Hey all,
Growing 4 Autoflowers on the balcony, or actually on two balconies, one balcony gets sun 6am to noon, the other noon to 8pm, so shuttling them back and forth for now anyway.
The two strains are 'Royal Jack' (Sativa 40% Indica 30% Ruderalis 30%) and 'Royal Dwarf' (Sativa 60% Indica 10% Ruderalis 30%). Both picked for their short stature, apparently around 90cm height max, let's see.
Growing in 6 litter Teracota pots, pre-soaked, using 3 part Peat, 3 part Compost, 2 part Perlite and 1 part Vermiculite. Watering/misting with 6.4 pH water.
All seeds were soaked in this water for 16-18 hours, then sprouted in paper towels over 3-4 days.
3 plants planted and broke ground in the past few days, currently in veg state. 1 I just planted within the hour, it was the biggest seed of the lot, it cracked but with a tiny tail, and tail growing super slow, 1 mm per day or so. I asked about it in the FAQ section and 'The Celt' kindly gave me some advice.
Looking forward to seeing how these grow in the climate here. We currently have 20-23c weather, humidity between 60-90% most days, about 14 hours daylight, half the days its high intensity UV, the other half bit cloudy, but should get better as the month moves on.
One weird thing I did not expect is that the Peat was full of either red worms or earth worms and hot to the touch when I was mixing it. I'm currently misting the plants and watering the extreme outside perimeter of the pot, as well as filling the tray that the pot is on, around every 3 days or so, weather and heat dependent, this is mostly for the worms benefit. I'm guessing they are a good thing and should be kept alive. Water volume I've taken as around 20% of pot size as a guiding amount, but not watering other than misting within 10 cm diameter of the plants, hoping this won't soak the medium too much, encourage roots to grow down and out and same time keep the worms happy.
So far so good I think. Will update if any new developments occur.
Any advice and comments are welcome! Thanks!
Growing 4 Autoflowers on the balcony, or actually on two balconies, one balcony gets sun 6am to noon, the other noon to 8pm, so shuttling them back and forth for now anyway.
The two strains are 'Royal Jack' (Sativa 40% Indica 30% Ruderalis 30%) and 'Royal Dwarf' (Sativa 60% Indica 10% Ruderalis 30%). Both picked for their short stature, apparently around 90cm height max, let's see.
Growing in 6 litter Teracota pots, pre-soaked, using 3 part Peat, 3 part Compost, 2 part Perlite and 1 part Vermiculite. Watering/misting with 6.4 pH water.
All seeds were soaked in this water for 16-18 hours, then sprouted in paper towels over 3-4 days.
3 plants planted and broke ground in the past few days, currently in veg state. 1 I just planted within the hour, it was the biggest seed of the lot, it cracked but with a tiny tail, and tail growing super slow, 1 mm per day or so. I asked about it in the FAQ section and 'The Celt' kindly gave me some advice.
Looking forward to seeing how these grow in the climate here. We currently have 20-23c weather, humidity between 60-90% most days, about 14 hours daylight, half the days its high intensity UV, the other half bit cloudy, but should get better as the month moves on.
One weird thing I did not expect is that the Peat was full of either red worms or earth worms and hot to the touch when I was mixing it. I'm currently misting the plants and watering the extreme outside perimeter of the pot, as well as filling the tray that the pot is on, around every 3 days or so, weather and heat dependent, this is mostly for the worms benefit. I'm guessing they are a good thing and should be kept alive. Water volume I've taken as around 20% of pot size as a guiding amount, but not watering other than misting within 10 cm diameter of the plants, hoping this won't soak the medium too much, encourage roots to grow down and out and same time keep the worms happy.
So far so good I think. Will update if any new developments occur.
Any advice and comments are welcome! Thanks!
thanks so much!
