goofyfoot
Well-Known Member
Hello All in 420 land,
This is my first time having a go with Auto-flower strains and looking forward to it. I was able to get some good insight along with taking the commonly shared info. From multipule sources and sift it, looking in the crumbs. To fill in the gaps and questions I have on how to work WITH them. Mother Nature first and then the plant itself are the ones in charge. You are the one who needs to try and get your point across to them.
I have grown out doors since I was a kid and that helped me accumulate knowledge. Plus the insight to understand what the plant is doing thru its stages or cycles if left to itself. Then seeing what happens when my dumb ass got a bright idea. Then what it took for the plant to recover from it or if there was something beneficial of my actions. This is what I did when I started an indoor grow 5 years back for the first time. I should add that all the indoor grows I have tried, have some sunshine added to the mix. None have been totally artificial supplied light sources. They all have been in soil which I prefer and allows me to add some variables into the grow. As far as organic content and hand mixing in agents to lighten and drain.
So with NO HANDS ON experience with Auto's I wrote down what I thought I should do, my gut feelings on how to start. The 5 basic elements, so as I read up on them and found out.....dam I was close!! I see or looked at them this way. They have 8 weeks to do what others strains do in 8 months, give or take. One week is equivalent to one month across the board. But she is leading the dance. With that noted recovery from over applying something or neglect will greatly affect or have a huge bearing on the out come. Good or bad.
I LOVE THIS as I am impatient, not clumsy or wreakless. I have trashed more plants along the way and got it out of my system. Just hated to stand there and wait a week to 10 days to note the progress. Waiting 6 months to see if what I did to the soil had a better affect on bud development then the last grow. This is great as I am more into growing then getting stoned or showing off pictures. BUT big glistening diamonds crystal buds are the prize!! It is more of a challenge but enables you or more like what you can learn. In 1.5 years instead of 4 or 5 whole seasons.
With that said I have CFL's for my light source. They are bought and paid for and the LED options will be explored down the road. If I had disposable income I would use a combo bulb MH/HPS hood at 600/W. With 3 to 4 CFLs at 100/W to "tuck in" around the sides. As is, I have a 125/W 6K over head jumbo bulb and 3 105/W smaller size 5K CFL bulbs. The 5K spectrum ones are what my friend uses for his light canopies, the black umbrella lights he uses for mobile photo shoots. He said they are as close to natural sunlight (cool blue) for his photos. They do glow bright white and for the veg stage, 5K works. At 100+W's each they offer more then the basic household CFLs if you see were I am coming from. I have a 250/W 2.7K bulb to switch to in the over head when flowering starts.
My soil is hand mixed and will share whats in it down the road. I have a 36"X36" reflected grow box I am building. Nuit's will be explained and the seeds I will use are Feminized Auto's, and one plant at a time.
1. LSD-25 Auto
Gender: Feminized
Genes: Mostly Indica
Genetics: LSD x Ruderalis
Flowering Time: 8-9 Weeks
Yield: 450-500 gr/m2
Plant Height: 70-120cm
THC Level: 19%
CBD: 1.1%
SITES DESCRIPTION:
LSD-25 is a very unpretentious and easy growing strain that we can safely recommend even for your first growing, she'll forgive your mistakes and clumsy. Incredibly strong genetically, she will firmness to withstand and ph swings and the interruption of light and too high/low temperatures and unstable feeding. The only thing about we would like to warn you: this strain is a real water-gulp, do not forget watering it a lot and in time. It demonstrates the great characteristics of growth in all methods of cultivation: Coco, Hydro, Aero. Plants reach 70-100cm, chunky, feel free to bend it and move compact branches to the side. This is a real champion, fast start and fast finish, from the appearance of the first pair of leaves until the stage of ready to harvest is just 8 weeks. Like all strains in our catalog, LSD-25 is good for cultivation in outdoor, greenhouses and indoor. She steadfastly goes through adverse soil and high humidity, in which any hybrid would be subject to a mildew.
We should also mention the colors and shades that bushes will demonstrate: in the process of recruitment of bud's mass inflorescence acquire a deep purple shade with black splotches. In pre-harvest days buds look like black holes, they are so dense. This strain is not only the most bright and beautiful in our catalog, but also occupies top positions in the individual rating of many growers in the world. This aesthetically delightful sight, when in the last days of flowering purple buds glisten with white crystals and black resin, in which THC rolls over to 21-23%.
It has an odor of paint and varnish products, therefore, we strongly recommend the using of carbon filters. It exudes on the flowering pleasant sour-earthy aroma, which testifies about the potential quality and strength of the product for any experienced smoker. Although the effect could be called a classic powerful body stone, LSD-25, of course, has a psychedelic effect too, that shows up in the activation of creative activity, you are overflowing with ideas and inspiration. If you are an very active smoker, you will note some visual effects. Don't forget about a little curing, which will open some new faces in this strain. The effect of smoking is so long lasting and powerful that you will not soon over smoking to it, even with your very high tolerance to THC (which is rare for auto flowering strains).
