DM's Soil Church OG & Jack Herer Auto Grow Journal 2021

[TheDarkMidge]

Strains: 3 Church OG auto & 3 Jack Herer Auto from cropkingseeds
Stage: Just started sprouting
Indoor in Mars Hydro tent 40" x 40" x 53" from top of containers to light
Light: Mars Hydro 192 LED
Soil: Happy Frog in 3 1/2 gallon plastic pots
Tent is ventilated with fans in a cool basement
No pests
No information on PH as of yet. Will be using city water after initial growth which is watered with spring water. I have a PH tester for water and soil test kits on order and will update when I have that information. Right now just keeping plants wet with a sprayer containing spring water.

Planted in soil on 8/24. Still have 2 of my Church OG that haven't sprouted. May be only 4 plants instead of 6 if they don't sprout. I know 6 is a heavy load for my size tent but going to see how it goes. It will get crowded I'm sure.

Pictures should explain the rest.

 

[Tokin Roll]

Nice start @TheDarkMidge

Just wondering do you use tray's under your pots?

Stay safe, and grow well my friend,

Tok..

 

[TheDarkMidge]

No I don't. The tent has an insert in it and I just use that for any overflow. What do you recommend?

 

[Tokin Roll]

I would say get something to catch the water, from watering/feeding.

If you can't afford regular plants tray's; I have seen grower use those aluminum cooking pans at the dollar store.

It makes for a lot cleaner grow area, and reduce the chance of for future problems from invaders.
Just vacuum the tray out after you water.

Tok..


Give me a minute or two and I will take a image.

 

[Tokin Roll]

These are 14 inch trays, I may need to think about 16 or 18 inch.

Anyways this is how I set mine up, but you can get creative with it t make it work for you.

Hope this helps.

Tok..

 

[Renaissance Man]

Looks good, DarkMidge! Hope you don't mind me following along and learning some things.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

Not at all. I'm learning to and always open to suggestions.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

One of my church OG autos planted after germination failed to sprout and the root that was coming out of the seed dried up. I put it back under a paper towel and moistened with spring water in hopes it might come back but I doubt it. Any suggestions or am I just out of luck with this particular seed? I have another church OG seed that hasn't sprouted yet as well but I'm giving it a little more time in the soil. I've never had this problem before with any seeds. Not happy with this strain bought from cropking. Cropking tells me it germinated so I'm out of luck getting a replacement. Growers fault they say.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

I have 5 plants going right now. Probably for the best that I lost 1. Tent is going to be crowded but I'll see if it can handle all 5. 1 plant started a week after all the rest. So far so good. I'll update when there is something to update.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

Coming along just fine. One was planted a week after the others.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

anything I should be doing at this stage for an autoflower?

 

[Renaissance Man]

Everything looks right on track. I'd leave everything alone unless you're getting concerned with space then I might try some LST.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

Everything looks right on track. I'd leave everything alone unless you're getting concerned with space then I might try some LST.

Thanks! I looked up LST and I think with this grow I'll not do any training.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

I'm at almost 4 weeks now. Noticed one of my plants is getting spots on it. Calcium deficency or too many nutes? My other plants are all doing fine with no spots on them.

 

[Renaissance Man]

I could be wrong but that looks more like drops of nutes directly on the leaves. I'll let someone with more experience chime in.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

I could be wrong but that looks more like drops of nutes directly on the leaves. I'll let someone with more experience chime in.

That's what I thought it was as well. I did get some nutes on the leaves. Makes sense since the other plants are doing fine with the same nutrient amount.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

Seeing more signs of stress on the same plant. This is a jack herer auto at 5 weeks old Any ideas?

 

[TheDarkMidge]

At 5 weeks.

 

[TheDarkMidge]

Seeing this on some leaves for one plant. Any thoughts?

 

[TheDarkMidge]

My only idea was that maybe it is from too many nutrients. I'm going to skip feeding it this week. All my other plants are doing fine with the same nutrients though. Maybe I inadvertently gave too many to this plant. Also this plant is a church OG while the other plants that are fine are Jack Herer.