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Hey guys! Been bust alot lately, work and also renting a new farm down by the sea. The mrs is a horse trainer and competitor and now we got out own stable and pastures etc. Been alot of carpentry and fixing up lately, but now its up and running! There is also big potential for a small guerilla grow somewhere... ;)

All my autos are harvested and I got somewhere around 150-180 grams of dried flower. And its very good smoke! Stronger than Im used to haha. Got my seedling in the "incubator" and will transplant in just over a week into bigger pots and into the grow room. Getting me a little upgrade now come payday, humidifier, one more LED and Im also thinking about getting a 6 pot autopot system. Anyone has experience with it I would love to get some info and pros/cons!



Hopw everyone is well and staying safe.
 

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Congrats on the new farm. I have zero experience with autopot. I think the homegrown is stronger also LOL and maybe the genetics now a days :)
 
hey @swegrow,
Sounds like a great new place to live. happy for you.
Yes, the home grown is a step up from the retail I have tried. Congrats on a successful grow.

Just a note on Autopots. Been using them for almost a year.
Positives include using less water and having more free time when it is up and running. I have grown quality and quantity autoflowers with them.
They can use plastic as well as fabric pots. I have never had an over watering problem yet.
I am probably going to switch to mainly fabric as I find the root system is more wide spread then with the plastic.
The system also seems prone to nutrient buildup and ph lockout. I have had to flush my pots on several grows to correct things. Of course it could be me overfeeding or my choice in nutrients. All a big learning curve to get things dialed in.
Also found that growing different strains on the same reservoir does not always work the best. Some plants are heavy feeders and some light.
I have a couple homemade reservoirs so I can keep growing a variety without having to fight with differences in nutrient demands.
Have used coco/perlite exclusively with salt based nutrients.
Only been growing for a little over a year but have 5 grows under my belt already.

Hope this helps,
happy growing.

JEMad
 
Thanks SoOrbudgal! We are just renting the stables and the land, will continue to live in our house. But its like a 5 minute drive so its perfect! And yes, gave a bag of last years outdoor crops to my father in law and he rolled one up with only weed in it. Was waaay to much for him, used to the hashish back in the 70s LOL.


hey @swegrow,
Sounds like a great new place to live. happy for you.
Yes, the home grown is a step up from the retail I have tried. Congrats on a successful grow.

Just a note on Autopots. Been using them for almost a year.
Positives include using less water and having more free time when it is up and running. I have grown quality and quantity autoflowers with them.
They can use plastic as well as fabric pots. I have never had an over watering problem yet.
I am probably going to switch to mainly fabric as I find the root system is more wide spread then with the plastic.
The system also seems prone to nutrient buildup and ph lockout. I have had to flush my pots on several grows to correct things. Of course it could be me overfeeding or my choice in nutrients. All a big learning curve to get things dialed in.
Also found that growing different strains on the same reservoir does not always work the best. Some plants are heavy feeders and some light.
I have a couple homemade reservoirs so I can keep growing a variety without having to fight with differences in nutrient demands.
Have used coco/perlite exclusively with salt based nutrients.
Only been growing for a little over a year but have 5 grows under my belt already.

Hope this helps,
happy growing.

JEMad
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So you can use ordinary round fabric pots in the autopot trays? That sounds great. Ive got a bunch of 3gals, do you think they will fit in the standard system? Thought about the Autopot XL but I dont really have the room for it right now.

It seems like a very good system, I also thought about DWC or rDWC but that might be a later project. Need some more experience and some more grows under my belt I think.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Means a lot hearing it first hand instead of getting a thousand opinions from googling =)

Have a good weekend and stay safe brother!
 
Indoor grow No. 2!

Start 17/5/20 (seeds sprouted 10/5)

Here we go again! Redid some of the ducting, cleaned out the grow room with bleach. Removed the radiator to get more space, wont need it for a while anyway.

Strain: 6x Dark Devil auto, 1x Jack47 XL auto

Medium: BioBizz Lightmix in 3gal fabric pots together with Xtreme Gardening MYKOS mixed in. About 1/2" of leca at bottom of pots.

Light: 1x ToDoGrow LED TGL 220/ 3590. Getting me one more as soon as they are back in stock.

Air: BLACK ORCHID MIXED-FLO EXTRACTOR - RV - Ø125, Carbon filter, 3 fans for circulation. Air intake with filter.

Nutes: BioBizz lineup.

Co2: Air bomz, dont know if this is more than a gimmick but got one cheap at a sale so worth a try.


On the pic, I also got some of the outdoor plants moved into the growroom due to a prolonged winter. Kind off, storm winds and rain nonstop right now.

Next thing on the shopping list is a humidifier and more light. Maybe one more osccilating fan and a better timer / setup for the electrical system. I got my timers set with my phone via amazon alexa right now and ran into a problem - timers wont work if the internet connection is down. And that happens out here on the country side some times. No harm done for autos but that will be devastating for photos.
 

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Yes that’s an awesome setup ! I grew inside for awhile have it Dialed pretty good love indoor Results! This summer I am outdoors wanna challenge Mother Nature lots more Obstacles outside ..
 
Right about that power outage crap. I still have thoughts of this when it happened to us and a photo grow during a snow storm. Anyhow get a good timer for sure that's my #1 headache cure. How's new country home going, love to see photo if you can of horse property. Only if you want to LOL. Would you purchase the same light have 2 ?
 
SoOrbudgal Yeah, getting me a proper timer for sure! New place is up and running. Mrs is about to start her business there next week. Our house is just a 5min drive away so its absolutely perfect! I wanted one more of the same, but they are out of stock as it seems. Guy at the grow store told me they are running short due to corona. And the fact that a guy walked in and bought 40 of them, cash. Its a $450 light for gods sake! Someone is growing big =)

If they are not back in stock monday I will get 2 of these instead. https://www.todogrowled.com/gb/tgl-led-grow-lights/9-led-grow-light-tgl-star-100.html
I want more penetration and spread so placing one on each side of the big one I got now.
 
Thanks man! Ive been growing outdoors without much thought for quite a while aswell. Just basics. Indoor growing is my new hobby. I have to admit that I like the process more than the result haha.
 
Well the supposed-to-be outdoors photos do love the warmth and lighting in the grow room =) Dark devils are coming around good as well. 3 nodes now.

Got myself a humidifier today and ordered 2 more led lights. Really need to spread out the light sources to get more penetration, had a heck of a lot of popcorn on lower branches this harvest!

Also got a timer with RH% sensor for the humidifier, its supposed to turn on and off the device according to RH%. I love to get new gadgets =)


Switched from my wifi timer setup to a oldschool analog timer to make sure its on point.
 

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First feed today and installed 2 more lights. Growth has really taken off, topped at node 3 yesterday. Been busy as of lately, lots of work and other stuff to take care off. Ill get back to the forum and be more active asap!
 

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Oh, I forgot...

The outdoor bushes are also on their way. Summer is here and they are doing great. Topped them 2 times so far. Ive got more in 2gal pots at the porch. Thought about putting them in the ground but we share a back yard with my father in law. He is cool and all but sometimes moves the lawn after a couple of drinks and that might not be healthy for the ganja =)

Anyway, got me 6 more of those big canvas pots on their way and doing some transplanting tomorrow if they arrive. Mixed my own soil and it seems to be good. They love it!
 

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Oh man no no with that mower. LOL seems like every summer we got some guy driving his mower drunk on the road LOL always a picture in our local little paper. They even race them here funny as heck.
 
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