By continuing to use the website or clicking Accept you consent to our cookies and personal data policy and confirm that you are at least 18 year old. For details please see Privacy Policy and Terms
Just growing her out. Snip happened shortly after this.
Plant is my first photo. Had it vegging along with two other autos nearing completion.
For reference, front left is RQS Apollo F1. Bit of LST, lovely smoke (about 70g bud).
At the back is RQS Watermelon Auto. LST again, great fun growing. Nice calming smoke but lacks a bit of punch. Came to about 180-190g.
Flipped to flower. Have a few side buds growing.
Cable ties did the job of holding my initially split down the middle - just left them in place.
Got 3 other autos in the tent - one in a Chinese takeaway box for a laugh.
Buds starting to give a little volume.
Bit more nutes & water. Tried changing watering from 2 litres (once every 2 days) to 1.5 litres every day. Think this was a bit on the excessive side as soil aint drying out as fast as before (my fan is pointed upwards from the bottom of the pot so there is increased airflow there). Might go back next week to 2 litres/day but up it slightly to 2.5 litres.
Currently trying to get a good humidity/airflow/watering ratio going. Water bottle sections make great deflectors for getting air where you want it to go.
Got two dehumidifiers running in the house outside the tent. Currently having to empty about 10 liters from the dehumidifiers each day.
Took off the wires holding her down and repositioned a couple of the bud sites with a bit more LST to get a bit more light distribution.
There is a light smell to the buds but nothing too pungent. The plant stems though do smell incredible.
Will flush the plants on the next watering and then add nutes again from there - thats the idea.
Will update again when week 17 is done. Cheers.
Was watering too much so reduced back down to 2 liters every 2 days. Nutes were increased too.
Had to do some LST as the buds got a bit heavy for some of the twigs.
Smells lovely.
A few discoloured leaves but not too fussed about this as should be 2-3 weeks more of flower (including 1 week for the flush).
Went a bit heavy on nutes as currently flushing going into week 6 (at time of writing).
Pistles have mostly gone orange, bud need a bit more, still rather amazing how quick it flowers.
Went high on Acti-vera only on 1 watering as ran out of stock for most the week.
2 litres given once every 2 days seems to work best currently.
Leaving leaves on until about 1 week into flushing (and will remove dead/dying along the way).
Mainlining really is a hands off approach,; this is when i feel rather tempted to get another tent.
Meanwhile the autos are coming along. This diary aint for them, but once i get the pictures loaded for reference.2 autos (1, fast buds strawberry banana/ 2. rqs cookies gelato) in a 3 litres pot. Follow the biobizz schedule at 50-70% ratios. Water 1 litres every day or 2. Rather nice for a few why-not-plant-now seeds. Royal cheese in the back needs chopping. Will leave the little buds at the bottom on for a bit longer. Top nugget should hopefully give a g or 2.
Flushing from start of this week until final chop.
2 litres of pH balanced water every 2 days until chop day arrives.
A few leaves removed, bit more airflow.
Getting a bit of a nice smell in tent.
Buds are fattening up.
T's are about 25% amber so heading the right track.
** Royal cheese auto snipped the top off, lower buds have a bit longer to go (my first staggered harvest).
420 SB auto and RQS Cookies Gelatos are plumping up, no brown pistles yet even though they have been going for about 10/11 weeks.
Not much off these girl but still been a nice grow along side.
Can....not....wait....to....smoke........must.....have.....patience
2nd week of flushing.
Smelling a bit stronger now though not ridiculously overpowering.
2 litres of water every 2 days.
Bit of pruning to get rid of a few leaves and improve airflow.
Cut a small sample off (currently drying) to compare difference to final harvest.
Pictures are off a rather knackered phone, so close ups might be a bit blurry.
T's are about 50/50, will give them a couple more days before the chop.
In other news, 420 Strawberry banana & RQS cookies gelato have another 2-3 weeks to go.
Lovely smells.
So my last 4-5 days of growing consisted of another last 2 lite flush, followed by 2 days with the lights on normal 12/12 schedule and final 2 days with the lights off.
Came to cutting down while in between having to assist with the delivery of a washing machine - surprisingly chopping and pruning the buds is just as relaxing as smoking it.
Got 399 grams from the 1 plant (wet). Pleasantly surprised about that yield from a 80*80cm tent with the plant only taking up half the space.
Currently drying on the racks, will start curing in about a week or so (me hopes) and will post the dry weight on here then.
**Important note: Final dry weight will not be indictive of actual drying weight - little nuggets keep disappearing.
Very nice smoke, cant wait till the survivors are ready for battle.
***The 2 autos (Strawberry Banana 420FB & Cookies Gelato RQS) were in the dark along with the HoneyCream. After adhering to no particular schedule as i still cant remember when i planted them, i assume they are both around 11-12 weeks. Cookies looks close to ripening, Straw looks a week or 2 off that. 2 rounds of heavy bloom/top/heaven mix flooding the pot for 4 days. now just flushing every 2 days until Cookies is done (its only a 4L pot so a 1L of water is only need to flush for now). Aim depending on look of Straw at Cookies cutting, either a splash of nutrients or keep flushing. I don't think the meal cause i haven't seen that much greenery in leaves in autos for a while.
****And 2 new seeds have been planted. RQS Honey cream (again; i like this strain and i hope i still have old one by the time this will be done for the chop) & RQS Shogun. Will start a diary for them once on a roll.
funkymunks
