Hello everyone, I’ve been lurking around reading for a while and finally decided to take the plunge into my first journal. First the basics, I have two Alpha Wave Autos by Binary Selections. I got them from DC Seed Exchange, which I highly recommend. Great service and got my seeds 3 days after I ordered. I’m growing in fox farms happy frog in 3 gallon pots. I put a cheap seed starting mix in the top 3 inches and started the seeds in the pots in root riot cubes. I will call the ladies #1 and #2. #1 popped on 7/31 and #2 on 8/2. I have watered so far with only straight tap water. I am gonna hold off on all additional nutes until the stretch is in full swing. I will try to update with photos once a week. The pics in order are #1 at 14 days then at 21 days. Next is #2 at 12 days then 19 days. Feel free to tag along, questions and comments appreciated.
Forgot to add that I have done a little leaf tucking and plan to do some lst this weekend
Welcome! @sandhillbill the babies look great! I will definitely be around to watch them grow up. What type of lights are you using? What nutrients will you be feeding?
Thanks. I have found GN very informative and am happy to be a part of the community. I have a vipraspectra 300w. I am gonna feed with Fox Farms big bloom and tiger bloom. I am also gonna use Cutting Edge Solutions Cal-Mag Amplified. I normally grow in dwc using the whole line of Advanced Nutrients. I am in the process of building a new room and plan to do a perpetual SOG. I will begin using it in November when I get back from Colorado. These two are kinda something to keep me occupied until then. I wanted to see how well the vipraspectra would do for my mothers. Seems to be doing well.
Off to a great start, looking forward to it.
Thanks. I will take some more pics when I get home tonight
I have two 300 watt viparspectras in my tent and they definitely do the trick, I am confident to say that it would take care of a mother plant just fine. Although I do plan on upgrading my lighting as soon as I have the money I do believe you get more than what you pay for with those lights.
So far it is working great, the girls seem to like it. The set up I will run in November will consist of 5 spaces. 1-4’x4’ that will have my mothers and cuttings while they root. I plan to use the vipraspectra for my moms and I have a 2’ 4 bulb t5 for cuttings. The other 4 chambers are 2’x3’ for flowering, each will have a 400w hps. I’m wish I could start it now but going out to Colorado for 2 weeks in October and don’t have anyone to take care of things while I’m gone.
Can’t wait to see it all set up! Make sure to keep us all updated🤙
I will. This is my first journal on a forum, it’s kinda slow going but I expect the girls to really start going through some changes over the next week or two
Welcome to the gn 420 family looking great man cant wait to follow along and see how they do I’m running my first autos at the moment
Thanks for the welcome. I’ve been running autos for about 2 years now. Autos are so amazing to watch. I keep lights on 24 hours, I have tried 20/4 and 18/6 but like the results better with 24.
Sweet yeah I have 2 outside with some photos and 2 indoor in my veg tent my first autos been growing photoperiods for a while… hahaha but yeah back a few years ago I watched a bunch of ppl grow some of the first autos that were available in my area they were all super small and had low trichome production so I never gave em a second look until last year a local grower I know had some 4-5’ tall 3-4’ around plants that were COVERED on trichs and super colorful crazy smell coming from em full size buds in August lol they were autos after seeing that I decided to give them a try haha
I usually average 4oz per plant in dwc, biggest was 6.5 on a gorilla OG. I will be switching over to photos next grow. I plan on perpetual with harvest and replace with cuttings every two weeks. I have two fisheye OG regular seeds that is a 7-8 week strain, hopefully one will be female. I want 2-3 different strains for mothers. Anyone have suggestions?
Do you prefer sativa or indica? Do you use marijuana recreationally or for medical reasons? All those factors should be considered, in my opinion.
Absolutely what kind of effects or medical benefits are you looking for as well as grow space available and grow style how much of an issue is odor?
Right, so many factors to consider.
I’m looking for an indica bc I want a strain that flowers in 7-8 weeks. It will be mostly for recreational. I have four 2ftx3ft rooms with 400w hps in each room for flowering. For my mothers and clones I have 4ftx4ft room with a 300w vipraspectra led and a 2ft 4 bulb t5 for clones. The goal is to fill one room with clones every two weeks until I am harvesting one room every two weeks.