Hey guys, Haven't made a new log in quite some time so I tossed a royal queen seeds auto cheese into a 3 gallon smart pot with 2 partsHappy Frog 1 part pearlites And on the side I'll be finishing up my vision seeds northern lights that is 4 weeks into flowering And my Grassomatic Critical Mass auto which is 2.5 weeks into flowering. I'll be using all Fox farm nutes Big grow, big bloom and Tiger. All is grown under 300 watt led as well as 3x 24 watt CFLs (assorted for multiple spectrums) Let the growing begin.
Hi pcava! Looking great man! Do you have some more details about the led light? I really want to try led in next grows, so maybe you can point me to a good product What is the size of your grow box? And are you gonna use LST or another training technique?
Hey weedle! Thanks for stopping by! Your grow is turning out nice, that dwarf is going to be a nice smoke I can tell. Well the leds I'm using are some Chinese brand that has good customer service. They are good and I've been pulling 1.5+ ounces off of each plant from that light. The fans cooling it are really loud so you should replace them with silent pc fans. There are ufo led lights you can buy at a fair price. I think black dog led is a good one, same with cali solar storm lights. The ufo led lights should be more than enough to power your pc box grow honestly. My tent is a 5x4 . I have my carbon filter and light hanging from above. A nice tent and is tucked away under one of my office desks. I was thinking about lsting the cheese but wanted to see if I can pull the same amount off of a Christmas tree grow pattern. So I'll see if she starts strong. She popped from directly putting the seed into soil in about 2 days, so I feel this cheese will be a vigorous/strong one.
Hey pcava! Subbed for sure. Have you grown those Vision NL Autos before? I bought a pack of 3 for my very first grow. Ended up drowning them in water and killing 'em! Was a learning experience for sure but I was real excited for them so it was very disappointing. That was about 2 years ago so luckily I've gotten a smidge better since. Really excited to see how yours turns out. Also have you used smart pots as well as those air pots? There's a couple things about the smart pots I'm starting to not like. Specifically that it's very hard to LST in them. I mostly got them for root pruning so I could use smaller pots with getting root bound but it seems like a lot of people like the air pots a lot better.
Howdy farmer, welcome to my thread, hope you enjoy your stay! I have grown out both pyramid seeds and vision seeds. On vision seeds, they were very vigorous and grew great buds that I am still curing/using even now. They respond very well to strong feedings and have very heavy branching that grows into a very even canopy with minimal lst. The smell is very sweet and spicy but does have a skunk undertone to it as well. The pyramid seed was very like the vision seeds but didn't respond as drastically as the vision did to drastic temperature drops. The buds on the vision changed colors towards the end of its life when temperatures began to drop from mid to high 70s to low to lod 60s. I linked the pictures of the buds that changed colors like I noted. I've killed many plants that have had so much potential.. But live and learn. 😕 the harvest on that plant was around an ounce and a half. Could have been 2 but my light dropped onto the main cola sadly.. I am using smart pots and air pots and I agree with you on the frustrations of lsting a fabric pot. I've found that paper clips/safety pins work well as an anchor for the string. I do like smart pots more however because of the wider watering area but aside from that, not much else is different. I like both the same which is why I have 2 of each in the 3 gallon size .
Just throwing out a quick update on the cheese, she seems to be having some strange growth. This will be day 6 from sprouting and her first node is forming. The baby leaves were a bit odd as they just look like fat leaves and have have what seems like no end lol. I have been rotating her and have supplied an additional 75 watts of supplemental light into the tent. The northern lights is struggling from a pH lockout on nutrients but my ph pen isn't functioning correctly. Might have to wing it and flush her out with some distilled water to get her back on track. The nugs on her are looking fine. The critical mass is flowering extremely slowly, don't see much swelling and the spots look still much like they did 4 days ago or so. She must be waiting it out to explode with swelling I'd hope.
Throwing out another update because of some good news! I wanted to finish this year's grow till around the same time next year with a bang. So I planted a photoperiod og kush seed two days ago and it sprouted quickly. Day 1 of og kush We are day 7 for the royal cheese and she is growing quickly. And the whole tent.
We are now at day 12 of the royal seeds auto cheese and she is really picking up the pace! She is vegging hard, probably 2 more weeks till she begins to flower. I will begin nutes at 1/4 strength when her 3rd or 4th set of leaves appear. The OG Kush(photoperiod) is doing well and is popping out her first set of leaves. She is at now day 6. The critical mass is doing well as well. I just gave her a small flush and will begin to progress in flowering nutes as she is finally beginning to put on weight! Flowering week 3 for her! And lastly, my northern lights that has recovered from the nute lock after I flushed her heavily with ph'd water. She is putting on a lot of weight. Really nice central and side buds.
So I has returned with small veg cab for my 2 plants and 4 seedlings. Has around 200 watts of cfl and a small intake and exhaust pc fans. The largest is a 1.5 week amnesia haze auto from dinafem. The smaller plant is a seeds man narkush regular that I had so I'll gamble on being a female. In the small containers I have 4 Tangelo Rapido/white rhino seeds I've had rolling around. I ran a white rhino that ended up being a male and it pollinated my tangelo auto lol. And my Og kush photo in its 2nd week of flowering. So lemony Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
Since I left my cheese unspoken of, it yielded 2 ounces of some nice dense and smelly nugs. They have cured for 2.5 weeks and are great! My northern lights and critical mass is also a good smoke. The northern lights puts me to sleep while the critical is uppity. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
So all 5 seedlings have popped. 4 of which are my own breed of auto flowers and the auto super hash in the large bucket. This will be day 1. My amnesia auto and my narkush regular are vegging happily. Will need to transplant my narkush photo into a larger bucket however. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
Hitting back with an update on the grow! First up is my Narkush regular happily vegging away. After her 4th or 5th node, I plan to top her so she can start to bush out. I transplanted her to a 1.5 gallon bucket. I plan on putting her in a 3 gallon airpot to finish. Up next first is my Auto super hash which is at day 9 and isn't doing too much, hope it starts to pickup. My own autoflowers are slowly vegging. Not too concerned though! I also have my flowering tent with my og kush in her 4week of flowering. She has a nice lemony scent to her. My amnesia auto is also doing decently Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum