Bruce Banner #3 Auto-flowering x4 plants

Welcome to my latest grow of the much anticipated Bruce Banner #3 plants courtesy of the nice folks over at Original Sensible Seeds. Thank you so much! The packaging is simple, environmentally friendly and all 4 seeds were perfect. All of the seeds germinated in only 2 days using peat pellets and a small germination tray. Super easy and super vigorous so far! The set up is the usual with the specifics listed in my info above (tent, lights, etc.) with the exception of the grow medium. I was super impressed with how well the Fox Farm CoCo LoCo had performed in a previous grow so I attempted to recreate the recipe. One of the main ingredients in the CoCo LoCo is composted forest humus so I used a similar product called Biofor (a mixture of forest compost and peat) prepared by a Canadian company called Fafard. I also added plain CoCo and Fox Farm Happy Frog for the initial burst of nutrients needed to take these plants through their first 4-6 weeks. I used a third of each ingredient plus some Perlite and then had my husband mix it all up with a spade drill attached to a basic mixing paddle- works amazing for perfectly blended grow medium every time! 5 gallon fabric pots will take these plants from seedling to harvest with no need for transplanting throughout the grow. I am also hoping that the extra organic ingredients vs. my usual straight CoCo/Gaia Green mixture will correct some of the minor deficiencies that keep showing up. I will be amending the mixture with the Gaia Green in future between weeks 4-6. Unfortunately, with a more natural growing medium comes more natural unwanted guests- fungus gnats! I’ve got the yellow sticky strips in each pot- ready to catch any adult flies before they have too much time to reproduce. There’s always compromise when trying to find the perfect recipe for big, beautiful plants every time. That’s it for week 1, see ya next time and happy growing everyone! Continued thanks to our frontline workers still fighting through Covid- we are still with you and super grateful for all you do!