Autoflower in northeast Florida questions.

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What type of soil mix did you use? I live in ne Florida and I'm wondering if the seedlings would be ok outside in 3 gal pots with about 5 hours of direct sun, if I move them around in the yard. The highs are a60's-70 and the lows are 40s-50s. I would bring them in on the nights / days on the nights below 58. Thanks for any responses

 

[aridbud]

Can you find a place with more sun (S. facing?)?? FLA at this time of year should be around ~9-10 hrs. You'll compromise your plant with ~ 5 hrs direct light....it'll work, just better if you have more sunlight/daylight.

3 gallon is ok(adequate)....some will say Yeah! Some will say NO! Five gallon works for us...planting more than 1 in 5 gallon container. It's all about the root system, needing room to grow below.

Soil...add perlite. Light or no nutes in veg stage, 1/4 strength flowering stage every 2-3 waterings.

Good luck.

 

[Moonshine17]

Autoflower in ne fl

Autoflower in ne fl

Airbus. First of let me thank you for your response. The sun is out 9-10 hours here but I currently get only the 5 hours in my spot. From 10:30 am - 3:30pm. I was planning on bringing them inside on nights below 58 deg f. Also while they are outside I will be moving them around a bit to get those 5 hrs of good sun. Is all this moving around going to disturb them? Thanks

 

[Moonshine17]

Airbud. Sorry I just noticed the typo. Autocorrect was on.

 

[aridbud]

It'd be better to wait to get more sun. I know you are anxious/excited getting project under way.

Former seed partner is in extreme S. TX....he waits until end of February to start in 5 gallon buckets. Even though night time temps are temperate, moving them often might be counter productive. And too, seedlings don't like 40-50 F they don't thrive in lower temps (unless heat mat)....think if you'd want your feet in 50-55 F water. Just my opinion/experience.

Meanwhile familiarize yourself with auto plants, how they respond to light/heat....then you'll be ready to grow when night time temps are in high 50-s- low 60's. Info here/elsewhere. Good luck.

 

[Moonshine17]

Thanks airbud. It will be difficult to resist starting early, but I agree with you. I hate to waste time and money. Thanks again for the advice sir.

 

[ProMixNSunshine]

My number one priority in Florida would be security, so containers would be out of the question. Especially moving them around! Fuck the few times I blew my cover, every time it involved moving plants in containers around to get more sun.

You guys have amazing soil, nowhere in the ground for them?

 

[bionicchronic]

My number one priority in Florida would be security, so containers would be out of the question. Especially moving them around! Fuck the few times I blew my cover, every time it involved moving plants in containers around to get more sun.

You guys have amazing soil, nowhere in the ground for them?

florida natural soil is terrible for cannabis.
unless u find part of a forest that isnt 90% pine trees
but pine trees make excellent cover.

 

[Moonshine17]

Aridbud

Aridbud

My auto fems should arrive soon. I saw where some of these were germed with root riot plugs and then planted directly into finishing pots. They then were kept on a counter with a desk lamp over them until they made nice looking seedlings/small plants. The lamp had an Afro sun cfl 32 w/6.5k equivalent to 150w spiral bulb. This was done until ready for outside. My ?? Is, do these autos need the reflective tent and all, because I was thing of trying this under a sink and just using this type of lighting with no tent or reflective material. Moving outside when weather is right. Thanks for your knowledge and patience with extreme newbie ???s. And I have been reading up all over on this more than I'd like to admit. Trying to get my ducks in a row to be successful, as I only have 10 to work with. I literally have all day to tend to these.

 

[aridbud]

My auto fems should arrive soon. I saw where some of these were germed with root riot plugs and then planted directly into finishing pots. They then were kept on a counter with a desk lamp over them until they made nice looking seedlings/small plants. The lamp had an Afro sun cfl 32 w/6.5k equivalent to 150w spiral bulb. This was done until ready for outside. My ?? Is, do these autos need the reflective tent and all, because I was thing of trying this under a sink and just using this type of lighting with no tent or reflective material. Moving outside when weather is right. Thanks for your knowledge and patience with extreme newbie ???s. And I have been reading up all over on this more than I'd like to admit. Trying to get my ducks in a row to be successful, as I only have 10 to work with. I literally have all day to tend to these.

