The last grow I posted up on here was that epic Auto run with the Siamese Twin Glueberry OG and the Blue Amnesia XXL Automatic that turned out to be a Photoperiod.... probably my best grow so far!
I started another grow off with new hope on the New Year in a new house.... there were no initial issues... they were planted direct into Solo cups.... and they germinated fine..... great growth in the first 2 weeks.
...then it all went wrong.
I usually repot into the final 25L airpots around the 10-14 day mark, but this time I was delayed by Landlord visits and repairs, and it was well into flowering when I repotted them from the tiny party cups into massive 25L airpots.
This caused them to re-veg lower down and restart the flowering cycle.
I had already brought them back from the dead from dehydration a few times while in the Solo cups, so I was surprised to get anything at all in the end.
Because they re-vegged, I lost sizable quantities to mould .... the early bud that had developed had overmatured before the flowering in the new growth was complete. I also hadn't bothered to add any air circulation fans above the canopy.... only one down below.
Anyway, it was clear to me that it was gonna be a crap grow, so I planted some new seeds in Solo cups, timing it so I could have the 25L airpots currently in use, ready for the new ones when they needed re-potting.
Cash is an issue.... COVID aside, I was on a tight budget. Hence the lack of air circulation fans, and the reluctance to buy a few new 25L airpots.
Also new house = new water. I used to use lovely fresh EC 0 rainwater from deep in the countryside... now I'm on townwater... EC 0.2 and reeks of chlorine.... so I'm having to re-think my feed mixes.
That's enough excuses...... after 3 or 4 years of moderate success and increasing quality and quantity, I need to bounce back from that crap grow.... I've got loads of time at home, self isolating, restricted to working 2 days a week..... a good opportunity to spend time with my plants and correct all these issues.
I thought I should use a couple of older seeds from my collection, along with a couple of reliable favourite newer ones for insurance.... all Autos.
Eventually I decided on....
- - Daiquiri Lime and Colorado Cookies by Dutch Passion (one of each), sent to me 4 years ago back in April 2016 by Dutch Passion Tony
- Night Queen (x1) also from Tony at Dutch Passion received in May 2018
- Blue Amnesia XXL by Dinafem also received in May 2018 this time from Dinafem Mark
There they are...... on the very right, under the red cardboard, while the others are on day 68.
The Colorado Cookie, Night Queen and Blue Amnesia took 3 days to pop up through the surface of the coco.... the DL took a day extra.
Here they are on day 3 - clockwise from the top left, Blue Amnesia, Night Queen, Colorado Cookie and a day 2 Daiquiri Lime still under wraps....
As always I love Night Queen for it's heavy hit, and Blue Amnesia is a tasty big producer.
The Colorado Cookie is an old favourite and the Daiquiri Lime has earned me a spot on the Dutch Passion blog in the past.... another massive potential yielder!
I'm pleased these both germinated, as the seeds were over 4 years old.... kept in a fridge all that time (and survived being flooded twice due to power failures).
100% succesful germination for 18 grows doing on average 4 plants each time.... my brain is aching at the complexity of the mathematics.
Here they are on day 10.....
clockwise from top left... DL, NQ, BA, CC
I had 2 bags of Coco ready to move them into bigger pots, but all I had were the 25L airpots that are already in use. The old plants were at day 79... and they probably had another 3 weeks on them, so I wouldn't have those 25L airpots available for the new grow until after day 30, which as you now know, is WAY too late.
Even if I had the cash for 4 new 25L airpots, I didn't have the room for all that in the one tent, so I decided to get some cheap plastic 5L 'normal' pots and move them over in a few days time.
I've got some 5L airpots, but they are tricky to move into 25L airpots later on. The roots get disturbed and that can slow down growth for upto 3 days at a cruical time.
I figured the smooth conical shape of the regular 5L plastic pots will be easier to transplant as I can use the pot to make the right shaped hole in the coco in the 25L airpot, remove the pot and pop the plant in the hole.
On day 14 I re-potted them from the Solo cups, into 5L standard pots..... but was so stoned I lost track of the labelling, DOH!
I think I know which one is the Daiquiri Lime as she was looking a bit funny in the day 10 pic above. She was a bit darker green and developing a couple of patches on her early leaves.... too much Nitrogen?
This is the DL on day 17 (I think).....
I had to identify the others by guessing the development order, and double checked by comparing the first set of single leaves from day 10 with those of day 17. It did my head in looking for any similarities and differences in the leaf edges, but both methods came up with the same answers.....
.....so here goes.....
The Colarado Cookie is also showing signs of too much Nitrogen, but again is developing well.....
Blue Amnesia was the least developed on day 10, but she's looking good and growing vigorously here on day 17....
and the Night Queen was tallest, looking fantastic....
That's enough for now, I'll bring you up to date in the next post!