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This week we transplanted the girls into 4 gallon auto pots. We flipped them using the 36-hour dark method to stimulate fast flowering.
I performed some LST and tried to spread those babies out. They’re already mainlined.
Right now I’m working out the bugs with ventilation air flow, and the autopots.
This week we’re gonna focus on turning on the autpots getting a trellis situated and starting to spread the Scrog out. I’m running only five of the eight LED bars because they haven’t spread out all the way yet. I kind of like this feature so I don’t waste energy on empty space.
Thanks for stopping by Gromies.
My first indoor grow (since 1988). Been killing it outside for the past 4 years. Just wanna see what I can do in a tent in the garage.
1000w LED, 4G Autopots, 5x5 tent, coco coir, GH 3-part+, RO water, clones Purple Push Pops and Black Cherry Gelato
The girls were defoliated a few days ago and are filling in. The canopy is developing flat. The stems are hardening, making scrogging more difficult.
The autopots are turned in and slurping away. So far I like (love?) this system. I’m running it in a 5g reservoir and will upgrade to a larger one next week.
This weeks accomplishments:
Autopots turned on and functioning
Trellis installed
Added 2 black cherry gelato phenos (week 1)
Dehumidifier venting installed
This weeks targets:
Fill the tent
Stabilize temp, humidity and VPD.
Stretch trellis with pvc
Dialing in the ac infinity pro controller
Long term issues
Cooling and VPD targets during heat waves
Preventing pest and mold issues
Better oscillating fans for top and bottom airflow
I hope you all are having as much fun as I am.
Best of luck my gromies.
Flowering Purple Push Pops (grew 2023 outside) and Black Cherry Gelato (love to smoke it, first time growing)
Clones- from my clone guy- 4 Purple Push Pops and 2 Black Cherry Gelato
1000w LED, 4G Autopots,, coco/perlite 65/35, GH 3-part+ flourolicious, calimagic, SI, chelated iron, and humic acid , RO water, AC pro Controller and T8, 5x5 GG Tent with extension
Garage grow SoCal
This week I kept up the tucking and defoliating with the objective of stretching out the scrog and having at least one bud site per grid.
I also upgraded to an oscillating fan which I hung to free up grow space.
We’re running just under 1000ppm with no issues. I bumped my VPD up to account for leaf temp.
The autopots are working. They just increased their (self feeding) appetite - up from .3 gallon a day to .8 gallons a day.
This weeks accomplishments:
Dehumidifier venting tuning
Filled each scrog grid with at least one cola
Stabilize temp, humidity and VPD.
Stretched trellis with pvc frame
Better oscillating fans for top and bottom airflow
This week to-do
By Monday evening, I have to install two more autopots - I’m still hand feeding the gelatos.
I’m going on vaca, so we’ll see how this turns out.
Long term issues
Cooling and VPD targets during heat waves
Preventing pest and mold issues
My fiancé is getting jealous of all the attention to my grow!
I hope you all are having as much fun as I am.
Best of luck gromies.
4 Purple Push Pops PPP (grew 2023 outside)2 Black Cherry Gelato BCG (love to smoke it, first time growing)
Clones- from my clone guy
1000w LED, 4G Autopots,, coco/perlite 65/35, GH 3-part+ flourolicious, calimagic, SI, chelated iron, and humic acid , RO water, AC pro Controller and T8, 5x5 GG Tent with extension
Garage grow SoCal
This week I was out of town and let my grow grow. The autopots did their thing at about .6g a day. I did battle multiple hot days in the garage.
We’re running just under 1000ppm with no issues. I ran out of bloom and used some powdered kool bloom and it worked well. Thinking of switching to jacks RO but it’s working so good now I don’t want to switch.
This weeks accomplishments:
install two more autopots - for the gelatos.
I put the gelatos in fabric autopots, one 5g xl and one 15g xxl.
Scrogging the gelatos to flatten the canpoy
Long term issues
Cooling and VPD targets during heat waves
Preventing pest and mold issues - my humidity crept up high when I was gone and I saw a few powder leaves which were promptly removed upon my return.
I had to take my fiancé to a swanky resort for a few days.
I hope you all are having as much fun as I am.
Best of luck gromies.
Check out my black cherry gelato grow.
