LSD-25 first auto grow

Just constructed my new rdwc system. This will be my second grow ever. First with autoflowers. I killed my first grow(nirvana ice) with a 24 zip harvest off 2-1/2 plants. One was a segregated hermie that i let grow out in a separate room. No seeds so far! I like the layout of this site and hope this will help me stay a little more organized with tracking my grow. This will be 15 lsd25 autos from fastbuds. I'm hoping this turns into an unruly purple garden as i like a challenge. 1/24 today marks the end of my first week with the girls heads above ground. Super impressed with rapid start. Was not expecting footlong roots already. I will dump water tonight and fuck around with my setup a bit.

Girls are looking good. Leaves were starting to fade a bit so i have introduced nutes at 1/8 general hydroponics recommended strength. I was hoping going to a multi site rdwc would help with ph spikes but im still having issues. Hopefully with some nutes in the water it will help even things out. Also started my nutes so low as id like to get these autos off to a good start and i burnt my last crop several times. If i see deficiencies ill dump my water and up their dosage. Would like to see my roots explode with growth this week.

Week three in the books. Im having either a magnesium issue or my ph is spiking when im not home. This is my first time using my rdwc setup and ro water so im just trying to roll with punches. Super impressed with root growth. With out measuring id put them at 20 to 24 inches in length. Im finding them in the totes next door to them which worries me a bit. I hope 1-1/2 pvc is big enough to not get clogged. I upped nute strength from 1/8 to 1/4 strength. Not sure if i should up my calmag from 5ml per gallon to more? Do have a runt in the garden that needs to be pulled which ill chalk up to either genetics or just a mutation from this being an auto.

Wow what a difference a week makes. Plants growth has exploded. Most have tripled in size from last sunday. Average height is around 11" inches. Some are pushing 15". Looks like i have two phenos i can spot so far. Most are bushy and growing wider than they are tall and others are reaching for the sky. Will be nice to see how they fill out in the next couple weeks. No training so far only leaf tucking to encourage side shoots to grow up and form a semi level canopy. Added a ph controller along with an automatic doser to help stabilize my ph. Plants have stopped showing signs of ph issues with new growth. I removed most of the leaves that had turned brown from that issue. All in all im impressed so far, really hoping these girl produce some of that purple sticky icky. I removed my one mutant plant and am on the fence of pulling another runt. I accidentally ripped the roots off of it when it was younger. It has bounced back and is growing but im afraid when these autoflower its just going to be taking up valuable real estate. Side note if your building an rdwc like me you really need to plan for roots to be intertwined. Most buckets have roots from their neighbors and its become impossible for me to move plants without getting caught on another plants roots. I need to add some sort of filter in each bucket to help prevent this as i can see this possibly clogging my plumbing in the near future. Only time will tell.

Nothing but explosive growth this week. Plants have tripled in size from 12 inches to 32 inches. Average size of all plants is around 25". Im having issues controlling water levels inbetween totes. Either my pump is too strong or i called it and my plumbing in between totes is getting clogged with roots. Ill try choking my inlet on my pump to see if i can even everything out. besides that we are off to a great start in flower. Changed nutes to flowering this week. Feeding based off of gh trio week 5 at 1/4 strength.

Extremely satisfied with the "stretch". Some of these girls are towering in at over 40 inches. This is a hardy strain, as ive been chopping roots to unclug my piping in between totes and the girls havent even batted an eye. Did a pretty intensive defoliation of most of the giant fan leaves. Few days later and it looks like i might need a round two. Also removed a bunch of bud sites down low on the plants that would never amount to anything. Overall im very impressed and excited. I had assumed these would stay small being autoflowers but this is not the case. 15 plants have fully filled my 4x8 tent and theres so many bud sites i think ill need to invest into some sort trimmer for harvest time. My mutant plant has even made a turn for the better and quadrupled in size. Upped my nutes to 33% of recommend strength from gh

Still smooth sailing. Very intriguing how the plants are starting to turn purple. Almost like the purple is slowly dripping down the plants and slowly spreading from the inside out. One plant has grown to a staggering 52 inches tall. Ive had to tie it down to keep it from growing into the light. Besides that everything is looking good, im looking forward to watching these buds swell over the next few weeks. Bumped nutes upto 50% strength

Having what i think is a cal mag deficiency which killed me last grow. Upped my calmag by 50 percent. Plants have responded nicely so hopefully back to smooth sailing here on out. Buds are starting to form nicely. looking forward to watching them start swelling up.

Starting to fatten up nicely. Had to tie a few plants up as theyre getting top heavy and starting to fall over. Some of the buds look airy which is undesirable but overall this should be a nice harvest. Really hitting them with pk this week. Looks likes maybe two more weeks and its chopchopchop. Feeding at 1/2 strength off gh chart

Not much to say this week. This batch is almost over. Checking trichomes everyday. Currently clear turning opaque. looking like a real nice haul. I imagine ill chop these next weekend or the weekend after that. What a beautiful purple jungle.@fastbuds hopefully im doing them justice?

Happy easter! I hope you enjoyed growing along side me and i look forward to the next one!