STUFFING MY 4x2 W/ 6 DIFFERENT BREEDERS

Hello Everyone, My last grow is closing out and its time for a new beginning. I am documenting this grow on AFN as well for first time and will try to give weekly updates. I dropped 6 beans in water and my next grow is set. These 6 autoflower seeds are going to be put into 3 gallon fabric pots using FFOF soil. My tent is currently full but of the 6 - 3 gallon plants in there, 4 are to be harvested at the end of this week, freeing up enough space to start the next run. I decided to go with 6 different breeders this go around. 5 of the 6 breeders I've never grown before so this should be fun. The run is as follows: GENETICS: Captain Redbeard's Runtz Mephisto Cosmic Queen Mandalorian Genetics / Brother's Mendel Blackstrap Colab Twenty20 Mendocino Snow-G Gas Reaper Genetics Roadkill Roc Bud Inc Blueberry Slushy HARDWARE: As mentioned they will be in 3 gallon pots inside a Vivosun 4x2 tent with a Mars Hydro TSL-2000. I understand this is a lot lol I have filled tent with 3 plants but I go for smaller plants and more variety. Tent is in an un-aircondtioned space with a AC Infinity T6 on supply bringing in air from air conditioned space and T6 exhaust hooked to same 67 controller. I got a cool air humidifier tied to wifi inkbird to keep humidity straight. I run a 18/6 in summer to help with heat and turn off lights from 12-6 pm. NUTRIENTS: I will put seeds after 24-36 hours in cups of water into rapid rooter cubes. I find this helps with FFOF soil being hot with seedlings. I will use water only for first 3 weeks. Then I will use half strength Fox Farm Trio, Bud Candy, Fish Shit, Cal Mag and feed every other watering. FF Grow will be used for first week or two then left out. I will start to use Recharge on alternative waterings. I stop feeding for estimated last two weeks and use just water. TRAINING: I will top them all between day 14-21. I will use tomato clips to start low stress training, adding as needed and tying down to pot with wire as needed. I defoliate as I go and will lollipop. I'm stuffing tent for variety so I'm after short squatty multi-cola plants. HARVEST: I plan to harvest when trichomes start to amber about 30% or so depending on overall ripeness of the plants. I don't do dark period, don't give ice bathes and don't chiv my girls lol I'll cut plants whole, hang in large lawn bag suspended upside down for about 10 days. Then a dry trim, then in brown bags to sweat some more for 1-3 days. The lawn bags and regular brown bags stay in 60/60 closet. Once sweating is done, they will go in grove bags for about 4-6 weeks and then the official smoke report. For next week they will get water every 24-48 hours and that's it. I will change out the cups for large humidity domes once they are a little bigger as I have late flowering plants and don't want to use mister to raise humidity until they are out. I got a couple weeks left till these lovely ladies are my primary focus then I will re-distance the light and adjust temp and humidity to their stage instead of older plants.

Not much to note this week. Just watering and waiting.

Very rough week. I would have never have thought but mistakes happen. My liquid transfer pump batteries were dead so I just decided to pour using the 2.5 gallon container around edges of pots. I accidentally just poured on the Cosmic Queen and Snow-G. I got the Cosmic Queen upright and it's recovering but Snow-G leaves got burnt up and even though we are going into week 3, I am sprouting another bean and transplanting this one into smaller container and will give a chance outside. But it's not looking good. I'm trying something new. I topped them all on day 17 and took tops, dipped in Clonex gel and put into rooter cubes just to see what happens. (Update) Absolutely nothing did lol Update Day 21. The last day of week 3 closes out with all them going to the dojo for some training. They look beat up but they will recover well. I installed tomato clips on all of them except of course the Snow-G which the replacement is now on day 2. 19 days behind the rest, the OG still holding on by a thread in cup. I cut off old burnt stuff today and we will see what happens. If it shows any signs of recover, I will transplant.

Hey all, Today is day 30 for all but the replacement Snow-G on day 6. I apologize in advance for the lack of photos this week. I just snapped a quick group photo to provide one at all as to not postpone update. All 5 of the plants on day 30 are in pre-flower / flower and looking good. Right now the main stand out is the Blueberry Slushy. She is starting to rise faster than the rest. I would normally tamper her down with more plant bends or wire but all the branches seem to be pretty evenly growing so I am going to let her go. None of them are far behind not even the Cosmic Queen which recovered well from my watering screw up. The Snow-G on day 6 is just fine and chugging along. The original Snow-G seems to be alive though not growing at all lol Just staying green, so I transplanted into a 1 gallon pot and I did see the roots had growth so while she is stunted and way far behind I predict either a stunted 200 day plant lol or she just kicks into beast mode and gives me something. We will see, I am giving her a chance. I finally got a MSG Fruit Punch that was starving these guys of light out of the tent on Sunday and still have one Maggies Think Like GG in a 1 gallon pot off in corner I need to get out in week or so. They are ready for all the room I can give them. I did my first feeding yesterday using Fox Farm Trio at half dose along with Bud Candy, Cal Mag, Fish Shit and Recharge. I will now feed every other feeding. Whole pot waterings with these 3 gallons ususally give me 3-4 days between. Thanks for looking, I will try to get individual photos next week.

