Dinafem Sour Diesel Autoflowering grow diary (journal) week8 by smurgrow

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Quexoscommentedweek 116 years ago

Looking good hombre! Both plants are looking choice. If you are seeing amber then its time to chop! You've done a great job scheduling your grow so that your are flushing at the right time. I always start too early or too late.

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, I include whatever wasn't cut off the buds. My photo grow had long stalks. I trimmed them a bit, but I wasn't worried about it. Since I had such a full tent, I had to hang 3 of the plants as whole plants. They didn't get a wet weight. 2 were almost 1m/3ft tall! It's entirely up to you. Some people don't even record wet weight because it includes a lot of stuff that will end up being discarded. I like to have a lot of data. It gives me an idea of the efficiency of my grow.

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@Quexos, will do. but planning to wait until second plant is harvested thursday-ish to post the harvest week. quick question: when measuring wet weight do people include the stems? my plan is to trim and hang the whole plant but dont want to skew ths numbers too much. Thanjs for all your support it is much appreciated!

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, Woot! If you take a wet weight let us know!

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Quexoscommentedweek 96 years ago

Good week of growth! All the plants look really healthy! I like your 12 week harvest window. Keep an eye on those trichomes and bud development though. Some strains will take longer than 12 weeks. The tall plant in your photos does not look as developed as the shorter one. I'd say the taller one might take more time. Whereas the shorter one might be done earlier. That might have an effect on your flushing schedule as well. Don't you love being a new grower!😁

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@DinafemSeeds, thanks Mark! Looks like it'll arrive tomorrow. Will upload pics after...

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DinafemSeedscommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, You will find a microscope very useful mate. You can buy one very easily and they are inexpensive 👍 Definitely a must have tool for harvesting imo 👌 All the best ✌️ Mark..

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DinafemSeedscommented6 years ago

@Quexos, mother nature mate 👍 It could be when grown outdoor they take a little longer to enter the bloom stage or it could be when grow outdoor the buds/flowers take longer to mature 👍 It's not a bad thing but in general outdoor grown autos in my experience do take a little longer than indoor 👊 All the best ✌️ Mark..

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Quexoscommentedweek 76 years ago

Nice buds are starting to form! You'll get a smallish harvest, but you are learning a lot and you can grow autos outdoors all summer! They are pretty quick!

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DinafemSeedscommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Thank you for the support my friend. Much appreciated 👍 All the best ✌️ Mark..

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@DinafemSeeds, It's easy to help out other growers when they are growing high quality genetics!👌

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DinafemSeedscommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Fantastic comment and we totally agree 👍 Yes, easy mistakes have been made but this will be a learning grow and next time we are confident @smurgrow will do even better 👍 Also, as you stated autos and outdoor you can do multiple crops per season due to the speed 👊 Thanks for the assist my friend ✌️ All the best Mark..

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Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 46 years ago

You did a lot of thing s right in your grow, choosing smartpots and reduce the watering regime. Its good too, that you put them direct after germination in big pots So you just have to get a proper growmedium

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

Ah! Thank you this is good feedback. I will not transplant autos again (hopefully wont need to now that i found decent medium). The original soil in the last batch was a disaster. I planted the seeds in peat pots with garden variety potting soil, the planted those in a very amateurish mix of coco, perlite, compost and that same soil. When I transplanted the roots got very limited exposure (took the whole peat pots across). The plastic pots were not draining properly and whole pot was filled with thick mud (that has still not dried 10days later). I'll keep them going as long as possible and post the result here so that hopefully others can learn from my mistakes.Thanks again!

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DinafemSeedscommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, Personally I think this was an error mate. Autoflowering strains in general do not like bring potted up. Due to the short life cycle they are better suited to be left in one pot (the pot you intend your plant on living it's life cycle out in) Every time those roots get exposed the plant then needs to divert energy to new root growth. When that energy would be better suited going into the young plants growth 😎 Worth keeping in mind for next time mate 👍 Let's see what happens now you have portend up. I still have high hopes 👌 Thank you for the diary update mate. Keep them coming 👊 All the best ✌️ Mark..

smurgrowcommented6 years ago

Thank you so much for the feedback and advice. I did transplant into a better growmedium that is provided by local hydroponics shop in week 3 (uploaded a pic with the composition). The original mix was bad, and the original pots as well. when i transplanted it was thick mud to bottom if pots. The new diary (Second Batch) was started from scratch with the good medium.I also decided to move some of my plants under a grow light for during the veg stage today. the light is a 85W, 4750 lumen daylight cfl on a 20hour timer.Will review your Cookies diary and others for more lessons. I'm sorry to hear these plants will stay small - fortunately saved some of the seeds so we can try those again to sample the strain.

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Quexoscommentedweek 126 years ago

Nice trichome shots this week! You have a little bit to go yet. Any photos of the whole plant? I wouldn't worry if your weights are lower than you anticipated. It takes time to figure out the plant's needs in order to get maximum yield!

