( Topped ) DAY 21, from seed above the 4 or 5th nodes 10-07-21
Okay 21 days ago we had 10 seeds in water not germinated yet , now I've got 9 girls topped 4th or 5th nodes and Avg height about 8 - 10 inches as I did add more soil to this grow to help hold the seedling up as they got big leaves pretty quickly ..
Wedding glue had all 5 plants topped and all looking pretty healthy with some good looking pheno types shining through there node spacing and heights. Vigour is looking good I hope I can get the leaves standing up some more although I did only water yesterday without nutes and the leaves are heavy with water . Overall looking really healthy
Forbidden runtz has been good 4/5 of the seeds one is small and might meet its end soon as it will be disruptive at the end if its not beside the rest in growth ect ... its the seed that did not start in the jiffy pot but just soil ... jiffy pots work people
Also the hybird lighting is showing sign that when the hps are off the plants are showing signs off resting even with the led on constantly. This is new to me as ive noticed some diffrence in how big these girls have gotten with the added light spectrums and added lighting hours ... I'm not saying the plant is fully resting but it's definitely changing its behaviour when the hps are off and resting their leaves
Also I do think the IR AND UV have helped grow these girls so big also ... as I do see some grower with plants this height after 4/5 weeks of veg .
Conditions seems to be good 👍
No nutes
18 hours hps and led - 6 hours led only (midday)
180m3 / HR airflow
Whisper fan on natural setting (very outdoor like even speeds up and down . Rotational axes allow it to go up and down during oscillating on natural setting)
Opinion of mine - growers using the correct soil from go is important this soil has provided these autos with nutes now for 21 days
@canna_terra pro still these plants are really healthy and looking really happy . Will keep a close eye and if they are still green by the end of week 4 day 28 I'll start them on a low 20% and increase slightly
Okay all is good and remember the dairy updates all week so more to come
Day 22 11-07-21
Plants where topped yesterday and are doing amazing 👏😍
That vigour is coming allowing to dry out a tad extra allowing the plants to breath ... aeration in pots is vital this is why I won't use bigger than 13liter or 16 liters nearly full. Autos typically won't use anymore soil than this in its life cycle . Watering I want to home in more to a watering per day or two max ad I can control the level of nutes being giving alot better and if I've a problem it won't take days to fix , this will be more needed in flower as I try to get used to these new strains...
Plants side branches are starting to grow and seeing pistle starting to form so next week will be the start of flower and the start of stretch as the plants do normally at least double in size I'd be expecting plants around 30inch plus which I consider my average size in plants ... canopy will be about 25 inch height allow me good control on light penatration and light distribution... also a ScrOG method I class as super LST as the plants dont generally need tied just spaced in the netting and it holds the plant open to its maximum without all the added stress . This is key to allow the plants to achieve there full structure... alot of grower try using fancy techniques without full exploration of how that method can affect yeilds if done wrong .
Vigour is on point after there topping which I did find quite impressive I haven't stunned them at all this is why vigour and watering come hand in hand good watering promotes better root growth and health . I used to dump the water in now I quite carful as moving the root zone with to much water can cause a whole range of problems including pests and lockouts
Day 23 watered today with 30% nutes
GHE Flora seriers
Going into flower 🌼 frist pistle have appeared all looking like females but will keep an eye on there growth incase a hermi
Plants response to topping was amazing 👏already after 24 hours after being topped and LST applied it was great to see the girls standing up again and starting to grow there two colas ...
I have 9 topped plants meaning 18 main colas although that what it seems like where actually going for around 100 main colas in the ScrOG set up as I'll try keeping all branches at an even height even the bottoms
The canopy will be a max height of 25 inch
Plants double size during stretch as there upto 15 inches we should be able to bring the bottom branches up to be level with the top colas . The plants respond by treating all the branches as tops the will normally be bigger than your normal buds but not the size of a normal main cola . Fill your hand ✋ not your arm .
