New to growing MJ, but not new to plants. Worked on a vegetable farm from grade 6 to grade 12, so I have some back ground knowledge wrt plants. On the farm we never used artificial light, so that is new.
Here we go:
CK Early Miss Autoflower, 7 days out of soil. Showing second set of leaves, One popped missing a cotyledon, growing slower than the rest but not a big deal. Water every second / third day. Soil PH is 7.0, no run off to test as I am not giving enough water for runoff. PH of water used is 7.0 Plants will come out of transplant trays and go into pots late next week. Lighting is currently 18 - 6, Light is natural during the day, 4 x 13w x 5600 lumen and 4 x 23w x 4500 lumen at night. Once plants are put into pots light will be all natural. Temp during the day is outdoor temp, at night about the same fan blowing to strengthen plant will cool as well. (forgot to pick up thermometer will do today). Am going to experiment going to mainline one, top one with LST and try SCROG. Don't really care about yield, I don't use MJ but my brother does so I will give all to him. I do have a prescription for medical but don't use it as I am still serving in the Military. Will be retiring in Aug so I may try some then for PTSD and arthritis pain.
PS:
Went against the grain a bit added 15 ml water soluble 20-20-20 directly to soil of each.
Thanks for all the excellent reading.
CKS Early Miss takes about 7 plus weeks from the time it begins to flower. Early Miss begin to flower very soon after emerging, but from emerging to harvest EM will be more like 10-11 weeks(some autos take a couple more weeks) , though I must admit I have not really kept a log and am going from memory roughly. I usually grow 3 crops autos per year under the same light and have grown four, but it gets too hot in my grow space July and August and I am too cheap to use the ac in the hottest part of the summer in my grow space. The ruderalis in the breeding seems to make autos happier with cooler temps and I get good grows with room temps down as low as to 50 degrees at night. I try to keep the temps about 60-80 degrees. The autos are not so demanding about light cycles and I seem to get good results with 18 hours on the first few weeks and 15 hours till harvest. Someone suggested that, since they bloom auto, thinking the extra few hours during bloom might boost flower growth since the hormonal part is on automatic. It has worked for me! BTW , the 7.5 gallons pot is overkill for autos(it won't hurt anything but takes up space and materials). I use three gallon air pots, and don't see a need for anything larger than 5 gallon at the most. When I was growing photo plants I would use larger 15 and 20 gallon pots. The best advice to give any new soil grower is to not over water! Allow for good drainage and water well but only when the top inch or two of soil is pretty dry. Over watering kills more plants than under watering. Enjoy caring for your plants and they will later take care of you!