LSD-25 is an ideal hybrid for making hashish. It is actively used as a remedy for insomnia, gastrointestinal disorders. Without any doubt, one the favorite strain of all our team and we are sure it will become for you the same.
2. Green Crack
Gender: Feminized
Genes: Mostly sativa
Genetics: Green Crack x Ruderalis
Flowering: 8 weeks
Harvest: 500 - 650 gr/m2; 70-300 g/plant
Height: 60-90 cm
THC: 20%
CBD: 0,7%
Auto flowering: Yes
SITES DESCRIPTION:
Green Crack is like an energy drink flavored Mango. A variety of marijuana that will offer you an adrenaline energy of pure cannabis.
This strain has a composition of 75% sativa mainly Afghani phenotype. The rest of his lineage comes from two genetic lines of sativa type descendants of Skunk # 1
It is a strong, vigorous, very productive and, like all our products, very easy to grow hybrid. Auto flowering and feminized, suitable for indoor and outdoor.
In conclusion; a safe bet.
Those who have tried it say that it is simply spectacular, given its combination of the 3 most important factors for a variety of marijuana:
Good performance, an easy growth, and energy buzz and exquisite fruity flavor.
We are very proud of this variety that now to be introduced in the European market, which already enjoys a strong following in the US market, especially in California.
It grows to medium-large size, with a minimum height of 1.20cm. It has leaves with a typical sativa sweet green. You will be surprised of its great inter-nodal distance. Be careful with their growth because this plant aims high. Beware of neighbors!
It flowers in just 55 days and has a very good production, almost 600g per plant.
Its buds are denser than the average of the sativas. In flowering season is literally covered with resin and are completely white.
The flavors that follows are ideal for lovers of fruits. Acids, citrus and earthy with an exotic touch, and aftertaste handle.
Green Crack, gives you lots of energy. Has a 18% THC and low CBD, so it is ideal for patients who are treating fatigue, stress and depression medication. Recommended for use during the day.
With its powerful fruity spicy, and sweet scent of mango, this variety is perfect for medicinal use throughout the day. Help problems of patients with chronic fatigue and high levels of stress and depression cases. It is also indicated for severe cases of Crohn's disease since it reduces nausea and regulates appetite.
Maybe it's for their aromas and terpenes that give off a feeling of well being and enhance the vigor and energy to take on more illusion.
Few strains can match the energy and concentration that produces this sativa. A cerebral level is an elixir for neurons; invigorating effect, and an adrenaline that keeps you going all day.
I will add pic's and explanations as to why I apply or do something as I go along. And to add my last residence had 4 huge rain barrels that the gutters drained into. I had fresh rain water 8 months out of the year. I am not afforded that in this new local. But right down the street is a new strip mall that has a dispenser outside one store. It is .35cents for a gallon or $1.50 for 5 gallons of R/O'ed water. They say be weary of the age of the machines and check if they post maintenance records on the outside housing. This machine is brand new so it should be doing what it is suppost to. Our town tap water has a 7 to 7.5 ph from the spicket and is very laden in calcium. So if need be storing tap water in direct sunlight un-capped for 24 hours destroys the chlorine. Then a teaspoon +/- Epsom salt should aleave the need for Cal/Mag supplement with the stripped down R/O'ed water.
Just waiting on a few items from Amie'Z online, and Old Herbie. Getting lumber and charging the cordless driver. This is the laundry/ utility room I will commandeer and the box will be in the back corner. The water heater is electric and does not put off much heat.
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The apartment has a wall A/C ~ Heater unit that I dont use for heating. So I use two small oil filled electric radiators in the two most used rooms. Instead of heating the whole apartment with this inefficient beast. With the LSD being mostly indica, not heating this area except for what ever the CFLs generate. Last year through January to March a kitchen thermometer registered 55 to 65 degrees~day time. Then from 8:00 Pm till dawn would be 5* degrees warmer then the actual outdoor temp. Also the room has a ceiling drop staircase for the attic storage. I can use that to vent heat or lower the temp as I need. VERY COOL and it sounds like ideal indica temps as the lights should put it at 68 to 70 degrees.
For the lights themselves , the plant will determine the actual but my gut said: I should use 24 on for the first 2/3 weeks. Then 20/4 till pre-flower *plus*. Going to 18/6 for the last (?) 20 to 30 days as trich's dictate.
Again this is new ground for me and this is what my instincts say to do........
Well this is my intro and I welcome any and all comments or advice. I love to stare and admirer them and if I was told I could never indulge in them anymore I would still be digging holes. One of Gods many wonders and killer buds are cool!!! More to come and for now .....Peace.....
