Welcome to my Fast Buds sponsored shootout and living organic soil v coco side by side. I also plan to use this grow to my full advantage regarding a few age old nagging questions about methods.
I have had a keen interest in L.O.S ( supersoil) since reading a few threads a while back on how amazing and productive it can be. After too much research and procrastinating I had to give it a go. I have been a decades coco/nft grower and recently threw my hat in the rdwc ring too. I have avoided soil due to the overwatering worry ( heavy handed chimp brain !) and the best potting soil/feeds. Catching up on the advances in indoor soil gardening and organics led me too subcools supersoil recipes to name a few but being a town dweller with farms everywhere around me still drew blanks on a lot of the ingredients needed and where the hell I could even begin to get them from. Thankfully , commercial savvy has now made buying it in ready to use and with a full range of beneficial bacteria ect available in amendments from a grow shop here in the uk. ecothrive have realised the potential for us to dive into this medium with all the mixing , measuring and resourcing. I bit the bullet and ยฃ150 later I now have 4 x37Litre pots that will be used for as long as I want to feed the soil for without EVER needing nutrients again potentially. The coco has also had charge mixed in to encourage the bennies to colonize there too. I will be using the shogun nutes that I know do the business with coco to compare with for yield , growth and taste.
I have 3 seeds each of 4 Fast Buds Strains to use as a control for the grow and am journaling each strain in their own diaries. This statement will be used to start each one as the information is identical at this point but following this I will do them individually.
I am now starting their second week since opening the seed packets , straight into soaked and shook root riot cubes and into the heated propagator. They had all showed their heads by end of day 3 and a couple needed helmet surgery to open up without being hindered . I have has them in the prop for a few days but they needed to get settled as they were popping roots out all over the cubes. They have now been in their final pots for 2 days complete and starting their 3rd today at day 8 since planting in cubes. I am impressed with the speed and success of these girls already (12 of 13 germinated) . Well done fast buds.
So here we go folks , any comments , ideas ,questions , advice are always welcome and I hope we can have some fun experimenting with defol v non defol , topping v fimming v bending and any other curiosities along the way. I plan on using a quadline for them all to keep a control for the comparisons too.
Be green folks
Welcome aboard and a huge thank you to Fast Buds for the opportunity to try autos.
@HydroGrowLED,pleasure mate. any help the universe can offer we grab. lol. they can also be used within the home for our benefits too. copper is an amazing substance and our old annunaki ancestory favours gold too.
@Ganjagrandaddy, just watched a 4 minute clip on YouTube Iโm gonna order on eBay and try them out cheers for the idea mukka Iโm excited to try something new ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฑ
@HydroGrowLED, I did a fair bit of research on using Crystal's for plants and came across Orgonite. very good data on using the right combination of elements like gold flakes , copper various crystals in "pucks" made from resin to hold them together. sounds crazy but please google organite and it will explain how it works too. amazing natural tool for cleaning up negative ions from lights etc...
Good to read the pots help too thank you for the heads up as it did worry me with the coco ones and time to fill out
thank you my friend kind words I think I done ok for 1st time growing I will definitely be keeping an eye on your diarys I will sure let you know m8 . Have a nice day @Ganjagrandaddy,
@Formedicalneeds,those new strains look very nice. a lot of good grows of the lemonade strains around too atm. should be fun. inam on an auto run next run in a few more weeks. sweet seeds gorilla girl xl , sweet cheese xl and theirbamnesia haze xl too. normally a photoperiod grower but loved the autobgrow previously so looking forward to seeing what they put out.
Good luck . let me know when your up and running too.
@Ganjagrandaddy, sounds amazing good job. โ๐ช Also looking forward to try the ones im growing. Have many fastbud strains in this grow. They are doing good. ๐ช
@@Dakaka,Thanks buddy. loved this grow. turned out my best harvest yield in 20 odd years overall. The 3 plants of 4 strains of the fast buds autos gave me over 45oz in total usable bud and a good amount of trim for some amazing Hash to come too.
@BillMonroe,And you too buddy. I know the forgetting which you have added last issue too hahahahaha. so damn well.lol
hope it get to you soon.
Have a happy holidays my friend
peace and love
@Ganjagrandaddy, Right on GGD that's exactly what I am after. nobody growing for themselves as a hobby should have to use all those damn bottles! There is enough fuss to take care of in daily life. The worst thing is when you use 3 bottles and you got it wrong after measuring. Then you have to add that stuff 3 times again! Thanks much for the pro tips, it is certainly appreciated, and wishing you also a very happy holidays & a bountiful 2020! =)
@BillMonroe,I promise on my honour as a grower Bill. It is amazing stuff. follow their feed exactly for the weeks and only add or back off if there are burn or anything but a beautiful perfect solent green. I promise you , you will rave about it as I do. so cheap to use long term , no ph issues and make sure its mixed properly before you add it to the main mixture. It has small calcium like balls that dissolve easily in Luke warm water or can be crushed. Be aware though , thisbstuff is made from unicorn shit so smells accordingly!!!!( another promise I know I can keep.!. ) Goodbye watered nute bottles and bullshit advertising , Hello science and decency , give us what we pay for please. lol. catch you soon mate. have a great Christmas and a prosperous new year
@Reaper,I fed with mega crop which override the organic soul and hit them hard. My light was also way too intense at the height I was using . They do go big as a strain though. be prepared. lol
Amazing! Those are some giant ladies. Your LST looks amazing. Everything just looks fantastic. Nice work. Keep doing what your doing and best of luck with the rest the grow.
@Denzul,Thank you Denzel. I have been less aggressive than usual as they are my 1st autos but they took the training well. After the stretch was a different matter though.lol
They go so big that even after major holding down they want to be tall. I can only imagine one of these autos outside.!!!!. Thanks mate. keep it green
Merry x-mas to you and the family my friend and may all your wishes come true in the next year....looking So amazing i have no words for it but....๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Love your videos grandaddy - I'm growing a couple of autos at the moment , they're a couple of weeks behind yours..
Is your humidity really 73%?
I have a very small setup and it's quite a challenge for a first grow, so any tips appreciated.
Keep the videos coming please!
Are the pots really that big? (37L) I'm wondering what size root ball will be when finished
@LordAzrael,Hi bud. The 37L pots are a living organic soil so dont need any additional nutes. Rhe y only need water for their whole grow and the soil will make nutes for them to use. After the grow finishes , I will chop the stem at the base and put the next seedling straight into the same pot. All of the rootball left behind and any leaves stems from the harvest after making hash , will then be dried and used to make a layer of mulch for the soil to " eat" and keep the soil food web going. Still all with water but a replenish of the microbial life and nematodes( minute worms that compost ) using an amendment called life cycle and another called ecothrive charge. This will boost the soil to full life again and begin the whole process again. The supersoil can be kept going this way for life !!!. Fully organic and never needs flushing or any changes to the veg/flower periods just plain old water again. Win -win. amazing stuff and very interesting to read up on too. I wish we had a forum to share more like this but I am aware of taking up space nkw.lpk sorry for the ramble. I am more than willing to help and use the message app here too. my diaries are also open if you want to use them too. I dont mind that either. Would love to help you max your grow if I can. message me or pop in.green days
@BillMonroe,I am nervous about it not curious heehee. seeing the difference in days already has me more confident of their ability now. next update will show what I mean. these genetics are phenomenal, been watching photoperiods for decades and the rates are so much faster. I have a good feeling about these girls. welcome aboard for the fun mate.