Hi guys, welcome to my newest grow journal! Thanks for stopping by. For this grow I hope to show you something really special.
For this grow we are going to grow only three autos. There will be no add ons. We have set the rather lofty goal of three pounds from three autos, which should make me look like a complete fool by the end. You’d think. Heh.
However, I have a few tricks up my sleeve.
First, the three strains.
Forbidden Runtz Double XL auto
Banana Sherbet Double XL auto
Watermelon WeddingCake Double XL auto
All are from Growers Choice. All will be grown in coco. The Banana Sherbet will be in the 3x3 under the @NextLight 420h. The Forbidden Runtz and Watermelon WeddingCake will be in the 5x5 under my prime light. All will be fed with @Prescription Blend nutrients.
Other folks are growing these too and I just did a WWC, so I will spare you the strain breakdown. If you’re interested, go to the Growers Choice website and look up the strains. The pertinent point is that all are XXLs. Only with this genetic could one go for three pounds off three autos imho.
So how do I expect to get three pounds from three autos? Impossible in theory. But then we see Titan, so no, not impossible. Titan was in a 5. Should have been a 7 or even an 8.
We are correcting that this time in a radical way.
Radical Idea #1
Maybe not that radical, but in the 3x3 I have figured out a poor man’s way of doing something between a coco hempy and I don’t know what. So I will have a large container with foot tall sides all around, like a small tote. Into that will ultimately go a 7-gallon pot. The bottom of the pot is hollow, I’ll show you how when I show you pot prep. It’s about 3” of space. On top of that goes a layer of perlite a half inch thick. Then coco, bokashi, frass, perlite, etc to the top. I intend to water from the top while keeping the hollow spot in the bottom full of water to the perlite level. Poor man’s 7-gallon hempy: I’m sure I can manage the water and nutes in the bottom. So in this setup in a 7, I feel confident in a pound from her.
Oh, and I will also be officially SCROGGING the Banana Sherbet in the 3x3. I can do it in this size tent. Heh.
Radical Idea #2
In the 5x5, we are going to try something I have talked to several about on the side. I’m 100% convinced it will work and give me the root growth I need for a pound a plant. Each of the two plants is going to get 8 gallons each. I don’t own any 8 gallon pots, but I do own 3s and 5s. So we’re going to go from a Solo to the three. Fill the 3 with roots. When it’s time to up pot, rather than actually up pot her, we are going to sit the 3 directly on top of and centered on the five, and then we’re going to cut the bottom out of the three and kind of “screw it in” a bit to the 5. This will give us a pyramid shaped pot with a 5 below and a 3 up top. This will give the roots 5 entire untouched gallons to play in at up potting, and by watering the exposed part of the 5 and down the middle of the 3, we will quickly fill the 5 as well. 8 gallons of just roots! That should give us a pound a plant.
So two pyramids in the big tent and a cheap ass pseudo hempy in the small one. Three autos, 3 pounds. Heh.
I am dropping the Banana Sherbet today as the 3x3 is ready whenever.
I hope this is an interesting enough experiment to keep you stopping by. Thanks so much!!!
For this grow we are going to grow only three autos. There will be no add ons. We have set the rather lofty goal of three pounds from three autos, which should make me look like a complete fool by the end. You’d think. Heh.
However, I have a few tricks up my sleeve.
First, the three strains.
Forbidden Runtz Double XL auto
Banana Sherbet Double XL auto
Watermelon WeddingCake Double XL auto
All are from Growers Choice. All will be grown in coco. The Banana Sherbet will be in the 3x3 under the @NextLight 420h. The Forbidden Runtz and Watermelon WeddingCake will be in the 5x5 under my prime light. All will be fed with @Prescription Blend nutrients.
Other folks are growing these too and I just did a WWC, so I will spare you the strain breakdown. If you’re interested, go to the Growers Choice website and look up the strains. The pertinent point is that all are XXLs. Only with this genetic could one go for three pounds off three autos imho.
So how do I expect to get three pounds from three autos? Impossible in theory. But then we see Titan, so no, not impossible. Titan was in a 5. Should have been a 7 or even an 8.
We are correcting that this time in a radical way.
Radical Idea #1
Maybe not that radical, but in the 3x3 I have figured out a poor man’s way of doing something between a coco hempy and I don’t know what. So I will have a large container with foot tall sides all around, like a small tote. Into that will ultimately go a 7-gallon pot. The bottom of the pot is hollow, I’ll show you how when I show you pot prep. It’s about 3” of space. On top of that goes a layer of perlite a half inch thick. Then coco, bokashi, frass, perlite, etc to the top. I intend to water from the top while keeping the hollow spot in the bottom full of water to the perlite level. Poor man’s 7-gallon hempy: I’m sure I can manage the water and nutes in the bottom. So in this setup in a 7, I feel confident in a pound from her.
Oh, and I will also be officially SCROGGING the Banana Sherbet in the 3x3. I can do it in this size tent. Heh.
Radical Idea #2
In the 5x5, we are going to try something I have talked to several about on the side. I’m 100% convinced it will work and give me the root growth I need for a pound a plant. Each of the two plants is going to get 8 gallons each. I don’t own any 8 gallon pots, but I do own 3s and 5s. So we’re going to go from a Solo to the three. Fill the 3 with roots. When it’s time to up pot, rather than actually up pot her, we are going to sit the 3 directly on top of and centered on the five, and then we’re going to cut the bottom out of the three and kind of “screw it in” a bit to the 5. This will give us a pyramid shaped pot with a 5 below and a 3 up top. This will give the roots 5 entire untouched gallons to play in at up potting, and by watering the exposed part of the 5 and down the middle of the 3, we will quickly fill the 5 as well. 8 gallons of just roots! That should give us a pound a plant.
So two pyramids in the big tent and a cheap ass pseudo hempy in the small one. Three autos, 3 pounds. Heh.
I am dropping the Banana Sherbet today as the 3x3 is ready whenever.
I hope this is an interesting enough experiment to keep you stopping by. Thanks so much!!!
