DWC Forbidden Runtz Auto

Week 7, 23-29 November 2023 23-24 November - Continued to shape and place branches in position as they grew. 25 November - Her growth rate is still very fast so I decided to do another light defoliation. Bent the top of the plant and another lower branch that had caught up in height - 45 degrees (see pictures). Still trying to attempt to spread her energy and create a wide, level canopy. 26-29 November - Flower and growth have been fairly robust. She has grown over 3” this week (total height 8.5” from ScrOG), even with me bending tops. Hoping to achieve a canopy height of about 12” - and to spread more. If so I can better guess the yield. This ring is 28” diameter = about .5 m2. I have bigger and smaller rings, this is the medium size. This week she started producing flower and growing simultaniously, what some call stretching. Unlike the photoperiod, that tend to stretch before flowering and gain significant height - once the time is set back to 12/12 hour light cycle. These autos can produce flowers and height that can be uncommon and in remarkable time compared to photos without changing daylight time. The reason is really simple, its maturity is based on a timeclock within the plants genes, growing big is based on the hours of light given to the plant each day. How does the Autoflower mature so fast? It is because of a genetic code within the plant that triggers it to mature within a number of day’s rather than a day neutral signal by an environmental change. Amoung all the other basic conditions, light will be the most influential factor reguarding size of the cannabis plant, daylight hours matter. One can look at in many ways, but this is how I do. In a backward planning sense; -Photoperiod 8 week flower time (7 days x 12 hours x 8 weeks) = 672* light hours -Autoflower 6 week flower time (7 days x 18 hours x 6 weeks) = 756 light hours -They are both using approximately the same amount of light hours to achieve the end result. In general terms an auto can do in 6 weeks what it takes a photo to do in 8. There is no way around it. Again in simple terms, photo and auto alike, will grow for approximately 6 weeks before a flip to flower, or they begin to show signs of flower. Then its in accordance with the 18 or 12 hour schedule overall for another 6-8 weeks of flower. Because autos are growing in height and flowering, dealing with long daylight hours, nutrient needs must be tweaked to reach it genetic potential - until they begin to bulk in size rather than grow in height. I spend a lot of time going over nutrient schedules after every grow and ensure I tweak them. The photos tend to be more straight forward than autos. They will stretch for 2 weeks during transition (not show signs of buding until the end of it). Then settle into their flowering stage. I do not consider their nutrient needs the same during this time, separate schedules are required. This is what works for me and keeps the plants managable. Nowadays Autoflowers are about equal to Photoperiods in all aspects except one, the speed of the grow. There are several strains that claim to be well over 30% THC. They are easier and faster to develope, with unlimited potential for the plant geneticist. I dont know if they are the future, but they sure are in competition for it. 🍽️ Nutrient change on 23 November 🐲 Feeding schedule updated 23 November 🌊 Using reverse osmosis water with EC/TDS at 0 🐉 Nutrient Solution EC 2.1 at 67 degrees F 💡 Light power at 50% That is it for this week. Thanks for the look, read and stopping by.