New Grower First grow: DP Blue Automazar & Auto White Widow

[BAMWW]

I've been reading the AFN forums for a couple of months now and decided it's time to grow myself some good bud! My BAM & AWW seeds have just arrived and I bought a Hanna Ph & Ec meter online yesterday so that should be here next week. I already have a hygrometer, thermometer and a dehumidifier in case I run into problems with humidity. I will also be aerating my water with an air pump and stone that I purchased a while back. My local grow shop has a good deal on kits and I'm hoping to pick one up at the weekend. It would include:

1.2x1.2m tent
600w HPS kit
4 Speed Can Fan & filter
9 x 11l square pots
2 x 50l Plagron soil
1 propagator
10x jiffy pellets
Fertilizers
Yoyo hangers
Ducting

I'm still trying to decide how many plants to grow. There seems to be a lot of success on here using scrog and my kit will have 9 pots so maybe I should do a 9 plant scrog using both strains? I don't really mind having a lot of work/training to do because I'm sure I would enjoy it but what other cons are there to doing a scrog with so many plants? I'd like to get the most I can out of the tent because I might not be able start another grow for a while!

 

[namvet25]

:karma Cloud:Welcome to our forum.It's nice to see that you have done some homework.It looks like you have a nice setup going but if you still have any questions feel free to ask.We wish you good garma and the best of luck with your grow.

 

[Mrbubbles87]

I'm currently growing 1 Automazar among my 6 autos. Personally I underestimated how large this plant gets. You could keep it small in a 1 gal or 3 gal pot but ideally you'd want to grow it in a 5gal pot. It would get aprox 4ft tall and would need aprox 3-4 sq feet in order to give her plenty of room.

I'm growing mine in a 3gal pot. I'm hoping its going to be around 3ft tall and about 2 ft wide. I'm using a 2x4x5 ft tent. With 6 autos its a little crowded lol. If I were you I'd grow 2-3 of each strain in 5gal buckets.

I wouldn't recommend a SCROG. I've seen it done but with Autos you don't have a lot of veg time plus it will be hard to access each plant once they get larger. Your better off LST'ng them or just letting them grow naturally.

I'm a noob myself and about halfway into my first grow so take my advice with a grain of salt. Just suggesting things I wish I would've done differently. Looking forward to seeing how your mazars turn out and especially your white widow. I've got a few of those already saved on my next seed order lol.

Goodluck!

 

[BAMWW]

The reason I was leaning towards is scrog is I was amazed by the results of couchslouchs grow on the DP site where he pulled a HUGE yield and said next time he might cram 12 into the tent! He got nearly 500g from 6 plants.

On the other hand though, getting caught with 2 or 3 plants v's 9 would be a bit less risky here. Hopefully some growers that have tried and tested both methods will be here to offer some advice!

 

[SmokyD]

I am currently scrogging 6 plants in a very small space, its not very easy to do with many plants, kind of pointless if they are already filling the grow area. I think the method is suited to less plants, maybe 4 in a 1.2m² area. My last auto grow was in a 2m² space, 21 Think Different sea of green, and it worked really well. The plants grew so bushy and heavy that there was no need to use a screen, the branches naturally sought out their own space and filled the room.

On my next auto grow I am going to top the plants early on, in the third of fourth week. A friend did this on an outdoor auto NLX and he still go easily enough growth out of the plant to get a good yield, so this might also be an option for you?

 

[Nördlich]

I've got some DP Blue Automazar beans on the way. Out of the six strains coming, I'm most anxious to grow this one. I'll be following this thread with interest! Now, do I want to do mine in 3 or 5 gallon smart pots? Best of luck with your grow!

 

[kazmum]

I grew DP automazar, it was just over 5ft tall!! was supposed to be hidden in greenhouse, no chance of that, luckily we're not overlooked. Got 60g dry would have had more but lost some to rot. I'm a first time grower, so am pretty pleased with how much i got.
Has cured for 2 weeks and hubby says it's the best he's smoked in a long time (don't smoke it myself) so good luck with yours hope you get good results.

 

[BAMWW]

I germinated 3 Blue AM and 3 AWW but I had some trouble getting the temperature down in my tent and the 3 BAM died. The AWW seem to be recovering after I purchased a cool tube and ran my ducting into the attic. I soaked another 3 BAM in water overnight and plced them in a propigator, in jiffy pellets, inside my grow tent yesterday. Hopefully I will see them poking their heads through the peat tomorrow!