Mix of Auto Flowers - Winter 2022

Day 15 - Second Chances I transplanted them all to the 4 x 4 tent. Gorilla Glue and Critical Purple both had nice root growth and were ready. The two Purple Lemonades had a surprising amount of roots for their size. Transferring the Knows Candy #2 was a mess. The soil fell apart and I had to give the roots a brand-new home without the pot coco coir that normally transfers over from the seedling pot. It was like starting from scratch with a seed and tap root. Once they were replanted, I wet them in with full-strength Jack's 3-2-1. I also included monosilicic acid, Mr. Fulvic and Rhizotonic. I made large circles around the new plant, from a few inches away to the outer pot. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 16 - Photos Possible Good News: I think the troubled Purple Lemonade #2 has started to raise its leaves. Remember, those leaves were tightly down, like a Marine, during a uniform inspection. Possible Problem: Note the small spots forming. Can you tell me if this is the beginning of a deficiency? Not out of the Woods: I am on standby with three new seeds. Those seeds are not soaking -- just yet. The three smallest have one more week to show happy-plant growth. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 16 Cont'd: Setting Up the Big Tent (4'x4') 12-Gallon Auto Pot Reservoir: I added 3-gallons at a time to make 9-gallons total. Ingredients per 3-Gallon Reservoir Batches: (1) 3-Gallon RO Water (2) 01.5 ml Monosilicic Acid (Front Row Ag SI) (3) 01.0 ml Mr. Fulvic (4) 01.5 ml Orco (myco) (5) 10.0 ml Vitamins & Amino Acids (6) 07.5 ml SLF-100 Enzymes (7) 3-Drops of House & Garden Drip Clean - For 9 gallons Overall Final Concentration for 9-gallons: (a) 1.844 E.C (b) 5.83 pH Note: 9-gallons finished at 6.07 pH - corrected to 5.83 Depth of AutoPot Reservoir: For Those of You Using AutoPots with the 12-gallon reservoir - Depth of Rez per 3 gallon additions: 3-gal: 07 inches 6-gal: 12 inches 9-gal: 17 inches Open Reservoir to Plants: Mfr. suggests waiting 2 weeks before turning it all on. I'll turn it on next Monday after 1-week. It takes a while for the liquid to permeate the 5 gallons of coco. AirDomes: However, I will wait the full 2 weeks to turn on the air supply for the AirDomes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 18 - A Few Changes The last "Knows Candy" was pulled last night from the yellow SIP Bucket. The growth was stalled and it just didn't look well. The "Why" is my fault. When I washed and buffered the coco, I threw that wet medium into the SIP bucket to wait for a week or so for transplant time. The problem with that decision is that the coco stayed wet and so the young transplant was dealing with a heavy moist soil to try and spread through. So, I disassembled the bucket setup, and now the coco is spread out on a blue tarp to dry. Then I will just start over. My "start over" is going to be something different. I'm making my 5th plant a Sweet Nurse Auto CBD plant from Sweet Seeds: Indica: 60% Sativa: 39.2% Ruderalis:0.8% THC: 5-10% CBD:10-16% THC:CBD Ratio: (1:1–1:2) Indoor Yield: 400-600 g/m² Harvest: 8 weeks from germination Height: 60-110 cm Effects:Relaxing, Medicinal, Appetite Taste: Spices, Skunk, Sweet Current Grow News: Both Purple Lemonades have recovered nicely, but are still pretty small. On the left side of the tent, the Gorilla Glue and Critical Purple are also coming along and growing. I did turn on the Reservoirs for a few hours to get some of the food at the bottom of the pots for when the roots make their way down. It's now tuned off until the total biomass is a more prominent. Struggling with getting the environment in the proper VPD. We are in a strange weather pattern where it is unseasonably warm. This weekend it turns cold. Meaning, the heat from the lights can be a feature, instead of a bug. I ordered a new heater, one that I can hang and keep off the ground. It's a wall-mount design so there is no tip-over safety switch to worry about. The tent is in a mostly climate controlled area so it should get easier to get leveled off soon. I did add a 6-inch booster fan to the ceiling of the tent to help move some of the heat out. Here is the heater I desided on: EconoHome Wall Mount Space Heater Panel - with Thermostat and Heat Guard Cover - 400W Convection Heater - for 120 Sq Ft Room - 120V - Overheat Protection I normally use one of those oil-filled heaters, but floor space is limited this grow. I'll work on some quality photos after the lights come on this afternoon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 18 - Photos Although all of them seem stunted to some degree, they are now on the move growth-wise. I trimmed away some of the necrotic leaf material on the Purple Lemonade plants. