cavalocansado
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Summary: Balcony grow in soil (Biobizz All-Mix in 8L pots), Some CFL to strengthen the seedlings, Biobizz Fish-Mix throughout as only nutrient
1 x Dutch Passion StarRyder / 1 x Dinafem Blue Cheese Auto.
After I get these out in the sun on their own, I'll plant another SR.
Hi everyone!
Enough reading, I'm in business! First grow, limited resources, great will. I'm hoping not to screw it up.
So, about those limited resources: I'll be growing in my balcony which gets about 6 hours of direct morning sunlight at the moment.
I'm using Biobizz All-Mix mixed with perlite (approx. 2:1). I know, I know, it's too hot for autos. However, I read about some successful grows in hot soil mixes. It may seem a bit bold of me to experiment in my first grow, but I made a plan that can actually work (not my own plan actually, I found some different strategies and I put them together to create my own).
After filling the pots with soil/perlite mix, I hollowed out the middle (about 10cm deep/7cm wide) and filled it with regular peat/perlite mix. By the time roots find their way down to All-Mix, the little girls will be (hopefully) be strong enough. The second part of my experimental plan is to use Biobizz Fish-Mix as my only nutrient. I decided to give this a go after reading Agito's advice (google "Beginner's biobizz nutrient advice", interesting stuff - basically says that Biobizz Fish-Mix has apparently shown good results when used without any other nutrient).
What I'm trying to do here is to keep it really simple.
So, here's where I am so far:
I watered the soil, I sowed the seeds directly in it a day after. I sprinkled a bit more water and covered the pot with plastic wrap. I kept it on the balcony during the day (under shaded/reflected/indirect sunlight) and under 23w CFL during the night. In exactly 3 days (today), both broke the surface. I'll keep carrying them in to keep them under the CFL in the evening and taking them out early in the morning to keep them in a somewhat ideal environment and warm temperature. I have another weaker (15w) CFL. When I start to see some leaves, each seedling will have their own light and the lights will be closer. Not for long though - when I see that they can handle it, I'll just leave them outside (probably after 8-10 nights under CFL).
If you have any thoughts or opinions, I'm all ears. I learned a lot from you guys and the only reason that I'm posting this journal is to keep learning.
Here are some photos - one still with the husk on is the SR, one with the curvy taproot is the BC.
Cheers!
1 x Dutch Passion StarRyder / 1 x Dinafem Blue Cheese Auto.
After I get these out in the sun on their own, I'll plant another SR.
Hi everyone!
Enough reading, I'm in business! First grow, limited resources, great will. I'm hoping not to screw it up.
So, about those limited resources: I'll be growing in my balcony which gets about 6 hours of direct morning sunlight at the moment.
I'm using Biobizz All-Mix mixed with perlite (approx. 2:1). I know, I know, it's too hot for autos. However, I read about some successful grows in hot soil mixes. It may seem a bit bold of me to experiment in my first grow, but I made a plan that can actually work (not my own plan actually, I found some different strategies and I put them together to create my own).
After filling the pots with soil/perlite mix, I hollowed out the middle (about 10cm deep/7cm wide) and filled it with regular peat/perlite mix. By the time roots find their way down to All-Mix, the little girls will be (hopefully) be strong enough. The second part of my experimental plan is to use Biobizz Fish-Mix as my only nutrient. I decided to give this a go after reading Agito's advice (google "Beginner's biobizz nutrient advice", interesting stuff - basically says that Biobizz Fish-Mix has apparently shown good results when used without any other nutrient).
What I'm trying to do here is to keep it really simple.
So, here's where I am so far:
I watered the soil, I sowed the seeds directly in it a day after. I sprinkled a bit more water and covered the pot with plastic wrap. I kept it on the balcony during the day (under shaded/reflected/indirect sunlight) and under 23w CFL during the night. In exactly 3 days (today), both broke the surface. I'll keep carrying them in to keep them under the CFL in the evening and taking them out early in the morning to keep them in a somewhat ideal environment and warm temperature. I have another weaker (15w) CFL. When I start to see some leaves, each seedling will have their own light and the lights will be closer. Not for long though - when I see that they can handle it, I'll just leave them outside (probably after 8-10 nights under CFL).
If you have any thoughts or opinions, I'm all ears. I learned a lot from you guys and the only reason that I'm posting this journal is to keep learning.
Here are some photos - one still with the husk on is the SR, one with the curvy taproot is the BC.
Cheers!