Soon I’ll be posting my outdoor light dep grow - side by side with my indoor grow- same clone batch. This should be a great comparison of indoor versus outdoor grows side by side 👍
Week 7
of flowering 4 Purple Push Pops PPP (grew 2023 outside). Clones from my clone guy
1000w LED, 4G Autopots,, coco/perlite 65/35, GH 3-part+ flourolicious, calimagic, SI, chelated iron, and humic acid , RO water, AC pro Controller and T8, 5x5 GG Tent with extension.
Garage grow SoCal
This week the girls had a hot week in the garage averaging 88°. We started filling out, got more mature, and started showing colors.
We’re running just under 1000ppm with no issues. I’m having reservoir funk issues so I’m switching to jacks RO this week. .8g a day.
This weeks accomplishments:
Split electric load (safety)
This week:
Switch nutes upgrade reservoir and lines next week.
Long term issues
It’s hot. Straight 90s this week. So the same - Cooling and VPD targets during heat waves
Preventing pest and mold issues during high humidity conditions.
I hope you all are having as much fun as I am.
Best of luck gromies.
Check out my black cherry gelato grow.
Just posted my outdoor light dep grow - side by side with my indoor grow- same clone batch. This should be a great comparison of indoor versus outdoor grows side by side 👍
4 Purple Push Pops PPP (grew 2023 outside). Clones from my clone guy
1000w LED, 4G Autopots,, coco/perlite 65/35, Jacks RO + dry koolblom and humic acid , RO water, AC pro Controller and T8, 5x5 GG Tent with extension
Garage grow SoCal
Another hot week in the garage averaging 88°. The girls are starting to get fat and enter the ripening stage. Purples are strong.
I got purple trichomes!!
We’re running just under 1000ppm with no issues. We switched nutes and reservoir funk is gone.
This weeks accomplishments:
Switch from GH to Jacks RO
Install separate reservoirs for black cherry gelato and purple push pops
Clean all autopots and reservoir lines.
Install separate lines for black cherry gelato
This weeks issues:
Spider mites. Found them in the outside grow and found a few leaves with them inside. Big time nightmare. Primarily on the gelatos inside. Doing manual scouting and removal every day.
Long term issues
It’s hot. High 80s low 90s all week. So the same - Cooling and VPD targets during heat waves
Preventing the spread of mites and mold issues during high humidity conditions
Managing girlfriend expectations through harvest.
I hope you all are having as much fun as I am.
Best of luck gromies.
Check out my black cherry gelato grow and compare side by side with my indoor grow- same clone batch. This should be a great comparison of indoor versus outdoor grows on the same schedule, same nutes and same clone batch 👍
4 Purple Push Pops PPP (grew 2023 outside). Clones from my clone guy.
1000w LED, 4G Autopots, coco/perlite 65/35, RO water, AC pro Controller and T8, 5x5 GG Tent with extension. Garage grow SoCal
Another hot week in the garage averaging high of 88°.
We just put in AC/dehumidifier and we brought down the temp to 72 degrees 48 relative humility with lights on for ripening. We’re starting to finish the ripening stage and pretty soon we will cut the tops.
Purples are strong. Smell is unbelievable sweet and dank. Nugz are super dense. Trichomes are dripping.
As we’re at the final few days we’re running straight Jacks RO until we finish, no flush.
This weeks accomplishments:
Ac for ripening
We eradicated the Spider mites by doing manual scouting and removal every day.
Long term issues
None. We’re just about done.
I hope you all are having as much fun as I am. Thanks to my finance for all of her patience.
Check out my black cherry gelato grow and compare side by side with my indoor grow- same clone batch. This should be a great comparison of indoor versus outdoor grows on the same schedule, same nutes and same clone batch 👍
Best of luck on your grow.
I love to grow, but I sure like when a good grow comes to an end.
I grew purple push pops outdoor in 2023. It was my favorite strain and my go to strain for 2024.
The strain had a medium yield harvest outdoors in 2023 at 10oz/plant. It yielded on the higher end for indoor with 7 ounces per plant. The highlight of this strain, other than the purples, is the density of the nuggets; they weigh 50% more for the same sized nugget as compared to the gelato. Dripping in resin.
The quality; the density of the nuggets, the deep purple colors, and the sweet grape and cherry flavor makes it a true connoisseur strain. This baby is dripping with purple trichomes. The inside of the buds is a vivid violet color.
Resistance: the purple push pops had relatively fewer issues than the gelato in the tent. The insects seemed to stay off the PPP and she had a relatively strong pest resistance.
The plant showed very few signs of nute burn or deficiency throughout the run. I punched her with a lot of PK (dry koolbloom) at the end and she handled it well and fattened up on schedule.