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 19 - Photos (Friday 11/11/22 - Veterans Day) Not much to add. New growth seems like it is happening. I've resisted watering since I put them in the AutoPots on Monday. The coco is nicely damp. Because I turned on the AutoPots for a few hours, I know they will eventually find food if they head south in the pots. Next up - build up the microbe population. I'll do that during the next watering and top feed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 20 - Notes: I couldn't wait; I turned on the reservoir. Those four pots sucked up even more nutrients. Just turning the system on (once for 3 hours and now full time) the pots sucked up 6 gallons of nutrients. The way to tell that the amount was 6 gallons - depth went from 17" to 7". New Nutrients Added: 6 more gallons RO water Jack’s 3-2-1 Full Strength (p/gallon): Part (A) -- 3.79g Part (B) -- 2.52g, Epsom --- 0.99g With the appropriate amount of the following: (a) Mono-Silicic Acid (Why? See Below) (b) Mr. Fulvic (Why? See Below) (c) Orca (Microbes) (d) Photosynthesis Plus (Microbes) (e) Vitamins & Amino Acids (f) SLF-100 (Why" See Below) (g) House & Garden HGDPC002 Drip Clean (cleans lines & salts control) (h) Southern Ag Garden Friendly Fungicide (98.85% Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) (IPM) (i) Ecological Labs Microbe Lift (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) (Fungus Gnats) Why Mr. Fulvic?: Mr. Fulvic has Antiviral, Antibacterial, and Antifungal properties Contains: • 70 Trace Mineral & Elements • Macro Minerals • 13 Carbolic Acids • 18 Amino Acids • 22 Terpenoids/Flavanoids • 38 Antioxidants • Electrolytes Why Mono-silicic (ortho) acid? • Thicker stalks • Thicker stems • More lateral branching • Tight internodal spacing • Uniform flowers • High yields • More vigorous and stress-resistant plants Why SLF-100 (enzymatic formula)? SLF-100 is formulation of multiple species of bacteria (including): • Pseudomonas putida - an antagonist for pythium and fusarium. • Virgibacillus pantothenticus (VP) - production of ectoine and proline: -- VP helps plants to adapt to environmental stressors • Bacillus thuringiensis - helps with some pests - also anti-pathogenic properties. • Bacillus subtillus - catalase-positive bacteria that helps with: -- For biotic and abiotic stress tolerance caused by: -- (1) Induced systemic resistance (ISR) -- (2) Biofilm formation -- (3) Lipopeptide production So they say! : ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Day 20 Info: New Tent Heater: I thought I would show off the new tent heater. I was looking for ways to free up floor space, and I found this "wall-mount" design. The best way to describe the feel of it is to image a 3/8-inch thick piece of slate tile. Of course, I never intended to mount it on the wall, but I did intend to attach it to the tent support framing via heavy-duty corded hangers. It's running through a BN-Link temperature controller to come on if the tent drops below 72ºF. Since it's radiant heat, I'm going to take an extra 4-inch inline booster fan and mount it on the back at the top, pointing downward. I'll use a C-Clamp. Pointing it down the back should gently move the warm air toward the floor. At this (veg) phase, I am just trying to keep the temps in the upper 70s during the day, and low 70s when lights are out. As a bonus, I'll give you a tour of my tent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 20 - Enviromental Data The weather turned cold overnight, and I am having issues getting my relative humidity to stay in the 60%-range. To help, I now have two humidifiers, and I added a Swamp Cooler. The Cooler won't cool much, but it does throw moisture all about. The cooler looks like a fat tower fan, so I normally use it as an extra fan when needed. Feeding from the Reservoir: As you can see from the data sheet posted below, I am now on the reservoir, so I am including the important data points that I track. Because of a horrible lockout during my last grow, I now double-check the EC and pH in the small AutoPot valve housing. I was using slow-dissolved nutrients in the media. So, the runoff was all over the place. In time, I am likely to drop those stats, as everything is now coming from under the plants. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 22 - Nothing Special Events of Note: Raised DLI to 30 - see if I can tempt the PLs into "rapid and tremendous" growth. pH is slowly rising from 5.8 to 5.9. I'll let the reservoir get to 6.4 before bringing it back down. The moving pH range should slide into a variety of element sweet spots for uptake. Two Seeds are in the Germ Tent, both vying for only one spot in the SIP Bucket.