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just finishing out their first week. this is my first grow in an autopot but im currently waiting for an established root zone before i begin watering with the reservoir. for now im just keeping a sprayer full of water at 6.8ph to water as needed(seems to need about 1/4 cup every other day)
Topped them at week 2. first topping on autos ever so fingers crossed.
Switched from 24 hours light to 20/4.
Dropped Ph from 6.8 to 6.5
Tested FIMing on Plant#3
First time running floraflex just used as the directions suggested and filled my res with 5gal of water at a ratio of 2g of v1 and 2g of v2 per gallon of water, totaling 10g v1 + 10g v2 for the 5 gallons in the res. The res with no ph adjustments to the water before or after went in at 5.5 and comes out to the pot trays at 6.0. Will continue to monitor the ph in the trays and perhaps tweak my ph a bit before adding the floraflex. If anyone has some info about controlling this that has used the floraflex line with a hydro system or drip system I'd much appreciate it! Defoliated and started low stress training on week 3 day 2.
Topping done very well.
FIMing on Plant #3 went well, looks like shes gonna 4 or 5 tops from the FIMing.
done second lst during mid week as it was needed and noticed some pistols
end week i performed another heavy defoliation
ph of res and pot trays both have evened out to 5.5
end week 4 ive switched out the res with bloom nutrients, 3g B1 + 3g B2 per gallon.
next week should be first official week of flower.
Stretch on 2, 3 , and 4 have been wild this week. Sadly plant 1 is taking her time and staying short, which ironically was the best of the group from the start. She has now become the runt of the group! Overall very happy with growth this week and very happy with how the floraflex is doing in the autopot system.
drinking a lot more water now, I've began filling the 12 gallon res full. they're drinking down about 2 gallons a day from the res which now has 3g per gallon of the B1&B2 from FloraFlex.
Growth has blown me away this week. Plant 2 and 4 grew nearly 10 inches in just week 6 alone! Plant 1 is bouncing back and starting to play catch up while Plant 3 is coming in just under 2 and 4. Addressed the leaf warping issue on plant #2 by increasing the RH to 60%. Very happy with this week's progress. Started the week by adding the trellis and doing some Defoliation, more Defoliation mid to end week 6 just prior to this update. No longer using lst ties at the base, just sorting colas into the scrog net. Still just keeping my res full with 3 grams per gallon of water of the B1+B2 from FloraFlex and couldn't be any happier. As of now they're knocking back about 2 gallons a day or about 0.5 gallons per plant per day.
Lots more stretching in week 7.
Plant #1: has finally shown some improvement and has hit the trellis. She's at 16 inches.
Plant #2: looking beautiful she's second tallest at 28 inches.
Plant #3: getting thicker than other but slowing in stretch she's 3rd tallest in the tent at 25 inches.
Plant #4: stretching for the sky! She's stacking bud sites everywhere and absolutely stretching her days away. She's at 34 inches!
Still performing a good Defoliation twice a week to upkeep light penetration through the canopy. Still using 1tbsp(3tsp) per 5 gallons of solution(or about 0.6tsp/gal) which is approx. 3 grams per gallon, of both the B1&B2 nutrients from FloraFlex. This is much lower dosing than most feeding schedules but they have responded amazingly well to this schedule. They're sucking down my 12 gal res in about 5-6 days now.
Growth in height has backed off on plant 2, 3, and 4. Plant 2 is at 30 inches, plant 3 coming in at about 28, and plant 4 has hit 34 only 2 inches taller than last week. They're starting to lay on flower weight now and you can definitely tell. Plant 2 has seemed to be maturing slightly faster in terms of bud structure and color however plants 3 and 4 have begun to crystal up and get darker like plant 2 has been. Plant 2 is still taking her sweet time, not much growth. Might be something to look into, she's wicking water just fine just way for behind the others despite popping earlier and growing larger first till she stopped and lost the race back in week 5. She's now poking through the trellis and developing more flowers we shall see what she does. Overall a very exciting week, they're drinking a little more water than last week. Filling my 12 gal res every 5 days now still running the 3 grams per gallon(0.6 tsp/gal or 1 tbs/5gal) of the B1&B2 from FloraFlex. As of right now I've been running about 300-500 par on this tsw2000 at max tent height on 75% wattage. Will crank to 100% in the next couple weeks.
