Evergreen's auto coco led fastbuds stealth cab

Day 0:
Welcome to my first grow journal! i just got finished building my cabinet and my seeds just popped!
Ive always grown photo strains until just this summer. i live in washington state and have medical so i ran some autos outdoors this year to see if i could avoid the moldy september and October. i was pleasantly suprised with my results. autos it is.
im running Fastbuds GSC and Stardawg.
it looks like the stardawg gave me two sets of twins! this oughta be interesting

Nutes:
gh flora series performance pack +
calimagic and armorSi

mars hydo II 400w led.

id appreciate any help i can get since it is my first time running coco, first indoor autos, second auto grow, and first led grow. i have lots to learn here.

your light is bit far, should be 20-40cm, ur space is limited so better do 24hours light (they will be shorter)
i whold start very easy with nutes. once you see leafs go with half the recommended on the bottle and try to increase bit.(60% of written in bottle, 75%...)
GH is good nutes, no nee for PK etc. only thing i whold add is humic acid, if you feel like it (compost juice) but its not a must.

theeverGREENstate said:

i live in washington state and have medical so i ran some autos outdoors this year to see if i could avoid the moldy september and October. i was pleasantly suprised with my results. autos it is.

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Same. I love autos outdoor for the shitty weather the PNW gets come close to harvest time. I started out some autos a new vendor on here gave me as testers yesterday. They havent come out of the dirt but Ill give you a few tips as I also grow in coco.
I would suggest you buy an EC meter (bluelab brand I highly recommend) to test the feed of your nutrients and to check the ec of the runoff of your coco. I would start autos their first 5 days with nothing but pure phd 5.8 water (my tap water is basically RO because it measures 0 on my bluelab on the 500 and 700 scale). I start feed after the five days at around 150ppm (700 scale) and bump the feed each week accordingly. I would advise to try not to stress the auto as much for the entirety of its veg cycle. You started them in big pots which is good. Transplanting autos is tricky but it can be done. Also I would water everyday once the seedling pops the ground to runoff. Never let the coco dry out because it can cause the salts to accumulate as they dry. Your light is far up but lower it once you see the seedlings stretching for it. I use a beneficial microbe product in coco called Recharge and I HIGHLY recommend it to you. Ill be watching your grow. Good luck!

wow you guys are awesome! got home and dropped the light a bit as some stretching was going too. thanks for the heads up!
no worries on the meter. im starting really low on the ppm meter. was told never to run plain tap water as it would mess with the buffering, but it sounds like you have more experience in coco.im running at just under 300ppm to start.
for microbes ive got great white shark which is good stuff. ill have to a little looking at that recgarge though. any specific advantages youve had in the past
@Thegermling ?

is the humic acid in the floralicious plus enough? maybe ill add diamond nectar in.

theeverGREENstate said:

was told never to run plain tap water as it would mess with the buffering

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Yes never water with water only.

theeverGREENstate said:

im running at just under 300ppm to start.

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Just watch your plants they will tell you if you need more.

theeverGREENstate said:

ill have to a little looking at that recgarge though. any specific advantages youve had in the past

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Recharge is the tits man. It has humic,fulvic, kelp, amino acids and molasses in it. Whenever I overstress a plant I add recharge and it so helps with any stress. Cant go without it to be honest. Ive never uses floralicious or diamond nectar so cant help there.
Water up to 6 times a day in veg or flower for explosive growth. Alot of nutes but I use Mega Crop which is stupid cheap so no worries there for me.

i might have to get a bigger res to water that much. my tiny 5 gallon will only water twice till runoff. it might have to do for now.
as for the recharge, i will definitely be adding this. just did a couple of searches and everyone else agrees its better. probably finish it though as it is still great stuff

theeverGREENstate said:

i might have to get a bigger res to water that much. my tiny 5 gallon will only water twice till runoff. it might have to do for now.
as for the recharge, i will definitely be adding this. just did a couple of searches and everyone else agrees its better. probably finish it though as it is still great stuff

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Yeah I got a 30 gallon brute trash can I use as a res hooked up with a flora flex bubbler manifold and I have a timer hooked up to "self water" the plants based on how much I want them watered a day. Coco and a nice drip system setup is the tits man.

Sorry I didn't see its the "performance pack". (I had to Google for it)
seems like you have everything.

day 2:
figured id throw some pics up of the ladies. looking good so far. crazy how 2 of them were twins.

itsmmnuch day 10! tome for an update. a little nutrient problem early on but i think ive got it figured out.
i doubled the calmag it sould be good from here.
as always let me know your thoughts!

day 21!
topped these ladies 5 days ago.
running 300 ppm throught them 2x per day. topping didnt seem to slow them down much which im quite happy about