Welcome to my F1 milky way Auto Topped Vs Untopped Diary sponsored by Royal Queen Seeds.
PHENO 1 SD8-9 + Veg Day 1-3. 13th Day.
P2 SD 8-10.
Both ladies are doing great. Getting to the point where I'm going to be pushing a transplant for pheno 1 late. "Poxy site I buy from acting the Idiots". Think I'll have to fly to my local grow store 2moro. But, they're doing well. I'm going to introduce some Enzymes from Terra Power. Am going to keep pushing the base nutes from RQS. And will look into buying more of their products over the next week. I'll see. But, as they are, they look good. And on very similar courses when you look over pheno 1/2(s) days.
Pheno 1 (14th D Veg Day 4). Growth still going as expected. Nothing rapid but again. That's down to my Grow rooms RH set by Dehumidifier at 45-50%. I've set up a wet/damp towel that helps with RH by 60% in this tent.
Pheno 2 (11th Day Veg Day 1). Pushing through. Looks very nice and healthy. A little bit behind her sister. Haven't decided which 1 I'll be topping. Both will be placed in 11L or 15L pots, "still tbd". As described in RQS, these are autos. But they are true F1s as they use 2 crosses "inbreds" to create these rare strains. Making for a more reliable auto(s) that should have more or less similar traits. Making them more predictable, and much easier to scrog and get an even canopy..hence why I'm not doing 2 different types of grows. Untopped vs Topped. For the topped I'll be growing her sideways. Hopin to get colas that will reach 50-70cm. Hopefully the same height the untopped version will reach. She'll be LST'ed and defoliation will be carried out before the flip, as you have about half a wk when you can tell, she'll throwing herself into flowering. And then after the stretch. I'll take to it again with defol. Pheno 2 Veg Days 2-3 12&13th Day(s)
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@Breadandbuds, Yeah, I mes them also. As my understanding where F1s were FF photos. They sent me something explaining what they mean. It's just a cross of less strains, even a more stable pheno. I think. I read it couple wks back lol, and my mind blank
My next thing is getting a veg tent sorted. I've got my old 4x4 still I've also got a ts1000 I just need the space lol. Only thing I'd need to buy to set it up would be a wee extractor.
@gottagrowsometime, that's my main reason for making the switch to fems this run, I've done auto runs I've been happy with got what i thought was a decent yield, but then I'd end up getting an ounce each from 3 that took 14 weeks also lol. I've germinated, gg sherbet, gg cookies and tropicana cookies, all 3 are the fast buds FFs. See how this one goes. I'll be adding the uv/ir light in soon also, just need to buy one first lol.
@Aldo90, yeah, a veggie tent is a must. In saying that. Soon, she'll be rocking a 300w or I might just add another 100w as my 100cm2 is flowering fems and is only running at barely 14hrs a day. Frosted G is already flipped. The p1000 puts out enough ppfd to finish her. But, not for the whole tent I'll need 2. Have to think on it. Will the yield of 4 autos be enough for the cost of running it. I'm not sure.
@NegotiatedBubble, caught about 15 on just 1. Thing is, did i catch them before they got a chance to lay any eggs. I'll know in a few days if my 4e investment paid off.
Is a good test iam doing to on Purple Pung OG, is fresh and good to know to understand how a plant respond to the topping and let know to other grower. If I were a breeder I would insert this indication on the response to the topping in the data sheet
@Breadandbuds, I fully agree with you. As some breeders autos do really well when topped, have to get it in and hopefully you'll get min another 2 weeks of veg. Fastbuds take well to a top. But 3 times I done it to dutch-passion and they turned out small.
Look forward to seeing the results. I just topped pheno 1, have to get her uppoted to her next pot. Have done it in a way, I can push my 2 hands down and cup it to pull it up. Hopefully won't be too much stress. Both will have to go through this. Gonna make it as even as I can. I know you can't get results , well results you can say for sure it'll work everytime. But, as these are meant to give a more equally grown crop. They are more or less in at the same stage, pheno 1&2 when you look bk over the days, they more or less match.
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