Thanks a ton! I live USA-Virginia. (Eastern). Probably moving them outside today. Should I repot at this point and is small greenhouse a good idea? Thanks again for your encouraging help!For sure get them out there. It is spring/summer where you live I hope. You might want to have it in partial shade during the hottest part of the day at first to let it harden off under a much more intense light. I've just planted some outside but let them have sunlight from the moment they emerged from the soil. Then of course crappy, wet and cold weather hit so I had to plant 3 more seeds today to replace the ones that didn't survive.
Mine outside are all autoflowering plants as I'm almost at 56°N in Alberta and regular plants can't finish in time to beat winter.
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Mookjong
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don't give up on that plant, I'm growing a Sour Diesel Auto that I had troubles with at the beginning(no money for fert). It didn't get fed til the beginning of week 4. 4 months later and I'm bout to pull 8+ oz from it. I'm finishing it off in the strong summer sun then bringing it back under my mars sp3000. I'm really liking my Mars Sp3000, it's the strongest one I could find without blowing a grand. It doesn't have a wide foot print but its pretty high ppfd for under 500. It's a great light for 2-3 plants in 2-4 gal pots, any bigger and your gonna run out of footprint.
I'd get a bag of bio biz soil or 70/30 coco/perlite, Pure blend pro bloom soil, Cal mag, and transplant that thing. Look into the sp3000, I like mine a lot.
You want direct sunlight, a green house would be nice for pests and humidity but the direct sunlight is freaking magic.
I'd get a bag of bio biz soil or 70/30 coco/perlite, Pure blend pro bloom soil, Cal mag, and transplant that thing. Look into the sp3000, I like mine a lot.
You want direct sunlight, a green house would be nice for pests and humidity but the direct sunlight is freaking magic.
Thanks for your guidance! I will look into the things you mentioned. Is there a light available at Lowe’s or Home Depot that be adequate. I only plan to grow 3-4 at any one time.
Thanks again!
Mookjong
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nah, not that I've seen. Maybe if you order online. Just make sure you get an LED with Samsung diodes and a meanwell driver, you can find good deals and it's easy to find other people using them with good success.
garybo
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Good point, not knowing anything about auto's, it makes good since to me.
FidelCa$hflow
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If you take that ppf rating as accurate, you would need like 10 of those to grow a small amount.
OldMedUser
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I'm no auto expert but have grown a few in my day. I have 9 planted outside now to see if any will finish in our short growing season in the Great White North at 56°. They are growing right in the ground so have lots of space for roots and long days for the next couple of months. Regulars won't start flowering until mid-Aug and we've had frost by the end of Aug tho the fall seems to be lasting longer every year. Go global warming! lol
garybo
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Wow, if I lived there I would for sure learn to grow auto, since I live in Florida, I can get by with photo's .
OldMedUser
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Photos grow great where I grew up near Vancouver too just above the 49th. Seen some huge trees of pot down there.