El Chilli's automática 2nd attempt for the Copa

[Chilli]

Day 2

Here we have:

Fast Bud 1 - This was planted in an 11 L pot, in PM soil supreme and the seed was not pre-soaked.

Fast Bud 2 - This was planted in an 11L pot, in my home made bat mix and the seed was not pre-soaked.

SAD 1 - This is in a 3 1/2 pot of PM soil supreme and the seed was pre-soaked

SAD 2 - This is in a 3 1/2 pot of PM soil supreme and the seed was not pre-soaked

Black Jack 1 - This is in a 3 1/2 pot of PM soil supreme and the seed was pre-soaked

Black Jack 2 - This is in a 3 1/2 pot of PM soil supreme and the seed was not pre-soaked

Cream Caramel 1 - This was planted in an 11L pot, in my home made bat mix and the seed was pre-soaked.

Cream Caramel 2 - This is in a 3 1/2 pot of PM soil supreme and the seed was not pre-soaked

It looks like pre-soaking the seeds to speed up germination makes no difference.

Edited October 7, 2011 by Chilli

[Monkeymagic]

Hi Chilli,

Congrats on your 100% germ, good to see them all up and starting to do their thing. Those in the 11's look lost but i thought the same when i put mine into 6.5's and they seem to be liking it now

take it easy

Mm

[Chilli]

Change of Lamp

I mentioned at the start of the diary that I had dropped my CFL that I was going to use to start the grow off and had been using a lightbox to germinate the seeds and was then planning on switching to a 600W MH lamp. I've rethought this and the lightbox just isn't going to be powerful enough and the 600W MH is going to be way too strong, so I've bought another CFL. This is the PowerPlant 300W supercool version designed for propagation and seedlings.

Like a kid at Christmas I couldn't wait, so it's been unpacked and the girls are now basking under the eerie blue/white light.

Edited October 7, 2011 by Chilli

[beanpopper]

Looking nice chilli mate

Bet they love you, spoiling them with a brand spanking new lamp.

no messing about here eh !

Good work. Keep it up man,

[se7en]

looking good mate!

tidy set up to...

7

[DaChunky1]

Goodluck Chilli mate. A great selection you got dude.

DC1

[spirit77]

nice groom you got there chilli and a plan to match it aswell

good luck in the compo mate

[Chilli]

Looking nice chilli mate

Bet they love you, spoiling them with a brand spanking new lamp.

no messing about here eh !

Good work. Keep it up man,

Cheers beanpopper mate.

looking good mate!

tidy set up to...

7

Thanks se7en

Goodluck Chilli mate. A great selection you got dude.

DC1

Cheers DC1

nice groom you got there chilli and a plan to match it aswell

good luck in the compo mate

Thank you spirit

[Chilli]

Day 3 in the Sweets Seeds diary - said in a Geordie accent Big Brother style

Here are some pictures taken yesterday of the seedlings at 3 days old.

Black Jack 1

Blackjack 2

Cream Caramel 1

Cream Caramel 2

Fast Bud 1 (looks like a lucky 4 leaf clover )

Fast Bud 2

S.A.D. 1

S.A.D. 2

It looks like I may be away for a few days, so I have given all the girls a good water (a bit more than I would have liked at this stage, but I don't want to run the risk of them drying out while I am away). They are now on 20/4 lights on/off (they were on 24/0 to germinate) and the temperatures are 24C lights on and 20C off.

[se7en]

good looking specimen you got there mate!

7

[Chilli]

good looking specimen you got there mate!

7

Cheers se7en mate

Day 6

Nothing much to report other than I have decided to pot on two of the girls into 6" (150mm) pots.

S.A.D. 1

This has been potted on into some PM Soil Supreme with some added Bio Supermix & some granules.

Black Jack 2

This has been potted on into some JAB + JI with some granules.

These two were selected to be potted on as I could see the tap root at the bottom of their pots. After consulting some auto gurus on a specialist auto growing forum. it seems it is important not to impede the tap root and pot on before a decent rootball has formed. Having just said that I will allow a rootball to form in the rest and see if there is any difference. Some of the growers recommended potting on when the plant has two sets of true leaves.

The lighting is now on 20/4 (on/off), as the consensus of the growers on the auto forum was 20/4 is best for autos (closely followed by 18/6, with 24/0 considered a waste of energy).

S.A.D. 1

Black Jack 2

[Monkeymagic]

Looking good Chilli, don't be fooled though, you turn your back on these auto's for a minute and they will overrun your room when your not looking, be ready man, be ready

atb

Mm

[d_n_b]

looking like a top diary so far mate great stuff

looks like we have the same sout of idea with the autos and fems

atb

dnb

[mr rhino]

Well done with the little ladys chilli

[Chilli]

Looking good Chilli, don't be fooled though, you turn your back on these auto's for a minute and they will overrun your room when your not looking, be ready man, be ready

atb

Mm

- Cheers MM buddy.

looking like a top diary so far mate great stuff

looks like we have the same sout of idea with the autos and fems

atb

dnb

Thanks dbb - Looks like we do, perhaps we were seperated at birth

Well done with the little ladys chilli

Thanks Mr R