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[SxIstew]

so out of a selection of 14 autos i chose BuddhaSeeds white dwarf and red dwarf auto fems. will start 2 and make a choice as they progress and start the soaking sometime today.

i chose the dwarf plants due to the small cups. this is going to kill me or the plant because those pesky roots like some room.

along with small cups that may need a watering 2 to 3 times a day. "i ain't got time for that"

i am already stressing that i have a few plants in 1 gal. container for too long already and i am not going to transplant. these are for a seed run and dont want them huge.

I got a total of 6 Spyder's. 3 are about 14 days old. and 3 are just breaking surface for this contest. Breeding 2 together for the seeds. not sure which 2 yet. and I may or may not do one indoor solo and one outdoor(on the roof).. Time will tell. tent will be in by Friday....so they say. they also said they'd update my shipment by yesterday! DIGITAL MICROSCOPE with video and picture will be in tomorrow..... THIS WILL BE GREAT AT THE END OF THIS THING!!! TRICH SHOTS HERE I COME!

 

[aknight3]

what up guys, how we coming along so far? i just started germing mine late last night so i should have some baby pictures up in a day or two. im unsure of the strain it is but i know its auto because well....i made them good luck everyone!

 

[SxIstew]

2 of 3 popped and proof of size

 

[Thundercat]

Well I was a day late, but I just put in some beans to soak over night. I started a Dinafem, Bluecheese autofem, and a Critical cheese autofem. They will go into peat pellets tomorrow.

 

[tekdc911]

I decided to use bluecheese cause it was a freebie from the tude. I won't spend a cent on autos. But might start getting em from Dinafem. Every freebie auto I got from them has been good. Not hemp like. At the rate this BCA is going I wouldn't be surprised if I get more down the road later on.

you will like the dinafem
try the amnesia auto f'n killer
a 1lb plastic coffee can / soiless with technaflora nutes landed me about 2 oz plant was a little over 3'

3 68w ge 2700 k cfls


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3 of 3 afghan kush ryders popped and above soil and settled to the light planted about 3 days early
first set of clones didnt make it i think one may but it doesnt look promising took 3 i think it may have been to close to flower
last one i had luck with was just after preflower main stalk broke during lst
it took to root fast

 

[Chronic Masterbator]

This is gonna be good. Where gonna get to observe the BCA lot of entries for it.

 

[bigworm6969]

Here my baby didnt poke her head out yet, its from sweet seeds, guess im going to have to look up how to grow these bad girls

 

[Bakatare666]

View attachment 2756893Here my baby didnt poke her head out yet, its from sweet seeds, guess im going to have to look up how to grow these bad girls

Got an interesting name, I'm anxious to see how it turns out.

 

[bigworm6969]

I guess u just keep them on a 20-4light cycle and it will start flowering by itself

 

[jbrown3]

Planted my blue cheese today, seems like alot of people running it in the contest

 

[SxIstew]

Planted my blue cheese today, seems like alot of people running it in the contest

appears to be growing in popularity. or just about everyone got it for free when ordering NON-auto's.

 

[aknight3]

Well I was a day late, but I just put in some beans to soak over night. I started a Dinafem, Bluecheese autofem, and a Critical cheese autofem. They will go into peat pellets tomorrow.

cool man welcome to the contest and goodluck





just a quick reminder for ever...a few things. first off. i will be PM'ing every member who has either said they are entering the contest in this thread, i am also going to go back and look at all my PMs over the last month or two and everyone who has joined will get a confirmation PM from me, please make sure you let me know either thru PM or on here that you are still in the contest, its not a big deal but im trying to keep this somewhat organized.

Another quick thing. I will be working mostly after tonight for all of wends. all of thursday and some of friday, on friday i will be taking a short vacation to south carolina with the family. everything will run as normal and I WILL have my computer with me and will be getting a hotel with wifi so i should be active and it will be like im not even gone, but if i do go missing a couple days dont worry im on the beach playing a guitar somewhere but i will get back ASAP. I should be home around August 7th and then from there i will really start getting into the swing of things with this contest.

Just to let everyone know, if you see this thread and its a few days past the 29th that is OKAY....I will be accepting entrants until AUGUST 10th 2013


AFTER AUGUST 10TH REGISTRATION AND ENTRIES WILL BE CLOSED. IM DOING IT THIS WAY SO WE ARE NOT WAITING FOREVER FOR THE LAST FEW CONTESTANTS TO FINISH UP. THE COMP STARTED ON THE 29TH OF JULY. I THINK 10-12TH OF AUGUST IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO ENTER TO DO SO. IF YOU DID NOT AND IT IS PAST THAT DATE AND STILL REALLY WANT TO BE IN THE CONTEST, YOU MUST SEND ME A PERSONAL PM. I CAN NOT PROMISE ANYTHING AND I VERY WELL MAY SAY NO. HOWEVER, IF I FEEL YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT ENTERING IS LEGITIMATE ENOUGH AND YOUR EXPERIENCED AND WONT TAKE FOREVER I MAY CONSIDER LETTING YOU ENTER, BUT NOT LONG AFTER THE 10TH. YOU MUST SEND ME A PERSONAL PM TO CONFIRM ANYTHING, OTHERWISE I WILL NOT COUNT YOU AS AN ENTRY, I AM TRYING TO BE FAIR WITH THIS BUT WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE ENTERING AT THE END OF AUGUST, IT JUST WONT WORK.


it doesnt mean i wont be running another contest after this one. you will just have to wait until then, it may be a little while after this contest ends since by then it will be october (harvest time) and i have ALOT of work to do outdoor so i wont be doing much here again until all the bud is trimmed and dried and in jars, after that we will TALK about maybe running another contest. this is all the news i have for you guys right now. i think i tried to answer any questions but i will go back right now and take a look to make sure i got them all. thanks guys!

