Well. Things are going downhill fast

[Buds Buddy]

LOL, That was probably around the 1st time I tried to grow. Threw some seeds in a pot & watered & expected it to grow. It grew for a couple of weeks & died. Didn't have a clue what I was doing. Didn't even know there were male & female plants at the time. Then about 1.5 years ago I got tired of buying from dealers & chasing after it all the time so decided to try again. Got to say I've learned a lot since then & I do well with photo's. Hope my luck is as good with Auto's.
Guess I'll know soon.

 

[DTOM420]

@Wallflower82

Did your pH probe arrive?

 

[Wallflower82]

I am On my way to go get the probe now... and no I never had an issue with fox farm and photos, I repotted when they wanted more dirt and I never had issues with ph this was a long time ago and this is my first time with autos and no it’s def not quite the same... I didn’t give the plants any nutrients other what’s in the dirt until this last month, they went the first probably 6 weeks of life without and they definitely wanted food at that point. I’ll be able to give a better response when I get back hopefully with that darn probe .. to be continued

 

[Buds Buddy]

I have to agree ... growing auto's is a whole new ball game. I've had people tell me it's the same as growing photo's accept for the light schedule & flower time. That is not true at all from what I'm learning so far. Soil is different as you want it to be a lighter / fluffier mix so the roots can grow faster. Water schedule is different too. I only watered once every 2-3 days with photo's & according to Autobeast I should be using less water & watering twice a day. I'm having a little trouble also but my trouble is just getting them to grow. I had one pop up about a week ago & it isn't doing anything. Still only 1" tall. Also had 1 die right after it popped.
Someone told me to mix my soil 50% Biobizz, 20% Coco, 20% Perlite & 10% Vermiculite for auto's. When I told AutoBeast about my mix he asked me why I mixed anything with the Biobizz & that I should have just used it alone. I'm going to leave the 1 plant I have in the mixed stuff & hope it takes off but I'm going to use Auto Beasts thread "How to grow a perfect Auto-Flower from start to finish" when I start my new plants. He seems to know quite a bit & comes highly recommended from other people. I can tweak things later after I get an auto grow under my belt. Seems to me autos require a lot more attention to detail than photo's.
Right now I'm just glad I have 2 photo's going into flower this week that are really big. The 2 plants completely cover my 4 x 4 tent so I should get a decent yield. I cloned them just in case I don't get this auto-flower thing down soon enough. Besides, I love the Fire OG. It tastes so sweet & has a killer high.
For shits & giggles I'm going to take this 5 gallon bag of mixed soil & mix it with a 5 gallon bag of Happy Frog / Ocean Forrest I have already mixed that I use on photo's & try 1 seed out in it to see what it does. Just going to start it out in a 16 oz. cup & if it does what it's suppose to I'll use the mix & up-pot it to a 5 gallon bag. If it don't ... it will be added to the tomatoe garden outside for my wife to use.

 

[LittleMT]

For shits & giggles I'm going to take this 5 gallon bag of mixed soil & mix it with a 5 gallon bag of Happy Frog / Ocean Forrest I have already mixed that I use on photo's & try 1 seed out in it to see what it does. Just going to start it out in a 16 oz. cup & if it does what it's suppose to I'll use the mix & up-pot it to a 5 gallon bag. If it don't ... it will be added to the tomatoe garden outside for my wife to use.

This is what a mixture of Happy Frog and Ocean Forrest does for me...

 

[Wallflower82]

Uh ok

 

[Wallflower82]

I have to agree ... growing auto's is a whole new ball game. I've had people tell me it's the same as growing photo's accept for the light schedule & flower time. That is not true at all from what I'm learning so far. Soil is different as you want it to be a lighter / fluffier mix so the roots can grow faster. Water schedule is different too. I only watered once every 2-3 days with photo's & according to Autobeast I should be using less water & watering twice a day. I'm having a little trouble also but my trouble is just getting them to grow. I had one pop up about a week ago & it isn't doing anything. Still only 1" tall. Also had 1 die right after it popped.
Someone told me to mix my soil 50% Biobizz, 20% Coco, 20% Perlite & 10% Vermiculite for auto's. When I told AutoBeast about my mix he asked me why I mixed anything with the Biobizz & that I should have just used it alone. I'm going to leave the 1 plant I have in the mixed stuff & hope it takes off but I'm going to use Auto Beasts thread "How to grow a perfect Auto-Flower from start to finish" when I start my new plants. He seems to know quite a bit & comes highly recommended from other people. I can tweak things later after I get an auto grow under my belt. Seems to me autos require a lot more attention to detail than photo's.
Right now I'm just glad I have 2 photo's going into flower this week that are really big. The 2 plants completely cover my 4 x 4 tent so I should get a decent yield. I cloned them just in case I don't get this auto-flower thing down soon enough. Besides, I love the Fire OG. It tastes so sweet & has a killer high.
For shits & giggles I'm going to take this 5 gallon bag of mixed soil & mix it with a 5 gallon bag of Happy Frog / Ocean Forrest I have already mixed that I use on photo's & try 1 seed out in it to see what it does. Just going to start it out in a 16 oz. cup & if it does what it's suppose to I'll use the mix & up-pot it to a 5 gallon bag. If it don't ... it will be added to the tomatoe garden outside for my wife to use.

I don’t know why I thought it wouldl be totally the same, but My experience thus far is they’re quite a bit different and they like different things and seem to eat and drink differently they even want less light from what I’m seeing

Do you have a link to your attempts with autos? It would be cool to see others journals who are also new to some of these things!

 

[Arthur]

Have always thought the industry promotes autos wrong...
They come off as "automatic" beginner grower plants... nothing could be farther from the truth. A minor problem can upset the whole grow if your not on top of it...or out in front of it.

Hope you can salvage the harvest!

 

[Buds Buddy]

Unfortunately, I haven't made any journals as of yet. I just keep notes in a binder of anything I do each day & pics on my computer that I number so I can reference what I write.
Nice looking Bud MT. Send it to me .... LOL. Looks M-m-m Good !
I just started a New White Widow in the soil mix I was talking about (12 oz. cup to start it this time). I'm betting it comes out good this time. I don't usually start my seeds in their final pots like I did last time. I think that's why the last WW died. But someone said I should start with the final pot size for Auto's because they're kind of temper-mental. I'll up-pot to 5 gal. bags after I see 3 full sets of leaves. Like I said ... this one's an experiment to see what happens. I'm fairly confident things will be fine though.

 

[Buds Buddy]

Oh well, time to read some stuff on the 420 Magazine website & see what else I can learn about auto's. Never enough knowledge on this subject. I hate reading .... but I love learning. Wish I just had a teacher here to show me how to do it so I didn't have to read so much.