Auto Brooklyn Sunrise

Hello friends, welcome to my grow diary for Dutch Passion’s Auto Brooklyn Sunrise, also check out my grow diary for the plant growing alongside it, 00Seeds Auto California Kush. Just to put this upfront; these two are my very first grow diaries so I hope I can deliver a diary with insights into my growing style. I’m open to any suggestions for improvement so if you have any thoughts or questions please let me know and I’m sure I’ll respond. I’m a somewhat experienced grower with around 30 harvested plants (I usually grow between 2-4 plants at a time) so far. My Setup: - Tent: A custom build grow cabinet made from spruce wood and white/black poly foil tacked to it. It fits perfectly in my kitchen and also extends my countertop space. - Light: EnFun EF-2000 (Full spectrum LM301B, 240 true Watt) - Pots: 11l (~3g) plastic pots - Substrate: Plagron royalmix + Mykorrhiza (Rhizophagus irregularis) - Fertilizer: Plagron alga Grow, alga Bloom & green sensation - Techniques: Due to limited height of my GrowBox I heavily LST - Ventilation: 4x PC fans pushing air in, passive out, no filtering Before planting I reset my GrowBox by thoroughly cleaning it, then disinfecting it first with hydrogen peroxide then with Isopropanol to get it as clean as possible. I usually use my own grow substrate (based on peat and vermiculite) but this time I wanted to try how Plagron’s royalmix would compare. This is also my first grow using Plagron’s organic alga fertilizers. Before I mostly used their terra line. After germinating the seeds in a paper towel I planted them in 11l (~3g) pots but not directly in the heavily fertilized royalmix but I dug a little hole and filled it with Canna Terra Seed Mix where I buried the sprouted seed in to provide a buffer for it. The Plagron royalmix feels and looks like a great substrate. It’s very airy or fluffy and seems like a good alternative to my own mix. Since it’s winter and humidity is low I added humidity domes (Old yoghurt pots) over the seedlings. My light dimmer is set to 6.5 which provides a PPFD of 316 μmol/m² measured under the humidity dome. That’s a DLI around 26.5 mol/m²d. I PH my water to around 6.5 with crystalline citric acid which is cheap, especially if you buy it in larger quantities, and it’s excellent to use around the house for cleaning too. I’m stoked to find out what challenges this run will bring with it. I’ll update these diaries constantly as things happen! ⁂ Day 2-3: I’ve gotten a little mutant! Never seen this before but the first set of true leaves has deformations and there’s some white.. stuff.. growing out of the tips of the leaves. I pondered discarding the plant but since it’s the first and only Brooklyn Sunrise seed I’ve got, I’m willing to give little Frankenstein here a chance to grow up. I contacted Dutch Passion about this to see if they know what’s up. The friendly team member has never seen this either but he’ll forward the pictures to Dutch Passion’s specialist. They also very generously offered to send me a replacement seed if this plant turns out bad. ⁂ Day 5: The first leaves with their abnormal tips grew in size and the new growth coming out looks like it does not have any deformations but it’s early to tell. Notice how one of the cotyledon has some spots that are lighter in color which are raised like they bubbled up somehow. Day 7: Despite it’s slight deformities the plant seems to be growing fine so far. The plant is getting to big for the small yoghurt cup humidity dome. I’ve taken it off for an hour or so yesterday and two hours today to get the young plant acclimated to life without it’s humidity dome.

Hello and thank you for checking out this grow diary of mine! We’re in Week 2 of vegetation and both plants (I’m also growing an “Auto California Kush” by 00Seeds alongside this one, check the other diary for specific info for that grow) are now starting to grow more rapidly. There’s little to report at all. I watered only once this week because the Plagron royalmix that I’m using for the first time this run apparently has a higher capacity to hold water than my own mix that I’m used to. I still need to dial in my watering schedule to this new substrate. Like the California Kush this plant too is starting to show minuscule signs of an interveinal chlorosis but I couldn’t get a picture where it’s visible at all. Check my diary for the California Kush (Week 2) to see a magnified image where it’s very slightly visible.

Welcome back to week 3 of this grow diary! Just like the other plant this one is unfortunately presenting with an interveinal chlorosis and also at the end of the week it started developing some brown spots mainly at the leave edges. I’m not really sure what’s going on but I suspect it’s a magnesium deficiency that’s the only thing making sense to me. I had slight problems with adjusting my watering volume and frequency to this new substrate. I overwatered a bit last week because the substrate apparently has a higher water holding capacity. Immediate actions: Less watering, corrugated cardboard under planters for insulation from cold tiles, checked soil PH (slurry test), ordered Epsom salt (should take about a week to arrive) for foliar application. I’m pondering flushing the substrate so that I can be sure it’s not caused by excess of other nutrients and lockout. But since I noticed that the substrate holds water a little bit to well for my taste this could also backfire and further worsen symptoms. Unsure on how to proceed, guess I’ll have to wait for the Epsom salt and try if a foliar spray improves the status of my plants :( Let me know if you have any input on the matter!