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SleepyChow Hi Folks šŸ‘‹šŸ¼ Long time no seešŸ˜‚ You know how it is, guys. I just can’t help myself.šŸ˜… Shortly after the last grow, my fingers start itching again. Just like last time, I’ve already prepared my soil and put the pots outside. Right now, I’m brewing a nice, light compost tea. For this auto run, I really don’t want to stress the plants with strong teas. That’s why there will only be three compost teas in total during the entire run, and all of them will be fairly mild. I’ll write down the exact recipe next time. Of course, I’m reusing my old soil, which has been mulched with leftover plant material and branches from the previous grow. For the start, I’ve prepared some jiffies. The seed will be placed in there, put into a propagation box, and kept warm with a heat mat set to 24°C. At the same time, I’ll already be running the light. One big advantage of jiffies is that the seeds can be buried quite deep — they’re dark. Cannabis seeds are dark germinators, and with jiffies, this works perfectly fine even with the light on.(50%,65cm distance) In past grows, I often had the problem that I didn’t turn the light on early enough and only noticed too late that my seeds had already germinated. Because of that, they immediately started stretching. It wasn’t a huge issue - I just buried the jiffies a bit deeper - but this time I want to see if I can prevent it right from the start. Now a quick Strain Presentation: šŸ°Red Velvet AutošŸ° →Breeder:Paradise SeedsšŸ”„ →Heritage: Lemon Cherry Gelato x PiƱa AƧaĆ­ x Auto Kong #4 →Smell: gassy,sweet →Harvest: in ā‰ˆ 70+ days →Genetics: indica dominant 60/40 The breeder says on his homepage that Red Velvet is a indica dom auto hybrid but we can expect sativa-ish effects. I’m feeling good about this, guys. The breeder is top-notch .absolutely solid. See you growmies šŸ‘šŸ¼
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Peat Pellet
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Week 1. Vegetation
9d ago
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
65 cm
Lamp Distance
SleepyChow 04.01.2026 Day 1 Little Rita aka Red Velvet saw the light of day today… well, the light of a 200-watt led lampšŸ‘¶šŸ¼šŸ˜¬ Seems like my light-from-day-one strategy with the jiffys worked out pretty well. Rita isn’t stretching at all – she’s nice and compact, full of color, and looking very healthy. Her future home was already prepared three days ago. As mentioned, the pot is mulched with old leaf material from the last run, given a gentle compost tea, and finished off with roughly five tablespoons of worm castings. I’ll take a look at what the other two are up to.And apart from that, I’ll be moving them into their big final pots in a few days. AACT recipe (5l): -5 tbsp worm castings -1tsp malted barley -1tsp molasses See u šŸ‘šŸ¼ 06.01.2026 Day 3 Hi Folks, Today I decided it was finally time to pot up and transplant the girls. I inspected the pots beforehand. Fungal life is definitely present, and arthropods are still around as well. However, there was some fungal mycelium I wasn’t entirely sure about in terms of its physiological state. Any mycelium that showed blue discoloration was removed immediately, along with the material displaying those color changes. I watered the pots once more beforehand and installed the Blumat system. At the bottom of the Jiffies and directly into the planting holes, I sprinkled mycorrhizal and Trichoderma spores, using the Hubey Micorrhiza Spreader😬
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Week 2. Vegetation
17h ago
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
65 cm
Lamp Distance
SleepyChow Hi folks šŸ‘‹šŸ¼ The Red Velvet is 7 days old today and, as expected, she’s doing really well. She’s developing normally, looks vital and strong, and handled the transplant into the big pot without any issuesšŸ’ŖšŸ¼ Two days after planting, I watered her with 333 ml of water in a radius of about 12 cm around the stem. The water was mixed with RootĀ·Juice (stock solution: 1 liter of dechlorinated water with 4 ml RootĀ·Juice) to give root development a little kickstart and help Rita settle into her new home. RootĀ·Juice contains algae extracts and humic acids (plus small amounts of calcium, magnesium and iron), which are very beneficial for that purpose😬 Since I was a bit concerned that 4 ml (the upper limit according to the BioBizz schedule) might be a bit much for autos, I followed up three days later with another 333 ml of plain dechlorinated water. Rita shows no signs of stress or problems and continues to grow strong and physiologically healthy. I’ve also increased the light intensity to 60%. Spider Farmer recommends around 75% at this stage, but I usually do better with a gentler increase in light strength. Today I applied another 333 ml of a solution containing roughly 1.5 million nematodes per liter of water and also distributed predatory mites on the soil surface. I had already spotted a few predatory mites in my pots over the last days, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to reinforce them. These mites basically establish themselves in the soil and can live there for generations as long as there’s enough food available. Truly awesome beneficial insectsšŸ™šŸ¼ I have to admit, my fingers are itching already - I’m really looking forward to the moment when I can start bending and shaping Rita a bit See u šŸ‘šŸ¼
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commentedweek 14d ago
Thanks for running this diary 🤩 Looking forward to your updates. Good luck & happy growing 🌱
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SleepyChow commented3d ago
@paradiseseeds, thank u for comment my new diary😁I’ve got a good feeling about her. She’s doing well already.
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