My third plant this season is another Fast Buds strain, something I've been super keen to try out, ZKittlez Auto! Thanks for these Fast Buds!
I'm mostly trying to stock up on sativa this run, but I also want some tasty indica as well, because I need some variety :) One of my wedding cheesecake seeds didn't sprout, so this is the replacement.
I soaked the seed for 24 hours in dechlorinated water, then transferred to paper towel method and in 24 hours further I had a healthy tap root.
After soaking a jiffy pellet in water, I squeezed it out and mixed up some trichoderma (beneficial fungus) with some water and soaked the jiffy pellet in that before placing the seed inside. The trichoderma should innoculate the soil and roots against pathogens and hopefully assist in building disease tolerance. This also helps prevent damping off issues with seedlings. I'm trying out using kelp early on since it's an organic natural growth hormone. I'll use it in early veg and again in flowering.
Spring is here, but there's still some cold snaps now and then that could easily stunt autos, so I'm keeping her inside for now under 24 hour CFL lighting and will harden it off slowly.
Soil I'll be using is re-used Freedom Farms Organic Classic living soil. I used this soil last year but have nurtured it since then. This week I added some rock phosphate and some Biodyne Environoc 401 Microbes. Before starting the grow, I also added worm castings to the soil.
Day 1 was 15/10/2020
Congratulations on the harvest Epok!!
Really nice job, and a good endorsement for the strain getting it through the summer in such nice condition.
Well done mate, enjoy the rewards👍👍
@Riveting, thanks bru! These will get even bigger and more dense if left in decent conditions, the weather was just a bit miserable during the grow. Either too overcast, hot, rainy or humid. Actually suprised that they got this far. Highly recommend this strain! It's a great smoke ;)
Unreal mate, who needs photos when you can grow autos like that. I’ve really gotta try that fast buds, it looks legit. Nice and discreet too for the city gardener. Well done lad 👍
Ps I just saw your week 3. I had the same thing with the web like fungus on the new alfalfa mulch, at the same time!! It was stinking hot and I was watering twice daily. I asked around and it seems to be probably beneficial, so I just mixed it in a bit. Since then it hasn’t reappeared. I figure that the mulch may have settled a bit cos I’m getting shitloads of rain here now. So yeah, give the alfalfa mulch another go,, its really nice shit!! Cheers mate
@Shooey, thanks for stopping by! We have insane amounts of wild, local plants growing outdoors in South Africa, so anytime after the summer solstice (22 dec) we start to get waves of airborne pollen, ruining us outdoor growers dreams of sweet sensimilia. Autos help SO much with that, these plants are ahead of my diaries, they're getting close to harvest and there's no signs of pollination yet! By the time those horny males release their pollen, I'll be toking on some seedless herb :) I'll definitely give the mulch another go - there might be different types as well or ways to use it that I'm not doing right. I wasn't too concerned about the white stringy/webby mold but more the black/rot type of mold that was forming