First auto grow - Cheese XXL and Moby Dick XXL

[gdogfunkly]

I decided to get some seeds underway for the new auto/veg tent. Cheese XXL Auto and Moby Dick XXL Auto - both from Dinafem. They are both 80-day flowers, so I've got a ways to go for these, but they have great reviews, so I'm willing to invest the time. Wish me luck!

 

[Reedseed]

All the Best to you. And keep on rolling !

 

[oldjarhead100]

Good luck Gdog ,I wouldn't leave that dome on to long though, once my seeds pop out of the root riots I take it off

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 2: up up and away! Not sure what's up with the yellow cotyledons, but they should turn green soon. As soon as the led arrives tomorrow, in the tent she goes!

 

[gdogfunkly]

Thanks! I plan on planting tomorrow once my LED arrives. Would have been here today, but fedex left a door tag instead since I wasn't home. Yet, the last time they left it...go figure. Oh well, almost have the tent prepped and ready to go!

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 3: Roots were coming out of the jiffy pellet and the LED arrived, so I put them in a 7 gallon fabric pot with 1/3 happy frog soil, 1/3 coco and 1/3 perlite. I inoculated the soil with 30ml URB when I mixed the soil last night. I did not water when planting since the soil was very moist. LED is hanging at 38" above the plants with VEG mode only.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 4: Getting used to the new soil and LED and I expect a little slower growth for the next few days. I've never grown with coco in the soil, so while the surface is drying, I believe the soil beneath is moist enough for now. I over-watered my first photos and don't want to make the same mistake with the autos. I'll keep an eye on things.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 5: Sprayed twice today with cal-mag foliar spray to wet the soil near the plant. They appear to be liking the LED light. I'll kick on the boost light in about a week and then the bloom light after 3-4 weeks of growth.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 6: Sprayed with URB foliar in the morning and Cal-mag in the evening. Not wuite ready for a nute feeding. Maybe later in the week I will give a dose of water. I'm contemplating MammothP for the entire grow on this auto. Still on the fence on the nute regimen yet.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 7: Sprayed URB this morning to soak the top of the soil and cal-mag this evening. Slow going, but I know they are growing roots right now.

 

[Cronk]

Are you only spraying them and letting that water run off into the soil? That's the only water? How much would you say that is?

 

[gdogfunkly]

No, I mixed up foliar sprays in separate bottles for URB and for cal-mag plus. i use RO water and adjusted the ph after adding to the their spray bottles. I basically just sprayed the surface until it was damp/wet. It dries after a few hours. Initially, I mixed up the coco/soil/perlite mix and using a gallon of 30ml of URB per 7 gallon pot and there was a bit of runoff. When I planted the seedling, it was still moist. So I'm basically using the sprays to make sure I don't over water.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 8: fed nute week 1 and added mammothp to the mix. First real leaf set is forming. I may lower the light tomorrow and see how they respond.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 9: added more dirt to support the stems and sprayed with URB foliar. Then wetted them again with cal-mag this evening. Also switched oscilating fans from the other tent since the new fan has more power and the scrog needs it. I raised the fan up on a box so the plants are getting air flow and lowered the light to 24".

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 10: Had to turn up the inline fan speed and open a flap a little to get more airflow in the tent. Humidity was way too high, but is back to normal now. URB foliar in the morning and letting them do their thing.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 11: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar in the evening. Slow goings, but that's typical at this age from my previous experience. I turned on the XML boost light as well to try and get things going a bit faster.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 12: fed week 1 nutes again since they were pretty dry. They seem to be coming along now. I'm hoping this mammoth p stuff just makes some monster difference along the way.

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

Hello Gdog, your little ones look nice. Yeah, they will slow a little, on top, but those roots are going down, an soon they will jump up top.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 13: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar this evening. So far so good and they seem to be healthy. I am considering adding molasses next time, but might wait until a few more weeks of growth. I think I'll kick on the bloom switch at about 3-3.5 weeks.

 

[gdogfunkly]

Day 14: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar this evening. The coco really seems to be holding moisture in the soil. I will likely feed again tomorrow.