[Big Eggy]

Just to confirm i will be taking the Votes at 20:00 tonight 26/05/11
Hello Auto Forum!

After much snooping around and chatting to Mitch_Conner i've decided i can wait untill next season to give this ago so here i am.

I can only grow in the garden at the moment so these will be grown outside at 52 deg North in the UK.

A bit late in the season to get things going but i think being autos this will play nicely into my hands as the weather is only gonna get better.

I'm looking to finish mid September.

I've brought SGS's AF Mix as i will only run 4 seeds this year and would like some mix.

BUT i need your help on which 4 to pick so i'm gonna try and do a poll and would like as many of you to vote by tonight so i can get them soaked.

I need to move quickly as i'm going on holiday June 16 and would like to get them established quickly.




Vote away!

[mitch_connor]

Can you get a macro of them?

I could probably identify what strains some of them might be after what I have ran recently.. But that might spoil your fun?

[Big Eggy]

Hi Mitch.. i'll get a better photos later of what has been selected, I did this under my desk at work so had to be a bit sneeky about it.

would be good to have an idea what might be growing though, especiallyas i plan on doing some crosses .. i'm sure you'll be able to tell once they they get going.

from what i can see there are three types of seed but i know there are 4-5 strains in there so some might be harder to tell apart.

I've been mucking about with binocular lenses and my Mrs camera and getting some Crazy Macros.. but think she might wonder WTF is going on and need to keep this side project on the down low.. should be able to get some nice shots with my phone though as it's 8.1megapixel.. just needs some bright light.


Eggy

Edit looks as though the Big Seed # 12 is a favourit.. which is good as i wanted that one too.

[Big Eggy]

ok going for 3 5 8 and 12

Edit: When i took the poll @ 20:00pm GMT it 3, 5, 7 & 8 were joint 2nd place and 12 was in the lead.. I chose to drop No. 7 as i wanted to get a good mix and No. 8 was the only Light green Seed with enough votes.

Can't wait to see what i get in this mix Mwah hahahaha!

[Big Eggy]

The photos are wank.. Need the bigger camera and day light, will photo the other 8 and see if you can tell.. Other than that we'll just have to wait.

[SGS]

sweet! hope they do well for you. You can expect to harvest them sooner then Sept. They are 100% AF and even the most sativa dominant strains in the mix wont take longer then 75 days outdoors. So if you start them now expect harvest around Aug 10-15, at the latest.

Peace SGS

[Big Eggy]

Hey SGS, thanks for stopping by. Didn't get the breeder at Greenhouse pop in when I grew their beans.
All four have been soaking for nearly 12hrs and i've just realised i'v not got any compost other than chunky home made stuff.. A trip to the shops is needed.

[SGS]

no problem bro , I love checking stuff being grown out.

Are you planing to start these outside, or keep them inside then put them out?

AFs work best when started outside and stay outside, make a mini greenhouse out of clear plastic on a simple wood frame or similar, so they can enjoy the outside sun... starting AFs indoors and then to outdoors then to transplant, they can get stunted if you arnt super careful or know what you are doing.

Ask Mitch what soil he uses, you cant go wrong there.

SGS

[Big Eggy]

Thanks SGS.. I had read abit about moving them from inside to out, Luckly/Unluckly for me i only have the sun to work with at the moment.

once they have pop thier head up they will go into a Propagator outside which shold see them throgh till one week, Then it's out in the big wild world for them (Waste ground at the end of the garden).

As for poting them on i like to start seeds in 1.5"x1.5" cells them move them after 4-5 days to 1/2 litre pots untill week two and then into 10litre pots and finally 40-50litre growbags.. Stedily increasing the FBB, Will i be ok to finish these in 10litre pots rather than big bags?


As for soil it gonna have to be what ever the supermarket has on the way home.. I think Asda had westlands 3 x 50L for £10.00.. which would be cool as i can use the bags to pot on my Non-AF grow. Once they growing will put them into a mix of:

Compost
Loam Based Compost (John Innes)
Vermicultie
Sand
Fish/Blood/Bone

Thats always done me well in the past.

Gregg

[mitch_connor]

Eggy mate just my 2p here.

with the short life span of AFs I would rethink your strategy for potting them.

Start them in 2 litre pop bottles - you can by bottled water from tesco for about 12p if you don't have any.

Then at sex pot them up into something like 11 litres or more if you can.

Give them a light soil that isn't too rich in the 2 litres, seedling/cutting soil

Then when they are established they can handle a richer compost.