Day 1!
Germination was placing the seed directly into the medium, about 5mm deep, took 4 nights and she's awake :) almost ruined the grow by checking for the seed yesterday, as im still not 100% sure this seed is what its meant to be - was given to me by friend, i trust them but i dont know about the person they got it off, we've never met. My friends seems adamant that it is Solomatic. Guess i'll find out in 10 weeks or so? lol. Well, i'll find out in around 3-4 if its an auto or not, i think by the speed and ease of germination that it is an auto, but who knows really?
Really really do hope that this is Solomatic, as I'm growing this for medicinal reasons, mainly to help my mother with her severe arthritis. If it doesnt end up being solomatic its okay, i have some more cbd dominant strain seeds arriving in 4-5 weeks. And once my Gorilla Glue is out of the flowering tent i'll move this one in, and start a CBD Lemon Auto (1:1 ratio thc/cbd at 17%).
Oh yeah, i should probably explain the growing environment.
I have a small veg tent thats meant for seedings, but ive put it on its side and its plenty big enough to veg one plant until its about a foot in height. There is a cheap 45watt led board in there, not the best but fine for vegging for a couple of weeks.
My plan is to yeah, veg her in there for 2-3 weeks in there, probably until gorilla glue is done, then move her into the big tent, under 400watt hps. I thought about using MH again for a few weeks but i've been reading more into that and a lot of people claim that they see hardly any, if not none at all, difference between using MH and HPS. Plus i have pepper plants in there (Jalapenos) that i'd prefer not to stress out by light source changes (im sure it'd be fine but they're my babies), plusssss its winter here, and i really need the heat from HPS. at 400watt it's only maintaining around 22-23 degrees celsius, id prefer 25-28 but to achieve that i need to up the power to 600watt (the bulb is rated at 600 and i have a digital ballast), put both oscillating fans on, crank the extractor fan to high (not max) and open up the flaps at the bottom of the tent more. I live in a country where we need to be careful with growing, and doing all that creates quite a bit of noise so to be honest its not worth it. Last plant grew fine at 22-23 degrees so hopefully this will be fine. I have been contemplating getting another LED to put in the flower tent, boost the heat a bit as well better/more/different light spectrum.
I'm probably going to go back to LED in the warmer months anyways.
@VertiGrow,
thanks :) im not overly thrilled with this one but its always gonna be a gamble growing autos i guess.
I use a 100mm Centrifugal fan and 500mm carbon filter for air extraction and a 4" oscillating fan for air movement.
the centrifugal fan has a speed controller which i keep at around half to 3/4 to achieve 45-50% humidity.
to be honest, the fan is too strong for my tent, which could be why its easy for me. Could be tent location too (in a garage).
Probably going to upgrade to a different fan, not a stronger one but a silent one, which is actually a bit weaker than my current one. My set up is way too loud though, even using a silencer and insulated piping.
this is the extractor/centrifugal fan i use - https://herbals.co.nz/collections/hydroponic-fans-tents-other-gear/products/100mm-high-flow-centrifugal-fan
ill be sure to check out your grows :)