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, I don't know. That is a very nice looking plant. The buds are extra frosty, and she looks healthy. I've noticed that Dinafem seeds are very forgiving. I saw those trichome shots!!!👍Mine came in the mail last week. I've been playing with it and using it on harvested buds. I'll use it for some trichome shots when the time comes.

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@Quexos, thank you! I have very low expectations for this grow due to early problems. Learned so much and the next grows are looking much much better. Got deliverynof the microscope this morning so doing my best impression of a kid in a candy shop 😎

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GrowZexcommentedweek 116 years ago

Huge difference in phenotypes! Cant go wrong with some sour d

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GrowZexcommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, Oh ok that's a total valid point :)

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@GrowZex, yeah it's amazing. I'm not entirely sure that phenotype accounts for all the difference due to the amount of stunting these babies experienced early on.

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Quexoscommentedweek 56 years ago

Wow, you've gone through some hard knocks in the last 5 weeks! Now that you have your containers, lights, and soil dialed in, has there been any improvement? Your plants should start coming around now that you have provided a good environment for them to prosper. I don't see any evidence of flowering yet. Be patient...and conservative.

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, I'm glad things are looking up. Even if you get a small harvest, you learn a lot about how to grow. Both strains you are growing can get pretty big. Might want to use some LST to keep it in check. Otherwise, grow slow.

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@Quexos, thank you for the feedback! I expected difficulties and it has been a great learning experience. The two sour diesel plants in this grow are now doing well (looking healthy and growing rapidly). One has started showing pistils on tuesday, the other nothing yet. I think these may end up too small to deliver much harvest. But the other grow is looking great from day1 and starting a separate white widow auto grow to keep that strain in circulation.

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smurgrowcommentedweek 26 years ago

Thanks Mark! thinking of adding a some uk cheese autos end of feb, keen to see if it's possible to do 3 harvests outdoor per year in this climate (with autos)

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@DinafemSeeds, thanks for the feedback. i'm a bit worried about the current batch so any input would be much appreciated

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DinafemSeedscommented6 years ago

@smurgrow, We to would like to see how many harvests you Can get in your climate to mate 👍 Very cool experiment 😎 one we are watching with great interest 👌 All the best ✌️ Mark..

Denzulcommentedweek 116 years ago

Ladies looking lovely! Keep doing what your doing and best of luck the rest of the way.

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@Denzul, Thank you!

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Quexoscommentedweek 126 years ago

Woot! Gratz! 🙏🙏👌 I really liked your harvest summary. There is a ton of fantastic insights for the new grower.

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Quexoscommentedweek 106 years ago

Man, that little one you could use as a club to defend yourself! Both plants looking great!

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Quexoscommentedweek 86 years ago

Looking good this week! Everything looks healthy and robust. Those buds are going to keep developing. You will be very happy by the time you harvest this plant.

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Experimentgreencommentedweek 76 years ago

Goodness I Love Outdoor! Its fun seeing some auto O.D i want to try a few this summer. My big photoperiods take about 28 weeks, I could do like 3 runs of autos in that time.

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smurgrowcommentedweek 126 years ago

Thanks Quexos!

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smurgrowcommentedweek 116 years ago

Thanks, that helps! will certainly track both wet and dry weight. There is no such thing as too much data!

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smurgrowcommentedweek 36 years ago

Ok so paid some school fees in week 3. Growth was stunted due to over watering. Transplanter into felt pots with freedom farms premium classic grow medium. Reducing water supply to 30ml per day

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Quexoscommentedweek 66 years ago

Great recovery! Try to get them in full sun for as long as possible. Good idea supplementing sunlight with the veg light. There is no way you are going to get 20 hours of sunlight right now and weak light is better than no light. Maybe you can figure out a schedule where the veg lights are used like dawn and dusk. You could also run your autos at 18 hours.

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Thank you! The way I was getting 20hours was by combing sunlight with veg lights at night. I did receive a gift of a 400W HPS bloom lamp and should be able to get ballast for it in a day or two, so soon should be able to give these girls the boost they need. Also found a space that gives me 2hours extra direct sun. I was amazed to see how much difference extra light makes (see this weeks update to the second batch diary where i compare same seeds under LED vs mine gettimg combo of sunlight and CFL)

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BedroomGrowercommentedweek 36 years ago

Good Luck with your grow! 😉

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smurgrowcommented6 years ago

@BedroomGrower, thanks and same to you!

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DinafemSeedscommentedweek 126 years ago

Another successful AutoDinafem harvest with our Auto Sour Diesel 👏👏 Well done my friend and thank you for the great diary 👍 Now it's time to enjoy your hard work 👌 All the best ✌️ Mark..

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DoDrugs420commentedweek 123 years ago

Beautifull choice on that Sour Diesel Autoflowering.

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