Auto Xtrem

marcian Week #1 This grow started off badly, I wanted to reuse substrate from the previous grow, and I noticed that the seedling wasn't coming up after a few days. I decided to buy Light mix from Bio Bizz and change all the soil. I tried to be careful, but they still suffered a lot of stress during this part, plus I was getting home every two days and the water from the humidifier was running out, so they were left at 40% humidity for many hours. I decided to cover them with aluminum foil to maintain higher humidity. So far, I'm only watering with water.

marcian Week #2 The catastrophe. When I got home, I found this sad scene. I didn't close one of the indoor entrances properly, and one of my cats got in. Three plants died. Two Auto Brooklyn Sunrise and one Xtrem Haze. I felt like this grow had to be discarded because of all the initial problems, but I decided to continue to see how much the plants can endure and because of the investment in these seeds. The survivors looked a bit twisted, but we'll see how they do. Because of all this, I won't do any kind of technique on the survivors (3 Auto Mazar and 2 Xtrem) and I'll try to feed them with the minimum for a couple of weeks.

marcian Week #3 First foliar spray with Big One, and second watering with TopAuto, I will gradually increase the dosage until I reach 3 ml/L. I will do alternating waterings with BioGrow. You can already see that they have fully recovered from the stress of the first weeks. They have taken shape now :)

marcian finishing the 5th week. They’re flying like a plane, super indicas Defoliation is a must because of their huge leaves. Their side branches are almost reaching the main one. LIGHT: Piranha Led 320w + Sodium 600w

marcian Wrapping up the 6th week. They've fully entered flowering, I started to adjust the pH, I was giving them water at 6.8, so I'll water with more acidic pH in the next waterings. The EC is at 1.2, I'll try to raise it. I did a couple of ties to guide some lower flowers, although I did it a bit late since they've been in flowering for a week and a half, but I did it gently, hope I don't stress them too much. First watering with Big One directly in the water at 1.5ml/L, I'll use it one last time in 10 days at 2ml/L. Next week I'll start with Big Bud at its lowest dose. They grew an average of 60 cm, I don't think they'll grow more. I did a second selective defoliation, this will be the last one I do. Light: Piranha Tesla 320w + Sodium 600w

marcian I started measuring the pH and EC of the runoff and they are low, so I'm going to water with the maximum amount of nutrients to raise the EC, and I bought a pH down from Bio Bizz to be more precise. I did another defoliation. Phenotype #2 has already started producing resin on its leaves, plus they have a darker color. #1 is a bit behind in flowering, but with a greater number of flowers. :)

marcian Midway through week 9 I've been quite neglectful of the indoor setup, so I've run into several problems: 1) The humidifier has run out of water several times, and I've had minimal humidity of 20% 2) We're in the middle of winter, and the temperatures drop to 15-16 degrees with the lights off 3) When I tried to measure pH and EC, I overwatered the pots a lot; they haven't been light for two weeks now. 4) Deficiencies: Due to the excess water, I assume the plant's absorption process got blocked. My solutions: 1) I'll lower the light period to 18/6; I hadn't done it before because I only had one timer. I'll get another one so the humidifier turns off when the lights are off, which will help keep it full for longer. 2) I'll buy a couple of ceramic lights with another timer so they turn on when the lights go off. 3) I won't water for a week, hoping the plants use up the water they have in the pot. These problems have slowed down their flowering process.