Mistery Auto #1 (caseeds) NORTHERN SPAIN

****INTRODUCTION**** I'm new to this, but hours and hours of research have made me confident about my 'abilities'. Spring has just begun and I think it is the moment to start my first auto crop for this season (out of two I'm planning), so we'll see within some weeks how things go. As a Physics student I'm going to give this diary the treatment of an experiment report, detailing all of the thoughts I have about the plants' development and the reasons why I do what I do, on top of explaining how I do it. I invite you to see this process through my eyes and give this a more... scientific approach, why not! **DISCLAIMER: I started this as a diary of two different strains, but later on I decided it would be better to keep them separated and split the diaries. And given that I am a newbie, why not participate in Newbie of the month contest! So you'll have Nordlys tracking in another diary, but I won´t delete what i have already written up to week 2 (included). In that diary I'll suggest coming to this one for weeks 1 and 2.** I'm using some seeds a friend brought me from Christiania, Denmark from a trip (local seedbank). The two strains are both autoflowering and feminised seeds that seem to be fairly appropiate for a climate like the one we have here, in which summer is wet, temperatures are not too hot or too cold and rain can come and go any moment of the day -although sunny days are the most-. Knowing that these seeds were designed for Denmark's cold climate -and using local strains- is a plus, but this specific strains are 'trained' for resisting any kind of mold, pest or fungal diseases. Which makes me even more excited, adding to the promise of high and potent yields that the seedbank makes. So before I get into the process, just a quick note about the strains: *Nordlys: genetic background is the same as any Northern Light auto, but it could be that this plants's parents are more used to a Nordic climate. Very resistant and fast, there are two main phenotypes: a branchier one, with longer internodes and a shorter one, more compact. *Sweet Rebel: the genetics are {Mazar F1 x Afghani 00 F1} x Lowryder, which are a mistery to me given that I haven´t found any seed like this in the Internet-not even thinking about a crop tracking-. I expect a less branchy, smaller and more of a 'cone' form, Christmas tree-like. In theory I'll have to wait 75 days 'til harvest for both-but, frankly, I think I'm being a bit ingenous-. Both plants wil measure between 60 and 120 cm in their last days, and I will consider a failure not to harvest, at least, 20 dry grams of bud per plant. I would be glad to show the whole process in this diary from germination to product tasting. Not finding any tracking about these strains or even this seedbank gives me some uncomfortable uncertainty. But, anyways, I'll try to adapt my little knowledge and experience to he plants' needs, and I'll never take any major step unless the plants are indicating they need so. Not even watering. My intention is to spend the less money as possible and use organic pest repellent (see pic), as well as home-made organic fertilizer, while I don't stop paying attention to important details such as pH manipulation and don't take unnecessary risks. ****FIRST STEPS**** I took the seeds out ot the fridge after almost a year -two of each kind-, and started germinating them with the classic 'wet napkin in a tupper' method, keeping this tupper on top of the WiFi's router for an extra heat that really helps. This was March the 28th, so as you can see I made a bet for the early spring -probably a bit anxious and impatient with the quarantine-. sadly I didn't take a pic of this. Two seeds germinated after a day, one of each type, and the other two after two days. As a criteria to establish the day I'm in in each entry and picture, I consider March the 28th as day zero, so I can say i planted my seeds in day 2. To do so i chose the best quality soil i could find, for what I foresee that no fertilizing will be needed until early flowering period. I prepared four 10 L pots with a thin layer of rocks and another layer of clay balls for a good oxygenation and for clearing the way for the bottom holes to work. Filled the pots with the soil and watered until everything was quite wet and water was flowing out of the bottom of the pot. Didn't regard pH this first time. Then I did a little hole for each seed with a pencil, about 1 cm deep, put them in and covered. Sadly again, I do not have pictures to back up this part. Had to wait until day 4/5 for the seedling to come out. As an amateur I was really worried about how they were doing it, but it just turned out to be the way to happen. On top of that, a Nordlys seed was struggled a lot, and I thought i had killed it. I know I'm not supposed not to do this, but i dug until i found the seedling -deeper than I thought-and helped it get to the surface taking some soil out of the way. You can see how they were doing in day 6 in the first real plant pictures of the diary. In order to make things easier I named the plants with the obvious names Nord, Lys, Sweet and Rebel to ease the tracking. You can see the first letter of their names in the pots. Around this day I also sprayed some repellent around the pots but not directly on the plants, just in case they were too young yet. To end this week's commentary, two important things. This whole week the plants slept inside the house, so everyday I would take them out when i woke up around 10:30 and keep them back in when the night came around 20:30/21:00. And I also used some mini greenhouses made out of 6 L bottles of water that i cut off the middle. I also made some extra windows for extra ventilation, and made more within the days. Why did I do this? Firstly, to keep the plants away from the big danger that birds represent to the little sprouts. But also to keep the seedlings in a cozy, warmer and wetter environment needed in the first days -as I read. Waiting for the time to go by, and very excited. Any comment will be helpful, thanks for your attention!!