Rainbow Donut Auto

Aircoholic This is an oldie - she was sleeping in my fridge for a little over 2 years. I had two attempts with Rainbow Donut Auto before, but both were struggling with far from optimal conditions in the growtent and consequently in the aroma and effect department. Ever noticed, how people don't say "playing god is easy" all the time? I totally get that! Anyway, since I feel barely comfortable after switching to growing in living soil and converting my pantry into a dedicated grow room, with only a handful of grows with mixed results at best, I thought, I need more Rainbows and Donuts in my life and in my grow room to make everything better. And since the results of the previous two Rainbow Donut Auto attempts were pretty bad, this one can only get better (not technically, but, you know, ...) Put the seed directly into the substrate, that I watered a few hours previous, to activate the microbiome in the living soil. Speaking of, I used a mix of 1/3 old soil mix from a previous grow, mixed in 1/3 fresh Terra Preta and 1/3 Canna Terra Professional, added about 10 % Worm castings, some dynomyco and some basalt rock dust, which should give a good and active living soil environment. One thing I'll be changing in this grow, is the water. In my previous grows with living soil, I followed given instructions and only added tap water (no chlorine here in Germany, but plenty of minerals) and the results looked accordingly. Plants with too small and airy buds, low yields and okay-ish quality. After diving deeper into the rabbit hole of pH and soil health and microbial activity and the resulting nutrient availability and uptake for the plants, this time, I'll give mostly RO water, with added CalMag of small amounts of tap water occasionally, to hopefully benefit the living soil and through that, the plants. Feed the soil, not the plants, right?