I'm back! After a long summer break, it's finally time to grow again. Woooooo!!!
I will grow three cultivars this time: Royal Gorilla Automatic, Purplematic CBD, and Imperium X, and each cultivar will get its own diary.
This diary will cover the Royal Gorilla Automatic. Royal Queen Seeds were kind enough to sponsor me with these seeds - shoutout to James from RQS!
Royal Gorilla Automatic
THC: 20%
Yield Indoor : 325 - 400 gr/m2
Height Indoor: 70 - 100 cm
Flowering time: 6 - 8 weeks
Harvest Month: 10 - 12 weeks after sprouting
Genetic Background: Gorilla x Cookies x Ruderalis
Type: Sativa 30% Indica 50% Ruderalis 20%
Effect: Heavy, Physically Relaxing, Stoned
Flavor: Citrus, Fruity, Pine
I will grow in my small (75x45 cm/2.5x1.5') but mighty auto tent. My last run in this tent got me a harvest of 274 grams with autos from RQS. Not bad for such a tiny space.
One of the problems with small tents is high temperatures. However, I bought an extension cable for the driver, allowing me to place it outside the tent, and I hope that will bring down the temps a bit.
I started by scuffing up the seeds by putting them into an old matchbox, that I had lined with sandpaper and gently shaking the box. The seeds were then dropped into a glass of water and left in a dark place until the next day.
While waiting for the seeds to soak, I prepared the coco pellets by soaking them in water with a mycorrhizal inoculant. The brand I use also has seaweed, shown in studies to improve germination.
The next day I rolled the soaked seeds in more myco before planting them in the coco pellets.
Now we wait.
@kohlrabi, You have the Blumat Classic, as do I, but for my house plants. They work great but deliver too little water for a large plant such as a cannabis plant. I'm using the "Tropf-Blumat"system (https://blumat.com/en/tropf/das-tropf-blumat-system/vorteile) as it allows for much larger volumes of water to be distributed.
BTW, "Tropf" is German for drip.
@love_2_grow, I do have blumat at home, just the simple one, where you have some water in a small vessel next to a plant. Its that the one your are using?
@Anonymous_2022, Yeah, we'll see how she will turn out. On one hand, she is much smaller than the Purplematic in the same tent, but on the other hand, she is bigger than the white widows I grew in the tent previously and they had a massive yield.
So schön! Immer super Tagebücher, hilfreich und Inspirierend
Das Pilzzucht-set lässt du immer hängen oder wird es irgendwann verarbeitet und dem Substrat zugefügt?
@Grow_with_Cookie, Thx buddy! I will leave the kit hanging in the tent until I have harvested all mushrooms. Then I'll chop it up and add it to my soil.
Nice, nice. For them 2 grow that tall. Are you leaving them not under a light until they pop.. they usually go like that when they searching for light? Or they grow like that with light?
@gottagrowsometime, I had them under a low-powered light for the first couple of days, but they have since moved into the tent and are underneath the Kingbrite light.
This is a sign, you are my second diary check and I just wrotte : I think I will switz to T.A. I was reading quickly their website, Pro organic, seems great 😛
@love_2_grow, oh you will love my friend! I use the entire TA Tri-Part in DWC, and now the TA Pro Organic in the soil pot, man they never let me down been using is for years as GHE, then TA. the PH is always in control, and easy to test with the GHE chemical PH test, and you dont have to worry about adjusting the measurements, as the bottle's directions have always been very true for cannabis, even for autos! I mainly grow FastBuds, but am excited to see how RQS takes the nutes!! will follow along.