Auto dwarf grow...

[GetThisOrDie]

Whats up everyone?

Been awhile but here I am. New grow, new location, new gear, and new to me strains!

Finally was convinced to try the auto dwarfs... ive been so curious since ive seen them.

The heat will definitely be an issue here. Im going to vent into my attic here to get rid of the heat and smell. Hopefully the humidity wont give me trouble.

Gear:
Main tent im using an air cooled hood with a 600w hps and mh. Lumatek balast that is dimmable. Will have 6-9 dwarfs inside.

secondary tent is much smaller but will be holding a Blue Mystic mother plant under 90w UFO.

The room will be exhausted through the ceiling via the air cooled hoods ducting using a 1000cfm 10" fan that i will install in the attic. Going to hang the fan from chains in the attic to cut down on sound. Living in a townhouse type deal with neighbors attached to my building.

I hope you all will be along for the ride because I know im going to run into heat problems and all help will be appreciated lol.

GetThisOrDie Reviewed by GetThisOrDie on 04-30-2010. Auto dwarf grow... Whats up everyone? Been awhile but here I am. New grow, new location, new gear, and new to me strains! Finally was convinced to try the auto dwarfs... ive been so curious since ive seen them. The heat will definitely be an issue here. Im going to vent into my attic here to get rid of the heat and smell. Hopefully the humidity wont give me trouble. Gear: Main tent im using an air cooled hood with a 600w hps and mh. Lumatek balast that is dimmable. Will have 6-9 dwarfs inside. Rating: 5

[GetThisOrDie]

The strains will be Pakistan Ryder, Taiga, and White Dwarf for the autos and a Blue Mystic non dwarf.
All will be in Fox Farm Ocean Forest using FF trio as well.

Here are some shots this morning of the babies enjoying their time in my baby box!

They are about 2 1/2 days old.

[GetThisOrDie]

Ok and here is the first question...

we have had two brownouts over the past few days. I think thats the correct term. Basically the power gets real low for a split second and shit turns off then its right back on.
I know thats not good for the hid lighting... should I get a UPS for a computer and hook it up to the ballast? It should only need to maintain the power for 1-5 seconds I would guess.

Good idea? any thoughts?

Thanks!

[krisk1227]

done them in the past as well as the ak ryder. they do smell when they are late into flowering. If you are in a connected town home . the atticks may connect and may not be sealed 100%. Just a thought i vented and still delt with strong smell somdays. As well as outside where it was leaking out attick. Filter should take care of it.

[GetThisOrDie]

Maybe an Odorsok will do the trick? I want to look into the inline ozone tubes... cant find a good site for them...

[GetThisOrDie]

Who wants to see babies?? I do!

pic 1 - front two are Pakistan Ryders and the back two are Taiga.

Pic 2 - left to right: Taiga, Blue Mystic, White Dwarf

pic 3 - Nifty looking pic of a Pakistan Ryder.


They are about 6 days old except for the Blue Mystic which is only 3.

I keep plastic baggies over the cups to retain humidity. I think I need to get a seedling heat mat because the cups feel cool to the touch plus they are coming out a tad bit slow.

Let me talk about the performance of these little ones so far...

The Pakistan Ryders are the strongest and biggest of the autos so far. The White Dwarf looked really gross when it came out of the shell. It was a sickly yellow color with red blotches on it... thought for sure it was sick but its going strong now.

Now to the Taiga... They were the first beans to crack but they are very tiny and not very healthy looking. One had its little round leaves completely blackened and one fell off. I thought for sure it was a goner. But they are all still going but slower than the others. Blue Mystic is growing so much faster than the autos. She is going to be a mother than I will cut up when the autos are close to finish.


Any and all comments are welcome!

:stoned:

[pph4ntom]

Subscribed.

Will be interested to see this grow. Question: you using the FF for seed soil? Have heard that it's a bit too strong for seedlings. Maybe that's why you have some problems with a few of them? Would be interested to know.

Nice pics btw!

[tristan1986]

Looking Good!
Subscribed :thumbsup:

[mrnobody]

I have eleven of these that are currently three foot tall, pot bound (2 gallon) and show no signs of flowering whilst all the other 100 around them are nearyl done.! My friend took 4 and moved into 12/12 but after five days nothing, he is now taking cuttings and sticking them straight into 12/12. Anyone had same problrm? Think there was a bad bath of seeds from attitude.

[lray21]

Hey GTOD, I'll be following the thread for sure!

first, I would put the autoflowering strains into their final pots; everywhere I have read has said try not to transplant them. I am also growing a taiga right now; prob gonna start afghan kush ryder here pretty soon. My taiga sprouted in a day! I just put it in fox farm soil today. Def need to exchange progress on our taigas. good luck with the grow!:rastasmoke: