The AutoToka grow....first auto... 2nd grow!

[TOKABIGONE]

Apologies to Farmbuck, lol! All 3 seeds have sprouted tap roots this morning so it's D day. That's drop day for those just tuning in. 3 Sativa Auto MAUI seeds will drop into 5 gal bags of my new mix of Coco Loco with extra perlite, worm castings, guano, crab meal, oyster shell, Karanja/Neem cake meal (systemic pest control), volcanic basalt dust (minerals). I sprout in an oz of distilled water and 3 ml of h2o2 for oxygenation then go directly into the 5 gal. I make a hole about the size of a solo cup and fill with plain coco, poke a small hole with a toothpick and place seed 3/4 inch down then fill with fine coco. I believe this is better as the roots have a chance to grow a little before encountering the richer mix. I keep the surface of the soil just damp until they pop up and a couple more days before too much water. I will keep a log with weekly updates on plant and soil. I hope to grow these without chemical nutes, just pHed water and some tea or top dressing with castings for the entire grow depending on how they do.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

If you enlarge the last pic of seeds in glass you can see the tap root on 2 of them.

 

[Farmbuck]

Well autocongratulation to you sir !! Now let the autogame begin lolll Looking forward to see your autoMaui girls growing @TOKABIGONE

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Good growing to you and I see 5 pots what's in the others?

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Just 2 extra pots wet for extra humidity. With those and water flooded in the bottom tray plus my fogger/humidifier I can get to mid 50's until I open the door. Cabinet is 85 day, 70ish nite

 

[TOKABIGONE]

I'm running one of three lights for 100w actual at 18 inches thru seedling then go to 300w from all three. They are Bloomspect SS1000 100w each on a DIY pvc rack I made. High PAR/PPFD very even spread across my 30"x48" cabinet. I can get to 12" above the canopy but not 10". Found that out last grow :sweating:​

 

[PLreef]

Oh sure, I see how it is. I grow photos for the first time and now everyone is switching to autos..... lol
J/K 🤣 ToKa, ill be following along. Good luck on your grow!

 

[Farmbuck]

PLreef Time is not a luxury for old growers like us, the reason why we are switching to autos lolllll

 

[SoOrbudgal]

You'll only be about 6wks behind on your harvest PLreef LOL but you'll have a longer time to fiddle with them.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Not to worry PL I'll be back, just need a small stash to get thru till my 6 month sativas ripen.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Just a quick mid-week update: Seeds germinated on the 11th and dropped into a small hole in a 5 gal bag. As they are autos I hope to avoid transplant shock early on. This morning exactly 71 hrs later I found a sprout in one pot. Yee Haw! At noon the second showed her head so with luck by dinner I'll have all 3 up and at 'em!

You need to enlarge but there is one in each pot now!

 

[Farmbuck]

Well congratulation sir ! !Happy to see two are waking up.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Thanks@Farmbuck fingers crossed for the third! Not growing quite as many as you but a few oz will get me through to my next harvest of Moraccan Beldiva Kif Sativa Landrace Regulars. Boy that's a mouthful, lol ! That will be the Adventure!

 

[PLreef]

Awesome TOKABIGONE ! Glad to see them above ground.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

I just noticed if you look really close at the left pot you can see tiny first leaf set still in the cotyledon! Within an hour of opening!

 

[Farmbuck]

They are fast aren't they ? It's been almost 20 days and I see some white pistils on some of them loll and they are not even 4 inches high lolll

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Good news! 2 of 3 are up and healthy. No. 3 was a no show so I'm dropping another which will be a week behind but that's fine; can't smoke 'em all at once! They're short and stout right now so they're getting plenty of light. Might have to raise them up a bit to get node separation tho. Gave them a small dribble of pHed water. Training will start as soon as the 3rd node is reaching out. Top or fim above the 4th for a quadline after 5 is growing out.

 

[Farmbuck]

Keep the good work sir !! I just chopped a few trees in the backyard to make me some more chopsticks for my girls's LST.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

I read about the Canadian chopstick shortage. Now Chinese restaurants will be coming after you!

 

[TOKABIGONE]

A Question! Who in the US orders seeds from True North Seeds? I ordered from them and paid by ach money transfer through a reputable money exchange bank. Now TN says they can't find the transfer in their account. I have all documentation and confirmation numbers but after several emails they seem stumped. Has anyone else had this experience with them? Their emails back show all that info so I don't get it. I tried to call them all day yesterday but no answer. It's only $75 but this should not happen as I followed their instructions to the letter. I'm a little POed right now. I used them as they show a large selection of landrace regulars I want and had planned another $300 order but now I guess not If they can't solve this.