ok so i started one of the girls a week earlier than the other 3. i have 4 total gorilla girl XL autos. one is in a 4gal fabric pot and the other 3 are in 2gal fabric pots. its my 1st time using 2gal pots. i usually run my autos in 4gal pots but most of the time the root mass doesnt reach the bottom unless it was a big plant. i guess these are XL so maybe i should of stuck with 4gal, but heck, if yall can grow them in a solo cup then 2gal should be good enough. im excited to see these. they will be my 1st time using sweet seeds. i also have a few more of theirs like, red hot cookies, red mandarin fast, and sweet zkittlez or sweet zenzation. im excited for all of them but am only making a diary of these for now. the others are still in their packs anyway. along with these autos are gorilla zkittles auto by barneys farm and sour diesel auto by seedsman. only one of each of those. they are same age as the first plant.
i have them in my 4x4 veg tent under the hlg 550 and will add uv later on.
i use earth dust base by the green sunshine company for an organic base nutrient. i only really need to add earth dust boost later, but i add in extra amendments during my grow. earth dust can be used by itself and produce great results but i like experimenting. almost everything i use is organic.
so fox farms ocean forest soil, with added earth dust. 4tbsp per gal of soil. i also add in my used mushroom substrates. they mainly consist of coco coir and vermiculite. i add calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate to the mushroom substrate before the mushrooms grow on it. after the mushrooms are harvested i add it to my soil tote. i also add extra perlite to my soil tote. then i use great white and add it to the soil. then i start my fabric pots. the earth dust base needs to cook for 2-4 weeks, but since the ocean forest soil is heavily amended so i can start them right away and by the time they are done with that the soil has cooked.
im just letting them grow now. they are doing great.
to be continued......
@Sweet_Seeds,
No problem. I will most likely make dairy of my other sweet seeds I mentioned in the diary. I'm excited to try the red strains I have.
Thx again
thanks everyone. they are growing great. no issues. they are showing signs of flower now. or sex & flower. i dont know if it because i tucked leaves alot and defoliated some, the plants side branches are growing up to the center main. thats cool. easy to get them all same height.