Height growth has stopped completely on plants 2, 3, and 4. Plant 1 is now at 22inches and most main tops breaching the trellis. Picked up some Full Tilt from FloraFlex to start throwing at them this week as they begin flush and start to finish out. Still running 3 grams per gallon(0.6 tsp per gallon or about 1 tbls per 5 gallons) of the B1&B2 from FloraFlex. This week I will begin cranking the tsw2000 from 75% slowly to 100% over the week and try to finish these girls out under the full 310 watts. Today I put it at 80% resulting in the highest tops on plant 4 around 500-550PPFD while the tops on 2 and 3 are receiving about 350 and plant 2 is receiving about 250. Will continue to increase the intensity and monitor their response. Hopefully in the next week or so we will start to see some color change and perhaps that runt will show us what she's been hiding. See ya in week 10!
All is well here in week 10 although I'm starting to notice some possible nutrient burn or deficiency. Some of the foliage on plant 2 and 4 are looking a little rusty speckled. It's probably too late to correct the issue but if anyone has any advice on that I'd much appreciate it! Plant 1 is starting to do her thing, she's definitely stunted and may take an extra week or two to finish out guess we'll see! I've started late bloom feeding schedule which consists of 1.5 grams per gallon of B1&B2 as well as 3 grams per gallon of FullTilt from FloraFlex.
Fully into flush this week just running 0.6 tsp per gallon(3g/gal) of the FullTilt from FloraFlex. Next week I'll be running plain water ph'd to 6.3-6.5 for the last week of flush. That being said, Plant #1 is developing quickly though she may need an extra week or two to finish out. If she does I will probably pull her out of the autopot system and put her directly in the middle to finish out while my next run is starting in the system. Been an exciting grow watching this cotton candy do her thing, cannot wait to see what the final week has in store! Have also narrowed down my deficiency that began last week down to possibly cal/mag deficiency. Will correct this is the feeding schedule next run.
Final week for this cotton candy kush, cannot say enough about the autopot system. Total dream come true. Filled the reservoir once a week with nutrient solution and that was it! Floraflex nutrient line being ph balanced made so I didn't have to bother ph adjusting the reservoir, just dump nutes fill up and forget about it. Was a very nice experience. Will update next week with the harvest. If anyone decides to run this gal in their grow I recommend high strength nutes and low low temps. She could be very colorful with low temps late flower.
Chopped all plants down on October 18th. Will report back soon with final harvest pics and dry weight for each plant. I have multiple grows coming down around the same time and I'm still backed up with the outdoor harvest but will update with final numbers asap!
why can i not enter this diary into contests anymore? entered into october contests no problem. now its not allowing me to enter them.
EDIT: i can enter it into photo of the month but not newbie or diary of the month.
some contests have different rules... e.g. the diary of the month you can only submit a diary 1 time.
*after a year or more i believe this gets reset, as you can find diaries with multiple wins in contests that have this stipulation. or, maybe it was due to site maintenance and variables get reset, i don't know... but it does happen and not sure if we can predict when it will happen.
so, i'd assume you tried to submit the same diary to november that you submitted to october? that would be why. Also, they have to be finished diaries too.
newbie of month rules you can find at top of contest page:
Newbie/Apprentice status
'First Grow' Diary (first growing experience)
Single strain Diary
Diary with a harvest
Diary with a 'smiley face'
Join this OR 'Diary of the Month'
if you get too many likes, it'll disqualify you. if you join diary of the month you cannot join newbie... if the diary was submitted to oct diary of teh month, it may also make it ineligible for newbie of month in future.. that last one you'd have to test to be sure, but 90% certain.
anyway, don't assume it won;t be eleigible for non-monthly diaries or different contests that pop up. always try no matter what the rules say, just my 2 cents.
SouthernOnions