I grew the strain using a Scrog. This allowed me to maximize the number of colas that we’re getting direct sunlight. The even canopy allowed me to have a zero LARF grow and all high-quality nuggets. I’ll definitely do a scrog again when space is limited.
I will grow purple push pops again for sure.
Fiance review: ”Couch lock, munchies and nap time. Best purple weed I’ve ever had”
Additional notes: equipment reviews that I was unable to include: AC Infinity and Autopots
I used the AC Infinity fan and pro controller. I wasn’t able to add this equipment to my set up and hence no review. The fan was fine, but the AC pro controller is a game changer and I recommend all micro growers to move to this platform solution to monitor your Grow. It brings a whole new level of monitoring and control.
I used autopots 4g plastic pots with the older aqua valve. Other than reservoir funk, I liked how the system performed. I have to note that I grew my gelato in the 5g and 15g fabric autopots and the autopots didn’t seem to perform as well in the fabric as the plastic autopots - in my set up. I had the thought fabric pots, which were larger, would grow materially larger plants, but that was not the case. The fabric pots didn’t seem to hook up as well as the plastic pots.
I’m happy with the outcome, but I feel that I could’ve done better and have more room for improvement. I definitely love the “set it and forget it” feature of autopots.
Improvements: Next grow, I will put silica granules (power si) directly into my substrate to keep (liquid) silica out of my reservoir and trays. I’ll have to figure out the fabric pot issue so I’ll be calling autopot.
4 Purple Push Pops PPP (grew 2023 outside). Clones from my clone guy.
1000w LED, 4G Autopots, coco/perlite 65/35, RO water, Jacks RO, AC pro Controller and T8, 5x5 GG Tent with extension. Garage grow SoCal
We concluded the ripening this week with AC and dehumidification at 70° 40% relative humidity lights on and 65° and 45% relative humidity lights off.
We’re feeding Jacks RO and silica to the end, hence the fan leaves are still relatively healthy. This is a no flush grow.
I’ve n been growing at 80% lights (800w) for most of the Grow. During ripening, I pushed it to 90% or 900 W. On the final day, I run the lights 24 hours and I run 15 minute cycles of 900 W and 1000 W.
Just following the science; No more flushing and push the lights higher and higher at the end.
We started a slow chop to fine tune the quality and get more light deeper into the canopy.
After 4 more days of testing and monitoring they were ready, it all came down and we filled the 6-tier drying rack.
We’re curing At 70° and 55% relative humidity for two days and then bumping that humidity to 62%. The test round (top colas) is already in jars and beginning the burping stage.
Fiancé is happy, the hard work is coming to an end, and it’s time to start enjoying the fruits of our labor.
Best of luck on your grow.
@Krisis, aww TY. IDK if we even can finish it in a hot garage…. still have July and 2 weeks in August to ripen. 🤷🏼♂️
Today was 82 in the tent at “night”.
I’ll take this grow as a learning experience.
Congratulations on the harvest. These look fucken amazzzing. Awesome job you guys did here. Impressive. Would love to grow some of these. Great video as well. 💚
@Krisis, thanks so much for the nice words. I’ve throughly enjoyed and appreciated your willingness to engage, share and help me along the way.
I couldn’t be happier with the yield and the quality. I had a wild target of 1.5 lbs, but
I cleared over 2.5 pounds of solid nugz in the 5x5. Zero larf.
I’m kinda stunned……
@Krisis, thank you so much Krisis!!! I’m so happy with my results….. are you ready…….
2.5 pounds of solid NUGZ in the 5x5.
11.5 oz on the two gelatos (All weighed and jarred).
A conservative estimate is 24 oz for the four purple push pops. It’s still curing. But the PPP may go higher -
It’s super dense, and they were much more buds than the gelato. So I wouldn’t be surprised with 30oz on the 4ppp.
You were super inspiring to me with your first grow!!!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍
Looking great! Those autopots are awesome. The other outdoor grow you have on here was killer. Cool you wash hash, I'm gonna get into that a little bit more moving forward. I'm going to be flipping a tent to flower shortly, you've got me excited to see mine stretch and bloom!
@theVotanaGarden, when you’re growing a couple of pounds outside, it’s easier to throw a few pounds of the mid and lower grade in the freezer and just hash it. That way I don’t have to trim lower grade bud and I get some super Stoney high quality hash. Some of it was as good as my rosin. I ended up with over 3oz of bubble hash….. wheeew….
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