Minty - AutoPot Grow - Assisted by 2-Scoops

[Minty]

@TTL I had fun mate after the first couple of goes where I just junked the 'low cards' before realising you can actually make a good hand from low cards if the dealers card work out etc. It kinda becomes a different game once you have some money won as you know it's not real money so could just 'poker face' it and not worry about loosing that hand.

All good fun mate.

[Cave Hill Cole]

As a grower you tend to get a feel for your grow spaces quickly and know what each room can handle plant wise and then balance that against your goals.

Hey mate, I kinda just wanna fill all the available space with weed at the min, but yes timing etc plays a big part. I think I am getting there with this side and wouldn't 'normally' have my vegging area full of flowering Tropical Auto's growing in Pint Cans - but they are for a couple of comps which are really fun and they are looking alright so I am keeping them until smoke time ;o)

I've been messing around with some mainline techniques at the moment...it appears to add extra weeks on to your veg. I'm only just playing with the whole mainline thing at the moment, but it seems to be a good option if you have a plant getting to big on you in veg and your multiple weeks out for heaving space in the flower tent.

Can you link me up with some info on the 'mainline techniques' mate, I know I can Google etc but the Internet aint always correct if you know what I mean so a reliable link would be appreciated as a starting spawn ;o)

Thanks @Cave Hill Cole I appreciate you hanging around and especially your input mate.

Hey bro @TTL is on the money with his links. They should give you everything you need to know. I found this little video helpful..but I tend to learn from visual cues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qezx_H7 ... AINSTITUTE

Cheers for the shout-out bro, hope you don't mind me offering up my two cents. I'm here to learn and improve. Its really interesting to me, to discuss different methods with growers who have more and varied experiences, especially with setups similar to my own

With growing...and everything in life there's a Bruce Lee quote that always comes to mind and I always try to implore "Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own"

[2-Scoops]

That's the growers curse eh...having eyes and aspirations too big for your grow space. Popping a bunch of seeds and then working our where the hell to fit them all when they get mature. As a grower you tend to get a feel for your grow spaces quickly and know what each room can handle plant wise and then balance that against your goals.

I've been messing around with some mainline techniques at the moment...it appears to add extra weeks on to your veg. I'm only just playing with the whole mainline thing at the moment, but it seems to be a good option if you have a plant getting to big on you in veg and your multiple weeks out for having space in the flower tent.

Yes ive checked out mainlining and iff you`ve got a seperate vegging area (old wardrobe here)it wont oput you back on growing times, i mean im not convinced mainling gives more buddage back but not tried it so im not sure, it does look pretty cool though. But im with the well i can knock out near on 5 crops a year more or less without too much faffing around, so buddage stacked through yearly grows is prolly more than a scrogger type dude gets back yearly, if that makes sense.

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@Minty im sure those socks will be good to go mukka.

Training well once you know basics its up to you how much faffing around with plants you do in`t it, but i tell you what those plants have been trained well good style, very uniform & even looking canopy, you`ll proper smash that space with buddage like a good en from those and i reckon when you start faffing trying other training techniques, well at weigh in times a few more crops down the road, you`ll start thinking to yourself "hmmm all these new techniques for trainimng ive tried out and yet biggest yield from X amount of plants i got was my first crop in auto-pots" ive done it and tried many different styles and had those same thoughts lolzzz......,when summink simple like supercropping and lollipoping is good enough .

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[Cave Hill Cole]

when summink simple like supercropping and lollipoping is good enough

Supercopping and lollippoing is without a doubt one of the best utilitarian options...its currently my preferred method.

[Minty]

tried many different styles

I just wanna try them all, it's a learning process and you won't know until you try ;o)

I assume the socks are working as no signs of any roots now and the plants seem happy still:-




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[2-Scoops]

Yes defo i understand that totally @Minty i was same myself. i`m just pointing out i always wen`t/do go back to first way i smashed it with and still always seem to do that if i faff around now n then once in a blue moon, i kinda find it amusing i still try when i know it generally don`t work or its too much faffing around for what you get back.

[Minty]

@2-Scoops That's the beauty of it mate, once you have it dialled in with a certain method you can get comfortable with it and produce the same result with less stress etc. Side note is we shouldn't get too comfortable otherwise we wouldn't be trying the AutoPots in the first place.

