Karambit's Next Auto Grow - 2 Tents - 3-4 Strains - LED/CFL Grow

[karambit]

Alright guys this is my first post but I am not new to this forum nor growing for that mater, I am by no means an expert and still have plenty to learn! But this is just so fun!
My last few grows I do have on here under an older name and it was so long ago I have a feeling its gone gone!
So here we are nice and fresh

For this new grow I will be combining a few things, doing things different and re-thinking a bit and as always learning everything I can about these amazing plants...
The first thing I would like to point out is I am strictly an AUTO grower, although I did start out with photo's it was just so much easier for me to get from start to finish with auto's, and I love how the auto world is just booming with new strains, new genetics ect...so I quickly placed an order with herbie's and it arrived in no time at all...
So at the moment this is just the start up, I am still waiting on some items to come in and it will probably be 1 week from now till I start offically, but to get things going I will run down what I have and what I will be using for this grow, I am usually a mini/small type grower and like to stay as far under the radar as possible!
So lets get this started!

Tent's:
1. Using a GrowLab GL40 tent... 1'4" x 1'4" x 3'11"
2. Also a Quictent tent... 2' x 2' x 2'

Lighting:
1. Using a 90 watt led ufo... "american made"
2. Also a 125 watt 2700k cfl grow light with ballast/wing

Soil/Medium:
1. Both will use FoxFarm soil, ocean forest...

Fans/Filters:
1. The GL40 will use 4" duct fans around 90cfm..."not sure about filter"
2. The Quictent will use Axial 25cfm 3.25" fans... matched to a " Can-Filter 705"

Autoflower Strain list:
1. Barney's Farm little cheese
2. Buddha Seeds Purple Kush
3. FastBuds Girl Scout Cookies
4. Dinafem seeds Critical +

Other strains on hand:
5. World of Seeds Northern Lights x BigBud
6. LowRyder seeds Betty Boo
7. Short Stuff Seeds Dr. Feelgood

So there's the basic run down, I have always used 18/6 on/off cycle with great results so I would imagine that wont change, although I have seen great grows with 24/0 with no darkness at all...I feel in my opinion that plants need atleast a few hours of darkness to stay healthy and happy...my 2 cents lol

I will get pics up as soon as I can, and I do love taken pics so there will be UPDATES every 3 days with pics!
I have missed this place for sure, I have been here a few times looking around reading stuff here and there but figured I might just as well create a new account and make a new log for my notes and well as anyone else who would like to follow along, more then welcome!
That's it for now, I will post more as I get shit in the mail lol...wont be long before I am all set and ready to go,as I said I am guessing withen the next 5-7 days...
Should have everything that I don't already have,
Thanks for stopping by....

 

[karambit]

Ok well we got our first update!
Took a while to get everything and get everything set up but were finally in motion!
So I have both tents set up side by side, for right now just the small 2x2x2 is housing all 6 pots...
Most of the seeds cracked the other day, even though the room was in the low 60's...think that's why it took longer then normal to get seeds to crack...but once the small tent was set up, instead of installing the big 125 watt cfl reflector already...I decided to instead buy a one to 4 way extension fixture, which easly screws into a normal light fixture but can hold 4 bulbs...up to 100 watts for each fixture.

So I decided while I am at it I might as well grab 4 daylight 5000k cfl bulbs,there 23watts each I think...but for some reason output the same as the 26 watter's...think its 1600 lumens apiece, total of 6400 lumens of a light spectrum that will be better "hopfully" for the seedlings once they do emerge, then the redish 2700k 125 bulb...
The seeds as follows have been planted in round 6" pots, not sure how much soil they hold but hoping there good for smaller auto's...

2-Purple Kush Auto's
2-Little Cheese Auto's
1-Critical + Auto
1-Girls Scout Cookie Auto

Once they pop up above ground I will do another update with pics, as for now I have just a few pics lol...
Ok well I for some reason cant even figure out how to upload images, I see image upload buttons but nothing happens or it says I don't have any photo's lol...guess I will keep trying
My little 2x2x2 tent housing the 6 pots is averaging 75 degrees, allot better then low 60's lol...

 

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Hey it worked lol...will post pics of other tent and seedlings on next update!

 

[karambit]

UPDATE! Day 3...

Well here is pretty much the first real update lol, seemed like it took me a little longer to get everything going this time around but we finally have 4 out of 6 above ground with the first set of leaves and looking healthy, can't ask for much more then that on the first couple days..

So far we have 1 purple kush auto up, 1 girl scout cookie, and 2 little cheeses...
I un-dug the seeds in the other 2 pots to check what was wrong and they were not cracked and didn't look to good, kinda mushy from being wet from the germ and the watering without sprouting, so I tossed them and planted "straight into the soil" 1 more purple kush and 1 more critical, I made sure to pick out some nice looking ones this time...
Besides that not allot going on right now, still very early! lol

Heres a couple pics

Bottom pic is the other tent I may use if any of the plants get to tall lol...Gl-40

 

[karambit]

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[karambit]

well cant figure out how to fix the image, read through a few things and re tried it but nothing, oh well...

 

[karambit]

UPDATE!!! Day 8 from seed
well every things going great so far and were just moving along nice and slow at the moment...
Temps are right around high 60's to low 70's through out the day...lights are staying on 24/7 so far just to get as much light
at the seedlings as possible...they seem to be liking it,
The other purple kush I planted into the soil cracked and sprouted right out of the soil lol so now we have to PK's as well..
The girl scout cookie is the biggest and has the fattest/widest leaves so far...
Also both of the little cheeses are almost as big as the GSC and look like twins lol...everything looks healthy and green though, Im liking this fox farm ocean forest soil!
Heres some pics....

