to harvest. I'm using Kellog's Patio Plus which has wood chips. I'm guessing the wood chips are their "version" of perlite because there is almost zero perlite in the mix even though the analysis lists it high up on the ingredients list. I went ahead and amended the soil with around 30% Perlite. Everything I'm using is available at your local hardware store.
Original Patio Plus Soil
Soil Analysis
What it looks like straight out of the bag
Perlite I used
Basically the perlite amendment was one bag of soil(1.5 cu/ft) to one bag of perlite(8 dry ounces).
For nutes I'm going to go with the nutes my buddy @Terrapin Station used on his auto grow. Again, available at most home gardening centers and a typical nute a newb would use his first time. No myco or bacterial amendments this round.
When I was clearing out one of my storage lockers I found the 3' x 5' I had been looking for but forgot was in that locker. I had brought over a few things when I came to California to run the two 2' x 2's I brought with me like fans and stuff. I'm going to use those for the 3' x 5'. I also found a 6" inline fan in the storage locker so I'm using that as the exhaust fan for the tent. I bought a plug-in speed controller to be able to manually dial in the fan speed. Again, newb stuff. I found a bunch of grow gear I had forgotten about like a 1/4hp Chiller, cloning trays and lids, etc. Thankfully I brought along the ACI T3 humidifier so environment should be fairly controllable. Lights on will be at night. Daytime temps today were a balmy 105° with higher temps forecast for the next week or so. Yippee.......
The seeds will be in their "banana" bag for approximately 2 weeks. After that I'll germinate them and plant them in 3 gal pots. I was going to sprout and go the traditional route of solo cup to gallon pot to final pot but I figured their final home is going to be 3 gal cloth pots so I'm going to skip the solo cup and go straight to soil like most newbs would.
Setup waiting for the seeds to be ready for their final home. Still need to get some runoff plates and plant stands to get them up off the floor but otherwise we're ready to rock!
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