RazzamaDazza
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I really appreciate these forums. What a great place to learn. We have some regulars outside in pots doing just fine from a local vendor. They're around 3 weeks old. I also have some Black cream autos (from a different local vendor)in the same medium sprouted and planted at roughly the same time. They're all in a mix of Ozmocote Premium soil from Bunnings, (Prolly a bad choice on reflection, but Im new at this and read that it works well for some), 20-30% peat/coco and around 20% perlite. The Autos (in 5 gallon grow bags) though are tiny and have just started to grow their 2nd set of true leaves but you almost need a magnifying glass to see them (all 4). Im going easy with the water on them, keeping the pots cool and they cop around 5-6 hours of sun daily, at around 20°-30° (In Melbourne) . Ive been moving them around to protect them when its been cold or raining, but I've never taken them from daylight to dark. The tiny autos soil has never dried out, but its not "soggy/wet" either, just damp, the same as the regulars that are going great. The vendor that sold me the AutoCreams also sold me some AutoPurps. The Cream beans were very, very small, and the Purps were giant. None of the 5 Purp beans sprouted at all after trying all methods, soaking in water, peat pucks, paper towel, cotton wool, and as I said, the tiny Cream seeds sprouted but are really stunted. Ive read that autos dont like a lot of nutrients and the soil has around 4 months worth of nutes in it. Do you reckon I screwed up with the slow release soil, or just bad seeds, or maybe both? I tried to find grow guides for Autos outdoors in Australia using the limited "off the shelf" soils available to us in Oz, but never really found what I was looking for. Wow, apologies for the huge 1st post. Im not normally a "havachat". -Anyhow, (have a Winfield) with that said- If you have any advice for Autos outdoors in Southern Aus (Vic actually) Id be forever greatful.
