Laezu Back again for my sixth grow with Apple Fritter. This is going to be my first dirt grow so I'm excited to see what happens and keep track of it to improve on future grows. That's really why I keep these diaries, just to learn from past mistakes and push forward. All of my previous grows have been DWC and as much as I enjoy that process of fine tuning the nutrients, there is ALWAYS 2-3 weeks throughout the grow where I'm just not able to spend the time, and it ends up affecting the end product.
That's why I decided on going dirt instead of coco or another medium. Dirt definitely has a more set it and forget it attitude, especially when paired with an autopot. I'm still going to be feeding from the autopot, but only to boost growth and combat deficiencies. I'm hoping this takes the best of both worlds :)
I'm excited to try out the autopot too. Hopefully it will help curb any fungus gnats that may be in the soil already since we'll be bottom watering this beauty. The only thing that's got me a bit worried is draining this thing each week. I went ahead and added on a drain tube that's going straight into a drain pipe not far from the tent, but the OD of this pipe is 1/4 in. It's going to take over an hour to drain a 12.4 gallon reservoir through this thing. Instead of doing that, I'm going to go with the tried and true battery operated water transfer pump. If you don't have one of these, I HIGHLY recommend getting one on amazon, they're -30 and worth every penny when you're dealing with any kind of hydroponics.
I'm also going to focus a bit more on lighting throughout this grow. The last few grows I worked on dialing in humidity inside the tent, but this time I'm going to keep track and focus on the lighting to get that dialed in. I do like the ACInfinity light that I have, but I also went ahead and bought some UV lights to help with the flowering. I'll be focusing a lot more on light penetration, PPFD, distance to the canopy, etc.
If any of that sounds interesting to you, feel free to follow along :)
