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Indoor
Room Type
Defoliation
weeks 4
Soil
Grow medium
pro-mix hp
Grow medium
12 l
Pot Size
Strain
Auto Purple Kush
Canuk Seeds
Growing it
Easy
Resistance
Neutral
Small plant with a big beautiful PURPLE main cola and a couple small buds on the only two side branches.
The Outcome
Week 9
Harvest
What's on the scales?
106
gram
ounce
Bud wet weight
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
0.3716
mยฒ
ftยฒ
Grow Room size
2.69
plant / mยฒ
1076.43
watt / mยฒ
Reviews. Nutrient
Great stuff for getting everything started
Plants seemed to like it
Reviews. Lamp
Reviews. Tent
Commented by
northernMike northernMike
2 years ago
This plant was a little stunted right from day one and stayed a bit on the small side. The roots only went about a third of the way to the bottom of the pot, looked like the tap root hit something and stopped growing. Other than that the plant had super dark sugar coated buds, just beautiful, with a super strong smell that is kind of sweet with sour undertones that kind of take your breath away. I trimmed this plant while it was still in the pot, took about twenty minutes with a puff break about half way through๐Ÿ˜‰. I chopped the whole plant and hung it in the tent with a wet weight of 106 grams, I'm hoping for an ounce but I think that's a stretch, so we'll see. Big shout out to Justin at Unit Farm for letting me experiment with this light (UF 4000), took a bit to get used to, but I think I've got it figured out. It was my first time using this light, it seems very bright and powerful, fills the 4x4 tent with light from corner to corner and the plants really seem to like it. I think I just have to keep it a little higher than rec.( 36-40 inches above the canopy) just to get a little stretch so the plant will get a bit larger instead of staying so short and compact. Always an experiment when your growing auto's, next experiment coming up shortly๐Ÿ˜ƒ, can't wait!!
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4chuk
4chukweek 3
The basil is a nice touch. Wishing you better luck with the backup PK, happy growing.
northernMike
northernMike
@4chuk, Basil is easy to clone, I just chop a branch from the plant and stick it directly in soil, right in the pot your herb grows in and it usually takes and grows some roots within a week or so. Sometimes it doesn't work, but most times it does and I always have fresh basil on hand for whatever I'm cooking๐Ÿ˜€.. Smok'em if you got'em!!!
4chuk
4chuk
@northernMike, That's really interesting. I grow basil with my tomatoes as it repels some pests and is said to enhance the flavour of the tomatoes, so I would not be at all surprised if there were beneficial effects on cannabis as well. I actually cleared out all the basil in my outdoor garden just a few days ago, shucks. Keep experimenting buddy. A great day to you also.
northernMike
northernMike
@4chuk,Thanks๐Ÿ‘Š. I did some reading and apparently the basil plant will help make your plant more resinous whether it's planted in the same pot or just beside. After the clones get settled I'll clone more basil plants right in the same pots as my herb, Plus it's nice to have fresh basil for spagetti sauces etc. Have a great day!!!
MooSnuckle69
MooSnuckle69week 1
Looking good neighbor. I enjoy growing PK. It's an easy grow. Good luck. I will be following this one. Happy Growing ๐Ÿ˜™๐Ÿ’จ
northernMike
northernMike
@MooSnuckle69, Sonoma seeds, purple kush auto,( two plants) and the bag appeal was awesome, super purple, but I've only tried these genetics once. Canuk seeds, auto purple kush was an easy plant to grow the bag appeal was O.K with just some tinges of purple, and I've only grown this strain from Canuk a couple times. The smoke from both strains was very good, but if I had to choose with what I know so far I'd say the Sonoma seeds wins hands down, but I might change my mind after this plant is harvested, we'll see, I'm hoping for a dark purple this time!!๐Ÿ™.. Have a great day!!
MooSnuckle69
MooSnuckle69
@northernMike, Hey Mike. If you had to choose between the two seed banks, which one was the better smoke?
northernMike
northernMike
@MooSnuckle69, Thanks for stopping by๐Ÿ‘Š.. I've grown a few of this strain, the best was from Sonoma seeds. The plants turned into an awesome shade of Purple, super dark, the last one from Canuk seeds just had some purple tinges but the smoke was good๐Ÿ‘Œ.. Later!!
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarweek 3
i agree this is ahappy plant, and you found agood distance with the light
northernMike
northernMike
@Mrs_Larimar, This light seems really powerful so I'm still keeping the light quite high above the canopy for now, right around 3 feet and the plants are happy..
MooSnuckle69
MooSnuckle69week 3
Looking great. ๐Ÿ˜
northernMike
northernMike
@MooSnuckle69,Thanks much๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Š..
Louder
Louderweek 2
Can't wait to see the colour on these ones! I remember your last PK had BIG colours ๐Ÿป
northernMike
northernMike
@Louder,The plants with the big purple colours were from a different seed company(sonoma seeds) this one is from Canuk seeds, I'm hoping for a dark purple, we'll see ๐Ÿ˜‘.. Picked up a jug of Purpinator๐Ÿ‘ maybe this will help..
