Got some MEPH on the way, need autoflower tips

Cyproz

Cyproz

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looking for the specific tips or things i may have overlooked or not thought of. anything really.
Gonna have a 18/6 light schedule in a 5x5 with a solitek 630w cmh one 4100k and one 3100k bulb.
5g radicle bags

1.not sure whether to start in soil or paper towel method.
2..not sure if i should plant in happy frog direct or if its too hot, i can buy light warrior to put in solo cups first but i heard you wanna do the least amounts of transplants.
3. LST or no? i love LSt and was wondering if that will slow it down or hurt yield by doing a easy main stalk bend .
4. buy or make scrog nets for autoflowers?

5. planning bio bizz grow and bloom with some recharge and mammoth p if that will work for autos, idk what they like NPK-wise.

any other tips?
 
nekvt

nekvt

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Cyproz said:
got the 2 limited i wanted and could afford.
2x double grape
1x grape walker kush
1x samsquanch og

gonna get more when i get a chane of course. heard 4/20 sale will have new strains leaning toward sativa which is awesome.
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You should end up with 4 double grape and 2 GWK & 2 samsquanch plus a few freebies if you ordered direct from Mephisto.

As for transplanting I've had good luck cutting the bottom out of a solo cup and putting it inside of another cup until it's time to transplant. Then I just pop it out and plant the solo cup in my final pot with 2-3 inches of the cup sticking up above the soil.
 
Cyproz

Cyproz

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nekvt said:
You should end up with 4 double grape and 2 GWK & 2 samsquanch plus a few freebies if you ordered direct from Mephisto.

As for transplanting I've had good luck cutting the bottom out of a solo cup and putting it inside of another cup until it's time to transplant. Then I just pop it out and plant the solo cup in my final pot with 2-3 inches of the cup sticking up above the soil.
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hell yea that would make my week!
 
R

Rayi

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You also can put a super soil in the first 3/4 of the pot then put what ever you start your seeds in. LST is a must. Don't know about your strains but I start week 2 and don't stop. My first auto was White Widow. CFL lights in the middle of a spare room. No pH meter or nutes planted in some box store. Got 3 oz from one plant since then I have learned a lot but mostly WW auto only dies when cut off at the soil level. Hope your grow does well
 
MATTYMATT726

MATTYMATT726

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Cyproz said:
Well mine went from CO to FL, then was heading to my town i thought and now it went back to CO and is on its way again lol good ole USPS
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Ha. I shit you not, i ordered on 3/20( x7 Double Grape, x7 Forgotten Cookies and x3 24 Carrot and got 10-10-5 as well as x10 Sweet n Sour freebies) and by the 31st still didn't get them. Im NY so usually takes 4-5 days. When i looked at tracking info they made it here in 3 days and were back in Co. I was like WTF happened? Sure enough my phone has autofill for name, phone number and addresses but in my zip code used a # from my last place 6 years ago and so they returned it. I got ahold of Stan on AFN and he sent them right back out Mon morning when he got them. Got em today. Not sure why my phone used su h an old zip since I've ordered 8 times now in 11 months but they fixed it fast for me.
 
McStrats

McStrats

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Cyproz said:
looking for the specific tips or things i may have overlooked or not thought of. anything really.
Gonna have a 18/6 light schedule in a 5x5 with a solitek 630w cmh one 4100k and one 3100k bulb.
5g radicle bags

1.not sure whether to start in soil or paper towel method.
2..not sure if i should plant in happy frog direct or if its too hot, i can buy light warrior to put in solo cups first but i heard you wanna do the least amounts of transplants.
3. LST or no? i love LSt and was wondering if that will slow it down or hurt yield by doing a easy main stalk bend .
4. buy or make scrog nets for autoflowers?

5. planning bio bizz grow and bloom with some recharge and mammoth p if that will work for autos, idk what they like NPK-wise.

any other tips?
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Download the Mephisto grow guide and follow it to the T. Forget defoliating and LST and all the rest of the internet chat forum malarky. Don't wrestle with your plants or fuss over them. You'll have excellent cannabis in 11 or 12 weeks if you follow the grow guide and ignore bad advice from people who are clearly novices themselves.

https://www.mephistogenetics.com/pub/media/wysiwyg/pdfs/Mephisto-Genetics-Basic-Grow Guide-2017 V1.pdf
 
MATTYMATT726

MATTYMATT726

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Cyproz said:
well they went back to colorado springs so we will see haha
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Register on AFN, go to the Mephisto sub and @ Stan_Mephisto and he will take care of it. I really do not recall if RIU had any of the guus here. I only know of Mitch, Brad and Stan. Gbd breeds for them and makes their suoersoil but he doesn't run per say anything.
 
