Indoor Minimal Odyssey

[mnml]

Hello people.

Was going to post a week or two back but obviously a lot of shizzle was going down.

I used to enjoy growing Sensi's Jack Herer about ten years ago and had a couple of LR2's on a secluded balcony last year, other than that this is kind of a first time auto grow for me.

I was going to grow some Dready's Jack White and Soma's NYCD (photo), but even though I got the smallest tent (60x60x120h) available I was proper freaked out by it's inconspicuous shape, so I changed my plans considerably and turned it into a stealth micro(ish) grow with autos.

Hopefully I will keep this thread going as long as possible with what will be a continuous grow of a lot of different strains - and maybe some cross breeding if I can be arsed.

 

[namvet25]

Welcome to AFN. I see you have some grow experiance so thats good but autos have different needs than photos.You can to some reading on our forums for info or when you start to grow don't be affraid to ask questions,were here to help.:smokebuds:

 

[mnml]

Setup:

Extra Small Homebox (60x60x120) - rearranged struts a little bit and on it's side (120w x 60d x 60h) in cm.
150w hps (Red)
50w T5 (Blue)
5" extraction fan with high quality carbon filter
BioBizz Allmix Soil
Biobizz Nutes (Grow, Bloom, Topmax, Algamic, RootJuice)

 

[mnml]

Welcome to AFN. I see you have some grow experiance so thats good but autos have different needs than photos.You can to some reading on our forums for info or when you start to grow don't be affraid to ask questions,were here to help.:smokebuds:

Cheers Namvet - yeah thats why Iv'e been lurking here a while and reading up on the forum. Thought I would do a journal so I can get help where needed.

 

[Hazy]

Setup:

Extra Small Homebox (60x60x120) - rearranged struts a little bit and on it's side (120w x 60d x 60h) in cm.
150w hps (Red)
50w T5 (Blue)
5" extraction fan with high quality carbon filter
BioBizz Allmix Soil
Biobizz Nutes (Grow, Bloom, Topmax, Algamic, RootJuice)

Welcome mnml, if you're going to be using Biobizz All Mix would be a good idea to use Root Riots to give the seedling a buffer from the All mix as it may be a little to hot for Autos. It worked for me!!

 

[mnml]

Seeds:

I was a bit eager to start growing having spent so long umming and arghing so changing my plans from photos to autos put me in bit of a rush to get beans.

Afghan Kush Ryder
Double Diesel Ryder - never popped
Black Domina Automatic
Critical Jack Automatic
Cream Manderine - replaced DDR

They all popped and sprouted really well using wet paper towel method with some highly diluted BB RootJuice. Put straight into final pots after 36-48 hours.

Double Diesel Ryder chickened out.

Photos to come.

 

[mnml]

Cheers Hazy,

Am already 4 weeks in but will keep that in mind for next time - I think they were all okay except for a little curl on the BDA and CM.

 

[mnml]

This is the setup - I have to keep the guuurls shorter than 10 inches as best as I can so I have been tying them quite a bit, which I know is not ideal for autos - but its either short or not at all.

I actually think they have taken to bondage quite well which means I will be seeking sativa/haze oriented strains next time round.

My emergency plan if I need the height is to hang the light vertical either to the side with reflector attached or in the middle of them without the reflector.

 

[mnml]

Afghan Kush Ryder - 4 weeks - 5 inches

25cm dia x 10cm height dirt pot (adapted from 19l) - 8 litres All Mix

This girls impressed me so far - squat and bushy, stinking and showed sex just before 3 weeks. Taken to LST really well.

 

[mnml]

Cream Mandarin - 3.5 weeks - 4 inches

25cm dia x 10cm height dirt pot (adapted from 19l) - 8 litres All Mix

Slow in growth compared to the others but not sure if because shes half week behind and I'm forgetting - very tight internodes making her hard to lst - showed sex just over 3 weeks.