Emilya Green
Well-Known Member
Greetings everyone!
It is summer time in Missouri where we are about to settle in to several months of 90-100 degree temperatures, bright sun and debilitating humidity. I have a new house, a large back yard and a privacy fence that I can lock to keep out visitors, although in a small town of just over 300 people, I seriously doubt I ever have a problem. The new medical laws in Missouri make my operations totally legal, and for the most part I will strictly follow the guidelines provided by those statues. If I need to grow more than 6 plants for my family's medical needs, I will simply become a caretaker and increase my garden limit.
The current plans are for an outside auto garden from now on in the spring of each year (this grow with its late start will be pushing fall and winter weather) and a year round operation will be taking place upstairs in my yet to be developed climate controlled grow room. This grow room will have both a large 14'x9' bloom room powered by the NextLight MEGA, and I will block off light from one or both of my little side nooks in that area, so they can serve as two separate unattached Veg rooms. The ceiling up there is 6'4", a bit too short for any of my tents, although I think I may be able to press one or two into service as drying rooms or pollination huts, outside in my outbuilding. We will see where I go with that... I hate mixing indoors and outdoors with these plants.
I got these seeds as a bonus in an expensive purchase from one of the major seedbanks. It was a collection of supposedly the best of the best... Master Works, and these 4 seeds came in a separate sturdy container. These are random seeds from a 20 or so variety collection. They all looked good in the flyer... so we will wait to see what develops. These seeds have been sitting in my fridge for over 2 years, so let's see how strong they really are. I have put them in a glass of water for 24 hours.
The starter soil in my classic red solo cups is nothing special, in fact it is soil dug out of the containers from my last grow. I will take a little more care with their final containers soon, and will use some well cooked supersoil/base soil mix for them. The only nutrients I am planning on using are from our sponsor, GeoFlora Organic. Each application is a combination of microbes and the minerals that will be needed to power the plant for that round. The nutrient comes in two versions, Veg and Bloom. Each are granular and used top feed the soil and water it in over a two week period, and then we will reapply. It seems to be totally organic and very simple to use. I will also regularly spray the plants with aloe and lactobacillus serum to strengthen them and allow them to resist pests more easily.
The final containers will be built this weekend and prewatered with the first dose of Geoflora Veg, just to get the soil feeding circle going before I TRANSPLANT my autos out of their solo cups. As is the tradition with fast growing Autos, I will transplant them once, into their final 5 gallon containers, when it is time.
I have no pictures to add to this first posting, but I will take care of that in future postings and as we start to see life out of these old seeds.
This grow is all about me learning Autos, and continuing my search for the most reproducible, easiest and cheapest method to grow organic quality medicinal pot. These will also be my first non-Gorilla type outdoor grows, and I am really looking forward to using the sun to power these plants. Water will be collected rainwater from my cistern, and applied as per method outlined in my two watering threads.
I hope we all get something out of this grow and I am excited just to be able to get back into the game. Legal in my own new house too... what a concept! I hope to see a lot of familiar faces following along. Welcome to the start of something big!
Sense Emilya, Doctor of Dank
It is summer time in Missouri where we are about to settle in to several months of 90-100 degree temperatures, bright sun and debilitating humidity. I have a new house, a large back yard and a privacy fence that I can lock to keep out visitors, although in a small town of just over 300 people, I seriously doubt I ever have a problem. The new medical laws in Missouri make my operations totally legal, and for the most part I will strictly follow the guidelines provided by those statues. If I need to grow more than 6 plants for my family's medical needs, I will simply become a caretaker and increase my garden limit.
The current plans are for an outside auto garden from now on in the spring of each year (this grow with its late start will be pushing fall and winter weather) and a year round operation will be taking place upstairs in my yet to be developed climate controlled grow room. This grow room will have both a large 14'x9' bloom room powered by the NextLight MEGA, and I will block off light from one or both of my little side nooks in that area, so they can serve as two separate unattached Veg rooms. The ceiling up there is 6'4", a bit too short for any of my tents, although I think I may be able to press one or two into service as drying rooms or pollination huts, outside in my outbuilding. We will see where I go with that... I hate mixing indoors and outdoors with these plants.
I got these seeds as a bonus in an expensive purchase from one of the major seedbanks. It was a collection of supposedly the best of the best... Master Works, and these 4 seeds came in a separate sturdy container. These are random seeds from a 20 or so variety collection. They all looked good in the flyer... so we will wait to see what develops. These seeds have been sitting in my fridge for over 2 years, so let's see how strong they really are. I have put them in a glass of water for 24 hours.
The starter soil in my classic red solo cups is nothing special, in fact it is soil dug out of the containers from my last grow. I will take a little more care with their final containers soon, and will use some well cooked supersoil/base soil mix for them. The only nutrients I am planning on using are from our sponsor, GeoFlora Organic. Each application is a combination of microbes and the minerals that will be needed to power the plant for that round. The nutrient comes in two versions, Veg and Bloom. Each are granular and used top feed the soil and water it in over a two week period, and then we will reapply. It seems to be totally organic and very simple to use. I will also regularly spray the plants with aloe and lactobacillus serum to strengthen them and allow them to resist pests more easily.
The final containers will be built this weekend and prewatered with the first dose of Geoflora Veg, just to get the soil feeding circle going before I TRANSPLANT my autos out of their solo cups. As is the tradition with fast growing Autos, I will transplant them once, into their final 5 gallon containers, when it is time.
I have no pictures to add to this first posting, but I will take care of that in future postings and as we start to see life out of these old seeds.
This grow is all about me learning Autos, and continuing my search for the most reproducible, easiest and cheapest method to grow organic quality medicinal pot. These will also be my first non-Gorilla type outdoor grows, and I am really looking forward to using the sun to power these plants. Water will be collected rainwater from my cistern, and applied as per method outlined in my two watering threads.
I hope we all get something out of this grow and I am excited just to be able to get back into the game. Legal in my own new house too... what a concept! I hope to see a lot of familiar faces following along. Welcome to the start of something big!
Sense Emilya, Doctor of Dank
I am in? Congratulations on taking possession of your new home. I look forward to what's to come
Just an idea.
