Hey, this will be my first Grow. Thankfully Legalization in Germany made this possible. I will grow 3 different Strains Outdoors because my Parents have a huge garden.
I build my own Pots and then used a Recipe from Zamnesia.com to mix my own Soil. It consists:
200l of compost
225l of peat moss
140l of coco
100l of perlite
bat guano, azomite, dolomite, epsom salt, horse manure, rock phosphate, blood meal, bone meal and humic acid.
I added some hay as mulch to minimize evaporation and it worked pretty well as i did not water the pots and there was still moisture in it after 4 days at around 28°C and direct sun all day. I also added a few extra plants to the pots for symbiosis.
I germinated the seeds indoors in 1l Pots with a germinating mix from my local garden center. Dutch Passion had an article on their blog and i used this method. It worked perfect as all seeds germinated between 30 and 40 hours. The plants are sitting now under my 100w full spectrum led for the next 3 weeks.
Wow, those look pretty big and bushy—happy growing, buddy! I'm also cultivating similar strains.
Could you share more details about your indoor setup until week 3? I think whatever you did really spurred their growth; mine seem about a week behind. Maybe I trimmed one too much, and that's causing the difference, but even my best plant feels a week slow. I think it's more the trim than the light but do you have any indoor light for the initial weeks?
@Baba_VJ, Hey, I used a Spiderfarmer SF1000d LED for 17h a day. The soil I used, was a really low nutrient germinating Soil. I had one plant with a higher nutrient soil, which was also a little behind. But this could be a coincidence. Personally, I wouldn't use HST Methods so early in the process. And I have also adjusted the Ph of my water every time.
@ramrod2k, versteh ich persönlich auch nicht. In den letzten 5 Tagen hat sie trotz Regen ganz gut angezogen. Denke mal bei mir wird sie Mitte Oktober fertig. Bei anderen sieht es ähnlich aus wie bei mir. Vielleicht hast du ja einen guten Pheno gezogen.
@hausi, ich kenne da eine COP von DP die bereits blüht. 😀 Letztes Jahr und dieses Jahr. Die Ernte war gut und die COP die Lieblingsblume der Gattin. Außerdem ist sie recht robust. Ich habe gelernt; bei uns geht auch die COP es muss nicht die Auto COP sein. In den offiziellen Berichten beginnt die Blüte mit der Vorblüte in den einzelnen Blüten in den Achseln der Zweige, das hat mich auch verwirrt.
@birdmountain, ca.2,10m würde ich schätzen. Ich muss die Tage aber nochmal genau nachmessen. Der Herbst naht ja leider schon und mit einer Blütezeit von 8 Wochen laut DP würde das auf Ende Oktober hinauslaufen...