Day 39:
Well, it's been a while since the last update, and a lot has changed. I'll admit, I just sort of slacked off for a couple days after being sick for about 5 days, so my plants basically went without food or water for a whole week.
This plant survived, with a lot of yellowing and interveinal chlorosis from using up stored energy. That was remedied 3 days ago, by transplating her (gasp) into a 5 gallon pot of coco coir and frequent fertigation of the nutrients she needs. She looks very green now, and you can hardly tell there was ever a problem. I pruned off some leaves and branches on bottom growth that I would have otherwise pruned too.
Of course there is a small problem resulting from that fix though. The only grow space large enough for my 5gal pots is my tent, currently in the middle of flowering a couple photoperiods under 12/12. So, this plant has now been blooming under 12/12. That, along with her week without food or water, has slowed down her flowering, but she still seems to be kicking. It's okay to flower autos under 12/12. You may not get the densest, well-developed mounds of calyxes you may have experienced another way, but I don't see any harm in it otherwise -- it beats the alternative of killing off another plant of mine.
She is 15 inches tall now, and she grew about 3 inches in the last 3 days in her new pot under the better light.
She is also pretty stinky, even though her buds are just barely formed at this point. Stinkier than my other current auto diary of the same age, LSD-25 Auto.
That's it for this week. As always, thanks for stopping by, and don't be afraid to reach out if you have any questions!
Have to get this one. Hearing good things. Seedsman has a good auto 1 to. But I don't think FB can be beaten for their collection of autos.
Look forward to trying their FF versions
Good luck with yours pal
@@@resimax,
Yeah, autos versions are a far cry from what you can achieve with fems. But, if it's a flawless grow, or close to it. You can get some really nice bud.
Only thing I can't get down yet. The drying.. at least 50% of my last auto grow I had so much shrinkage. This 1, it happened to my strawberry pie. But, its beautiful. But, has that home grown look to it.
But, saying, that. I've got some good 1s. But the fems. I like much better
@gottagrowsometime, about 10 years or so ago when I bought it, this strain had such a distinctive flavor profile, and I found it quite pleasant and like nothing else. I am hoping the autoflower hybrid brings out that parental trait. But, I'm sure it will be good either way.
@@resimax, I hear ya regarding overwatering since that can happen in soil. Fortunately, I have never experienced this, as I use soil moisture meters and use automatic watering systems to keep stable soil moisture.
As for being reusable, that's the very core of using living soil. I'm currently in my third year using the same soil, and all I do is simply leave the old stem/rootball in the pot and plant the next plant right next to it.
I agree that there as a thousand different ways to grow, and it is fascinating to see all the different methods. I've simply picked living soil because it is the most sustainable and affordable alternative and the least work. I am a lazy bugger, after all :D
@love_2_grow, there is no chance of over-watering with coco. There is no guessing how much nutrients are being consumed. It is also easier on the plant, as its roots don't need to switch gears to produce more or less sugars for osmosis to draw in water.
Coco is reusable after sifting. They don't call me the cost-cutting cultivator for nothing. But, that's why I love this site...so many ways to do things and learn what works for other people!
Preference really.
@@resimax, I'm curious why you think growing in soil is more difficult. I grow in living soil, and most of the time, I don't need to do anything as it simply runs itself. I'm a lazy bugger, so I went with soil in the first place. Buying and using bottled nutrients seem expensive, complicated, and too much work for my taste.