Greetings, friends.
I'm growing an autoflowering Critical Jack outdoors in coco.
I've been reading the forum a lot before starting, so I got the basics and I hopefully should not fall into the most embarassing newbie mistakes.
I also grow vegetables, so I do have a tiny little bit of gardening experience.
I would like to ask everyone willing to chip in their opinion to give me some advice, it will be welcome and very appreciated!
One thing I have to make explicit, though, is that for this first grow of mine I'm keeping the budget to a minimum, tools/equipment very rudimentary etc.
So please don't suggest "buy the ultra-ph-o-matic-2000" or "get an electronic EC-master-deluxe".
I might someday, but for now I'm giving it a try with common sense, forum reading, and lotsa lovin'.
I mostly use distilled (mineral free, EC 0, pH 7) water for watering, with some exception
- Every other watering I use some root-nutes (BioBizz Root juice) to promote rooting (germinated seed has been put straight into big final pot).
- Every 3 waterings I use bottled water with pH 6.7 and high in magnesium (for coco)
- Every 5 waterings I use tap water cause it's calcium rich (coco), but has pH 7.7 so I put one tablespoon of lemon juice in 5 liters (1 point something gallons).
- If it rains it gets rainwater.
I'm rotating these different sources of watering because, given that I'm not using measuring instruments, at least if one of them is not that good, at least it's just a portion of it, thus creating a more forgiving environment.
I'm just hoping that that won't be like going from ass to mouth (which in some rare instances, such as those wherein the heat of the moment dictates actions, is forgivable)... I mean, do you think it could make sense to feed a little bit of this and a little bit of that in order to get the lesser of among all evils by diluting in time different botanical nudges?
Temperature is 29°C (84°F).
Direct sunlight is not much: only 5-6 hours, with some more 11-12 hours of indirect light (yet very bright, because outdoors and surroundings are "white" walls. But it is quite strong mediterranean sun (US friends, think northern california)
Temp. at night: 15°C (some 59°F).
Lovin': lots.
Seedling looks healthy, stout, of a nice vibrant green.
Problem: growth slow as fuck.
Two weeks from germination, still only at first couple of 1-leaved serrated leaves. Height: a couple of cm (about an inch), and it's been like that for a whole week.
It's like it's telling me "hey dude, I'm fine, thank you for the lovin', but I'd rather stay small, 'cause it's fun to piss you off a little and flower in a couple weeks from now while I'm still tiny, LOL".
The water I supply might not be acidic enough for coco, yet I read of many people that did just fine with neutral water.
Sun is not much too, but as I understand it, that implies a lower yield, but still a pretty healthy grow nonetheless.
I read about other people with less daily net illumination (e.g. indoors weakish lamps) that in 3 weeks have a couple feet tall plant.
Is there something I'm doing very wrong?
Thank you in advance for any tips
-- edit
I also have some nutes for veg and flower stages, but my understanding is that as of now it's too soon for veg feeding
I'm growing an autoflowering Critical Jack outdoors in coco.
I've been reading the forum a lot before starting, so I got the basics and I hopefully should not fall into the most embarassing newbie mistakes.
I also grow vegetables, so I do have a tiny little bit of gardening experience.
I would like to ask everyone willing to chip in their opinion to give me some advice, it will be welcome and very appreciated!
One thing I have to make explicit, though, is that for this first grow of mine I'm keeping the budget to a minimum, tools/equipment very rudimentary etc.
So please don't suggest "buy the ultra-ph-o-matic-2000" or "get an electronic EC-master-deluxe".
I might someday, but for now I'm giving it a try with common sense, forum reading, and lotsa lovin'.
I mostly use distilled (mineral free, EC 0, pH 7) water for watering, with some exception
- Every other watering I use some root-nutes (BioBizz Root juice) to promote rooting (germinated seed has been put straight into big final pot).
- Every 3 waterings I use bottled water with pH 6.7 and high in magnesium (for coco)
- Every 5 waterings I use tap water cause it's calcium rich (coco), but has pH 7.7 so I put one tablespoon of lemon juice in 5 liters (1 point something gallons).
- If it rains it gets rainwater.
I'm rotating these different sources of watering because, given that I'm not using measuring instruments, at least if one of them is not that good, at least it's just a portion of it, thus creating a more forgiving environment.
I'm just hoping that that won't be like going from ass to mouth (which in some rare instances, such as those wherein the heat of the moment dictates actions, is forgivable)... I mean, do you think it could make sense to feed a little bit of this and a little bit of that in order to get the lesser of among all evils by diluting in time different botanical nudges?
Temperature is 29°C (84°F).
Direct sunlight is not much: only 5-6 hours, with some more 11-12 hours of indirect light (yet very bright, because outdoors and surroundings are "white" walls. But it is quite strong mediterranean sun (US friends, think northern california)
Temp. at night: 15°C (some 59°F).
Lovin': lots.
Seedling looks healthy, stout, of a nice vibrant green.
Problem: growth slow as fuck.
Two weeks from germination, still only at first couple of 1-leaved serrated leaves. Height: a couple of cm (about an inch), and it's been like that for a whole week.
It's like it's telling me "hey dude, I'm fine, thank you for the lovin', but I'd rather stay small, 'cause it's fun to piss you off a little and flower in a couple weeks from now while I'm still tiny, LOL".
The water I supply might not be acidic enough for coco, yet I read of many people that did just fine with neutral water.
Sun is not much too, but as I understand it, that implies a lower yield, but still a pretty healthy grow nonetheless.
I read about other people with less daily net illumination (e.g. indoors weakish lamps) that in 3 weeks have a couple feet tall plant.
Is there something I'm doing very wrong?
Thank you in advance for any tips
-- edit
I also have some nutes for veg and flower stages, but my understanding is that as of now it's too soon for veg feeding
