Life begins anew! This Green Gelato from Royal Queen just popped today. I started the seed in a cup of water for almost 24 hours and then put it right in a starter plug and into a 5 gallon geosynthetic pot filled with a 3-1-1 mixture of Canna Coco, GS1 Growstones, and perlite. Germinating time was 3 days, which is nice and quick. For now I'm simply giving the plant approximately 60ml of plain reverse osmosis water, with a pH of 6.3, each day. During veg I am using eight 24" T5 lights and use a mixed spectrum. Six white and two red lights. The plants are living in a 90cm x 90cm x 180cm Secret Jardin DR90 with a single 6" clip fan.
I would like to thank everyone who follows this diary and would also like to give a big thanks to the people at Royal Queen. Happy growing!
Day 4 update: I've given the plant it's first true watering. During veg I'll be using Canna Coco A+B, Cannazym, and Elite 91 Myco Jordan (mycorrhizal inoculant). Since I use the Myco, which is a beneficial bacteria and helps the plant with nutrient intake, I go half strength on all nutrients. The Myco is the reason I have started using a reverse osmosis filter for plant water. The water company where I live uses chloramine in the water and that would kill the beneficial bacteria. Chloramine, unlike chlorine, will not evaporate. So, if you are using a beneficial, check and see what your water company puts in the water.
beautiful genetics that you planted ... did I notice that you use terpinator? what can you tell me about this product? to flavor plants? I thank you for all the answers and nice to meet you.
@NOLOGIK,Thanks! Yup, I use Terpinator. I've found that it does as advertised and helps with smell and flavor of the plants. Some smells and tastes that were very slight on some strains became much more pronounced. Works better with some strains than others too so you will have to experiment. Half doses seem to do what needs to be done even without beneficial bacteria.
I also learnt something. About using beneficial bacteria ( I use great white ) and lowering the nutes. Maybe this is why I ended up with lockout.
Thank you for the 🧠👍🏼
@Damonkey,
Hi to you. 👊🏼
I have used 1/2 of what I would normally use. And wont let my EC go above 1.6.
This is a trial for me, as I was unable to find any real usable info on dosages and Mycorrhizae etc.
Sorry, that I could not help more.
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@Puffer_Bill, Hi there, sorry to be a pain. But on this same topic how much specificallly lower the nutes. By half or even more than that. I’m very close to this position again and am hoping I can sail through it unscarred. I’m at about 3 quarter strength at the moment with a normal addition of microbes, however next week the addition of microbes in mammoth microbes schedule doubles, I’m thinking here I should possibly be lowering right down to a quarter suggested strengths on nutrients but I’m also worried this may have an adverse effect both quality and yield wise. Any comments you can make would help greatly and thanks for your time should you get the chance to read this.😬
Looking good ... Just got done harvesting a Northern Lights Auto & a AK-49 Auto myself. Currently waiting on my White Widow Auto to finish up. I wish you the same success.Good luck with the rest of your grow
@Puffer_Bill,They are super easy to use. By using them to replace a trellis, it makes it much easier to prune and water the plants by allowing you to rotate the pots.