The Art of The Auto

43Hitman said:

Thanks HBS, I have a 16Q bag of MGOC and a bag of perlite and was thinking of adding some wormcastings to it. I already have the thrive alive (red, and green) and I think I have that fish fert. What i have is Alaska brand NPK= 5-1-1.

Also, the Speed Devil #2 popped soil in less than a day! Holy crap thats the fastest for me yet, they usually take about 2 days.

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That is the same fish fert as mine.

All of mine popped in about 12 hrs. Its been 4 days since they all sprouted. 1 of the DDR's doesn't look too good. It has not developed at all in three days. Strange thing though.. Where the 1st set of true leaves start to grow there is tiny sticks protruding. They almost look like roots. Does anyone know what this means?

That fish stuff is stinky as hell too. I only used it once on my very first plant(bagseed) that was a male.

Well, actually, yes and no... I use FF Ocean Forest... but I use a 2" "soil plug" of sandy no-nute soil for starting seeds in in the pot with the FFOF... then very light nutes through and through

John Mondello said:

Well, actually, yes and no... I use FF Ocean Forest... but I use a 2" "soil plug" of sandy no-nute soil for starting seeds in in the pot with the FFOF... then very light nutes through and through

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What kind of soil plugs? Link?

Duh, actually I think I know what you mean now. You germ in very bland soil then transplant.

43Hitman said:

What kind of soil plugs? Link?

Duh, actually I think I know what you mean now. You germ in very bland soil then transplant.

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Like this, Except I am using a starter pot made of organic fibers filled with a starting mix of peat and very fine perlite as my "plug"

Grr.. it isn't letting me upload a photo. It is asking for the url. wtf?

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Whats up ladies and gentlemen. In order to keep myself from calling everyone I know to talk about growing pot and auto flower breeds like I have joined a cult or something. I will play it safe and share with you people instead. Here are a few pics from today. I have them under 36 CFLs, nine 42watt and twenty seven 26watt bulbs. I also had a friend give me three cheap little LED panels. I think I can stop adding bulbs now.

Damn nice plants teflondummy. What breed and strain?

yes im gona grow fems ! cant get osmocote or what ever it is ?

so ill buy potting soil - just found one wich i think i can get - LINK CLICK HERE, and a soiless mix, mix them both together to germ and grow my seedlings in and transplant into same mix but with blood &bone / pot ash ??

cheers

All of them except #8 are shortstuff seeds. I got a twenty seed mix from attitude. They were not individually labeled. I wish I could find out what is what though because there are a couple that I would like grow again. #8 is a dinafem road runner, it was a freebie.

I have a road runner going my self, mine looks a lot like a sativa plant.

Anybody ever grow Fast Bud 24/0 throughout? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

I'm a cheap (poor) bastard and for my photo girls I got to Lowes and get the $1.48 1.5cf top soil and a bag of $1.48 1.5cf composted manure a $4 bag of perlite and a $4 40lb bag of lime. Mix the top soil, manure and perlite, add a little lime and sometimes mix in some yard dirt if i need to cover more plants. Other than that I might add some diluted fruit juice and thats it for veg. In flower I use MG for roses(gasp!). I might not have master grower results but they've been respectable, especially for CFLs.
I'm about 3 weeks into flower and when these finish I'm getting a 600w hps and hoping to order some AF seeds, the first run will be for seeds anyway so I don't mind males but just wondering if this mix would be ok for AFs or should I go with something lighter? I'm also considering going with hempy buckets instead of soil after seeing some very nice grows with them.

43Hitman said:

I have a road runner going my self, mine looks a lot like a sativa plant.

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I have seen a couple of pics of other peoples RRs and they look different than mine not to mention different from each other.

Viagro said:

Anybody ever grow Fast Bud 24/0 throughout? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

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I'm growing one now under 20/4. I firmly believe that they need at least a little time of darkness to focus on root production. I'll let you know how it goes.

43Hitman said:

I'm growing one now under 20/4. I firmly believe that they need at least a little time of darkness to focus on root production. I'll let you know how it goes.

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Thanks. I'm forced to experiment. I might go all the way with it if things go well. If not, I'll have to figure out a way to utilize a more conventional schedule.

Rtoke: That looks like good soil to use. If it is good for things you eat, it will be good for your autos. I get the feeling it is an organic mix, there are warnings about the micro oganisms in the soil. The blood and bone meal will help for flower nutes. Bat guano is a very good flower nute, high in PKs.

Viagro: 20/4 will work fine for you. You will want some kind of dark period.

Farmingninja: Your soil mix will work great for autos. It should get them to the flower point, with little watered nutes needed. The rose formula will work, but you won't see me endorse MG products very often. Only if you have no other choice Ease the autos into the MG, any watered nute for that matter.

cheers bighill ! strait up answer ! nice.

i can only get guano liquid ferts tho, how about pot ash ??

cheers

thanks for the reply BH. Yeah the MG is just something i came across on clearance once day and seemed ok for flowering. i'm pretty cautious with it, about 1/8 to 1/4 strength a couple of times a week unless they seem to want more.

Haha hey FD remember how I was telling you about how much she really looks for the light for about 2 hours a day. Check this out.