WyoGrow
Active Member
My wife got a taste of a friends FS Grapefruit auto and she has brow beaten me into buying a 10 pack. Well not quite that bad. She is an experienced smoker and if she says it's good then it's worth a shot. I am new to growing and my first grow is in flower complete with over watering issues and hot hot soil stunting growth. But now that I got the first bloom fook ups under my belt I'd like to give these girls the best possible shot. I am only interested in running as close to a 100% organic soil grow as I can get. I have a big batch of super soil already aged. As I understand it, atuo's like light airy soil on the dry side and kind of lean on nutrients. My growing situation currently is 1 cabinet with 432w of 6500k T5 light. This will be my dedicated veg cab. As soon as I get back home I am building another cab to house the 600w HPS cooltube I have on order. I'd like some tips from experienced auto growers on how best to utilize this setup for pushing these girls to a reasonable maximum potential. Here are my ideas based on what I have read so far.
**sprout in rapid rooter plugs
**transplant directly into finishing container. 3 or 4 gallon..... haven't decided
**use a quality nursery seedling mix cut 2/3 soil and 1/3 chunky perlite as a base soil.
**for soil in the finishing pot I'll run 3" of full strength super soil on bottom with a extra kick of Jamaican bat poo (1tsp??) & pulverized oyster shell (2tsp??). For the next 3" 50/50 regular super soil and base seedling soil. Then a inch or two layer of base soil, plant and pack in place with base soil. Fresh transplant will be watered in with a water soluble myco inoculant. Considering a root stimulator/accelerator..... any suggestions??
**run 20/4 lighting schedule under 600w HPS for entire grow. Should I gow the 1st week at 50%, 2nd at 75% and 100% until finished or just straight up 100% light???
**pHed RO/DI water & Super Thrive until first week of bloom. After 1st week into bloom water with blackstrap molasses & Super Thrive up to the second week from harvest. Then finish with straight pHed RO/DI.
Any changes to this basic plan for the better I am 100% down for. All help appreciated. Opinions too. Dirty humor. Just don't call me a Democrat and we will get along!!!! lol
**sprout in rapid rooter plugs
**transplant directly into finishing container. 3 or 4 gallon..... haven't decided
**use a quality nursery seedling mix cut 2/3 soil and 1/3 chunky perlite as a base soil.
**for soil in the finishing pot I'll run 3" of full strength super soil on bottom with a extra kick of Jamaican bat poo (1tsp??) & pulverized oyster shell (2tsp??). For the next 3" 50/50 regular super soil and base seedling soil. Then a inch or two layer of base soil, plant and pack in place with base soil. Fresh transplant will be watered in with a water soluble myco inoculant. Considering a root stimulator/accelerator..... any suggestions??
**run 20/4 lighting schedule under 600w HPS for entire grow. Should I gow the 1st week at 50%, 2nd at 75% and 100% until finished or just straight up 100% light???
**pHed RO/DI water & Super Thrive until first week of bloom. After 1st week into bloom water with blackstrap molasses & Super Thrive up to the second week from harvest. Then finish with straight pHed RO/DI.
Any changes to this basic plan for the better I am 100% down for. All help appreciated. Opinions too. Dirty humor. Just don't call me a Democrat and we will get along!!!! lol