OnTheMove
Well-Known Member
Hi 420 mag 
Thanks to wildwelshman, I have decided to make a grow journal of my plants this year in Switzerland.
I mainly grow outdoors as I live outdoors, Ive smoked for half my life and since 3 years Ive finally had time to stay in one place every year to grow. Last year and the year before I was in south Spain where I had more time to concentrate on my natural green thumb
** This time, half way through the grow (just recently), I have been learning about the moon, and the work from MARIA THUN.. check it out
I wanted to order an LED from a well known shop in USA but there was a mix up with my money or something and I have no light , no money back, and no reply from H Y D R O G R O W L E D.. great
So this grow I have regulars and auto plants, i planned on having the light for the autos, but instead they are just having the swiss sun, which this year has been hardly no sunny days
So now for some details
REGULAR STRAINS
"Chronic" (from a farm in spain) (1) -- "LA Blues" (friends crossed LA confidential x Barneys Blue Cheese) (1) --
"Bonsai Sativa" (a seed from my friend bonsai, who grows mahoosive sativas) (1) -- "Random Beautys" (3) (seeds from mostly indica plants I grew last year and from seed swaps in Spain).
AUTO STRAINS
"Critical Mass" (10) & "MaxiGom"(Critical x AK47) (10)
SIZE OF POTS AND SOIL
Regulars are in 20 liter pots & Autos are mostly in 11 liter pots (some are in 20 liters.)
I use CANNA PROFESSIONAL SOIL for seedlings then ALL MIX SOIL when the plants are big enough.
DATE OF GERMINATION OF REGULAR SEEDS
In April i had these regular seeds - I had originally 4 chronic seeds, 1 LA blues seed, 4 Random Beautys, 1 feminized VENEMO ( it didnt make the journey from spain, it was damaged when i took it from the fridge )
and Cinderella99 but she died due to deglect.
I always have gemerminated every seed on the day before the FULL MOON in water until she cracks, then in SOIL during the full moon, and within 72 hours of puttng seed in water, she has popped out of soil and is 1 cm high -- even just in a dark warm place!
ALL my regular seeds were germenated on a full moon in april, in recycled 1 liter milk cartons with SOIL from the garden (its kinda fertile but very clay like).
** I had to go away for work when i began the seeds, and i had expected to be back within a month to repot the seedlings..
But the job took 2 months, so my plants were in 1 liter tetrapaks for 2 solid months, the sun didnt shine at all, and i asked the people i live with to just water them every 3 days with 300ml of mountain spring water.
C99 (cinderella) died during this time boohoo!
When i got back in the begining of JUNE, the plants were looking bad to say the least lol. I returned with the All mix soil 300 LITERS, and re-potted them into square 11 liter pots.
- Only (1) of the Chronics was healthy and they were all female
- The LA Blues looked weak (but i knew it wasnt genetical strong)
- All the Random Beautys looked weak but still very much alive and healthy and all female
- The Bonsai Sativa was looking healthy and female
these pics were taken around 5days after they were repotted from the 1 liter tetrapak cartons to 11 litre square pots.. I had no camera, these were the first pics I took of them. and i forget what is what in these pics!
at this point i didnt have my own camera, these were on a friends phone and not all of them are there.. one was tall enough, it was the bonsai sativa, just LSTd below
NO MALES VERY NICE LUCK!
I SHOULD ADD THAT THEY WERE AT WHAT SEEMED LIKE STUNTED GROWTH OF 30 CM MAX WITH VERY THICK STEMS ( 10MM MIN. ) roots were at 50 cm, they grew down to the bottom and back up to the top!
DATE OF GERMNATION FOR AUTO SEEDS
I began the auto seeds on Friday 13th June (fullmoon)after another 350 litre of soil, in there final pots mostly 11 litres some were in bigger.
Normally i do every plant in a 20litre minimum, but as i had no light and the sun here is not atall strong if atall, I stayed with 11liter pots to save on soil and nutes.
- In there pots i fill with ALLMIX soil and then make quite compact
- Then i take out a circlular hole, 20cm deep and 15 cm circumference, and replace soil with CANNA PROF soil for seeds and young plants.
-Then once the seeds are opened in the water, i place them on the soil and cover them with 2 or 3 mm soil, keeping warm and moist with a spray can as not to disturb the seed.
