Anyone suggest how big this strain would get outdoor in reasonable conditions in pots?
Temperate coastal.?????
I have always sucked badly growing autos, ending always with dwarfs, or much smaller plants than the ones I see being grown here, my best one a 1 meter tall Auto Malawi.
Let's see how I pull these two, this is the first time I sow autos in coco, straight in huge pots (for coco, 20L) outdoors.
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Facing East.
So far, incredible vigor, these are fast!
One of these days I'm gonna learn me that metric stuff.
chronosync said:Auto zam went outside a bit earlier than I had planned and I'm glad I did because the tap roots had hit bottom and were starting to circle.
20L = 5.2Gal. Wouldn't it be cool, if the own forum (when selecting then mouseover or alike) did the conversions?
chronosync your zams look spectacular! Superhealthy!
Yessss! It caught me off guard, these girls are really fast and vigorous, I screwed the first sowing because I sow to small pot indoors thinking on bringing them later outdoors. and repot.. wrong decision.
First thing these auto zams do is throwing the tap root like crazy, if they hit bottom (and they will superquick on a 1-4L / Up to 1+ Gal) they start elongaaating... and usually stem ends up shriveling.
Managed to screw three recently, they were super spindly already and a reached 37C in the shadows on a short heat wave... all dead. Did a thorough post-mortem.
I always have been advised to sow directly in big pots, with Auto Zam, this is not an option, but a requirement I'd say, no matter if repotting in coco usually produces zero repotting shock/stall; they sense how much space they have available really early by throwing the tap root.
I find she's superfast, which means less room for error, but also the potential of regular/big sized plants and yield... as I manage myself much better in coco than in soil (still learning coco outdoors, completely different ballgame) thought it will be an accelerated self-training of sorts vs soil where I'm always wondering why they're "slow" or where did I screwup...
In addition to big pots, they need sun (high light intensity) almost since sprouting... I wasn't that comfy, sun here is rather strong, hence the "greenhouse roof" of sorts to spare them some UV; really apparent now how they're thriving under such strong light intensity.
Really happy so far, first time I see seedlings developing so fast!
I should have noted when I popped the bean, but this is about 7-8 days from seed pop and push through peat pellets. I just transplanted to this container about 40L. Never really put such a tiny plant in so much soil but I’m hoping it will enjoy the room to grow.
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About 4 weeks ... pushing 5
10 gallon *** first two are same plant, 2nd pic different plant
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