Sounds like the light will be adequate for under sink cabinet. Reflective material....use flat white paint. Just watch that seeds aren't too spindly (leggy)....indication of light intensity not enough...and lower the light or raise the containers.

18/6 light regiment. Very little nutes....you can burn/stunt them easily if you over fertilize at seedling stage.
Good luck!

 

[Moonshine17]

Thanks airbud. I decided to go indoor. Have 4'x2'x5' apollo tent, 300w galaxy hydro led, 5 gal smart pots, ffof ocean forest smart naturals, bag of big n chunky perlite. Advanced nutrition ph perfect grow/micro/bloom nutrients. Crop king auto fem NYC diesel & early miss seeds, and root starters. Small desk or clip fans. I'm not concerned about the smell, so I'm going without exhaust/carbon filter because I read somewhere that if not worried about the smell then it wasn't necessary.

Do you think the one 300w galaxy led will be enough to grow two plants at a time?? Thanks sir

 

[aridbud]

Thanks airbud. I decided to go indoor. Have 4'x2'x5' apollo tent, 300w galaxy hydro led, 5 gal smart pots, ffof ocean forest smart naturals, bag of big n chunky perlite. Advanced nutrition ph perfect grow/micro/bloom nutrients. Crop king auto fem NYC diesel & early miss seeds, and root starters. Small desk or clip fans. I'm not concerned about the smell, so I'm going without exhaust/carbon filter because I read somewhere that if not worried about the smell then it wasn't necessary.

Do you think the one 300w galaxy led will be enough to grow two plants at a time?? Thanks sir

2, yes, 3 tops. Anything more....it's counter productive....or so my experience has told me. Larger containers, more plants...like 5 five gallon and plant two in each. So conceivably you can plant 4 in 2 containers.
Also desk oscillating fan is optimal. Remember perlite is your friend. ;o)

 

[Moonshine17]

Re: Xlr8's seed germination technique - Germinating in Rapid Rooter plugs
Awesome and thank you for your response. Ok so I'm using ffof ocean forest smart naturals mixed 70/30 with chunky perlite in a 5 gal smart pot. I was thinking of using the water soak till they pop, or don't, then in the middle of my smart pot dig hole about the size of a red solo cup and fill that with a 70/30 reverse mix 70 perlite/30 ffof (because i read that ffof might be to "hot" for germinating or sprouting until they get a little bigger. Then, putting cracked seed into the root starter and then root starter into the middle of pot where the 70/30 mostly perlite mix is. Then water? And place my pot into tent under 300w galaxy hydro led light. (I was thinking that once they get through the root starter, and then the solo cup sized mostly perlite mix they will be strong/big enough to handle the mostly ffof mix without nute burn.

Alternatively, the hydro shop suggested I could just fill with straight ffof and water it till the drain off was a light tea color (to reduce the soils nutrient potency a bit) . Then just put cracked seed directly in that soil and then under light say 20/4. This would eliminate transplanting an autoflower once it sprouts.

My questions are

I have a tray with inserts for the root starters and a humidity dome. If I put cracked seeds in the starters and in the humidity dome, do I put that under light in tent until sprouted and then plant the sprout in root starter straight in the middle of my prepared pot? And also, if I use 300w led light, how close do I put the light to the seed, to get it to sprout?

Lots of ??s I know, but obviously it's my first serious attempt at this and want success. Any advice from you experienced folks would be greatly appreciated.

Oh.. and if I did two plants in each 5 gal pot, how far apart would I plant them? The pot is a round one? The seeds have been in water for bout 14,hours so far, so I'm having to make a decision pretty soon, by ...bout another 4 hours I reckon according to crop king. They say no more than 18 hours in water. They both sank at 4 hours. Thanks y'all.

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