 

[aknight3]

Yo AK wazz up seen Yer online. Chillin like a villain??

hey man sorry i didnt get back to you, i am well thought thank you for asking

1 of 3 sprouted. the other 2 will break surface today. I can see the seed casing moving up the hole in the plug when I uncover it.

cool stew, i just want to rmeind you and everyone that you may start more than one or two entries for the competition, after about a week or two in I am going to ask that you pick 2 (one for outdoor, one for indoor, if you choose) or 1 and mark it with a special marking of my choice so i know that is the one your entering in. but you may start as many as youd like that way you guys can pick your strongest and best ones to run in the comp.

so out of a selection of 14 autos i chose BuddhaSeeds white dwarf and red dwarf auto fems. will start 2 and make a choice as they progress and start the soaking sometime today.

i chose the dwarf plants due to the small cups. this is going to kill me or the plant because those pesky roots like some room.

along with small cups that may need a watering 2 to 3 times a day. "i ain't got time for that"

i am already stressing that i have a few plants in 1 gal. container for too long already and i am not going to transplant. these are for a seed run and dont want them huge.

watering often will be necessary as well as feeding often if you want to have a good solo cup, just the way it is with these small root systems, i suggest running coco coir or some other type of soiless medium for maximum root efficiency...i will be personally using coco soiless mix called ''promix'' it really is some awesome stuff

This is gonna be good. Where gonna get to observe the BCA lot of entries for it.

may i ask what is a BCA? im unsure of this term, sorry thanks

appears to be growing in popularity. or just about everyone got it for free when ordering NON-auto's.

i think many got them as freebies as well, i think i heard a little while back the the tude was giving theses away with seed orders which is prob. why so many are running it, but its okay the real skill will come in when it comes time to grow, not genetics.

 

[SxIstew]

cool stew, i just want to rmeind you and everyone that you may start more than one or two entries for the competition, after about a week or two in I am going to ask that you pick 2 (one for outdoor, one for indoor, if you choose) or 1 and mark it with a special marking of my choice so i know that is the one your entering in. but you may start as many as youd like that way you guys can pick your strongest and best ones to run in the comp.


i think many got them as freebies as well, i think i heard a little while back the the tude was giving theses away with seed orders which is prob. why so many are running it, but its okay the real skill will come in when it comes time to grow, not genetics.

OKAY I just hope I pick a female. HAHAHA SHOULD be showing sex by day 14. It was the plan. I started 3 in hopes for 2 female, in and out. but it's fine if I end up with just 1 indoor. my roof is still having some work done. so I may NOT get the chance to go out, in that case I would transplant the others to show the garden so you know that I have only ONE in a solo cup.

YES it was a freebie the week before and after the last promo with the tude. I got the middle week UFO's Cotton Candy, Blue Thai, and Deep Cheese(didn't pop, oh well) but I waited for the next set because I was ALREADY buying auto regulars and didn't need MORE flowering plants in the veg tent lol.

 

[aknight3]

if something like that happens and you end up having a male that would suck! but as long as you have more seeds to start and could get right on it i would let you start over, we arent going to let somoen be out of the contest cause they got a male, that would be shitty IMO



beditme for me guys..nighty night

 

[SxIstew]

I'm sure I won't pick a stickly looking male out of 3 even without organs these auto's grow so fast

 

[SxIstew]

my last auto at day 14..... lol

 

[jimmer6577]

I've been checking this out for a couple of days and I have some Barney's Farm Critical Rapido that should be here by fri if everything as I hope. If so I'm in.

I do have 1 question about the rules. I read that everything must be contained in 1 solo cup and it can't be growing into another medium underneath it. With this being said this might sound stupid but we all know you need holes for drainage but in a situation like this they could be used for reverse purposes also and want to make sure either way if a container underneath the cup to collect the water wasn't violating the rules if it was also used to reverse feed the plant. I know this isn't worded the best but I hope you get the jist of what I'm asking. Ex. my plant roots come out of my holes into the container below where the extra water sits until evaporated or sucked up by the roots. Would this be considered using the water below as another form of medium. Just wondering because this could be beneficial to keeping up with the water and nutes supply. imo

 

[aknight3]

no, this is fine jim, what i dont want is a cup with holes and have it sitting on top of dirt growing down into the dirt for more root growth. the way i see it is if you have roots poking out of your holes they MUST BE IN THE LIGHT, if they are, and they survive, well then fuck you deserve to keep your roots, but no covering those roots up with ANY medium at all. good luck

 

[pabloesqobar]

I started germinating a Lowlife Auto Blueberry today. Should crack in a day or two. I'll be outdoors.