SleepyChow Hi Folks šš¼
Long time no seeš
You know how it is, guys. I just canāt help myself.š
Shortly after the last grow, my fingers start itching again.
Just like last time, Iāve already prepared my soil and put the pots outside. Right now, Iām brewing a nice, light compost tea. For this auto run, I really donāt want to stress the plants with strong teas. Thatās why there will only be three compost teas in total during the entire run, and all of them will be fairly mild. Iāll write down the exact recipe next time.
Of course, Iām reusing my old soil, which has been mulched with leftover plant material and branches from the previous grow.
For the start, Iāve 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, Iāll already be running the light. One big advantage of jiffies is that the seeds can be buried quite deep ā theyāre 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 didnāt 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 wasnāt 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:
š°Red Velvet Autoš°
āBreeder:Paradise Seedsš„
āHeritage: Lemon Cherry Gelato x PiƱa AƧaĆ x Auto Kong #4
āSmell: gassy,sweet
āHarvest: in ā 70+ days
āGenetics: 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. Iām feeling good about this, guys. The breeder is top-notch .absolutely solid.
See you growmies šš¼
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Peat Pellet
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
9d ago
1/7
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 lampš¶š¼š¬
Seems like my light-from-day-one strategy with the jiffys worked out pretty well. Rita isnāt stretching at all ā sheās 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.
Iāll take a look at what the other two are up to.And apart from that, Iāll be moving them into their big final pots in a few days.
AACT recipe (5l):
-5 tbsp worm castings
-1tsp malted barley
-1tsp molasses
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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 wasnāt 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 Spreaderš¬
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Week 2. Vegetation
17h ago
1/3
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 šš¼
The Red Velvet is 7 days old today and, as expected, sheās doing really well. Sheās developing normally, looks vital and strong, and handled the transplant into the big pot without any issuesšŖš¼
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 purposeš¬
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.
Iāve 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 wouldnāt hurt to reinforce them. These mites basically establish themselves in the soil and can live there for generations as long as thereās enough food available. Truly awesome beneficial insectsšš¼
I have to admit, my fingers are itching already - Iām really looking forward to the moment when I can start bending and shaping Rita a bit
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