Lighting Autocobs and Mephisto...by slowandeasy

[slowandeasy]

3 days later.... Getting bigger!

 

[BigSm0]

They are growing quick now man. Looking great.

 

[slowandeasy]

They are growing quick now man. Looking great.

Thanks Big, experimenting with Biotabs. Will see how they do. These 3 Sour Cracks are already better than the previous run by a ton. The difference was grinding up a tablet to speed up the feeding. I also put a tablet to slowly dissolve as directed.

Now I just started 2 more Sour Blues, planted the seeds tonight. Both had small tails. However In the spirit of experimenting, I am trying something slightly different than last few times. I am going to try to start a few seeds in small black pots for about 10-14 days, then transplant into AutoPots . I used these small black pots to start my 3BOG PLANTS They turned out great!. But I am using Biotabs now.
So I am trying to start 2 Sour Blues. I ground up 1 whole Biotabs into the Coco along with Startex and Mycotex. Using a whole ground up Biotab in that minimal of Coco is a lot more concentrated than the 2.2gal pot. After about 10-14 days I will transplant the seedlings into the 2.2 gal AutoPots. I will grind up another whole tablet and incorporate it into the other ingredients for the Coco at transplant time. I will also add 1 more tablet, broken in half, pushed directly 5-6inches into the Coco for slow absorption. I am experimenting with the Biotabs and Coco. My theory is that the ground up tablet will feed the plant for about 3 weeks, then The other ground tab feeds another 3 weeks and the whole tablets feed the rest. I also have PK BOOSTER TEA. But I want to get a good baseline use of the Biotabs.

 

[slowandeasy]

They are growing quick now man. Looking great.

Btw, I have a 24 carat and some Sour Blues in another area. The 24 carat is starting week 3 in a couple days. It is actually a bigger 24 carat. And is under a couple Autocobs. Has just been getting water and fed from Biotabs in Coco. Saw a typical cob Calmag issue starting on her, so I started adding a little Calmag to my RO water, 2 days ago...Will see if anything happens. I have 1 Sour Blues seedling about day 8 or 9? Anyways I hooked her up to the Airdome and have been bottom feeding by hand, using the Calmag water. I just want to see what happens. I will be testing the use of Calmag on some plants and also trying to use more Biotabs per pot to see the effects.

 

[slowandeasy]

For anyone who is following, started soaking 2 Sour Hounds in Toilet Paper moistened and in a Ziploc. I will start 2 more Sour Hounds in a week. Peace

 

[slowandeasy]

Wow, those sour hound seeds had some nice tails this morning. So they were just planted! Will wait another 5 days and start 2 more. Then I will be starting a couple Toof Decay the following week. Then White Crack the following week.

 

[slowandeasy]

4 days later. They keep growing so fast I have to keep moving the lights up! Notice the plant furthest away is a little lighter in color. The one closer looks darker, and has actually outgrown the other in the past couple days. But I am contributing that to the Calmag I have added to a few plants water. All have better color vs plain RO water. I was trying to try the Biotabs using plain RO water as directed, but cobs make the plants crave Calmag...So I will experiment feeding some plants by hand with Calmag water.

 

[BigSm0]

Always got your hands full. Can't believe the rapid growth spurt these seem to have hit in the past few days.

I was telling a local guy about you the other day but couldn't remember how many cobs you have going now. It's close to 30 autocobs now right? After seeing you buy so many and now seeing how good your grows have been is really gratifying. Maybe someday we can get an autocob badge for you.

 

[slowandeasy]

Always got your hands full. Can't believe the rapid growth spurt these seem to have hit in the past few days.

I was telling a local guy about you the other day but couldn't remember how many cobs you have going now. It's close to 30 autocobs now right? After seeing you buy so many and now seeing how good your grows have been is really gratifying. Maybe someday we can get an autocob badge for you.

Thanks Big! I have to be honest, these Sour Cracks are dominating compared to the previous ones...the previous ones never got a decent growth/stretch to them. I am happy with this round, the first round is not nearly as nice. But it was my first attempt at Biotabs with Coco, definitely a learning curve compared to feeding nutes daily. I got into Biotabs because of my hip replacement. Not having to mix nutes daily, not having multiple feeding formulas, and using AutoPots is why I decided to try switching. I will keep experimenting with Biotabs, they have a lot of potential and it extremely easy to maintain. I am chopping down my 3BOG PLANTS 1 by 1, all are very dense, stank really nice, and are frosty as hell..But didn't use Biotabs on them. I really love my Autocobs, my electric bill went down $150 last month. And that is running lights 24/7 instead of my HPS lights 12/12. Will have to count how many are running, but will be getting 10 more soon. Thanks again Big! slow

 

[slowandeasy]

Sour Blues#1 Day 14