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Big Hi!! I have been out of the loop and not growing for a while as my mom had brain cancer and I had to take care of her. All is going well and mom is doing great. I dusted the cobwebs off my grow tent and I am ready to get back in the game. Missed all my old friends on here, and I cant wait to catch up. I have a couple of Auto Sour Diesel and Blue Dream left from months ago. I am gona pop them in some paper towels, wet them down, and keep them warm for a few days. Fingers Crossed. Hope everyone is well, and happy growing!
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Glad to see you back and especially after that sort of trauma in the family. Good to see you all landed on your feet after that.
You are like the honorary "autopot mama" on AFN. You must be excited to start growing and another AFN autopot journal.
 
I remember reading through your old threads when i was first looking into auto pots before I pulled the trigger on my own set. Will you be growing in soil again this time? I’m on my second grow now with my auto pots using roots original soil. My air domes and res should be on by Christmas Eve :d5:

Who’s blue dream is that you’ve got?
 
Glad to see you back and especially after that sort of trauma in the family. Good to see you all landed on your feet after that.
You are like the honorary "autopot mama" on AFN. You must be excited to start growing and another AFN autopot journal.
Thank you Lunar! ~blush. I am excited, but also a little scared....but with all my buds on here I know I will get through. Lets grow~ :-)
 
I remember reading through your old threads when i was first looking into auto pots before I pulled the trigger on my own set. Will you be growing in soil again this time? I’m on my second grow now with my auto pots using roots original soil. My air domes and res should be on by Christmas Eve :d5:

Who’s blue dream is that you’ve got?
Hi Tiny!! The blue dream is Humbolt....it is my daughters favorite strain so I figured I would give it a shot. I am honored you read through my threads....I learned so much from the people on here and had a few good harvests. I hope I can do it again. My mind has been somewhere else for quite a while now so I feel like I am starting from scratch. I have the seeds germing now, and excited but frightened about putting them in coco. Oh yes, I think I will use canna coco this time, it worked out so awesome my last grow. Isnt waiting for grow parts in the mail awesome? Love to see that mailman arrive!! I think the airdomes DO make a difference, but thats just my little humble opinion. xoxo
 
Hi Mom, I'm also in MA and learning to use autopots. I'll be watching...Thanks
Hi Flipper! I am from North Central Mass. I still consider myself a "newbie" at all this, but I am honored to have you tag along and watch me fall off the swingset a few times...ha ha.
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My seeds are still germing warm and dark...but I should be posting a few pics hopefully soon. I also like to post my complete method from beginning to end~ more for myself so I can go back later and check my method, maybe tweak it or see what I did right or wrong. Glad you are here.

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OK….let’s get this party started!! :)


Grow Area:
4'x3'x7' Grow Tent
4" Vent-Tech Exhaust Fan and Carbon Filter
Lakso 36” Oscillating Floor Fan

Lights:
(3) BigSmo’s AutoCobs
(1) 65W 6500K CFL (I like to use when plants are babies)

Base Nutrients/Supplements:
Advanced Nutrients: pH Perfect Sensi Grow/Bloom, Voodoo Juice, Big Bud
Green Planet: Pro-Cal
NPK Industries: RAW Kelp, RAW Grow & Bloom Microbes

Pots:
(2) 15L/3.9GAutoPot system with AirDomes and Root Control Disks

Medium:
Canna Coco Natural

Seeds:
(2) DinaFem Sour Diesel Auto & (1) Humboldt Blue Dream Auto

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I moisten paper towels with warm tap water, place the seeds on the towels, wrap them up and put them in a zip-lock bag. I then put the bag(s) somewhere warm and dark and check them a few times a day until the little root tails appear. Usually 24-48 hours. I make sure to put them in a DARK place, as roots do not like light.

While waiting for tails to appear I prepare the Auto-pots. I start by cleaning all parts REALLY good and buy fresh new tubing (I always throw away any tubing after a grow and buy new for the next one). I then place the cloth root disks on the bottom of the pots, place in the airdomes (which I usually have to tape down because the airlines make them move A LOT!) and fill up the pots with just Canna Coco sprinkled with a few teaspoons of "RAW Grow Microbes". I don’t use any perlite or clay pebbles…just coco.

I place the pots into their bases not worrying about the aqua-valves just yet. They wont be needed for a while …..the plants need to develop good roots before I hook up the auto water system. I water the pots initially with 1L of distilled water mixed with 2ml/L Voodoo Juice & 1ml/L Cal-Mag each. I make sure the PH is about 5.8 after everything is mixed. This is the only point I ever check/adjust the PH because once I start using the Sensi Grow & Bloom PH Perfect the PH does not/should not be messed with.

Once the seeds have developed a little root tail (and beautiful strong ones this time around, wow!!) I make a hole in the middle of each pot, drop the seed in and cover gently. I usually turn on a 65W 6500K CFL right above the pots at this point. Some say you don’t have to because the planted seeds underneath don't need light yet, but I prefer to have the warmth on them and the light will already be on and ready if they happen to break soil :)

I planted (2) Sour Diesel in the one pot on the left, and I will pull the weaker plant at some point. Blue Dream is on the right. Tent temp is 72~ humidity is 25. I may turn on the baby humidifier in the tent once the plants break soil. And that is where we sit of today, Day 1. Babies are safe and warm in their beds of moist Coco.

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