Raised bed Auto Early Summer grow
This grow wouldn't be possible without the generosity of @fastbuds who provided the seeds for this run.
I asked for 10 seeds of the one strain as It will be a more uniform run with all plants flowering at the same time
(hopefully anyway) .
I particuarly like the Gorilla zkittlez fastbuds does so that is the one I asked for.
The experiment I am trying is to see how well a bunch of auto's does in a mass planting scenario amongst companion plants under the Hot Australian sun.
The raised bed I'm using is 2m x 1m and is filled with a soil blend that I have been building over the past 3 years .
all ammendments are strictly organic and I add seaweed based supplements with some mycorhizae ,
compost teas, aged manures as needed.
Over the winter I grew a good crop of peas in the same raised bed so hopefully that may provide a little extra
available nitrogen .
Since then I have been growing several companion plants for the auto's , Mostly Petunias , Marigolds , Spring onions and Basil.
But there is also some Fat hen , Borage and Comfrey .ictus
These were planted in order to act as beneficial companions to the cannabis plants , some are for bug and insect deterrance whilst others are for
terpene enhancement and soil microbial enrichment .
I know full well how autos need plenty of light hours during the vegetative stage to achieve any sort of decent yields .
so I am giving them supplemental light via a couple of LED solar lights that come on at dusk for an extra 8 hours .
The first 2 weeks of each plants life will be spent in the pots I started them in ( see above pics ) mostly to protect them until they are a bit bigger.
Follow along and see if I can get any sort of result from my experiment or if its a complete shitshow π¬
Thanks for stopping by
Grey_Wolf
Outdoors is tough, at least you got something and it wasn't destroyed by pests. I transplanted autos too late and they stunted, may be what happened here. Good luck next time.
I agree mate autos are hit and miss outside. I'm off fastbuds to be honest. Lately I've had a few runts and even one male!
Merry Christmas to you and your Wolf π»