So this is how we will try approaching these @fast_buds as we did with the last grow and produce top class award winning 👏 plants
Done some more LST ( LEAF BENDING 🍃 ) ONLY : the reason I've chosen to only bend leafs and not cut any is I belive.there the power houses of the plants , If done correctly the plant will grow as normal thoe it will allow more light penatration towards thoes lower branches we want to become all tops so it's super important not to stun the autos
typically leaf bending will make your plant stronger always take extremely good care and wash your hands before touching your plants .. hygiene and control of environment are super vital so is pest management. Good watering and good lighting fixtures all play a part in a plants yeild . I do think these girls will win an award or two.
Day 24
EVERYTHING GOOD SOME LST ONLY
day 25
checked on the girls all okay, no water needed
Some girls are looking like there just entering there stretch period or will in the next few day ...
LST - WAS DONE ON 8 PLANTS 3 RUNTZ AND 5 GLUE .
I will try and get these girls to use all branches as tops instead of 8 main colas where looking as many main colas as possible.
Plants are performing amazing after there frist 24 hours of lst they have responded with kind and started growing rapidly ...
DAY 26 - COMING CLOSE TO NEEDING WATERING
plants under lst have been redone and I'll continue under the netting when in place the lst in to try and get big branches all over the show and keep the canopy all the same height 25inch appox
Lights are set at 250w x2 hps and 150w led
IR and UV ALSO ADDED WITH A 12 BAND SPECTRUM AND HPS SET TO 16 HOURS WHILE LED SET TO 24 HOURS AS THE SUMMER HEAT IS GETTING THS BETTER OUT OF THE HPS SO THE LED IS MAKING UP FOR THE LOST TIME AND ITS WORKED AMAZINGLY SO FAR WITHOUY THE PLANTS SHOWING ANY SIGN OF STRESS ... 24 HOURS HYBIRD LIGHTING
WILL GIVE NUTES 30% GROW AND MICRO 15% BLOOM AS I SEE SOME PISTLES STARTING TO FORM ON ALL THE PLANTS
DAY 27 watered today at 30% plants looking great colour very even shades of greens .
Plants where very dry but plants did not look affected nor did they have any visible problems allowing pots to dry out completely. This is alot better for vigour and alot better to minimise pests or molds due to stagnant water in the pots . This is one of the last watering from the bucket
@deFharo, I'm using 13liter pots and 16 liter pots both fabric with canna soil , for the UK I think its a pretty good yield, and bear in mind its a non sealed attic grow with just a mylar lining the flower area is approx 1.5 l x 1.5w x 1.4h and that yielded me appox 500grams so it's no an ideal location but works very well non the less and very good yields with height being quite restricted airflow is intensely blowing onto the HPS keeping the room in the stable 20oC and a heater incase the temps do drop due to outside temps falling . I would love to achieve a very high yielding plant and hopefully I can upgrade all my equipment before winter again and add a veg room so so I'll always be in flower 🌼 . Magnum auto . Which seedling is that from ?
@Igrowneil, hace un año que no cultivaba autos, me gustan más las foto periódicas, me dan más control, pero tengo que reconocer que salen buenas cosechas, ahora estoy repitiendo una cepa, Magnum Auto que en un cultivo anterior le saqué 200g en seco a una planta de 40cm en una maceta de 7l, fue una excepción, lo normal es sacar, como tu, 80-90g por planta en macetas de 7l bien para UK, bien para España 💧🌞🤸♂️
@Fast_Buds, these girls turned out amazing I've still 4 wedding glue and 5 forbidden runtz still to harvest over the next week
I've got @Fast_Buds 4 Blueberry original still to grow which I'm planting in this new run ... paint turned out top shelf
@Ferenc, hoping temps stay consistent and I should be fine , will start training when plants fully recover. Frist time with fast buds and I'm impressed
@Hydro_Hiebs, thank you , its certainly been great fun growing the wedding glue , definitely a great build up of frost all over the glue no matter which plant although some are very caked which is gonna hopfully be great for live resin extraction ...!