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Ch@ppers
I haven't done a grow diary for years, can't remember when or even what my last one was but it was certainly back on Planetganja or it may have even been so long ago as to have been on Overgrow!
I don't tend to do them because I can be quite lazy and unmotivated but I realised recently that I don't take enough notes/observations when I grow and figured that a grow diary here would serve as both a way for me to keep track of planting dates, sprouting dates, when flowering starts and would be useful in so many other ways that it's time to pull my thumb out of my ass and start doing things properly.
So thank you in advance for stopping by and having a looksee, I hope that any who keep track of my grow diary find it entertaining and will perhaps pick up a trick or tip along the way.
So here we go, I've just planted 20 of these NEW Auto AK47 seeds from LowLife. From the brief chat I had with them, they're not new as in completely redone from scratch but they've been tweaked a bit to add some extra vigour/size and general health.
That's what many people don't seem to understand I've noticed, people talk about "inbred" strains like they are somehow more desireable than f1 hybrids yet when I started growing I was buying books by Ed Rosenthal etc and they ALWAYS said that you want to be growing f1 hybrids because of something called "hybrid vigour"
f1 hybrids show good uniformity and are generally more vigourous, potent and perform better all round than "inbred" strains. Over the years I've grown many f1 hybrids and I have to agree.
It works like that in the animal kingdom also, pure bred dogs for example suffer from all types of genetic diseases and problems. The healthiest dogs are not pure breeds, the same goes for our favourite plant!
Back on topic, these new Auto AK47 are not f1 hybrids yet the injection of fresh genes, I'm told, will be quite obvious to me after growing the standard inbred line of Auto AK47 for so long.
So here's the pics...20 peat pellets each with a single seed.
If you don't already use these peat pellets, I strongly recommend you get yourself some and give them a go, I love them! I recycle a lot of my compost and if I was to start directly in big pots, I'd have to microwave/sterilise the old compost first to kill any bugs (fungus gnat larvae eat seeds before they sprout) which is a pain in the ass and very time consuming. These peat pellets are quick and easy and work a treat!
I'll start counting the days as soon as they sprout and I'll pot them up into 5l pots round about day 2 or 3 (just before the taproot starts to come through the mesh)
I'll be growing them under a mixture of 600w HPS and the great halide in the sky. Light regime will be 18/6 and they'll spend most of their lives under the HPS but will be brought into the conservatory to bask in the sun during nice sunny days (that also gives me a chance to give them the once over and check for mites and other nasties as well as take a few pics)
So please feel free to hop on board and I hope something interesting comes of this little grow diary.
Ch@ppers
I don't tend to do them because I can be quite lazy and unmotivated but I realised recently that I don't take enough notes/observations when I grow and figured that a grow diary here would serve as both a way for me to keep track of planting dates, sprouting dates, when flowering starts and would be useful in so many other ways that it's time to pull my thumb out of my ass and start doing things properly.
So thank you in advance for stopping by and having a looksee, I hope that any who keep track of my grow diary find it entertaining and will perhaps pick up a trick or tip along the way.
So here we go, I've just planted 20 of these NEW Auto AK47 seeds from LowLife. From the brief chat I had with them, they're not new as in completely redone from scratch but they've been tweaked a bit to add some extra vigour/size and general health.
That's what many people don't seem to understand I've noticed, people talk about "inbred" strains like they are somehow more desireable than f1 hybrids yet when I started growing I was buying books by Ed Rosenthal etc and they ALWAYS said that you want to be growing f1 hybrids because of something called "hybrid vigour"
f1 hybrids show good uniformity and are generally more vigourous, potent and perform better all round than "inbred" strains. Over the years I've grown many f1 hybrids and I have to agree.
It works like that in the animal kingdom also, pure bred dogs for example suffer from all types of genetic diseases and problems. The healthiest dogs are not pure breeds, the same goes for our favourite plant!
Back on topic, these new Auto AK47 are not f1 hybrids yet the injection of fresh genes, I'm told, will be quite obvious to me after growing the standard inbred line of Auto AK47 for so long.
So here's the pics...20 peat pellets each with a single seed.
If you don't already use these peat pellets, I strongly recommend you get yourself some and give them a go, I love them! I recycle a lot of my compost and if I was to start directly in big pots, I'd have to microwave/sterilise the old compost first to kill any bugs (fungus gnat larvae eat seeds before they sprout) which is a pain in the ass and very time consuming. These peat pellets are quick and easy and work a treat!
I'll start counting the days as soon as they sprout and I'll pot them up into 5l pots round about day 2 or 3 (just before the taproot starts to come through the mesh)
I'll be growing them under a mixture of 600w HPS and the great halide in the sky. Light regime will be 18/6 and they'll spend most of their lives under the HPS but will be brought into the conservatory to bask in the sun during nice sunny days (that also gives me a chance to give them the once over and check for mites and other nasties as well as take a few pics)
So please feel free to hop on board and I hope something interesting comes of this little grow diary.
Ch@ppers
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