Critical 2.0, Coco DTW

[Rooibard]

So I got from a mate 15 Critical 2.0 autos which fit perfectly next to and in between my mother plants.. 12 of them r up and on same pace, 2 of them slowly pushing up and 1 died.
These 12 r hand watered now in str8 coco chip in 1l pots and Im busy building a table for them to sit under 600hps. Bottom of the table will have +-10cm of hydroton and Im planning on multiple feeds/day... Im guessing that this size pots allow 4-6 feeds/day once the ladies get bit bigger. Atm they getting ec 0.6-0.7 and they seem quite happy. Upon transplant they received act, trichoderma and myco and micros r getting molasses every once in a while.
They sitting now quite far from 400hps but Im raising them closer today.
Will snap a few pics once back in the room..
Any advice on strain and autos overall is much appreciated. This will be perpetual setup eventually where they spend their first weeks under 400 and finish under 600.

Peace

 

[aridbud]

Plethora of strains. Critical is a good one. Sounds like you have it all sewn up.

Good luck!

 

[Rooibard]

Thanks bro!!
Yeah all sounds good but my experience w/autos is so far 3 plants which each yielded about 2g so that needs to change lol. They werent dialed in at all and they spent all their life under some led panels which werent obviously enough..
So got high hopes and only heard good things about Critical 2.0! Yday started washing hydroton and put a layer under their pots in temporary trays they sitting now. Tables are gonna be ready next week.
This is how they look now, some got shaded under mothers for too long hence the difference in height. Topped the tallest ones in order to keep canopy in check.



Peace

 

[aridbud]

Definitely your pic on the right....perhaps move the light down, or elevate plants as there's some s-t-r-e-t-c-h.

 

[aridbud]

Don't top autos. Leave them be. They have a short life span.

 

[Rooibard]

Ok so no more topping; check. Lowering the light tonight still, that new table they sitting in now is about 10cm higher than they used to be but will drop the light another 15-20cm.
Thx bro appreciate pointing out my issues

Peace

 

[Phaeton]

I am doing some inside auto growing to find a strain for the summer's outside growing.
One of them is a Critical Mass auto. At 25 days it is 11" tall with a thick stem under a 10,000K bulb. The plant gets a total of 1000w in an effort to get a closer match to the sunlight the garden will be grown under this summer.

By contrast, an Auto Euforia is passing 35" under the same light.

This is why I am trying out six strains, one of them will be a perfect fit and the others will not.

I am not changing lights as the plant matures, the photoperiod plants had an adjustment period of slower growth when the lighting was changed. The auto's do not allow me to extend growing time to make up for that.
Figuring which light to use is also being checked out, a 4,000K CMH is going into competition with the 10,000K Solis Tek.

This is all new to me and I am finding it fun.
I will be watching your grow as every bit of info helps when trying to build experience.

 

[Rooibard]

Glad if I can help; grab a seat
Very true thinking of light spectrum change and stress. Especially when changing from mh to hps after veg. I got my autos now still under dual spec 400hps and they get side lighting from 400mh in the middle of the garden.
Good luck on finding a keeper! Which month u normally can plant them in up north?
Today I finally managed to install acoustic ducting for the fan which gave an opportunity to take cpl pics of them girls. I think raising the pots r only gonna do good for roots as straight coco can wick a bit too much. Today found very 1st hair, any recommendations how to carry on w/n-p-k? Still veg like or slowly move towards flower nutes?


After taking photos washed some more hydroton and covered coco with it.

Peace

 

[Rooibard]

Time for a lil update again, girls are getting bigger and Ive been giving them some joga bending in order to keep canopy in check. Also reamended myco and tricho cpl days ago..
Foliar feeded epsom salts also few days ago and normal faily feeding goes following;
Tap water->cal mag nitrate till ec0.4 and bio bloom 5ml/l. Total ec1.0 and phed. Sometimes I add some molasses and bit of fish mix.


Tmrw they get 600hps dual spec and better airflow for canopy.

Peace

 

[Rooibard]

Been a while since last update.. They swelling nice, some issues with mites and saltbuild up but nothing major for now. Been feeding them till lately epsomsalts till ec .4 and then adding 25ml/5l bio bloom. Also added twice bennies; trichoderma and myco. Twice also drenched w/ bact israelensis and beauvaria bassiana to keep fungus gnats etc at bay.




Peace

 

[aridbud]

Awesome!

 

[Rooibard]

Thx buddy! I know now theres huge potential in these autos! All my bugs sorted out these would b dbl in density ref no stretch, no bugs and more dialed feeding!
Very pleased how they looking even in these conditions.
There seems to b 2 diff phenos and they finishing on slightly diff times as well.

Aribud: is the flush fine starting mostly cloudy trichs to end up cloudy amber without clear?

 

[Rooibard]

Next tuesday we on 70 days, 3 of them are being flushed now for few days, most getting molasses only and 3 still getting full nutes.



Peace

 

[Rooibard]

Almost time; looove the colours
The ones @ the back gets chopped tmrw onwards


These front ones will go the whole week still atleast



Peace

 

[aridbud]

Excellent job!

 

[Rooibard]

Thx bro! Will post harvest pics soon