This is my first time having a go with Auto-flower strains and looking forward to it. I was able to get some good insight along with taking the commonly shared info. From multipule sources and sift it, looking in the crumbs. To fill in the gaps and questions I have on how to work WITH them. Mother Nature first and then the plant itself are the ones in charge. You are the one who needs to try and get your point across to them.
I have grown out doors since I was a kid and that helped me accumulate knowledge. Plus the insight to understand what the plant is doing thru its stages or cycles if left to itself. Then seeing what happens when my dumb ass got a bright idea. Then what it took for the plant to recover from it or if there was something beneficial of my actions. This is what I did when I started an indoor grow 5 years back for the first time. I should add that all the indoor grows I have tried, have some sunshine added to the mix. None have been totally artificial supplied light sources. They all have been in soil which I prefer and allows me to add some variables into the grow. As far as organic content and hand mixing in agents to lighten and drain.
So with NO HANDS ON experience with Auto's I wrote down what I thought I should do, my gut feelings on how to start. The 5 basic elements, so as I read up on them and found out.....dam I was close!! I see or looked at them this way. They have 8 weeks to do what others strains do in 8 months, give or take. One week is equivalent to one month across the board. But she is leading the dance. With that noted recovery from over applying something or neglect will greatly affect or have a huge bearing on the out come. Good or bad.
I LOVE THIS as I am impatient, not clumsy or wreakless. I have trashed more plants along the way and got it out of my system. Just hated to stand there and wait a week to 10 days to note the progress. Waiting 6 months to see if what I did to the soil had a better affect on bud development then the last grow. This is great as I am more into growing then getting stoned or showing off pictures. BUT big glistening diamonds crystal buds are the prize!! It is more of a challenge but enables you or more like what you can learn. In 1.5 years instead of 4 or 5 whole seasons.
With that said I have CFL's for my light source. They are bought and paid for and the LED options will be explored down the road. If I had disposable income I would use a combo bulb MH/HPS hood at 600/W. With 3 to 4 CFLs at 100/W to "tuck in" around the sides. As is, I have a 125/W 6K over head jumbo bulb and 3 105/W smaller size 5K CFL bulbs. The 5K spectrum ones are what my friend uses for his light canopies, the black umbrella lights he uses for mobile photo shoots. He said they are as close to natural sunlight (cool blue) for his photos. They do glow bright white and for the veg stage, 5K works. At 100+W's each they offer more then the basic household CFLs if you see were I am coming from. I have a 250/W 2.7K bulb to switch to in the over head when flowering starts.
My soil is hand mixed and will share whats in it down the road. I have a 36"X36" reflected grow box I am building. Nuit's will be explained and the seeds I will use are Feminized Auto's, and one plant at a time.
1. LSD-25 Auto
Gender: Feminized
Genes: Mostly Indica
Genetics: LSD x Ruderalis
Flowering Time: 8-9 Weeks
Yield: 450-500 gr/m2
Plant Height: 70-120cm
THC Level: 19%
CBD: 1.1%
SITES DESCRIPTION:
LSD-25 is a very unpretentious and easy growing strain that we can safely recommend even for your first growing, she'll forgive your mistakes and clumsy. Incredibly strong genetically, she will firmness to withstand and ph swings and the interruption of light and too high/low temperatures and unstable feeding. The only thing about we would like to warn you: this strain is a real water-gulp, do not forget watering it a lot and in time. It demonstrates the great characteristics of growth in all methods of cultivation: Coco, Hydro, Aero. Plants reach 70-100cm, chunky, feel free to bend it and move compact branches to the side. This is a real champion, fast start and fast finish, from the appearance of the first pair of leaves until the stage of ready to harvest is just 8 weeks. Like all strains in our catalog, LSD-25 is good for cultivation in outdoor, greenhouses and indoor. She steadfastly goes through adverse soil and high humidity, in which any hybrid would be subject to a mildew.
We should also mention the colors and shades that bushes will demonstrate: in the process of recruitment of bud's mass inflorescence acquire a deep purple shade with black splotches. In pre-harvest days buds look like black holes, they are so dense. This strain is not only the most bright and beautiful in our catalog, but also occupies top positions in the individual rating of many growers in the world. This aesthetically delightful sight, when in the last days of flowering purple buds glisten with white crystals and black resin, in which THC rolls over to 21-23%.
It has an odor of paint and varnish products, therefore, we strongly recommend the using of carbon filters. It exudes on the flowering pleasant sour-earthy aroma, which testifies about the potential quality and strength of the product for any experienced smoker. Although the effect could be called a classic powerful body stone, LSD-25, of course, has a psychedelic effect too, that shows up in the activation of creative activity, you are overflowing with ideas and inspiration. If you are an very active smoker, you will note some visual effects. Don't forget about a little curing, which will open some new faces in this strain. The effect of smoking is so long lasting and powerful that you will not soon over smoking to it, even with your very high tolerance to THC (which is rare for auto flowering strains).
