G
Germination
6h ago
Weedwatcher This “F1” Auto from RQS should be the example of if any Autoflower Ruderalis can handle my premium growing method. I have further Dilluted my soil mix by filling a 18 oz solo cup of loose dry ocean forest to its rim 4 times and mixing it with 12 qts of loose dry Happy frog soil. I am back to the 3 gallon and plan not to Top or Train at all. Maybe just maybe a hard LST but only if I see the opportunity to use a LST clip on the main stalk, but I don’t think there is any real reason to because the canopy should come out flat and even with chunky satellite buds either way with the powerful LED light dialed in. I will probably not try Autoflower Ruderalis again, knowing what I am capable of that it is not worth changing my soil mix to happy frog or coco coir alone, I am trying to grow as hands off and organic as possible. However if it flowers soon and on time and small then I will have plenty of vertical space in the 3 gallon I think and not against fattening and fulfilling my harvest by using big bloom/grow big/tiger bloom together at the onset of flowering. -As for the the details so far, the Medusa F1 was put in a cup of water for about 10 hours and it sunk and was put in to a paper towel overnight, I think it had visibly already cracked but the dark membrane was still intact. In the middle of the next day afternoon it had visibly cracked already and was showing the taproot already out covered in the membrane where it may have “forced its way through” and was chilly water but perfect temperature and humidity being naturally warm in the peak of summer, so I went ahead and flatted the soil in the pot and planted before it could twist or curve any further. It did completely germinate in 24 hours flat. -it also came above ground after being planted in about 24 hours flat … after the dark cycle and letting it warm up a bit and then rehydrating the circle of moisture around it and on top of it with precise minimal amount of water it came above ground soon after and has continued to stay small and low to the soil and stem is dark and cotyledons are a nice light shade of green. -i am keeping the moisture around the base of the stem in a circle by spraying water and a precise squirt of water to try to get it to branch out laterals directly under the soil and to expand outwards under the surface, so that it doesent just grow straight down and then branch out and leave it spindly and top heavy. If it was already stretching and getting to tall then I would water once and then leave it for 48 hours to make it start hardening off and working on the first node and new leaves, not just stretching. The soil line is level and was just barely gently made to be level and uniform to hold its shape and to protect the roots from getting burned or drying out, and so when I pour and spray water that it doesent pool up and come out the training holes just in case, but that means I also do not want it so low to the soil that it’s first and second fan leaves grow into the soil and block me from watering, I want the fan leaves to hang over the rim of the pot, on a photoperiod I would not worry about chopping off lower branches, but as you can see I’m not suited for Autoflower Ruderalis delicate sensitivities or genetic internal biology neglecting to start flowering like they advertise around day 18-30. -So this F1 Autoflower Ruderalis should be the example… if the best of the Autoflowers Ruderalis can keep up and perform with a strong dialed in light and some minimal ocean forest.
1 like
comments
Share
Used method
Paper Towel
Germination Method

Login

Be the first to comment it
Enjoying this diary? Follow for more updates!
WeedwatcherWeedwatcher
Follow Author
OR
Prefer the old Diary view?
Go back to the old Diary view