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Welcome to my first, but hopefully not last journal. Like the title says I'm growing photos in a few spaces spread across an apartment using autopots with biotabs. I dare call my growing perpetual because I still haven't gotten my timing down so I can always just move and flip.
At this point I've grown about 10 plants using the autopilot/biotabs combo. I started using that combo because it makes it a lot easier to manage multiple plants after getting off from the full-time.
- Autopots and Biotabs
- 2x4x5 Tent
- DIY ~18" x 40" Cabinet
- 12 x 36v citi cob @1050ma (4K, 3.5K), diy
- 8 x citi cob (3.5K) @ 1400ma, diy
- t5 HO 6500K
- small veg area
*figured the lights weren't the focal point, can give more specifics if wanted
Hopefully this'll serve as a place for me to showcase what I've got going, jot down thoughts, and reach out for any suggestions as I go along.
Currently I'm about 3 weeks from finishing two HSO Black DOG(BD) plants from seed. Flower day 1 was 7/29
View media item 13272This is my first run of this strain but it's looking pretty promising. The two pheno's appear slightly different, one having more bud development down the stalk, the other more hand grenade like. I've cloned both, so hopefully I'll be posting more about those.
BD is the fastest strain I've grown so far so I'm trying to figure things out overall and in relation to shorter flowering strains. Again, that's one of the areas where I think the grow method excels. As long as I don't overfert, things tend to still go okay.
The biggest thing I'm working on ATM is managing plant height. I'm currently seeing some light/heat stress because of the distance to the light. Hell, at this point I've only gotten the lights up to 85-90W(total 180) on my 8 cob fixture. That's also about all I can handle cooling wise.
I've been starting plants in small square pots (4" i think), moving them to 1gal. round, and then to a 15L. I believe I'll have better results if I get the plants into the 15L pots earlier for more veg time. Hopefully that'll save me the 1-3 weeks of veg time to fill the net.
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- On 7/9 I popped 3 HSO Green Crack seeds in coco/perlite mix.
- 8/10 4" to 1 Gal
- 8/16 topped
- 8/26 1 Gallon moved to 15L
View media item 13274View media item 13273
I'm usually close to the directions from the biotabs kit. Although the add Per each 15L pot there's a 50/50 coco perlite mix + 2 Tbsp Startrex + 2 tsp kelp meal + 3 handfuls ewc + 2 handfuls alaskan humus + 1/4tsp of epsom salt + 1/4 tsp of gypsum.
I waited two days after the initial watering to water again. After that I've been watering every other day with RO and performing LST (bending and some tie down). Here they are this morning.
At this point I've grown about 10 plants using the autopilot/biotabs combo. I started using that combo because it makes it a lot easier to manage multiple plants after getting off from the full-time.
- Autopots and Biotabs
- 2x4x5 Tent
- DIY ~18" x 40" Cabinet
- 12 x 36v citi cob @1050ma (4K, 3.5K), diy
- 8 x citi cob (3.5K) @ 1400ma, diy
- t5 HO 6500K
- small veg area
*figured the lights weren't the focal point, can give more specifics if wanted
Hopefully this'll serve as a place for me to showcase what I've got going, jot down thoughts, and reach out for any suggestions as I go along.
Currently I'm about 3 weeks from finishing two HSO Black DOG(BD) plants from seed. Flower day 1 was 7/29
View media item 13272This is my first run of this strain but it's looking pretty promising. The two pheno's appear slightly different, one having more bud development down the stalk, the other more hand grenade like. I've cloned both, so hopefully I'll be posting more about those.
BD is the fastest strain I've grown so far so I'm trying to figure things out overall and in relation to shorter flowering strains. Again, that's one of the areas where I think the grow method excels. As long as I don't overfert, things tend to still go okay.
The biggest thing I'm working on ATM is managing plant height. I'm currently seeing some light/heat stress because of the distance to the light. Hell, at this point I've only gotten the lights up to 85-90W(total 180) on my 8 cob fixture. That's also about all I can handle cooling wise.
I've been starting plants in small square pots (4" i think), moving them to 1gal. round, and then to a 15L. I believe I'll have better results if I get the plants into the 15L pots earlier for more veg time. Hopefully that'll save me the 1-3 weeks of veg time to fill the net.
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- On 7/9 I popped 3 HSO Green Crack seeds in coco/perlite mix.
- 8/10 4" to 1 Gal
- 8/16 topped
- 8/26 1 Gallon moved to 15L
View media item 13274View media item 13273
I'm usually close to the directions from the biotabs kit. Although the add Per each 15L pot there's a 50/50 coco perlite mix + 2 Tbsp Startrex + 2 tsp kelp meal + 3 handfuls ewc + 2 handfuls alaskan humus + 1/4tsp of epsom salt + 1/4 tsp of gypsum.
I waited two days after the initial watering to water again. After that I've been watering every other day with RO and performing LST (bending and some tie down). Here they are this morning.
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