 

[karambit]

UPDATE!!! DAY 11 FROM SEED!

So wen't 3 whole days without checking on the girls and I was expecting some good growth when I finally saw them and sure enough I wasen't disapointed!
The only changes thus far is that the critical + is no longer on the roster for this grow log...I have tried growing 2 out of 3 and both seeds cracked and then died before they could grip the ground and even make it to the seedling stage... and since the other's are already on there way I figured we will just run this with the 5 I have going and we will go from there...

So as of now the 2 little cheeses still look like twins! lol...both are very healthy and are working on there 3rd set of leaves, the girl scout cookie is also about that same, but even fatter/wider leaves!
The 2 purple kush are coming along as well, one is just a little seedling ect and the other looks like its tring to catch up to the others but all in all, I am very happy with how everything is looking thus far!
Heres some pics, questions and comments welcome

 

[karambit]

 

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Oh and if they look weird its because I slightly misted them before I took the pics....I don't do it very often but they seemed to enjoy the random misting last grow lol...

 

[karambit]

Anyone have any thoughts? Look good for 11 days? Will do another update tomarrow or next...
I am happy with there progress thus far

 

[karambit]

update!!! Day 13 from seed,

So here we have the girls at day 13, which was yesterday actually...but I do updates usaully the day after I see them and take pics ect...so watered them good last night, there certainly drinking more and more water and there getting bigger quick!
The little purple kush seedling that was planted a week later then the others is looking great and is working on 2nd set of leaves now...the other purple kush is doing great now and is starting to catch up with the others, although still looks a day or 2 behind...
The 2 little cheese's are awesome looking! They both look like twin girls lol and have about the same look and growth, even weirder is that one of them already has a stink to it lol...
The girl scout cookie is just an amazing strain, there's obviously some good genetics here because she is just perfect in every way!
She has the wides't/fattes't leaves out of them all,and her growth looks so perfect its almost fake lol...
So far I am very happy the way things are going
This is the reason I always stick with auto's and do my research about strain before I start, these things grow themselves and are for the most part idiot proof lol...the genetics seem to only be getting better I think!
Here some pics from day 13,

 

[karambit]

First up is some group shots!

Next is the purple kush's,

Next is the little cheese twins!

Last is the girl scout cookie, and what I have been smoking this week lol...

 

[karambit]

Can't wait to check on the little girls when I get out of work...there moving right along! I have a feeling withen the next 5-7 days we should see first pre-flowers "Im hoping" lol....last grow it was around the 18 day mark but guess it all depends on genetics and setup ect..
I am happy with how they look thus far, healthy and happy...once there little branches start branching out a bit I will be happy
More tomarrow!

 

[karambit]

UPDATE!!! DAY 18 FROM SEED!!!

Ok so here we are at day 18 from seed for the biggest plants anyways, the smaller purple kush is actually starting to grow nice now but a good behind the other, which is fine
I still haven't seen any nute burn from the soil even though I have read that this fox farm soil can burn seedlings but these things are growing so strong and fast I think there root system can probably take whatever at this point...
I do have some of the new Mammoth Microbes on the way, I saw where they were shipping out samples for people to try so I figured now would be a great time since the plants would probably love something like that by now!
Anyways, oh and we are still using nothing more then a 2x2x2 tent right now, with (4) 23 watt cfl bulbs for lighting and they look this nice and healthy,thinking I may switch to LED or 125watt cfl bulb just to get more coverage cuz there pretty much getting 1 bulb per plant and although that is pretty much nothing I am still in shock they look this good with just that....
On to the pics!

 

[karambit]

Group pics!

Purple kush auto,

Little cheese!

My battery died before I could get pics of the girl scout cookie by herself but you can see her in the group pics, shes the widest one lol,
Lemme know how you think they look for 18 days from seed!

 

[karambit]

UPDATE!!! DAY 20 FROM SEED!!!
So I was very happy the other day after checking on the lady's, I was hoping to see a few pre-flowers and sure enough there was a few visible on a couple plants,,,small but they were there!
Tomarrow I will check on them again hopefully and see how there making out, usually its every 2-3 days ect..
I took out the 4 bulb 23watter's that were in little tent even though they were doing a damn nice job and kept the girls healthy and happy..I needed more light coverage ect, so I put in the new 125watt cfl with wing reflector...the bulb is either 2100-2300-2700k...dont remember but it looks like it should work perfectly in the little tent...the light fits perfectly at the top of the tent in the 2x2x2 tent...

 

[karambit]

Heres some group pics of the plants at day 20, the little purple kush is not at day 20,not exsactly sure but prolly a week behind the others atleast!

Heres the little cheese's,

Heres the purple kush,

Heres the new light "125watt cfl" and the girl scout cookie in her new tent with the 90watt led all to herself

These pics were taken a few days ago and gona check on them again soon, so far I am happy and all of them and making me proud lol...the girl scout cookie has damn strong genetics! I decided to cut her pot bottom off and set her on top of another pot full of ocean forest and water really good...shes about to take off I think!
Was very happy to see white hairs on a few of them

 

[karambit]

How these look for day 20? Anyone think there alright? good bad? doing something wrong? lol...I think so far everything going smoothly but guess we will see in the coming weeks I can't wait till they really start flowering!