Hello and welcome to my Cultivtion diary.
I’m using Ecothrive living soil and thier full line up of products (my first run using Ecothrive and definitely looks like I will be using them again) in my xxl Autopot system. I have 4 plants in a 4x4 tent.
This is also my first attempt at a Northern Scrogger style training but I only built A Northern Scrogger screen to run last week and my ladies were about to start there 5th week from seed. I was using the standard 150mm trellis that you can find just about anywhere and I found it difficult to scrog effectively with that. So my ladies were probably a little too tall but all seems to be going alright for a first attempt. Also not making my life easy by having two photoperiods and two autos. Or so I thought. My Epic Buzz I’m pretty sure it is a photo photoperiod and not an auto. I didn’t do a whole lot of training if any on the autos before the scrog screen went up. The Lemon Cherry Gelato and Cherry Poppers have been topped once.
I’m using an AC Infinity Evo 6 and the 69 pro + controller, along with 150mm inline fan and 150mm oscillating fan both AC Infinity.
I’ve mixed vermiculite into my Ecothrive Living Soil. 160 litres of soil to 100 litres of vermiculite and also adding Ecothrive’s Charge at 1 litre for my 260 litres of Ecothrive’s living soil and vermiculite mix. I put about 45 litres of my mixed soil into each pot, along with some of my home made worm castings and a handful of worms.
As I normally do, I planted the seeds directly into the XXL 50 litre Autopot fabric pots and placed a clear mixing bowl on top to act as a humidity dome. Within five days, 3 of the seeds had broken through the surface but my Watermelon Zittles was a no show, I gave her a couple more days and still nada. I then popped another Watermelon Zittles a few cm’s over to one side and Within 5 days she was also breaking through.
For the first week I had them on 24 hours of light and switched to 20/4, another week then switched to 18/06 until last week when I switched to 12/12
I’ve used Ecothrive living soil feed calculator and following that. They get .2ml of Trace and .4ml of Flourish with every litre that goes in the reservoir, since week 2 and getting a foliar spray every two weeks, alternating between Trace and Flourish at 10ml per litre. I’ve top dressed with 3 tablespoons Ecothrive Grow amendment on week three and five. They have also been getting a top watering once per week Biosys or Bio Blend alternating between the two.
I did turn on the Autopot system a bit too early and had some classic overwatering signs. A very droopy Epic Buzz at one point and a few lower leaves showing deficiencies a few of the ladies so I waited a few more days before turning it back on. I had the Watermelon Zittles line turned off for about 10 longer as she a week younger than the rest.
I’ve always ran organic grows and have made my own living soil but I never ran any soil tests and never really knew exactly how much to reamend my soil.. not the case with Ecothrive Living Soil. I would normally add some FPJ and compost teas but seeing this is my first run with Ecothrive, I want to have a base line for what there system can deliver before I start going wild. Other than me overwatering, oh and snapping a few branches. Twice on the Watermelon Zittles trying to tuck and a big lower branch on Lemon Cherry Gelato when get this, I was just trying to work my top dress in and carelessly popped it when my finger hit the knuckle on the main stem, although that branch is still hanging on in there curtesy of an AC Infinity velcro cable tie. It’s been a pretty straightforward run so far and I’m really enjoying the complete Ecothrive range.
So currently at four days of 12/12, I would say the Watermelon Zittles is probably somewhere between nine and 14 days of flower. I’m really pleased with how everything is looking, I hope you will join me for the rest of this run and if you have any questions please ask. Pics to follow.
Peace and love
Bongo
