Blue Dream Auto

Photo is of Day 10 from planting.

At some point during this time, right around day 11, I went through sporadic power outages due to storms. One lasted 60 hours. Thats why the pen barrel is there to support it, she started damping and i thought she was a gonner so this eventually turned into an experiment, more or less, as this is my first go at autos. Pics are roughly 3-4 days after lights came back on. Since i didn't expect her to pull through, at this point I quit really taking careful measurements up until early flower when i realized how resilient she was! Therefore, a lot of measurements here-on-out and up until a later point are estimated. Although I know my pH for my tap water measures consistently between 6.5-6.8 when left open in a container for 24+hrs.

This is the bounce back from the blackouts. Right around this time is when I decided to top it and stress it even more just because I knew it was already stunted. Later on I will be glad I did! This is also where I introduced some organic nutrients at half dose. Espoma-Start! 1-2-2.

So I had no pics from this week unfortunately but this is where I decided to start logging things a bit more neatly. I also topped it during this week, as well as LST. Throughout the duration of this grow from here-on-out, she was basically laying flat the entire time. The early stress really did a number on her rigidness for a while and I still had concerns she was gonna wilt on me. I was also watering with roughly 1/2 of a gallon of room temp tap water every few days when the soil dried out. After this week is where I took more consistent photos.

Here is where she started to flower. The pics are only 4 days apart according to my timestamps. The growth was vigorous, and this is where I realized she wasn't gonna give up. And this is where I started getting really happy. One thing I know for sure about this grow, since I'm basing everything up until week 7 on memory, is that everything remained consistent. The only problems I really ran into was temperature when the lights came on, small tent with big light equals lots of heat. Temp got up to 100F at some points throughout, but not longer than an hour when I woke up and was able to open it up. This is a budget run, so I only have one fan. So I often keep the door open while lights on to help stabilize environment.

This is where I started adding some Flower Fuel. I did this every other watering along with the Espoma. I was still having some trouble with the temp fluxes in the mornings because I set my timer to weird times. It got pretty hot but only for a short while, it didn't seem to bother her.

Here I added a little bit of tiger bloom. By now she's taking about 2/3 of a gallon every few days. Still had some issues with RH fluxes but nothing too crazy. So far so good, this is right around the time I really started dialing things in a little bit more as far as feedings. Perhaps a bit too late but nonetheless.

Bud development is really starting to come in. Somewhere around this time, towards the end, I gave her a slightly heavier dose of nutes for the feeding. RH was pretty high but I got it down later on. Around this time is where I was able to really get an idea of how well of a producer this thing was gonna be. Nevermind the fact that it's been stressed to hell. Hard to tell but it's laid completely flat.

This was the last week of nutes. This is the time when I could start seeing some color development. When I get home later I will post pictures of the light I'm using because I can't seem to find any info on it. The strange thing is that a lot of the upper buds are far more developed than the lower ones. To the point where the lowers are still in early flower. Except in the middle where there's a giant mass of bud. I also noticed some nute burn, but I sort of disregarded it because I have faith in this thing. But week 10 I started just straight water.

Week 10. Disregard the dates on the tab I got a little ahead of myself with when I wanted to put her in This is where I'm noticing the buds really filling out quickly. Very tempting right now to just pick one off and sample. And she's also gaining some nice purple hues. She got some pretty bad nute burn after the last heavy feeding. The runoff tested at 5.6 and That was a bit concerning, but I started just straight water from here until I harvest. The smell is pretty strong, kind of earthy with some citrus notes. And the buds are getting super frosty. Lots of nice sugar leaves, I wish I had a better camera. Trichs are super close to where I want them on about 90% of the plant, minus those lower budsites. This thing has been a huge pleasant surprise, because I had almost no hope in the beginning. The resilience is unbelievable and I'm happy with what I'm seeing so far.

So here we are, end of week 11. That final push. The days of never not staring at your plant. I wish I was able to find time to midweek update like I planned because about 50% of this baby had to be cut down on Tuesday afternoon, 10.26.21. I'm gonna post the bud and harvest pics sometime during the next week. And I know, "but the pistils", but you gotta trust me when I say even on the lower part of all of these buds it had a fair 95/5 split between amber and milky which is where i wanted this particular batch. It was a tough decision but I wanted those far lower, underdeveloped buds to fatten up and I am beyond happy with the results thus far. I'm guessing I'll get right around an ounce off of her. Not too shabby for a plant that's under 14 inches tall! In fact I am very pleased with it, all things considered. And not only looking forward to buying more of these beans, but really looking forward to getting my other seed in the dirt to see what it's really capable of. Just based off resilience alone, I'd recommend this to my worst enemy if they were just starting out with autoflowers. Heck, even if they've been growing them for a while. I posted a picture of my mystery light, if anyone out there has any info for me that'd be good because I can't seem to find any and a big part of me wants to believe that this thing is really underperforming. Nonetheless, this. thing. REEKS. Like skunky, pleasantly pungent, citrusy jet fuel. My girlfriend and I did sample a bud I quick dried (we all know how that is) over night, and the cerebral "heady" effects I wanted are are all there with a surprisingly decent body stone effect. The buds also have a really great purple tint to them, and I really wish my camera was good enough to capture that the way it looks to the eye. I'm gonna use this as an opportunity to compare this staggard batch to the one I'm purposely letting go a bit longer (in terms of trichomes, whenever that may be). I'm planning to buy a loupe I can attach to my phone in order to get pictures of those. Stay tuned!