LSD-25 is an ideal hybrid for making hashish. It is actively used as a remedy for insomnia, gastrointestinal disorders. Without any doubt, one the favorite strain of all our team and we are sure it will become for you the same.
2. Green Crack
Gender: Feminized
Genes: Mostly sativa
Genetics: Green Crack x Ruderalis
Flowering: 8 weeks
Harvest: 500 - 650 gr/m2; 70-300 g/plant
Height: 60-90 cm
THC: 20%
CBD: 0,7%
Auto flowering: Yes
SITES DESCRIPTION:
Green Crack is like an energy drink flavored Mango. A variety of marijuana that will offer you an adrenaline energy of pure cannabis.
This strain has a composition of 75% sativa mainly Afghani phenotype. The rest of his lineage comes from two genetic lines of sativa type descendants of Skunk # 1
It is a strong, vigorous, very productive and, like all our products, very easy to grow hybrid. Auto flowering and feminized, suitable for indoor and outdoor.
In conclusion; a safe bet.
Those who have tried it say that it is simply spectacular, given its combination of the 3 most important factors for a variety of marijuana:
Good performance, an easy growth, and energy buzz and exquisite fruity flavor.
We are very proud of this variety that now to be introduced in the European market, which already enjoys a strong following in the US market, especially in California.
It grows to medium-large size, with a minimum height of 1.20cm. It has leaves with a typical sativa sweet green. You will be surprised of its great inter-nodal distance. Be careful with their growth because this plant aims high. Beware of neighbors!
It flowers in just 55 days and has a very good production, almost 600g per plant.
Its buds are denser than the average of the sativas. In flowering season is literally covered with resin and are completely white.
The flavors that follows are ideal for lovers of fruits. Acids, citrus and earthy with an exotic touch, and aftertaste handle.
Green Crack, gives you lots of energy. Has a 18% THC and low CBD, so it is ideal for patients who are treating fatigue, stress and depression medication. Recommended for use during the day.
With its powerful fruity spicy, and sweet scent of mango, this variety is perfect for medicinal use throughout the day. Help problems of patients with chronic fatigue and high levels of stress and depression cases. It is also indicated for severe cases of Crohn's disease since it reduces nausea and regulates appetite.
Maybe it's for their aromas and terpenes that give off a feeling of well being and enhance the vigor and energy to take on more illusion.
Few strains can match the energy and concentration that produces this sativa. A cerebral level is an elixir for neurons; invigorating effect, and an adrenaline that keeps you going all day.
I will add pic's and explanations as to why I apply or do something as I go along. And to add my last residence had 4 huge rain barrels that the gutters drained into. I had fresh rain water 8 months out of the year. I am not afforded that in this new local. But right down the street is a new strip mall that has a dispenser outside one store. It is .35cents for a gallon or $1.50 for 5 gallons of R/O'ed water. They say be weary of the age of the machines and check if they post maintenance records on the outside housing. This machine is brand new so it should be doing what it is suppost to. Our town tap water has a 7 to 7.5 ph from the spicket and is very laden in calcium. So if need be storing tap water in direct sunlight un-capped for 24 hours destroys the chlorine. Then a teaspoon +/- Epsom salt should aleave the need for Cal/Mag supplement with the stripped down R/O'ed water.
Just waiting on a few items from Amie'Z online, and Old Herbie. Getting lumber and charging the cordless driver. This is the laundry/ utility room I will commandeer and the box will be in the back corner. The water heater is electric and does not put off much heat.
The apartment has a wall A/C ~ Heater unit that I dont use for heating. So I use two small oil filled electric radiators in the two most used rooms. Instead of heating the whole apartment with this inefficient beast. With the LSD being mostly indica, not heating this area except for what ever the CFLs generate. Last year through January to March a kitchen thermometer registered 55 to 65 degrees~day time. Then from 8:00 Pm till dawn would be 5* degrees warmer then the actual outdoor temp. Also the room has a ceiling drop staircase for the attic storage. I can use that to vent heat or lower the temp as I need. VERY COOL and it sounds like ideal indica temps as the lights should put it at 68 to 70 degrees.
For the lights themselves , the plant will determine the actual but my gut said: I should use 24 on for the first 2/3 weeks. Then 20/4 till pre-flower *plus*. Going to 18/6 for the last (?) 20 to 30 days as trich's dictate.
Again this is new ground for me and this is what my instincts say to do........
Well this is my intro and I welcome any and all comments or advice. I love to stare and admirer them and if I was told I could never indulge in them anymore I would still be digging holes. One of Gods many wonders and killer buds are cool!!! More to come and for now .....Peace.....