Autos (Three Different Ones) - 11:25

p4tm_CHEF I will donate $25 to a charity of choice for the first person who can mention the reference from this grow's title. :) (Try not to just Google it....Santa will know if you did. =P ) OK, this was not the intent for this tent at first but I had a few germination issues. 1. My original intent was to run three (3) Skunk#1 Autos. Only one took. (Seedling into soil on December 6th) 2. I had two (2) Royal Kush Autos lying around so I popped those....yet again, one didn't make it. =/ (Seedling into soil on December 12th) 3. So...I popped a single (1) Bloody Skunk Auto and those always take....them purple bastards. :) (Seedling into soil on December 22nd) So here we are. It is not the tent that I expected.....but it's the tent I deserve.

p4tm_CHEF The Royal Kush is digging the transplant. I topped both the Kush and and the Skunk#1. Being autos that probably be it for topping. I need to keep a little room in here as I am taking a few clones from a plant in another tent before I switch it over to flower and I might need to hold them in this tent for a little bit. The Bloody Skunk will get dropped into the pot she has been sitting on within the next few days. All seems fine.

p4tm_CHEF The Skunk#1 in the back is starting to show. Yes I know, I am going to try and get back there and thin her out a bit. Next week for sure. Royal Kush is stretching and flowering like a SOB. Bloody Skunk is growing fine. She looks like her color is fading a bit but she will get her first really good feeding next watering.

p4tm_CHEF So funny how different each strain is. I have trimmed nothing off of the Royal Kush on the left yet you can see right through her, yet the Skunk#1 I thinned and is still bushy. So neat. The Bloody Skunk is really starting to turn purple.

p4tm_CHEF Fine week. Royal Kush is fattening up nice and the bloody skunk is really reaching. Did some defoliation on the Skunk#1 Auto. Also tried routing the atrophied branch that was against the back of the tent up through the middle to see if I can get it producing.

p4tm_CHEF The girls are getting really stinky. They are all fattening and frosting up nice.

p4tm_CHEF Holy crap does this tent stink. Did some up close macro shots this week. According to listed grow times, the Royal Kush should be ready for harvest next weekend. Not sure but from the looks of this it might be the weekend after that....which would be pushing very close to just taking the whole tent. The other two should be ready in 2 more, maybe 3 weeks. Either way this tent is wonderful.

p4tm_CHEF Tried some of those fancy black background shots this week. :) The end is near. I might chop the Royal Kush this weekend. Most of the trichomes are cloudy and a few amber. Strain lists 8-9 weeks and Sunday will be like 66 days so I think I am good. I will include the best closeups I could muster. I had started giving the Royal Kush only pHed water last week and will do the same for the other two starting tomorrow. They should only have a week, maybe two left themselves. Some of the photos you will see the Girls Scout Crack clones in the bottom left. They are blowing up and really wishing I would make room by chopping that Kush. =P As I said, this being an Auto tent, it's the only one I have going right now that is not on 12/12. These have turned out to be a very fun grow for sure. I will submit the Royal Kush harvest tomorrow if I chop it.

p4tm_CHEF Took her at day 68. This was super easy strain. Pretty fast (68 days) and not very bushy at all with fan and aux leaves. Just really easy to grow, stinky and sticky, not a ton of foliage to manage and plenty fat, especially for an auto. I will update at the end of the week with an initial dry weight.

p4tm_CHEF Very dense buds and she was bushy the whole way through. I defoliated a couple of times and it was still bushy. Great smell and great sturdy little plant. Will update with dry weights and smoke report.

p4tm_CHEF Love these purple fuckers. :) Still not takers on the title contest from week one? You can cheat now....do it. 😝