OK folks, Today is day 35 for all but the Snow-G which I even forgot to get a picture of :o I will edit and add when I can but its chugging along fine in second week and will get topped next week. The 5 elders all are doing great. I took them out of tent, did a mass defoliation, lollipopped and did some LST on some of them for last time. I will feed them this afternoon and continue on with feeding and watering every other. I will selectively defoliate as I go but this will be last time I really thin them out this extensively. All good for now. I am excited to see all these small buds start to develop and swell up. Thanks for following along

Hey all, I have been slacking. I was putting off updating to provide better photos but ended up just snapping a tent cam photo just to get this updated before I am weeks behind. These plants are all chugging along pretty well. The Snow-G replacement got topped this past week and is coming along. The original 5 are all booming with the Roadkill really stretching considering it was one of the shorter ones a couple weeks ago. The one plant that has shown signs of deficiency is the Runtz. I had some leaves showing rust like markings. I went full dose cal mag last feeding. Not sure if it will correct issue or not. The rest have all been flawless. I have been defoliating every couple days a leaf here or there. This tent is jammed and I will probably go back to 3 in 7 gallon pots next time instead of jamming her full. I will get a couple ounces of each of these glorious girls and that is what I am after but it almost seems sad to not give them the room to really grow to their full potential lol. We will see, I like having a lot of different types. So nothing new to report, I will continue to alternate feeding and watering until they get to day 60 or so and then they will be evaluated for the flush. I expect most of these to go between 75-90 days but we shall see. As far the stunted Snow-G. When it started to root in small cup and start to show some new green I got excited, when I transplanted into one gallon pot and it began to grow I had hope. But after a few weeks, I am thinking I much rather have a fresh cultivar in that footprint as it doesn't seem to be having that take off after recovery and don't think I will get enough off it to make it worth my while if anything at all. So that ones final day is near and I will not be giving any future updates on that one, consider her passed on.

Day 49: The Blackstrap is starting to really show some purple. The Roadkill blew up into a bush! The Blueberry Slushy bud structure looks magical and I can see the Terple in her. Snow-G so far behind I should have just saved for next grow. I thought stuffing tent was 6 plants. I actually have a 7th I thought would be out of there by now. I got a Maggie's Auto Farm Think Like GG in a 1 gallon pot on day 79 and still plenty of clear. It got too talk for cloning micro tent. So this thing is packed but they are doing well.

Day 61 and I am behind on log. My apologies, The photographing of individual plants is such a cluster with the tent packed. I am actually looking forward to my next grow using only 3- 5 gallon pots. This is just too much!! lol It works, I will get a couple ounces of 6 different strains which is nice but they could all be so much more and when you have a good strain with great taste and flavor it actually sucks to only have 2 ounces of it. So I am going with larger plants for larger yields but less variety next go. That will help when it comes to watering, photographing and documenting, etc.. This past week or so not too much has happened. The Roadkill blew up. I had to do some defoliation and clean up of dead leaves on back plants in tent as I don't see and get to their bottoms often or easily. I couldn't believe how she spread out. She could easily take up half the tent if I was growing differently. The Snow-G now in day 38 has grown exponentially. I was worried about it too to be honest and it just took off in flower. I had her on bucket next to Runtz also on bucket and Runtz is older. But she started to stretch and now holds her own canopy wise vs her older siblings. The Runtz has continued to degrade leaf wise and I really need to flush her, trim off all the burnt stuff and try to nurse her back to health. The buds look fine but the leaves are deteriorating and burnt up likely from nutrient lock out. I need to get better at identifying problems. If I see yellowing I add some nitrogen (Grow) to mix or a little more. If I see weirdness on leaves I have been upping cal-mag but I know its more than that lol and it didn't help the Runtz at all. I think height wise the nute lock out probably stunted growth as its shortest of all 6 plants and of course the deficiencies in the leaves. I will likely flush and clean up this weekend some. The Cosmic Queen is large and in charge looking fine but I can get her root mass isn't great. She sways easily and it looks like she isn't rooted strong beyond the rapid rooter cube. It has me wondering if I should transplant sooner as tap roots coming out into trays may cause decreased root growth in autos, not sure but not a lot going on below the surface from looks of it. The Blueberry Slush ended up only being given a small amount of canopy between 7 plants at the time. It pretty much is 4 spears all of close to equal height going straight up with small footprint. But damn those buds look majestic. Probably more excited based on looks to smoke than any other plant I have grown. The Blackstrap is a good plant. Its healthy, deep green leaves, nice dark buds, good structure. No complaints at all, just wish she was given more room and light to really shine. I am probably done feeding them all except perhaps the Runtz after flush. Being at day 61 I anticipate these to all be harvested in the next 3 weeks. I may feed one more time case by case. I want to stop two weeks out but I can definitely see some of these going past 75 days. We shall see.

