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I've been studying about growing off and on since about 2016 and have been studying it pretty deeply in my spare time the past few weeks, but i still ended up with a few questions that don't seem like they were perfectly answered.
I'll be growing 2 royal gorilla autos and 2 jock horror autos with coco coir in fabric pots and have perlite, worm castings(1-0-0), insect frass (3-1-1) to mix with it, with bone meal (3-15-0) on the way, and for flowering i have incredible bulk and advanced nutrients overdrive. I have calimag to add as needed and and will be adding mykos when i can. I'm planning on keeping everything organic and I'm starting off with 2 bestva 145w LEDs (not the best i know) and will later be getting viparspectra 2023 XS3000 Pro (300w actual) and will move to using the bestva's as supplemental side lighting most likely. The grow tent is 5ft X 5ft X 6 1/2ft. I already know to prime coco with calimag.
my main questions would be;
1: the mycorrhizae supplement (mykos) says to continue adding throughout whole growth cycle. how do I add once the roots start filling in without disrupting the roots? i have also read not to till or bother the soil too much (especially or autoflowers) as this can stress the plant and disrupt the microbiome down there. What i got is granules, but can I just add it to the watering schedule anyways?
2: Curtains. I have pure white, thick curtains I can hang up inside the tent, as for 4 autoflowers the whole 5x5ft space isnt likely to be completely filled. Would it be a good idea to set up the curtains as about a 3x3 area inside the tent for max light reflection, or would this likely disrupt airflow and create heat pockets and such to a point that it would defeat the purpose?
3: Nute amounts. So i've seen that for autoflowers, you use less nutes; though with coco coir, you use more. what is likely to be a good middle ground to balance it out?
Also, as autoflowers have a remarkably short veg period, should I add much less insect frass? If I accidentally added too much nitrogen, since this is organic would it still have a chance of stunting flower growth?
4: I got 5 gallon pots; Reasoning for this was because i was going to plant two plants to a pot to be able to condense the grow for space, but now I've decided against it. is 5 gallons entirely too big for autos? should I just mix in extra perlite or something or should I just roll down the tops of the pots to make them closer to 2-3 gallons? If i just give the roots a shitton of mykos is it likely the autos could grow to fill up their 5 gallon pots?
5:I didn't think of this until now but what should I put under my pots to allow better drainage than just letting them sit on the floor?
6: as overdrive by advanced nutrients i've read has humic acid in it, should I add a little bit during early flowering or something just for them to get the humic acid? thats good at any point of the grow, i've read.
I'll be growing 2 royal gorilla autos and 2 jock horror autos with coco coir in fabric pots and have perlite, worm castings(1-0-0), insect frass (3-1-1) to mix with it, with bone meal (3-15-0) on the way, and for flowering i have incredible bulk and advanced nutrients overdrive. I have calimag to add as needed and and will be adding mykos when i can. I'm planning on keeping everything organic and I'm starting off with 2 bestva 145w LEDs (not the best i know) and will later be getting viparspectra 2023 XS3000 Pro (300w actual) and will move to using the bestva's as supplemental side lighting most likely. The grow tent is 5ft X 5ft X 6 1/2ft. I already know to prime coco with calimag.
my main questions would be;
1: the mycorrhizae supplement (mykos) says to continue adding throughout whole growth cycle. how do I add once the roots start filling in without disrupting the roots? i have also read not to till or bother the soil too much (especially or autoflowers) as this can stress the plant and disrupt the microbiome down there. What i got is granules, but can I just add it to the watering schedule anyways?
2: Curtains. I have pure white, thick curtains I can hang up inside the tent, as for 4 autoflowers the whole 5x5ft space isnt likely to be completely filled. Would it be a good idea to set up the curtains as about a 3x3 area inside the tent for max light reflection, or would this likely disrupt airflow and create heat pockets and such to a point that it would defeat the purpose?
3: Nute amounts. So i've seen that for autoflowers, you use less nutes; though with coco coir, you use more. what is likely to be a good middle ground to balance it out?
Also, as autoflowers have a remarkably short veg period, should I add much less insect frass? If I accidentally added too much nitrogen, since this is organic would it still have a chance of stunting flower growth?
4: I got 5 gallon pots; Reasoning for this was because i was going to plant two plants to a pot to be able to condense the grow for space, but now I've decided against it. is 5 gallons entirely too big for autos? should I just mix in extra perlite or something or should I just roll down the tops of the pots to make them closer to 2-3 gallons? If i just give the roots a shitton of mykos is it likely the autos could grow to fill up their 5 gallon pots?
5:I didn't think of this until now but what should I put under my pots to allow better drainage than just letting them sit on the floor?
6: as overdrive by advanced nutrients i've read has humic acid in it, should I add a little bit during early flowering or something just for them to get the humic acid? thats good at any point of the grow, i've read.
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