Think Different home grow with soil & tomato feed
Think Different
For this Think Different home grow soil and tomato feed were used.
Think Different remains the best selling of all Dutch Passion automatics for good reasons, she grows well under most conditions and produces above-average crops of beautifully strong cannabis. This weeks home grow review from ‘Paulie’ shows a typical customer home grow with around 100g (about 3 ounces) of dried buds harvested from a single plant.
Paulie used a small tent, 60cm x 60cm x 140cm, together with an LED (his first time using LED) and produced some great looking cannabis. If we made a survey of Dutch Passion auto flower growers, most of them would be very happy to get around 100g per plant.
Think Different home grow by Paulie
This Think Different home grow from Paulie (from the friendly Green Circle growers forum) shows what can be achieved in a simple and well organised home grow. Its not necessary to have a huge tent to be a self-sufficient cannabis home grower, cannabis is a versatile plant and will grow almost anywhere.
This grow was done with the flowering tip chopped off the Think Different after 2 weeks. Most auto growers prefer not to remove the growing tip of the plant which tends to produce smaller bushier plants with lots of blooms. However we have seen other home growers use this ‘topping’ technique on other Think Different grows, notably the one from Bambud.
Comments from Paulie
“The grow medium was soil with a bit of perlite and dolomite lime (a calcium/magnesium rich mineral) mixed in. It was in a 17 litre felt sack. Its a tiny tent, 60x60x140cm.”
“The light is an unbranded led panel with a power draw of 320w. Its the first time I have used one. The light cycle I used was 18/6 from start to finish, i.e. 18 hours of light followed by 6 hours of darkness each day.”
“The nutrients were Tomorite tomato feed (a standard garden centre tomato feed) and Buddhas Tree PK 9/18 (a bloom booster). Seed to harvest took 83 days. The trichomes were cloudy with 10% of the trichomes amber at the start of the last week water flush.”
“I wanted to make the plant bushy instead of tall so i topped it at 14 days at the 3rd node (i.e. the growing tip was cut off at the 3rd node). This produced 3 new tops. The Think Different reacted well to this and when she grew a bit taller I used some LST (Low stress training, tying down the branches) to open her up to the light.”
Only 22 inches tall
“All was going well until i had to go away for a few days and I under-watered her…doh!!…she went really droopy and it took me a while to get her up and running again. I think this is what put her back a bit and stunted growth, she was only 22 inches tall at the end.”
“I don’t have a formalised feed schedule as such. Captain Beefheart (see his famous Skunk #11 grow here) once told me how to read my plants and on this grow i started feeding with Tomorite from week 4-5 . I used about 3mls per litre I watched how the Think Different reacted and adjusted the feeding accordingly. The Buddhas Tree ‘PK boost’ was added from week 6, at about 0.5ml/litre on every second watering. This continued up to the start of the final flush.”
Pack on the weight in last 3 weeks
“She really started to pack on the weight in the last 3 weeks, the buds almost doubled in size. The buds were heavily coated in sticky trichomes and were nice and hard. There was a really nice fruity smell and taste with a smooth tasty smoke which leaves a hazy smell in the room. Its ideal for an early evening smoke to relax after work….very very munchie though (Think Different stimulates a strong appetite).”
“I would certainly grow this strain again. Although she reacted well to the process I wouldn’t recommend cutting off the growing tip. I have to use LST (low stress training) with my small grow room but left alone, and without my mistake, I think she would have produced a lot more.”
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Congratulations to Paulie on his grow, he showed the versatility of the modern auto flower which was topped (growing tip cut off), tied down using LST and bloomed under 18 hours of daily light under LED.
Perhaps most interesting was seeing Paulie show that cannabis grows well even when fed standard Tomato nutrients. It shows that cannabis is easy to grow, you don’t need a huge grow tent and lots of sophisticated feeding products to produce your own crop of home grown cannabis.
20 Comments. Leave new
so what led light watt did you ues
Hey there!
The only thing I can say about the LED light for this grow is what the grower also commented: ‘The light is an unbranded led panel with a power draw of 320w.’
Hopefully you are helped with this answer 🙂
What quantity of tomatoe food per feed
We would advice you to start with the amount which is advised for tomatoes, I see they say 20ml of tomatoefeed for 4,5 liters of water. And of course check your plants carefully to see how they respond!
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion
Any successful outdoor growers in the uk got any tips for a first timer?
Hey there!
If you start growing for the first time it is best to start with an strain. Autoflowers are the most easy varieties to start with, mainly because they flower automatically without a change to the lights and because of their fast cycle. If you start on time you will be done within the nicest months of the years. Here you can find some additional tips: https://dutch-passion.com/en/blog/which-are-the-top-3-easiest-and-hardest-dutch-passion-seeds-to-grow-n928
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion
Hi did you stop feeding the tomorite and replace with the bloom at week 6 or did you keep feeding with both?
Hello,
The bloom was added to the Tomorite nutrients so both 🙂
Greetings,
Joe
Hi so i topped my plants this morning on weeks 2-3 and missed the seedling looks okay bit the cut side is shrivling and limp its hanging on by a fibre should i remove it or leave it its been propped up by a straw
Currently thnks
Can you give us a picture at [email protected] ? Than we can advice according to your situation 🙂
Thanks
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion
Can u use tomato soil for cannabis seedlings plz let me no
For seedlings we advice you to use a soil that is very low in nutrients for the first phase of your plants 🙂
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion
Bit of a random one first time growing can I use ready bagged compost for potting I’ve order auto flowering seeds but don’t wanna get the wrong soil and mess things up any advise will be grateful
Most compost that is already bagged has too many nutrients and will be bad for the young seedlings. We advice a mix of coco and litemix for your plants 🙂 Read more about it in this blog: https://dutch-passion.com/en/blog/how-to-choose-the-best-soil-for-cannabis-n1000
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion
When do you advise to start with the nutrients with an auto?
You can start 1,5/2 weeks after germination but please start with a low dose of root stimulator and growth nutrients. You can increase the amount according to the growth of your plant.
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion
Hi I’m using 100-% coco soil and general tomato plant feed will this be ok and how often should I be feeding her ? And when should I stop many thanks
This is different in every situation and with every plant. It is important to check out your plants often to see what they need more/less of. Here is a nice blog with some more information on nutrients and schedules: https://dutch-passion.blog/best-cannabis-nutrients-and-feeding-schedule/
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion
I’ve got another brand of tomato fertiliser with an NPK of 4-5-10.
I water 4 plants with 3x6L watering cans (18L) of water when they need it. The nute instructions specify mixing 15ml of fert with 4.5L of water to feed 8 plants. I am going to mix 15ml with my usual 6L of water. My question is, should I mix the nutes with each 6L of water giving 18L of nute/water, or just the final can giving 12L of water and 6L of nute/water?
It is best to mix the nutrients in the 18 liters of water so that the nutrients get divided in the best way possible in the soil.
Greetings,
Joe
Dutch Passion