Gorilla Glue Auto

This is my first grow since I was in college (1982 indoor w/2x 1750w MH) I have 3 Autos going at once (diary is for the GG only). I also have some dill, oregano and some marigolds growing in the tent as well. I have been growing herbs outdoors but wanted some fresh dill and oregano during the winter months. Will use the room as a nursery for my outdoor herb grow Basil is my favorite tasty herb and comes in multiple varieties of taste and is very easy to grow. Nothing goes better with munchilicious food than fresh herbs from your garden! The Marigolds are the best companion plants for warding off spider mites and aphids and a host of other garden pests. I live in an older house that has lots of spiders and in my outdoor patio garden I have to take precautions to ward off all manor of pests. ( The marigolds will also buy me some points with the wife when the wonderful odor of maturing good big buds is at its peak😇). Two lights...6 light COB 300w (rated actual draw) and a 300w LED (actual rated draw). The COB height is 17" the Led is 24". One light for each of the older 2 plants and the youngest plant (currently the Gorilla Glue) will share the lights and take place of oldest plant after its harvested. May add another light to the tent if the Tangerine Dream auto take longer than planned. Staggered grow times...Tangerine Dream was started Jan1, Critical purple Jan 26, and the Gorilla Glue Feb 6. Trying for a perpetual rotation and one plant at a time at harvest. Only 3 plants going at a time. May have started them too close together.

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Starting to accelerate. Staying short, has 3 nodes. Contemplating topping at the 4rth.

The tent has become crowded. Lights are at their max height as the tent mates, Critical Purple has gone crazy, and the Tangerine Dream is taking its sweet time to mature. So I got another light so the Gorilla wouldn't feel left out. A 1200 Phlizon LED, approx 300watt actual draw, making the tent approximatly 900watt from the wall. The only training I'm doing right now is tucking to expose growth nodes, and its taking nice shape. The main node isn't the tallest one anymore because one of the secondary ones probably was a little light hungry before i got it its own light. Due to space issues I decided to not attempt topping this little Gorilla. Its got plenty of branches going and tight growth nodes. I didn't explain my nutrient technique in my first week so Ill do that now. I am doing a nutrient/watering technique called frequent fertigation. Its a little bit of work and I wouldn't recommend doing it with a bunch of plants unless you can automate it. Briefly its frequent watering with nutrient water. Run off amount and EC determines how much to water how frequently. 10-20% run-off and EC no higher than .300 more than what went in. I fertigate 2-3 times a day. After I go thru a few plants I will start doing one plant at a time in 5-7 gallon pots and try to maximize the plant and tents potential. This method isn't for everyone and its strictly for growing in Coco.

Little gorilla has enjoyed the new light and has filled up its allotted grow space. Pre-floweing, sturdy and healthy. Everyday it wants more liquid, and has doubled its intake in one week. Gorillas tent mates are taking up most of the room. Tangerine is taking its time maturing (its 5 weeks ahead). Critical Purple is becoming a beast (53" tall and is wall to wall in my 4x4 tent), hopefully its done making itself bigger as it is making buds now, its 2 weeks ahead of gorilla. i expect Gorilla to be about the same size as the tangerine dream (36" tall Christmas tree shaped bush)

Took the little Gorilla off its riser and its base is the same as the rest. Its grown to 38", thats 16" in one week, A little stretchy, but It doesn't have room to spread out. Ive done some mild lollipop to it to help it with the space. Flowering nicely. Tangerine is getting straight H2O so I hope it finishes soon so the Little Gorilla can get some extra space.

Week 8 and its flowering nicely. i apologize to Lil'Gorilla everyday for not giving it enough space to reach its potential. Tangerine is nice and plump and just waiting for the right time to harvest, the Critical Purple is bulking up nicely. Lil'Gorilla seems to be dealing with the limited space just fine and making due with some nice flowering. I did give it the best light to bask in. Starting to get fuzzy, and the trichoms extend further down the leaves than the other two plants in the tent. The pix are not that great because i used a phone camera that doesn't deal with the led flicker very well.

