This is a journal of my 7th grow. I have ILGM Grand Daddy Purple Feminized seeds. I plan to run 2 plants in my roughly 2x4 indoor tent in 3 gallons of coco/perlite each in fabric pots. I plan automatic watering drain-to-waste. I plan to use rainwater until I need to winterize the outdoor rain barrels (Northern Virginia).
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Thurs Aug 29, 2024 soaked 4 seeds in a shot glass of tap water. Friday- After 28 hours, they still appeared to be floating, but a couple taps on the glass sank them. Moved to wet paper towels in a ziplock in a dark drawer. Sunday- After another 42 hours, they range from a 1.25 inch tail to just cracked open.
Sun Sep 1, 2024. Moved sprouted seeds to rapid rooter plugs soaked in weak Jack’s solution. PH/EC/PPM 6.3/758/379. Plugs in seedling box with light and warming pad under.
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Tuesday, Sep 3, 2024. 24 hours since photo above. Big seedling stretch. Adding more light to discourage stretch. Also planning to bury deep-ish in solo cup of coco/perlite soon.
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Wed, Sep 4, 2024. Two days above ground. Roots sticking out. Buried the rapid rooter plugs in Solo cups with drainage holes. Used Mother Earth coco + perlite out of bag with no special prep. Water to runoff with weak Jack’s solution. Input PH/EC/PPM 6.0/684/342.
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We are at the same place in our grows. My first grow in coco, next transplant into my first go at auto pots. Using Mega Crop one part.
I see we live across the river from each other. I live in Moco and work in Tysons, love the traffic 
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Hi Patrick! You are close by. I hope your plants don’t grow too much faster than mine since I won’t be able to blame the climate or local water…
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I did soil my first 3 grows as soon as Md went legal. I am anxious to see how I do in coco. I can tag you in my thread and you can follow along.
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Yes, I’d like to follow your grow. I’m curious how your Autopot bottom feed setup will do in comparison to my top feed setup.
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Sat Sep 7, 2024. Day 6 above ground. Day 3 in solo cup. The three seedlings are happy and uniform in size. Spans of over 2 1/2 inches. It’s time to harvest my grow #6 (Tangie) and dry it in the tent so the tent can be empty and clean in a couple weeks for two GDP plants.
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Something for you to think about. Assuming I get my seedling to a stable place and ready to up pot, I currently have 7 seedlings ( 4 photos and 3 autos) I am only growing 5 of them, 3 peanut butter breath photos from Graysin and 2 fastbuds gorilla cookies autos. If you want one of the autos or photos let me know. I drive to Tysons Corner once a week if you wanted a plant. Our plants are nearly the same age, I am just getting first leaves in. If not maybe I practice cloning or something, but if you wanted to finish them let me know.
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Interesting. I live close to Tysons, used to commute to Greensboro Drive. If all 3 of my ILGM GDPs survive, do you want one? And maybe a gift half ounce of cured home grown RQS Critical flower? (We need not exchange contact info on this forum)
I am good , I am set up for 5 plants. If you want one let me know, nothing needed in return 
. Some day who knows , we can do a dmv smoke party
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Thu Sep 12, 2024. Day 10 above ground and day 8 in solo cups. Seedling leaves overhang solo cups. Tent not ready yet. Review of previous transplant timing: grow #4 (soil) Day 13 too early and root balls crumbly. Grow #5 Day 17 good. Grow #6 Day 14 good. @patrick1960
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Looking good and seem on track. Thanks for the tag, it is nice to watch plants at the same stage as I am in coco.
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Mon Sep 16, 2024. Day 15. Plants are 6.5-7.5 inches across. Transplant 3 plants to one gallon plastic pots. Root balls were fragile but no transplant mishaps. Input PH/EC/PPM 6.1/1270/635. Set light to 18/6 hours and 300 ppfd.
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Friday Sep 20, 2024 Day 18. Fast increase in spans, now 10-11” across. DLI 25 (18/6). Watering once daily.
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I’m leaning towards using 5 gallon pots again as the final pots. I dumped the previous grow today-two weeks after harvest. Roots filled the coco/perlite very completely.
As you can see, my green thumb does not seem to cover yard care.
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That is a nice rootball
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