lowryder#2xak47 autoflower grow log

[ephyx057]

just finished my new little grow room.

going to be running a 6 plant bubbleponics with 4 300w 68w actual 2700k cfl's and one 250 metal halide.

using big bloom and tigerbloom for nutes. seeds should be here hopefully tomorrow... more pics to come in the following weeks

[SmokeMyPiece]

Looks Good :thumbsup:

Looks to be similar to my setup, just 2x bigger. Ill try to go side by side with a Haze Auto to compare.

[ephyx057]

gonna plant them right now.... im super pumped up...


5- easy ryder (lowryder#2 ak47 crossbreed) femized

1- dinafem haze auto (freeseed from attitude)

[ephyx057]

seeds are planted and everything is neat and tidy and seems to be working well. i did 7 teaspoons of fert. the bottle says to use 14-21 to treat 7 gallons but im going a little soft until these little guys get going ....

i am using tigerbloom right off the bat because i didnt want to pay for a whole other bottle just for a week or two of veg. the tigerbloom should work just fine in small doses while they are vegging

[SmokeMyPiece]

really dont want any nutes until 2-3rd set of serrated leaves... seedlings burn eeassssiillyyy.

you should get them rooted in the rockwool before putting in the system. you may run into algae or rotting problems otherwise.

and only one cfl at, or a cpl inches lower, is all thats necessary at this stage.

keep everything scaled back and slowly add as they grow :thumbsup:

-throwing Haze bean into germination-

[GetThisOrDie]

Like the man said... They are way too young for the nutes. They are even way too young to go into the 6 site.

You can put all the cubes with the seeds in a dome or such and wait for the roots to start to pop out of the cubes. Then would be a good time to put into the system with the drip going.

Goodluck! I am curious to see the haze autos.

[ephyx057]

Yea I read a lot of people put them in the rockwool and let then sit until they sprout all theway but I came across this guys tutorial on one of the forums and he made a good point ..... he said he likes to create conditions similar to what the plant would go through in nature so as soon as he germed his seeds he would add a small amount of nutes to themix. His tutorial made a lot of sense and after seeing the pics of his plants it all made sense. So I figured ill try his way and it is working great so far. The plants are already out of the rockwool showing green leaves. These guys were watered for termination on thursday and already had tap roots friday. On Friday I cubes them and put them in the box and they already are showing green.

[bobhead]

Hey, I just got the same seeds from attitude.
I'm gonna keep up with you.

[SmokeMyPiece]

Ill try to be detailed.

seeds put in damp paper towel inside a sandwich bag around 5p yesterday. Both seeds have popped today 1p. Wow, these are lookin good already lol.
(Btw, decided to germ the Roadrunner as well :thumbsup:)

Placed each in a half of a peat pellet, placed inside a small netpot. Using 1 warm bulb for the heat and low light until real leaves.

[ephyx057]

All 5 of the easy ryder are popped up and have their first set of seated leaves already. The auto haze is falling a little behind but not too bad ...thestalk just came out of the rockwool and is about to open up its little round leaves. These plants are growing way faster already than any of my dirt grows.

[tinytoon]

Pics pics pics we want pics!! :jointsmile:

[ephyx057]

Pics pics pics we want pics!! :jointsmile:


the taller one is the is the lowryder and the one that just opened up is the dinafem auto haze

all 5 of my lowryders look about the same

these were planted only 3 days ago

[sleeperls93]

Is that rockwool to drenched? should that rockwool be exposed? Trying to learn these techniques...

[ephyx057]

Is that rockwool to drenched? should that rockwool be exposed? Trying to learn these techniques...

I haven't had any problems. The rockwool will spread fluids all over itself and stay pretty wet. Also it doesnt really matter if you have the rockwool sticking out quite a bit because all it is there for is to hold the small plant in place. Once the roots get through the hydroton the rockwool is pretty much obsolete.

[SmokeMyPiece]

Good Start :thumbsup:

might want to get a layer of tron over the top of the RW when they get a little bigger. exposure to light may grow algae.

http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponics/189017-ive-got-feeling-isnt-good.html

[ephyx057]

Good Start :thumbsup:

might want to get a layer of tron over the top of the RW when they get a little bigger. exposure to light may grow algae.

http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponics/189017-ive-got-feeling-isnt-good.html

I've got some small Styrofoam bowls to cut to put around the plants once they get another week or so old I guess I could do it now since they are already pretty tall

[SmokeMyPiece]

are you going to lower the lights, or raise the tub any? i think they might continue to stretch if the cfl is more than 3" away..

what all ligts are on now

[ephyx057]

are you going to lower the lights, or raise the tub any? i think they might continue to stretch if the cfl is more than 3" away..

what all ligts are on now

the cfls are 68w true or 300w equivalent 2700k spectrum and they are set about 8-10 inches off the top of the tub. i wanted to do a mix of the spectrum but im fairly limited to what the local stores have to offer.

i have a 250w mh that i have been considering turning on but i think im gonna give them a little longer before i do.

again i am limited to lights so i have to make due with what i have. and im already a little over budget.

[SmokeMyPiece]

No, your lights sound fine :thumbsup:

I agree w/ holding off on the MH just yet, but just wanted to know if you could get the CFL and tops of plants within 3"-5" of each other? They look kinda far in the pic.