I like to try new things and assuming they don't cost too much (I would love to try the Alien Rain setup) it's gotta be worth a punt just to see why the other approach is better etc. Sometimes you can learn something that would also apply to the preferred method if you know what I mean. My biggest problem at the min is going overboard and chucking loads of money into it before changing my mind and moving on (i.e. all the General Hydroponic nutrients I still have) but end of day I will use these for other 'experiments' while still using my now preferred nutrients being the Canna Range.

Plant wise the AutoPot Socks seem to be doing the Job at keeping the roots in check so that is cool, I can go back to be lazy ;o)

[Josh]

[mention]2-Scoops[/mention] That's the beauty of it mate, once you get have dialled it in with a certain method you can get comfortable with it and produce the same result with less stress etc. Side note is we shouldn't get too comfortable otherwise we wouldn't be trying the AutoPots in the first place.

I like to try new things and assuming they don't cost too much (I would love to try the Alien Rain setup) it's gotta be worth a punt just to see why the other approach is better etc. Sometimes you can learn something that would also apply to the preferred method if you know what I mean. My biggest problem at the min is going overboard and chucking loads of money into it before changing my mind and moving on (i.e. all the General Hydroponic nutrients I still have) but end of day I will use these for other 'experiments' while still using my now preferred nutrients being the Canna Range.

Plant wise the AutoPot Socks seem to be doing the Job at keeping the roots in check so that is cool, I can go back to be lazy ;o)

You've come a long way Minty smashing it in my opinion

Your outlook on growing is awesome bro! If you think about it, every experiment you've done so far will probably help someone in the future
It's crazy how you rooted that broken seedling

If you're crazy enough to buy the alien rain I'll definitely sub up though, the concept looks sweet

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[Minty]

You've come a long way Minty smashing it in my opinion

Thank you Josh, coming from you that means a lot to me mate. I did listen to your original advice on 'day one' of me joining the forum, even if I couldn't immediately follow it.

It's crazy how you rooted that broken seedling

That one is on @Joker59, you told me to do the clones etc and he suggested the broken seedling could clone/re-root so I tried it and to be fair it worked and pretty quickly - +1 on the cloning lessons. I would say it set her back about a week in size etc (looking at them all together) but she still flowered the same time as the Coco whereas the 'new' hydro is clearly a week behind (in flowering) as she should be.

If you're crazy enough to buy the alien rain I'll definitely sub up though, the concept looks sweet

Tempted mate, as the whole hydro in the loft aint really working for me. Hydro is definitely better and I can see that from the Pint Grows but the pumps etc are a pain in the arse in terms of constant noise. That Alien Rain does look very cool in my opinion and quite universal from what I can work out. Just a little expensive but if it works and ticks all the boxes it will pay for itself is the way I look at it. Stick around mate, I'm an idiot so will probably end up trying them at some point in the near future - someone gotta take one for the team and since having the smoke from my first grow I am literally saving at least £120 per week on not buying street weed so once I pay off my personal debt which is the initial layout for the current setup I will definitely be looking at trying that system out (probably with coco). I personally really like certain parts of that setup that make real good sense like the no drippers to clog, no constant pumps ala RDWC, supporting drain to waste (in my current setup where I would need to pump waste out over the pool liner I use for the tent), etc. Definitely an interesting system and one I am keeping my eye on for sure.

[Minty]

Day 107 - Week 4 since Flip

Todays TentCam from above:-






Quick picture update using the phone:-







And a short little video (@2-Scoops let me know if it plays alright or not?):-

Not 100% sure what is going on with the difference in colour between the two but there are certainly a number of possibilities being:-

• She is the one with the extra clay pebbles
• She is the one with the triple root control matting
• She is the one with BOTH ;o)

The one I removed defo had triple root control matting but I forget to check on the amount of clay pebbles. This would at least explain why the roots were so outta control in terms of wanting to leave the pot... We shall see and I am not overly bothered as a single plant is enough for me anyway.

In terms of stats I dropped the A+B down to 1.5ml per litre which has lowered the EC down to about 1.0:-