NUTRIENTS USED
I use BIO GROW 2ml per liter as an adverage mesurement.. for me though personally it depends on the plants, i usually use seeds with not stable genetics, or an unknown grow rate, basically what i mean is they dont come from seed banks, more from farms in spain that have 1000 females every year so i dont know the genetics so good, the seeds i have here were from plants i grew last year so i have an idea and remember the plants, and each has a different "hunger".
For example the LA BLUES is a strain created just last christmas and i had a seed from the first harvest, it dosnt grow fast, and hates nutes lol.. ill surely have seeds and keep it for next year
(taken in begin of july i think)
So I never have a watering plan as such, depends on the plant, and the size, thickness of stem etc..
I have this grow given most mornings a FOLIAR FEED of BIOHEAVEN (something new to me, but i like the idea of what it has to offer extra metals etc for health) of 1 liter water which covers all my big plants plus autos, a mix of 3ml BIOHEAVEN and 1ml of BIOGROW.
I highly recommend this, the plants react well every plant everytime
As for NORMAL WATERING, I give 2ml in 1 liter water per plant of BIOGROW with the "first nuckle rule" when the first inch or so of soil is dry. or every 4 days if its not dry on top. I am only using mountain spring water, we are 1300m high.
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTED SO FAR
-Mainly slugs here are a huge problem, they litterally are in gangs of 15 - 20 , big too, and they love the weed plants.. so ive been putting the leaves that I take off in one certain place in the garden, and they like it there to go and munch some leaves without eating plants
- 2 weeks ago or maybe 2.5, we had a freak hail storm, it went from sunshine to hail and storm in a few minutes.. all my plants were out soaking in the sun, and i was haveing siesta in the attic.. I heard thunder, then light rain for one minute, and im fine with light rain as all plants were in veg.
Then the next minute hail began, and within 10 seconds it was very heavy hittin on the roof.. i rushed down, rain outside and it was mental weather, i was soaked through in 30 seconds! a mate helped me too, and we got the plants to a sheltered area, and then as soon as we got all the plants under shelter, it stopped ( there are other plants here in 120 litre terrecota pots, not mine, but we still had to move them too hahaha. ) also as i was runnng to the plants, a big plastic garden bench was blown arcoss the plants, ah it was horrible to watch! Here are some pics of the moments just after..
Apart from these problems, they are healthy plants.
Here are pics around 12 days after the hail
and the recovery of one of the main branches of one of my females, this is a recent pic.
Up to date pics after mid july of all plants
Thanks to wildwelshman, I have decided to make a grow journal of my plants this year in Switzerland.
I mainly grow outdoors as I live outdoors, Ive smoked for half my life and since 3 years Ive finally had time to stay in one place every year to grow. Last year and the year before I was in south Spain where I had more time to concentrate on my natural green thumb
** This time, half way through the grow (just recently), I have been learning about the moon, and the work from MARIA THUN.. check it out
I wanted to order an LED from a well known shop in USA but there was a mix up with my money or something and I have no light , no money back, and no reply from H Y D R O G R O W L E D.. great
So this grow I have regulars and auto plants, i planned on having the light for the autos, but instead they are just having the swiss sun, which this year has been hardly no sunny days
So now for some details
REGULAR STRAINS
"Chronic" (from a farm in spain) (1) -- "LA Blues" (friends crossed LA confidential x Barneys Blue Cheese) (1) --
"Bonsai Sativa" (a seed from my friend bonsai, who grows mahoosive sativas) (1) -- "Random Beautys" (3) (seeds from mostly indica plants I grew last year and from seed swaps in Spain).
AUTO STRAINS
"Critical Mass" (10) & "MaxiGom"(Critical x AK47) (10)
SIZE OF POTS AND SOIL
Regulars are in 20 liter pots & Autos are mostly in 11 liter pots (some are in 20 liters.)
I use CANNA PROFESSIONAL SOIL for seedlings then ALL MIX SOIL when the plants are big enough.
DATE OF GERMINATION OF REGULAR SEEDS
In April i had these regular seeds - I had originally 4 chronic seeds, 1 LA blues seed, 4 Random Beautys, 1 feminized VENEMO ( it didnt make the journey from spain, it was damaged when i took it from the fridge
) and Cinderella99 but she died due to deglect.
I always have gemerminated every seed on the day before the FULL MOON in water until she cracks, then in SOIL during the full moon, and within 72 hours of puttng seed in water, she has popped out of soil and is 1 cm high
-- even just in a dark warm place!ALL my regular seeds were germenated on a full moon in april, in recycled 1 liter milk cartons with SOIL from the garden (its kinda fertile but very clay like).
