Hello! I thought I’d create an diary of sorts, instead of spreading my grows elsewhere in the forum.
So far I have grown some autos in soil, autos in soil in autopots and my last grow was a long vegged Liberty Haze in a scrog setup.
My setup:
2x4 tent with a 350cfm exhaust
400w Lumii Black Blade
a couple 120mm fans for tent circulation
an oscill fan for canopy circulation
dehumifier, humidifier for environment
1,5x1,5 HydroShoot tent for clones and what not, and drying.
100w sensi LED, amazon junk.
I really enjoy the idea of soil and a living root zone, as opposed to coco. Maybe I’ll try coco some time, but my soil/leca 70/30 has proven to be awesome in the Autopot XL system.
Yes! And root balls have been massive. The soil has been moist one finger down throughout the grow, not a single drop top watered after opening the res. After harvest, the root zones are completely soaked, but smells fresh, and I am loving my style.
I do run about 3-4x the minimum airpump specified, they say at least 15gal/h, the root zone below vegged at 20 gal/h, and flowered at 60gal/h. Will need to double that for next grow with 2 Autopot, as both will get 60gal/h. Can’t have too much air.
I would say the soil is waterlogged for months on end. But I guess the intense bubbling from the air dome makes it a soil/hydro disco of joy
And I got a perfectly functioning Autopot valve, so I saw the tray empty, refill. 5-6 times during light, 2-3 times during dark. So interesting. Setup a sensor for water flow, will put up more sensors and hook em up to Home Assistant. Cant stay informed enough while at work. Hahaha!
So, I wasnt going to grow anythingexcept tomatoes and chilies in the hot summer months, but I failed at that.
Germinated two Gorilla Cookies Auto, and luckily one didn’t grow well, and got culled. The one that survived though, it looks nothing like the one I grew previously. That one was short and looked like an auto with indica traits. This one, looks much more sativa, and it is finally done stretching. Sadly, I can no longer dial the DLI, as the tops inevitably will be baked being close to the lamp, which is maxed out. Will bend anything looking burnt/not healthy. Oh, and this is my first attempt at 70/30 coco/perlite, using Canna Coco A+B, stared with PK13/14 last week, and will dose with that throughout to harvest.
This is my regrown bushy Liberty Haze mother, after taking 25 clones for my buddy’s buddy. So exciting to have ”my” genetics making a mark in a wider circle!
Come fall/winter, I will run 4 clones per 2 autopots, straight to 12/12 and see what that produces.
