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After taking a year and a half off I recently got back into growing some autos again and had a nice little harvest. This is my second grow and it's 5 different strains. WoS NLxBB and Sweet Coffee Ryder, Mephisto Chem City Blues and Sweet Seeds Black Jack and Dark Devil. I had started a 5th plant, a Delicious La Bella Afrodita. It didn't germ right away and I had given up on it. Lo and behold, the day before yesterday I looked at the pot still sitting by itself in my veg area, and it had sprouted. It was exactly 30 days after I had planted it. Longest I've ever had a seed take to germ. So much for starting everything at the same and having all the plants around the same size.
For anyone unfamiliar with how I grow, I don't strive to get huge plants. My space is limited so I like to keep my plants small. I'd rather have less from more stains. So I use [HASHTAG]#1000[/HASHTAG] nursery pots, also called [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG], which hold 2 gallons of soil. Once the roots are established they require water about every 4-5 days, which I like. I prefer feeding at shorter intervals so I can tailor my feed to what the plant needs at that time.
Living in a rural area my choices on soil are limited without making an 80 mile round trip to a full service nursery supply house. I found an organic mix at Lowes called Harvest Organic Potting Soil. It has some bark, which I'm not particularly fond of, but other wise looks like a descent mix. To it I added about 1/3 Black Cow, extra perlite, micronized minerals, humic acid, lime and myco. All the seeds were fems so I started them directly in the pots. Two days after they popped I moved them from my veg area to my outdoor grow box. I've replaced the two Goldstar junk LEDs I had and replaced them with two of the FERO Bulldog 8 spots I had been using in my rdwc. Along with my original GLH LED I've pushing about 800 actual watts over 10 1/2 sq. ft., so about 76 watts per sq. ft. That's probably the most light I've ever had over autos and the plants seem to be enjoying it.
Here are some pics from day 22, about a week ago. You can see that all 5 have sexed. I'll be away all next week so newer pics when I get back.

For anyone unfamiliar with how I grow, I don't strive to get huge plants. My space is limited so I like to keep my plants small. I'd rather have less from more stains. So I use [HASHTAG]#1000[/HASHTAG] nursery pots, also called [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG], which hold 2 gallons of soil. Once the roots are established they require water about every 4-5 days, which I like. I prefer feeding at shorter intervals so I can tailor my feed to what the plant needs at that time.
Living in a rural area my choices on soil are limited without making an 80 mile round trip to a full service nursery supply house. I found an organic mix at Lowes called Harvest Organic Potting Soil. It has some bark, which I'm not particularly fond of, but other wise looks like a descent mix. To it I added about 1/3 Black Cow, extra perlite, micronized minerals, humic acid, lime and myco. All the seeds were fems so I started them directly in the pots. Two days after they popped I moved them from my veg area to my outdoor grow box. I've replaced the two Goldstar junk LEDs I had and replaced them with two of the FERO Bulldog 8 spots I had been using in my rdwc. Along with my original GLH LED I've pushing about 800 actual watts over 10 1/2 sq. ft., so about 76 watts per sq. ft. That's probably the most light I've ever had over autos and the plants seem to be enjoying it.
Here are some pics from day 22, about a week ago. You can see that all 5 have sexed. I'll be away all next week so newer pics when I get back.