SanchoPanza
SanchoPanzaweek 2
uffff!!! AMAZING!!! just like my grandmother likes it!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
northernMike
northernMike
@@SanchoPanza,Thank you very much๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Š.. Happy Growing!!!!
Secretflower
Secretflowerweek 1
Hi, wish you the best with your new lamp. ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿค˜
northernMike
northernMike
@Secretflower, Thanks again, so far so good, the plants seem to really like this light. Keeping it about 40'' above the plant with very little stretch so far..
Tropicannibis_Todd
Tropicannibis_Toddweek 1
I grew the same strain from the same breeder and it was super amazing , the smoke is really good now thats its been curing for a few months , I would say great back up , my friend ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Growing
Tropicannibis_Todd
Tropicannibis_Todd
@northernMike, I lucked out , when I did her , cool Temps she came out a pretty purple ๐Ÿ’œ
northernMike
northernMike
@Tropicannibis_Todd,Thanks๐Ÿ‘Š. This will be the second time growing this strain from Canuk seeds(Great Herb) although it didn't turn near as purple as the couple that I grew from Sonoma seeds, those were so purple they were almost black ๐Ÿ˜. Both strains produced some excellent herb, loved to smoke it in the evening๐Ÿ‘Œbecause it is a nice relaxing high and the flavour was very powerful, hard to explain. Later!!
Tropicannibis_Todd
Tropicannibis_Toddweek 5
She's got some nice colors coming in ๐Ÿ‘ˆ sweet ๐Ÿ˜‰ Happy Growing
northernMike
northernMike
@Tropicannibis_Todd, Thanks, just wish she would have gotten a bit bigger.๐Ÿ˜.
MooSnuckle69
MooSnuckle69week 5
Looking good neighbor. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜
northernMike
northernMike
@MooSnuckle69, Thanks๐Ÿ‘Š, Not sure what happened with this plant, It's staying small with a weird shape, but I should get a couple nice buds. Gotta love the PURPLE!!!
SwissKush
SwissKushweek 5
This very unique plant! The end smoke will be a total face melter!!! The colours are beautiful!! ๐Ÿ˜
northernMike
northernMike
@SwissKush,Looks to a good one, the smell is off the charts and it's getting a bit sticky, But the whole plant is a little stunted. Not sure why, but I think it had a root problem early on.
Tropicannibis_Todd
Tropicannibis_Toddweek 3
Looking good my friend ๐Ÿ‘Š Happy Growing
northernMike
northernMike
@Tropicannibis_Todd,Thanks for stopping by๐Ÿ‘Š, she' happy and healthy so far..
MooSnuckle69
MooSnuckle69week 2
Looking good. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜
northernMike
northernMike
@MooSnuckle69, Thanks Much๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Š, She's off to a good start!!
Anonymous_2022
Anonymous_2022week 2
Good luck with your grow ๐ŸŒฑ
MooSnuckle69
MooSnuckle69week 7
Looking great Mike. Love the purple coloring and it looks very frosty. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜
northernMike
northernMike
@MooSnuckle69, Hey Thanks, Just wish it would have gotten a bit bigger, but you know what they say??? Later!!
Ju_Bps
Ju_Bpsweek 6
Looking great Mike and nice colors ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ’œ
northernMike
northernMike
@Ju_Bps,Thanks, the purple is a real deep colour and with the long white hairs it makes quite the contrast and it has that sharp kush smell, can't wait to try this one..
Tropicannibis_Todd
Tropicannibis_Toddweek 4
I love this strain , I still have 4 jars of frosty eye candy purplely yummy Ness ๐Ÿ˜‹ looks really good Mike ๐Ÿ‘
BarneyRumble420
BarneyRumble420week 9
Beautiful grow man
northernMike
northernMike
@BarneyRumble420, Thanks very much๐Ÿ‘Š, didn't get real big, but I think the quality will be there. A few more days and I'll sneak a little tester๐Ÿ˜‘ before it goes in the jar..
DEVS_GENETICS
DEVS_GENETICSweek 7
Crazy looking color! Looks beautiful bro!
northernMike
northernMike
@DEVS_GENETICS,Thanks again, Last time from Canuk seeds the Purple Kush only had a tinge of colour, but the plant was way bigger. This time the colour is a very deep purple with loads of sugar, but the plant stayed rather small with only two side branches and a large main cola. The joy of growing auto's, you never know what to expect, always an experiment๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ˜€..
DEVS_GENETICS
DEVS_GENETICSweek 9
Nice color
northernMike
northernMike
@DEVS_GENETICS, This one is hanging in the dry tent for two days now, trimmed it right on the stalk and hung the whole plant, not a big haul but what's there looks really good!!!