** I had to go away for work when i began the seeds, and i had expected to be back within a month to repot the seedlings..
But the job took 2 months, so my plants were in 1 liter tetrapaks for 2 solid months, the sun didnt shine at all, and i asked the people i live with to just water them every 3 days with 300ml of mountain spring water.
C99 (cinderella) died during this time
boohoo!When i got back in the begining of JUNE, the plants were looking bad to say the least lol. I returned with the All mix soil 300 LITERS, and re-potted them into square 11 liter pots.
- Only (1) of the Chronics was healthy and they were all female
- The LA Blues looked weak (but i knew it wasnt genetical strong)
- All the Random Beautys looked weak but still very much alive and healthy and all female
- The Bonsai Sativa was looking healthy and female
these pics were taken around 5days after they were repotted from the 1 liter tetrapak cartons to 11 litre square pots.. I had no camera, these were the first pics I took of them. and i forget what is what in these pics!
at this point i didnt have my own camera, these were on a friends phone and not all of them are there.. one was tall enough, it was the bonsai sativa, just LSTd below
NO MALES
VERY NICE LUCK! I SHOULD ADD THAT THEY WERE AT WHAT SEEMED LIKE STUNTED GROWTH OF 30 CM MAX WITH VERY THICK STEMS ( 10MM MIN. ) roots were at 50 cm, they grew down to the bottom and back up to the top!
DATE OF GERMNATION FOR AUTO SEEDS
I began the auto seeds on Friday 13th June (fullmoon)after another 350 litre of soil, in there final pots mostly 11 litres some were in bigger.
Normally i do every plant in a 20litre minimum, but as i had no light and the sun here is not atall strong if atall, I stayed with 11liter pots to save on soil and nutes.
- In there pots i fill with ALLMIX soil and then make quite compact
- Then i take out a circlular hole, 20cm deep and 15 cm circumference, and replace soil with CANNA PROF soil for seeds and young plants.
-Then once the seeds are opened in the water, i place them on the soil and cover them with 2 or 3 mm soil, keeping warm and moist with a spray can as not to disturb the seed.
NUTRIENTS USED
I use BIO GROW 2ml per liter as an adverage mesurement.. for me though personally it depends on the plants, i usually use seeds with not stable genetics, or an unknown grow rate, basically what i mean is they dont come from seed banks, more from farms in spain that have 1000 females every year so i dont know the genetics so good, the seeds i have here were from plants i grew last year so i have an idea and remember the plants, and each has a different "hunger".
For example the LA BLUES is a strain created just last christmas and i had a seed from the first harvest, it dosnt grow fast, and hates nutes lol.. ill surely have seeds and keep it for next year
So I never have a watering plan as such, depends on the plant, and the size, thickness of stem etc..
I have this grow given most mornings a FOLIAR FEED of BIOHEAVEN (something new to me, but i like the idea of what it has to offer extra metals etc for health) of 1 liter water which covers all my big plants plus autos, a mix of 3ml BIOHEAVEN and 1ml of BIOGROW.
I highly recommend this, the plants react well every plant everytime
As for NORMAL WATERING, I give 2ml in 1 liter water per plant of BIOGROW with the "first nuckle rule" when the first inch or so of soil is dry. or every 4 days if its not dry on top. I am only using mountain spring water, we are 1300m high.
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTED SO FAR
-Mainly slugs here are a huge problem, they litterally are in gangs of 15 - 20 , big too, and they love the weed plants.. so ive been putting the leaves that I take off in one certain place in the garden, and they like it there to go and munch some leaves without eating plants
- 2 weeks ago or maybe 2.5, we had a freak hail storm, it went from sunshine to hail and storm in a few minutes.. all my plants were out soaking in the sun, and i was haveing siesta in the attic.. I heard thunder, then light rain for one minute, and im fine with light rain as all plants were in veg.
Then the next minute hail began, and within 10 seconds it was very heavy hittin on the roof.. i rushed down, rain outside and it was mental weather, i was soaked through in 30 seconds! a mate helped me too, and we got the plants to a sheltered area, and then as soon as we got all the plants under shelter, it stopped ( there are other plants here in 120 litre terrecota pots, not mine, but we still had to move them too hahaha. ) also as i was runnng to the plants, a big plastic garden bench was blown arcoss the plants, ah it was horrible to watch! Here are some pics of the moments just after..
Apart from these problems, they are healthy plants.
Here are pics around 12 days after the hail
and the recovery of one of the main branches of one of my females, this is a recent pic.
Up to date pics after mid july of all plants