[ephyx057]

No, your lights sound fine :thumbsup:

I agree w/ holding off on the MH just yet, but just wanted to know if you could get the CFL and tops of plants within 3"-5" of each other? They look kinda far in the pic.

i made 4 settings in my box for easy light position change. when i first had the seeds in there i wanted to keep it up high because i hadnt had my fans yet and was afraid of cooking them. i lowered them quite a bit but i dont think the 2700spectrum is producing enough light for them and they are trying to reach for it a little too much.

i know cfls dont get too hot but it still makes me nervous. and the largest problem is the side where i had to switch to one bulb because the other one quit working shortly after i put it on the splitter.

only one of the plants is exceptionally taller than the rest, which makes me think already it could be a male. but hopefully all of them are girls and one is just a little taller and lankier than the rest of them.

this is my first hydro grow so im not overly worried about yields. i just want to get comfortable with this before i move onto harder strains to grow. so far it isnt near as bad as i thought it was going to be. but the plants are still young and not eating and drinking much yet.

[ephyx057]

turned on the 250w mh today and re-potted the rockwool lower in the net cups. no matter how close the 2700s are to the plants they seem to want more light so i turned on the big blue light for them.

lesson learned- pay for the 6500 spectrum lights for the seedling stage regardless if they are autoflower or not.

on a positive note the roots are looking great. lots of them and very white.

[SmokeMyPiece]

Goin 20/4.

Tried my best to get root pic.. they are there, just small :thumbsup:

Let me know if i should start a diff thread.

[ephyx057]

Goin 20/4.

Tried my best to get root pic.. they are there, just small :thumbsup:

Let me know if i should start a diff thread.

im ok with you on this thread.... i dont care if everyone growing these seeds reports on here.... will give me something to compare with


ill put up pics in a few minutes, we have company over right now

[ephyx057]

the one i have braced didnt look like it was gonna topple yet but i didnt want to take the chance. usually when i do outdoor grows the ones like this end up being males but these were femed seeds so hopefully it isnt.

the smallest one is the auto haze but it looks strong and the rockwool had roots shooting out all over.

the rest are doing well

[ephyx057]

so pics are being really strange for me right now. sometimes they will upload and sometimes they wont... i had 4 but only two will upload

plants are doing great since i cut on the 250w mh
they are not stretching anymore and seem to be doing great with the nutes as seedlings.

from here on out my grows will get nutes as seedling but will remain keeping it heavily diluted

i will also run all the lights from the begining. but intend on buying more 6500 spectrum for the veg stage. regardless of it being an auto flower plant or not they need the 6500 or they reach out really bad for more light.

can you guys that started your grows the same time post a pic so we can compare growth. im curious to how all the differences will affect our little plants

the picture of the single plant in these photos is the dinafem autohaze

[SmokeMyPiece]

Your Autos Are Movin :thumbsup:

Really interested in how this Auto strain works.

Ill post an update in a little bit, the site is not letting me upload pics right now :wtf:

Going to keep the 6500K bulbs until 2 weeks or maybe until i see some pistils. This is when i also plan to change from veg to Flower nutes (0-8-16)p/Gal.

[ephyx057]

big problem i think .... is this rust fungus?


nevermind i cant post any pictures still ..... errrr

[ephyx057]

MAYBE THIS WILL WORK ... sorry im having picture problems....

calcium deficiency?
rust fungus?

what are your thoughts.

ph is currently 5.9

[ephyx057]

so i am really depressed that i cant post pics....
i think i might just have a manganese deficiency since i have still been running diluted nutes.

drain and fill reservoir tomorrow with slightly less than recommended amount of nutes. bottle says 2 spoons per gallon which would be 12 probably going to run 10

i took extra precaution and sprayed my plants with a baking soda/water mix to ensure that if there is a fungus i kill it (dont know if this really works, found it on the internet and seemed organic enough to try)

also moving plants into the house into the spare room and going to hope the wife doesnt notice. she will probably over react because that is what women do.

the humidity in my garage is just too high and temps are a little over what the plants would like.

[ephyx057]

please look at my profile album to see the pic of the problem....
the really rough looking one is the dinafem.
tho bigger one is the lowryder and the problem seems to not be spreading anymore on it but it has only been 20 hrs since i last looked

[SmokeMyPiece]

Cant tell man, Res change may do it.. evening out the required nutes.

Goin to marijuana passion's forum since this ones not workin. Check them out, they have an autoflower subforum :thumbsup:

[GetThisOrDie]

also moving plants into the house into the spare room and going to hope the wife doesnt notice. she will probably over react because that is what women do.





Lol...

I dont think its letting anybody upload for some reason. I cant post pics either.

[byrdog55]

Looks good and seems like you have a good handle on what your babies need :thumbsup: I like your setup. What are you going to do to keep the smell out of your house?

[ephyx057]

Looks good and seems like you have a good handle on what your babies need :thumbsup: I like your setup. What are you going to do to keep the smell out of your house?

Probably going to devote the room I put them in to growing. Just going to seal around the door and put on a locking handle

[ephyx057]

im worried about running out of room....
lowryder isnt as low as i thought it was going to be

[GetThisOrDie]

going to be close on the vertical space... did you try tying some of them down?

looking good btw keep it up!

:stoned:

[ephyx057]

so i left for just 2 days and told my wife to open the window during the day close it at night and pour 2 gallons of fresh water that i already had set out for her

she did none of that.

the window stayed closed and the room got hot. i go in there and my 8 gallon reservoir is half full.... in just 2 days

one plant looks a little rough but i think she will pull through.

here are two pics one of the single shitty plant and then one of them all together. sorry for the crappy pics. but i didnt charge my phone enough to use the flash and had to leave the lights on

[tinytoon]

Got to love it when you cant get any help :wtf:

[GetThisOrDie]

Got to love it when you cant get any help :wtf:

people are quick to smoke it when you got it but are nowhere to be found when the work needs to be done... BAH!



Hope your girls turn out ok.