gthumb's 3rd Generation Auto Diary 2012-(2nd Diary)

[Nugz]

Sweet Cheese, Sweet Skunk & 2x Sweet Special

Hey peeps welcome to my 2nd competition diary Another huge Thank you! to Tommy, all at Sweet Seeds and of corse UK420! keep up the good work guys, I'd be lost without this place

Lets crack on with these 3rd Gen Sweets shall we, heres a little rundown on what i'll be using

Kit:

Secret Jardin DS60 - 60cm x 60cm x 140cm

Sunmaster 250w Dual Spec, Maxibright Ballest & Reflecter

85w CFL, Old Growb(mini veg box), Pot & Lid - For Germing And 1st Few Days

4" Ruck & 4" Rhino Pro Filter

5 Step Variac Fan Speed Controller

2 x 5" PC Fans & 1 x 6" Clip On Fan

500ml Dehumidifier

SMC Spidermite control/Leafwash

1" Rockwool Cubes, 3" Round Pots, 6.5 Litre Square Pots

Plant Magic Plus Organic Soil

Plant Magic Oldtimer Bloom

BioBizz Fishmix If Needed

The Sweets

Germination

This is how i crack my beans and to be fair it's never failed me. I pre soak 1" Rockwool cubes in plain ol council pop(water) for about a hour, give them a squeeze and a shake to get the excess water and air out, making sure they're not too wet, then I put the seeds(point end down) about 2mm deep in the hole on the rockwool cube, after that they go under a dark pot in the Mini veg box with a 85w CFL for warmth, as soon as they pop i put them under the CFL. Oh and not forgeting the 5" pc fan for air movement when they get a bit bigger. jobs a good'un

Sweet Special's 1st To Pop - 48 Hours In

Sweet Cheese And Sweet Skunk - 72 Hours In

Day 1

Lights on 24/0

They are all above ground so we'll call this day 1. As you can see the Sweet Specials have popped first and they are still in the mini veg box under a 85w (blue) CFL, im not surpised the Sweet Specials popped first as the seeds are tiny. All 4 have now been put into 3" Pots with Plant Magic Plus organic soil. Not sure whats going on with the seed leaves on the Sweet Cheese, the new growth on her seems to be going so im not panicking too much just never seen that before, fingers crossed she'l be ok, perhaps the seed shell damaged them?? Nothing much happening other than that really as they are only ikkle, just keeping an eye on temps and keeping them nice and moist but thats about it,

Temps: 25C - 26C

Feed: None - Just plain water

All 4 In The Mini Veg Box

Catch you all soon

[Hiphip]

All the best with these mucker. Do you have the first 100% germ I wonder?

Cheers

[Sweet Seeds-tommy]

Hi mate!

Welcome again to the contest

Very nice, will be interesting to check how the 3rd generation autos will develop

I'll keep passing by, sweet smokes!

tommy

[Nugz]

All the best with these mucker. Do you have the first 100% germ I wonder?

Cheers

Thanks Hiphip mate, ahh a nice thought that man but i very much doubt it not with all the top class growers on here anyway

[Nugz]

Hi mate!

Welcome again to the contest

Very nice, will be interesting to check how the 3rd generation autos will develop

I'll keep passing by, sweet smokes!

tommy

Hi Tommy

Thanks man and yea iv been dying to crack them since they come through the door I'm sure they will be top notch , Iv yet to hear a bad word about Sweet Seeds.

Good to see ya man, take care fella

[thctom]

I'll be keeping an eye on this, doing sweet cheese next grow so would be good to know how it grows / smokes

[Serpent]

Good luck with growing these 3rd gen autos mate

[Nugz]

Good luck with growing these 3rd gen autos mate

Thanks Serpent and yourself mate

Just been in ur diary and owww my days!!! them brownies look lush mate fair play.....munch on!!

[Nugz]

Sweet Cheese, Sweet Skunk & 2x Sweet Special

Day 9

Lights On - 18/6

Hey peeps hope everyone's well?

Over a week has past since these babys showed ther heads and to be fair they aint hanging about espcially the Sweet Specials. The Sweet Cheese is a little slow but looking healthy so panic over with her i think.

I put the Girls into the tent yesterday as it is now empty and they seem to be absolutly loving the Dual spec so thats all good. The Sweet Specials will be potted up with PM soil into 6.5 litre pots in the next few days then the other two a few days after that. Thats pretty much it really apart from just keeping an eye on temps and keeping them moist. Short and sweet i know but here's thisweeks update.

Environment:

Temps Lights On - 26C - 28C

Temps Lights Off - 20C - 22C

Humidity Lights On - 30% - 40%RH

Humidity Lights Off - 40% - 50%RH

Feed: None - Just plain water

Sweet Special # 1 - Day 9

Sweet Special # 2 - Day 9

Sweet Skunk - Day 9

Sweet Cheese - Day 9

All 4 - Day 9

All 4 In The Tent - Day 9

Edited February 19, 2012 by gthumb_420

[thctom]

Looking good nice update and pics mate

[Nugz]

Looking good nice update and pics mate

Thanks thctom good ta c ya man

[Nugz]

Sweet Cheese, Sweet Skunk & 2x Sweet Special

Day 15

It's that time of the week again, man it's going quick! same with these new autos i rekon, I Know i keep saying but.. they aint hanging about thats for sure!!! I can see dinky prefowers on the Sweet Skunk and Sweet Special #1

All the girls have been potted up into 6.5 litre square pots with Plant magic Plus Organic soil. The Sweet Specials where first to be potted up at day 12 then the Sweet Cheese and the Sweet Skunk at day 14 as they where a bit smaller. I'm liking the look of this Plant Magic soil aswell it has to be said, it looks like my girls are liking it too so as you can imagine im pretty happy with everything at the moment. Other than the pot up I think thats about it for this week, I just water and admire

here's this weeks update..

Environment:

Temps Lights On - 26C - 28C

Temps Lights Off - 20C - 21C

Humidity Lights On - 30% - 40%RH

Humidity Lights Off - 45% - 55%RH

Plant Heights From Top Of Soil:

Sweet Cheese - 8cm Tall

Sweet Skunk - 9cm Tall

Sweet Special #1 - 11cm Tall

Sweet Special #2 - 12cm Tall

Feed: None - Just plain water

Sweet Cheese - Day 15

Sweet Skunk - Day 15

Sweet Special #1 - Day 15

Sweet Special #2 - Day 15

All 4 - Day 15

Take care my freinds, Catch you all soon

Edited February 25, 2012 by gthumb_420

[Sweet Seeds-tommy]

Looking good buddy!

you definetly know what you're doing

Keep it up, sweet smokes,

tommy

[Lesley]

Good luck with your grow, great start so far

[Nugz]

Looking good buddy!

you definetly know what you're doing

Keep it up, sweet smokes,

tommy

Hi Tommy mate!

Thanks for the kind words man

allways good ta see you mate, take care fella