Dendrophilly

Dendrophilly

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You can make an indent in your rich soil with the cup and fill it with light warior in the hotter mix and water it all down, poke a little hole in the soil surface and drop your seed in after its been in water for 24 hours. Plant somewhat shallow and dont cover with soil, just a lid or bag over the pot to keep humidity levels right. It needs a clear path like the starter/rooting cubes.
 
Tiflis

Tiflis

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I'm considering slicing Solo cups down four sides and cutting the bottom off and keeping it together with tape that I can easily cut later to transplant. Or put about solo cups worth of Happy Frog on the top and do hotter soil down bottom and plant in final container.
I paid for 9 beans and got 14 extra on top. Straight from the source US website
Do you guys think 3Gal grow bag is too small to run autos outdoors?
 
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Dieseltech

Dieseltech

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Tiflis said:
I'm considering slicing Solo cups down four sides and cutting the bottom off and keeping it together with tape that I can easily cut later to transplant. Or put about solo cups worth of Happy Frog on the top and do hotter soil down bottom and plant in final container.
I paid for 9 beans and got 14 extra on top. Straight from the source US website
Do you guys think 3Gal grow bag is too small to run autos outdoors?
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I run a combo of 3 and 5 gallon and they both do fine

I run 5 gallon straight from seed and when i clone them i use 3 gallons for the clones
 
Dieseltech

Dieseltech

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MATTYMATT726 said:
Pics of you're "cloned" autos?
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We can do that in a about 10-14 days i will take pics and post them here

It can be tricky at first but once you get it down its off to the races

I rarely take pictures anymore but I will take a bunch and also make a short video
 
Black-Thumb

Black-Thumb

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Cyproz said:
looking for the specific tips or things i may have overlooked or not thought of. anything really.
Gonna have a 18/6 light schedule in a 5x5 with a solitek 630w cmh one 4100k and one 3100k bulb.
5g radicle bags

1.not sure whether to start in soil or paper towel method.
2..not sure if i should plant in happy frog direct or if its too hot, i can buy light warrior to put in solo cups first but i heard you wanna do the least amounts of transplants.
3. LST or no? i love LSt and was wondering if that will slow it down or hurt yield by doing a easy main stalk bend .
4. buy or make scrog nets for autoflowers?

5. planning bio bizz grow and bloom with some recharge and mammoth p if that will work for autos, idk what they like NPK-wise.

any other tips?
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1. I've heard success with both. I'd say it depends which one you feel works best for you. My method involves coco, an upside down K-cup, Japanese cotton and 2 plastic cups. Haha. Everyone does it different. Either way you mentioned should be fine.

2. Light warrior or Roots Organic "micro greens" would be preferred in my opinion. They dont seem to need/like hotter soil when they are little, so I dont provide it.

3. LST. Specifically leaf tucking. It's what Mephisto recommends as the most successful method they have tried. That's good enough for me! Although someone in the "mephisto genetics thread" is trying defoliating, so I am watching that with great interest.

4. I buy them. They are cheap and work well. I have no desire to faff around with measuring and making one when I can get a great one for $4 or whatever. Its like that story about the monk telling Budda..."I've spend 50 years meditating and have learned to walk on water" and Budda says "But the ferry is only a nickle"

5. That should be great. I'm sure they will love lt. Any decent nutrients should work from what I've seen/learned/read. I start at half strength and work my way up until they tap out. Then I back off a little and keep it there.
 
Black-Thumb

Black-Thumb

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Cyproz said:
hell yea that would make my week!
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Man...I just got my first order from them. They sent 320% more seeds then I ordered!

Ordering from them is a little meh because of the process, but I will never order any other way. They are VERY generous. Totally worth it.

I believe they are opening back up on the 3rd (for anyone who is curious). I heard the dude just got married so they took 2 weeks off.
 
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