Well on day 65 while doing some cleaning up I noticed my Roadkill had seeds. After review, I ended up finding seeds in Blackstrap and Cosmic Queen as well. One of my plants hermed and likely pollinated the others. My Runtz, Snow-G and Blueberry Slush appear unaffected and I am trying to let these three run as the Runtz and Blueberry Slushy are within 10 days of finishing and if I can get those two harvested it will help me not run out of medicine after this mishap. I don't know which of the 3 to blame for herming or myself really because stuffing this tent like I did likely caused some stress one of of them. My poor Blackstrap was so beautiful! lol My next run I am doing 3 in 5 or 7 gallon pots and I am putting straight into soil instead of using the pods, the cosmic queen didn't hardly take root at all despite getting large. I will eventually rerun all of these strains but right now I am sick to my stomach about it. With 3 holding on I can't even get a clean start I got to hope for the best on these for now. Lesson learned about not giving individual plants the attention they need and over stuffing! If I would have caught the culprit of the 3, I could have saved the other 2-5

Well on day 65 while doing some cleaning up I noticed my Roadkill had seeds. After review, I ended up finding seeds in Blackstrap and Cosmic Queen as well. One of my plants hermed and likely pollinated the others. My Runtz, Snow-G and Blueberry Slush appear unaffected and I am trying to let these three run as the Runtz and Blueberry Slushy are within 10 days of finishing and if I can get those two harvested it will help me not run out of medicine after this mishap. I don't know which of the 3 to blame for herming or myself really because stuffing this tent like I did likely caused some stress one of of them. My poor Blackstrap was so beautiful! lol My next run I am doing 3 in 5 or 7 gallon pots and I am putting straight into soil instead of using the pods, the cosmic queen didn't hardly take root at all despite getting large. I will eventually rerun all of these strains but right now I am sick to my stomach about it. With 3 holding on I can't even get a clean start I got to hope for the best on these for now. Lesson learned about not giving individual plants the attention they need and over stuffing! If I would have caught the culprit of the 3, I could have saved the other 2-5

Well on day 65 while doing some cleaning up I noticed my Roadkill had seeds. After review, I ended up finding seeds in Blackstrap and Cosmic Queen as well. One of my plants hermed and likely pollinated the others. My Runtz, Snow-G and Blueberry Slush appear unaffected and I am trying to let these three run as the Runtz and Blueberry Slushy are within 10 days of finishing and if I can get those two harvested it will help me not run out of medicine after this mishap. I don't know which of the 3 to blame for herming or myself really because stuffing this tent like I did likely caused some stress one of of them. My poor Blackstrap was so beautiful! lol My next run I am doing 3 in 5 or 7 gallon pots and I am putting straight into soil instead of using the pods, the cosmic queen didn't hardly take root at all despite getting large. I will eventually rerun all of these strains but right now I am sick to my stomach about it. With 3 holding on I can't even get a clean start I got to hope for the best on these for now. Lesson learned about not giving individual plants the attention they need and over stuffing! If I would have caught the culprit of the 3, I could have saved the other 2-5

Taken on day 79. I'll report back with weights, smoke report and final review. Update: The Blueberry Slushy and the Runtz are now in cure and unfortunately, they too were effected and partially seeded. I discarded the 3 I took prematurely after a sample smoke of the Blackstrap. I ended up trimming after a 10 day hang and they now being cured in Grove bags. I got 82 grams dry bud off the Blueberry Slushy and 66 grams off the Runtz. I took some bud from Blueberry Slushy and rolled 3 cones. The first one was glorious, potent and had some really good taste considering it was just starting cure. But other two cones had taste I forgot about. The taste of smoking seed material. I guess my grinder shredded a seed or two of a small nug I smashed in there. So I think I will still get to enjoy smoking this bud but I will have to clean it well before the grinder. Final smoke report after 42 days of cure. This one will see the tent again sooner rather than later. I will come back with final smoke report in about 6 weeks.

Taken on day 79. Weight, smoke report and final review to come. Edit 9/30/21 I ended up trimming after a 10 day hang and its now being cured in Grove bags. Unfortunately, the plant was effected by the pollen / herm like the others and it is partially seeded bud. I got 82 grams dry. I took some bud and rolled 3 cones. The first one was glorious, potent and had some really good taste considering it was just starting cure. But other two cones had taste I forgot about. The taste of smoking seed material. I guess my grinder shredded a seed or two of a small nug I smashed in there. So I think I will still get to enjoy smoking this bud but I will have to clean it well before the grinder. Final smoke report after 42 days of cure.

Harvested on day 105. Between going 25 days longer than tent mates and starting 3 weeks late, I'm happy to clean up tent and close out this chapter. 5 of 6 plants for seeded in this growing. 3 got thrown away, two are being smoked regardless lol and this lady being 3 weeks behind missed getting dicked down with pollen so I'm thankful how it went but it's time to move on lol. Dry weights in 10 days or so when smoke report in 6 weeks. UPDATE: Now in cure, she gave me over a QP but I am heartbroken to discover she got seeded along with the rest of the tent. I made the mistake of not scrubbing tent down till after this one harvested and I even ended up seeding another plant from later grow I moved into tent. I shop vacced and bleach wiped down tent so I hope this is the end of the seed/pollen issue. It ended up effecting 8 plants. 3 I threw away and the rest I am working through but what a bummer.