I'm not a professional grower nor a chemist, I'm just a guy enjoying trying to grow some plants with a friend.
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The very same (outdoor) grower friend of mine once told me: "You just can't get more then 30g from an auto outdoor"... This debatable and kinda bold statement made it all happen: now I'm growing 10 autos in his greenhouse, let's prove him wrong. I planned and financed the whole growth, given the space.
This is my second "kinda outdoor" growing expieriece, I studyied and I'm still studying a lot daily.
I do, as I always did, strongly prefere the organic approach.
Growing 10 Six Shooter seeds from Fast Buds along with General Organics nutrients in 3-gal fabric pots.
Starting direcly into final soil after germination.
I'm growing in an open greenhouse with plants facing south-east, meaning they get a good portion of sun in summer when the sun goes north-east to south-west.
This is an organic grow, no chemicals, no artificial light, from start to finish.
Soil is a mix I made from Bio Canna BioTerra, Canna Seed Mix, Canna Coco Professional Plus and Plagron Perlite.
The pot is filled in the bottom with a mix of 33% BioCanna Bio Terra (25L), 20% Canna Seed Mix (15L), 23% Canna Coco Professional Plus (17.5L) and 23% Plagron Perlite (17.5L), while the top section is:
57% Canna Seed Mix (10L), 28% Canna Coco Professional Plus (5L) and 15% Plagron Perlite (2.5L)
Note that both BioTerra and Seed Mix have 10 to 30% coco, so an approximate soil analysis could be:
40% Peat
35% Coco
25% Perlite
The main goal was to achieve a spongy soil with optimal oxygen and water retention, to be suitable for hot environments (the greenhouse is 5°C hotter than outside temeratures, reaching 40°C). I'm expecting I might have to face a mild calcium deficiency since I'm using an unusually high percentage of coco coir in the mix, we'll see.
Top has approximately 0.16-0.2 EC
Bottom has approximately 0.5 EC (BioTerra is supposed to have slow releasing, self-adjusting organic ammendments like bone meal and bat guano)
Plant training, depending on the type of growth, gonna start in a couple weeks, 4-5 nodes I guess.
No HST whatsoever, I think my plants are already stressed by the heat, no need to force them.
After soil was prepared (coco and perlite got prewashed to avoid salt residues), medium was flushed then watered with 2 L with 2 ml Diamond Black (humic acids) and 3.2 ml Bio Root Plus.
Seeds were planted 6 hours later (previously germinated in glasses with the water they will get fed with (pH 6.6, no adjustments), all germinated in one and a half day.
After 1-2d every seed sprouted. Every seedling is looking heathy, just a bit stretched (almost 5 fingers from the ground) -> Since the pot is not completely filled in and the light is coming from a little bit higher I see this as a simple stretch in search for light (not any legginess fungi-induced or something...)
On day 4 weather reports were bad, after a lucky first day start with a low light/high humidity situation, 2-3 days of 39°-40°C were predicted, so I decided to water with 200 ml/plant with 2 ml BioWeed (made of pressed seaweeds, also known for their property of helping the plant overcome heat stress).
We're currently at day 5.
Next watering (day 8-9) I'm gonna start with supplements at 1/3, but still no NPK till late week 2.
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Unfortunately, I can't control the plant status so often and my friend spends much time far from home, but these kinds of drawbacks are just making it more challenging and entertaining to me.
That also explains why I can't consistantly upload pictures, I haven't even seen em myslef yet!