The buds are stretching and starting to fill out. Love all the frost. Hard to get a good pic of the overall plant due to the space issue caused by me being impatient and starting it too soon after the Purple (which is wall to wall). Sorry the pix are with the leds on. The Tangerine Dream (its tentmate) will be harvested 4/11. Hopefully that will help Lil'Gorilla a bit. Its been very thirsty lately and is up to 2.5 liters every 12 hours. Has a wonderfull aroma! Very sweet and not as pungent as the Critcal Purple or the Tangerine Dream.

The leds make the pix all purply, but they also make the frost glow. The buds arent that plump but have rather large individual calix's. The frost extends well out on the leaves. I harvested the Tangerine Dream a few days ago and the Gorilla has a little more room to stretch. Two of the branches were leaning on the Tangerine so needed to be supported from above. They are long and full of potentially plump buds, I hope having them spread wide will make a few more good big buds. The smell from the Lil'Gorilla is almost refreshing. Its sweeter than its current tent-mate (Critical Purple in week 12).

Wish I had more room for the Lil'Gorilla to spread out and reach its potential. The branches are covered with large plump frosty bundles of trichomes. The aroma is piney sweet. Most of the trichomes are still clear, more than half red pistols. The calix's are freakishly large to me. I love it! THe bottom rom of branches are full of large sticky balls and are too heavy for their supporting branches and are drooping down. Due to the size of the tent companion, Critical Purple, I was unable to tend to the Lill'Gorilla properly. It may be bottom branch 'larf', but they are large, sticky and heavy.

Starting week 12. it was started 2 weeks behind the Critical purple and it may finish at the same time or earlier. The Gorilla has many yellowing leaves and a scant few amber trichomes. Its still has many clears (about 50%). Its soooo frosty! The aroma is very pleasant! Its got massive calix's. Its foxtailing a bit in last few days. I believe its because i was following a schedule for nutrients, while the plant was following its own schedule. I assume this because each plant, of the 3 so far, have done this and didnt start till a few days on a reduced nutrient blend. I have gone back to the last stage of nutrient blend and hope the foxtailling subsides. Fox tails or not, the trichomes cover the buds, and extend well out onto the leaves. I like weed.

Sooo frosty and happy smelling! The leaves are fading nicely, The main cola is furthest along, with mixed clear/cloudy trichomes. Almost no ambers to be found except on the leafy parts. Reducing nutrient concentration and blending for ripening. It was planted 2 weeks after the Critical Purple which has been keeping lil'Gorilla pushed against the wall in the back of the tent. It will finish before the Critical Purple. The buds are nice and plump. The lower level branches have gotten very droopy because of heavy plump 'larf'. I took a couple of small branches that had broken due to the weight a couple of weeks ago. I have sampled some of that and its very potent. a good indicator the final harvest will be good big buds.

This is the final week for this plant. It was harvested on 5-15. It went 95 days from the beginning of germination start. it was crowed in the corner because its tent mate, a growers choice Critical Purple was a beast and was wall to wall in my 4x4 tent. It did bask in the warmth of a full spectrum cob light (250watt actual draw). The buds are dense, heavy and sooo frosty! The ambers werent as abundant as I was aiming for, but the main cola and the rest of the plant looked like it was ready. I will do a harvest page next week after everything is dried, trimmed, weighed, and jarred for the cure. I will grow this strain again either right after the Hindu Kush auto finishes or after a second grow of the Tangerine Dream.

Left on the stems and removed only larger leaves. Dried till they felt right😉. I prefer drying on the stems. Weighed a couple cola stems wet and used them as a reference for the rest by weighing the dry weight of the samples. when i was at 25% or less, I started the closer dry trim to remove the rest of the small leaves. Sooo sticky! Sooo much resin! The buds would shake loose some of the frosty goodness if they were bumped. made a 1.5g puck with the kief from the tray. I sorted the buds by position on the plant, weighed, placed in jars with bovida packs, and labeled the jars accordingly. 89grams of the low row buds that had limited sun, large and sticky, yet a little underdeveloped, perfect for the dry ice hash. 146grams of super sticky, dense and chunky buds from the sunlight areas up top. The Main cola was 33 grams. I took early samples from the plant and those buds are great tasting and very strong. i will grow again soon, I dont believe i came close to matching this plants potential. Soooo frosty!