Welcome to Simply Nuggets 4x8
Strain Overview
I will be growing Dutch Passion - Auto Daiquiri Lime, Auto Candy Bubatz, Auto Lemon Kix & Sawney Beans - White Gen 3.
Equipment Overview
• Tent: Gorilla Grow 4x8
• Airflow: 2x Vivosun 6” oscillating fans & Vivosun 6” in-line exhaust fan.
• Climate Control: AeroLush C08 A/C, AeroDrain D12 Dehumidifier, AeroSteam H19 humidifier.
• Controller: E42A+ currently but will be upgrading to X42 AI once it ships.
• Grow set up: Two self made drip/ DWC set ups to hold four 6x6 rockwool cubes & four Auto Pots with 100% coco
Lighting:
ROI-E680 4x4 LED And a viparspectra “blurple” light.
24/7 through seedling and part of veg, 20/4 through late veg and flower.
Germination:
All seeds receive the same treatment. Two teaspoons Clonex in a quart of water,
lightly moistened a paper towel,
into a baggie until they have established a large enough tap route and then into whatever substrate they will be spending the rest of their life in.
Seedlings:
Day 1 -
Official Day One above ground post
Only two running behind are the Auto Candy Bubatz in coco, and the Auto Daiquiri Lime in Coco.
Realistically, I should’ve waited another day in the paper towel before I put them in, but I was trying to keep everything on the same schedule.
We will see if they bounce back or if that bites me in the ass.
Day 2-
Everything appears to have taken except for two of the Auto Lemon Kix seeds.
Which is a shame because they are the most expensive seeds I’ve purchased to date…
Thankfully, I got a seven pack so I have a couple more to start, they’re just gonna be a few few days behind the rest.
Also worth noting that all of the seeds that were started in the Growdan cubes appear to be going much better than anything else
Day 3 -
The 1 inch cubes all had a little taproot coming out of the bottom so they got moved into the final 6x6 cubes.
Hand watering for now just to keep everything moist.
In a week or so, I will set up automatic irrigation.
The Coco plants are a bit behind.
I think next time I will start them in 1 inch cubes and then move into Coco.
Side bar- underwhelming results from the Auto Lemon Kix seeds so far
(they also came in a different metal tin package than the other Dutch passion seeds that all came in a little plastic container)
Giving DP the benefit of the doubt right now, I reached out to customer support.
If I did not have three other strains (the other eight plants) all growing right now I would say maybe I did something wrong.
But where they were all started at the same time and have been given the same treatment straight through and the only strain I’m having the issue with the auto Lemon Kix seeds I’m not convinced this one is on me.
Will update when I hear back from them
Only 1 out of five have successfully germinated out of my pack of seven
DAY 4 -
No major update. All the action is going on under the surface right now.
And unfortunately, the Auto Lemon Kix seeds were duds. 48 hours and no action. That’s 4/5 seeds that failed to germinate, and the last two are TINY seeds. This will be the last auto lemon Kix seed update until I hear back from Dutch passion customer support.
Day 5 -
Day 6 -
BIG day!
Today the reservoirs were assembled for the DWC set up, the drip rings were put in place, and a few gallons of veg feed went into each.
Because I’m using Athena nutrients I am confident that my pH and nutrients will remain stable in those reservoirs until day seven when I actually turn on the time irrigation pumps.
The three coco solo cups had roots at the bottom, so I went ahead and transplanted them into the Auto Pots, and then top watered those three until I achieved roughly 20% runoff.
Auto Candy Bubatz ^
White Gen 3 ^
Auto Daiquiri Lime^
I will let them establish a root base for the next 7 to 10 days before I actually turn on the system.
And the White Gen 3 in soil (for the breeding project) got transplanted to its final 10 gallon container as well.
Soon I will have those other Auto Lemon Kix seeds, and I will start one in soil and one in coco to finish up the tent and the breeding set up!
A very productive first week in the tent!
Day 7 -
Plants are visibly bigger than they were yesterday, tomorrow I will begin irrigation.
For those who care the tent has maintained 80°F, and 72% humidity the entire first week. VPD of .9 and an infrared thermometer shows my leaves at 76° to 78°. Showing that the plants are actively transpiring water and cooling, therefore absorbing water and nutrients at a solid rate. We are off to the races!
Veg stage:
Day 8 -
The drip irrigation for the hybrid Drip/ DWC system has been turned on, everything looks to be growing beautifully.
It is worth noting that in the beginning of the seedling phase my pH monitor was out of calibration, and I gave the seedlings some very acidic feed. I quickly realized what was wrong and recalibrated it and flushed/ refed them, but they do have a slight bit of damage on some of the Young leaves.
Day 9 -
Day 10 -
Dropped the Blurple light down closer and kind of crowded everything together. Man I wish I had another 4x4 light. But we make do with what we have.
Day 11 -
Roots have started to come out of the 6 inch cubes, soon we will be in a true DWC system.
The auto pots are starting to explode with growth as well
I raised them up out of the base for now to allow air into the bottom of the pot, and also for drainage.
Hopefully, in another week, I can turn those on.
also got a couple more of the new Auto Lemon Kix seeds to pop. They will be a little behind the rest, but I think I will still be able to use one in the auto pot with this cycle and one in soil for the breeding project as originally intended!
