Egyptian Purps

NorthernMonkey I recently decided to start growing again due to the expense and quality of the smoke available to myself and my partner. My partner has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and uses a variety of cannabis based medication. So having decided to grow again i begged stole and borrowed a set up.Grew a 2 plant grow from some cuttings a friend donated in a slashed tent. The money this saved us was put into a new tent and equipment and 5x Dr. Kripplings Krippleberry. These are the first autos I've ever grown and I'm having some interesting result, but they have gone very well. going into flush in the next few days. This has prompted me to buy myself a few more seeds and along with a request for something purple i ordered up some more of the krippleberry and the pyramid Auto Purple. With excellent customer service and a nice selection of freebies to boot Gorillaseeds definitely deserved all the good reports I've heard about them. Anyways I decided to plant 2x Kripplebey, 2x Purple Auto, and then 2 of the freebie feminized so i choose the Feminized Seed Company Purple Envy and the Knockout by Advanced Female Seeds. Planted the seeds in biobizz light coco. dropped into a hole about an inch deep and lightly covered over. Well watered in with canna A&B, placed on seed heat mat and covered. 24hrs later the 2 krippleberrys both coming along and by 2 days all but the Knockout is showing sign of life. One of the auto purps has my slightly concerned its showing root first. This diary will mainly concern the 2 auto purples but i will drop in updated on the others. i may also decide to start them a separate diary not sure yet.

NorthernMonkey Sorry about the delay on this diary guys. Life as always getting in the way. Week 2 came and went with me up potting to 5inch pots. Having lost one of my auto purps to growing root first (1st time i've ever had this!) im down to 4 plants and the knockout has still not appeared so giving that one up as a bad job.

NorthernMonkey I decided it mite be a good idea to bob another seed in to make up for the one i lost. didnt want a gap in my tent and the staggered start will be better for me. Again just popped the seed in a small seed pot of well moistened coco. Popped it on the mat and 36 hrs later out it shoots.

NorthernMonkey Week 4 see all 5 plants now in 5 inch pots and sat happily in the main tent. Both the auto purps are coming along nicely using a mix of Canna A and B with Canna Start. The purple envy is going along at a cracking rate for the only none auto. As you may able to see from the pic. One of the Krippleberry is yellowing fairly heavily. I believe this to be a magnesium deficiency. I've ordered up some calmag and this should hopefully cure that problem,Living in area with some of the highest quality tap water in the country its unusual for me to have these sort of problems.

NorthernMonkey Well guys again i apologize been a busy summer for hospital visits etc for the wife. But i will continue to back fill when i get time. So week 5 came and went with not much to report.Apart from the heat wave here in the UK. Finally finished a home made diffuser and cooler for my exhaust system and installed it. Which has nearly halved my noise and taking 4 or 5 degrees of the exhaust vent as seen from outside. Apart from that the plants are doing well . The 2 egyptian purps are both really coming along and first will be repotted very soon to its full size 25ltr fabric pot. Same for the 1st of the Krippleberry . As for the second one well that just turning very quickly into wait and see/bin it type plant.

NorthernMonkey Week 6 saw the heat wave continuing . Managing to keep things down but only just. Sure wish that A/C unit wasnt so much :( Anyways plants still ploddong along looking strong. Repotted the Auto purps and krippleberry.

NorthernMonkey Into week seven and flowering is well started. The purple buds are showing in a few bud points with very little vegetation. The freaky krippleberry continues to grow yellow and deformed and its looking like a bin job (all though I'll probably let it grow out while i got space for it.) So far I've been growing with very few supplements due to restraints with cash flow etc, but having a chat with a friend this week about his struggles with cracking seeds and how mine always seem to come good. Well this has led to 2 new tents in my space. A small prop tent(30x30x60cm) for cracking seeds in and (1.2x0,6x1.6m) propagation tent for potting on as well as a small donation so i can order some much needed supplements.