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Bruce Banner Auto Fem

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4y ago
Start at 6 Week
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Germination
4y ago
swed203 Using what was suggested from the manufacture and downloaded light meter to test. 32 inches from the seedling using 20%. Aiming for 75 temp 50% humidity level based on research. Keeping lux at 5500 per what was suggested. I am using a 18/6 light schedule and fox farms soil. I am not adding nutrients at this time. I added water to the soil last night. I soaked rapid root plugs for an hour and sprayed soil with water. I am using distilled water during the grow.
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
4y ago
5.08 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
0.95 liters
Watering Volume
81.28 cm
Lamp Distance
swed203 I kept the topsoil misted with distilled water daily. After 1.5 week I switched to watering every 2-3 days. I feed one gallon to all plants at each feeding. I have not started feeding any nutrients. Using an 18/6 light cycle and light remains at the same distance and settings.
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Week 2. Vegetation
4y ago
5.08 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
7.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
0.95 liters
Watering Volume
66.04 cm
Lamp Distance
swed203 I have lowered the light from 32 to 26 and increased the dimmer to 60%. Fed 2 gallons of water this week still not using nutrients. I have been misting the soil 2x per week. I have not had to use the humidifier or heater. The inside fan is running constantly I have been running the outside fan sporadically. I started the low stress training. The two plants furthest away did not have enough room to spread out and I had to stop training. Will remember to plant towards the side of the pot so it has more room to stretch. Will also need to fill the soil all the way to the top in future grows using LST.
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Grow Questions
swed203
swed203started grow question 4y ago
How do you know if your LST Training is going well?
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Techniques. LST
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PiusWaxis
PiusWaxisanswered grow question 4y ago
Simply if it takes the shape you want and especially if you see that the plant does not stress too much, in case you notice a slow growth, especially in the case of autoflowering it could lead to a poor final yield.
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sativaman
sativamananswered grow question 4y ago
When it's nice and even. Goal is to have an even canopy.
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Kolibri
Kolibrianswered grow question 4y ago
Nichts gebrochen und die Pflanze entwickelt mehrere starke Triebe. Der Sinn bei LST ist die optimale Ausnutzung von Raum und Licht. Der Haupttrieb, welcher sonst die große und einzige Cola bildet, wird der Dominanz beraubt und somit gibt es mehrere Hauptblüten. Ziel ist ein homogenes Dach an Trieben, die alle die gleiche Lichtintensität bekommen
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Week 3. Vegetation
4y ago
13.97 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
21 °C
Day Air Temp
7.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
1.89 liters
Watering Volume
66.04 cm
Lamp Distance
swed203 LST attempt was a bust. As I did not plant near the edge and did not fill the soil all the way to the top I was unable to bend them without hitting the edge. LST is off for this grow. I am still using only water and have not yet added any nutrients. The inside fan is on constantly but the main fan I am using intermittently as the humidity level drops when in use. The temperature maintains itself I am not running the humidifier or heater.
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Week 6. Vegetation
4y ago
68.58 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
7.0
pH
Strong
Smell
70 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
1.89 liters
Watering Volume
30.48 cm
Lamp Distance
swed203 I have not added any nutrients but I did add soil to each of the pots. Two plants went into flower last week and the rest are just there or are close. I still have been running the fan minimally as this was taking all the humidity. The smell is getting bad so I had to start running the big fan and the humidifier. Watering is still slow as the soil is still moist. I am using 2 gallons of distilled water per week split between all 8 plants. This is the 1st grow where I have not topped or trimmed due to the auto flower recommendations.
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Grow Questions
swed203
swed203started grow question 4y ago
Do you recommend adding soil as opposed to adding nutrients for auto flowers? I've had issues with nutrient burn even when halving the recommend feeding schedule. I tried this grow without nutrients.
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Feeding. Schedule
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Coopmc
Coopmcanswered grow question 4y ago
This article is great on nutrient lockot and how to fix and prevent it https://growace.com/blogs/learning-center/how-to-fix-nutrient-lockout
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603grower
603groweranswered grow question 4y ago
I would not recommend transplanting if your already in flower. I found when feeding autos use half of what they recommend. I’ll even start out at 1/4 strength and work my way up.
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 4y ago
you could, i guess.. Many "pot" brand fertilizers make suggestions that are bat shit crazy high. You are in soil, so it is as much about art as math... you have to be familiar with how quickly the soil loses what it comes with and slowly increase concentration to compensate over time. I wouldn't feed above 650-750ppm, but i'm a soilless grower.. i need to give everything immediately and at all times. it is more of an on-demand feed. ymmv with soil. who knows what balance comes in that soil to start... it may need more of this or that before other things. This is where familiarity will build up, but before then you have to wing it. i'd take notes at which point you saw symtpoms and after if you figure it out, make a plan of action for "next" run and see how that works out... as well as what you did throughout relative to fertilizers - frequency and concentration of what was fed -- per element as well as total being important. as a baseline, check out a ppm table i have in virtually any of my diaries. Between soil and fertilizer the ratios should add up in similar ways -- you may need less or more in your fertilizer due to what is in the soil already... when soil leeched out completely, you'll want your fertilizer 650-750ppm in similar proportions to what i use in a soilless all the time. Early on in soil, 'some' runoff ensures you got the whole thing wet with no dry pockets building up dried solutes (you don't want much, cause that's just pissing away the nutes that came with the soil). Later on, if it leeches out and you are giving full complement of nutes, try getting at least 10% runoff to maintain equilibrium (this isn't necessary in super soil or if you do decide to just keep transplanting into fortified soil as you go). do make sure the whole thing gets wet, though. dry pockets are bad for both methods of growing. they can cause problems months down the line. despite the impedance that exists out there, this is about math and science even in a organice or living soil context... just more guessing going on. but, if you conceptualize it properly, the cause and effect of what you should do when a problem arises will be clearer.
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