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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.
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.
beautiful plant! fuzzy all over! Refreshing piney aroma as it blossomed. Super sticky when touched, and the aroma of the resin on my fingers was sweet and intoxicating. Large calix's making dense pretty flowers. There were drops of sweetness oozing out on some of the buds.
At 6 weeks cure time and the fuzzy buds did not dissapoint. Never had cured weed that left my fingers sticky after pinching a hit off. The jar smell is mellower than the harvest smell, piney earth with sweetness. The bong taste is also mellow and tasty, a little piney with a smooth finish that reminds me of dessert. Some reviewers say it has chocolate taste, and I yes, I can taste a little smooth chocolate, reminds me of a chocolate mousse. Nice creeper and long lasting, very strong buzz. Good for relaxing and surprisingly also good when actively doing stuff. When it fades I crash hard enough to fall asleep in the chair. A nice well rounded strain with super amounts of resin. Going to make some good hash.
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!
Someone else is growing this strain from growers choice like us and ended up with Mislabeled photos (They had to force flowering after 7-8 weeks of veg), so just FYI! It’s my first Autoflower grow, so I’d be super bummed
i had to force flower my gorilla glue but not the tangie. both are looking quite nice now tho. i like them sooooo much more then 42 so far tho. much better genetic in my op
@Pajersey13, Thanks again...I am no pro lol! I am having a crazy fun time growing good big buds! All my plants have exceeded my expectations, so I credit Mother Nature and Dr Coco at coco for cannabis for any success.
@Pajersey13, Thanks! The gorilla glue turned out wonderful! Its been a year since harvest and I still have lots left and it still wonderful to consume! It actually started becoming noticeably better around 6 months. Today, at 1+ years since harvest, it is still potent, but is starting to be a little more 'couch lock', however, it still has nice jar aroma, and still tastes like desert! I will have another diary starting soon.
@Buddha2, I checked my purple closely 2x a day. the buds were so tight I was reluctant to spread them out because they looked so pretty. The Hindu had two rotten big colas and while I didn't look closely everyday like I did the purple, it was also hidden from casual view. Going forward I will be spreading the big buds out a bit to get the air inside. I'm also researching applications of microbes to combat it.
@Weird_Jimmy, thanks! I checked every single bud and did not find any additional mold. So I had more luck than you. The small loss is a price I happily pay for this experience! Reading about mold in some tutorial is one thing, but nothing can beat seeing it with own eyes. Especially the speed in which this evolves completely surprised me. Now I know for sure that one needs to check the plants at least once or twice a day. Keep on growing that successfully!
@Buddha2, When I started growing last January, I wouldnt have believed I could do it nor did I set out to. All I wanted to do is help the plant reach its potential. But all 4 of my grows so far have been surprisingly rewarding, especially the Critical Purple. I have been lucky. Thanks for checking out my grow! Hope hope all your buds are Good Big Buds.
Was curious on how well those COBs work.. I wanted to order one or 2 from Amazon but I couldnt find ANYTHING on if they are 3000K or 6000K or a mix of 3500K and 5000K.. Is yours one color? Does it get hot? Sorry for all the questions.. Lol.. Was really interested in 1 of those COB lights
@Weird_Jimmy, ahh I see.. I just retired my blurple Sunraise 1000 myself and got the Mars Hydro TS 1000.. I havent used the Mars Hydro on a full grow just yet.. But it did decent on an auto that had just started flowering.. I love how simple it is to keep the TS cool.. Even without a builtin fan.. Still need to put 2 fans blowing on it but this TS stays cooler that my Sunraise 1000 did.. So glad I hoped out of the blurple world.. Gives me headaches.. Plus it was hard to see if the plants had any problems.. Not the the MH! I love this thing.. And its dimmable!!!
Hi @Professor_Chaos, thanks for the inquiry, glad to share. I got this COB off Amazon a year ago. Its 250w and produces a fair amount of heat. Its was cheap and helped make my plants big, but the heat in my circumstances is why I retired it. Warm white color...they don't sell this exact model but its listed as an 1800w 6led cob. The other two lights for this plant were the phyzon 1200, I've retired them too, they were the last gen blurple. I have the quantum board style LEDs now and they are full spectrum from Mars Hydro. There are lots of that style available from multiple brands and are in same price range and performance as the cobs with far less heat.
👉As far as will the cob I used work to grow good big bud?....yes. The plant produced very large fat sticky buds that I still toke on today. If it wasn't for the heat issues I would still use it. The heat isn't uncontrollable, but I wanted more coverage with non-blurple LEDs and another COB would make the heat a real issue. My Hindu Kush grow was a single plant with one COB and one Blurple, and it was the best structured plant I've grown yet.
Awesome looking plants! I'm growing from the same breeder, Question though, when did you start counting day one? I just started my sixth week of veg and my plant is only 11" from the soil. I counted day one the day she popped from the soil. I'm on the same light schedule under a HLG 550 rpsec. Worried because I haven't seen pre-flower yet and it appears like I might get to week seven in veg.
@Weird_Jimmy, I was thinking the same thing. I have two more gg seeds from gcs, thinking of growing another and just letting it go like a Christmas tree alongside a white widow. Still impressive yield you got!
@ArborFarms, I started the count the day I put the seed into water to begin the germination process. If yours seems to be going slower it can be due to many things such as topping and defoliation. Stress also can slow it down.
That is an absolutely incredible pull. I'm growing 4 of these outdoors atm and was scanning the forum to get a ballpark as to what to expect for yield and I would consider it a great success if i pulled 1/3rd of what you did. That's pretty amazing man!
Unbelievable! How on earth did you get 42” out of any auto?? That could be one of the tallest I’ve ever seen. All under a cob the whole time?
Maybe I’ve got my lights too far down and too bright?
Great job!
@ThatoneAKguy, The Critical Purple i grew (wich pushed this one into the corner and reduced its potential), was 60" from its base. I suppose the method of frequent fertigation helps them reach their potential. 42" is about as tall as I would prefer, my current plant (Hindu Kush), is 47". The Tangerine Dream was more of the average of 36". They all had 4-6 week vegging before they started flowering. One of the reasons could be that they are only 10% ruderallis, Many of the autos from other companies are20% and those usually have a faster total time line, so would be shorter.
I am using slightly stronger than 1/2 strength nutrient solutions (based on mfc feed chart). I feed to run-off 10-30% of the inflow 2x a day. I measure the EC run off, and adjust the strenghth of the feed water to maintain the run off EC within +30% of the feed EC. This keeps the medium EC in the optimum EC range for nutrient absorption. If the EC drops below the EC of the in flow that means the plant is absorbing nutrients. When that occures its possible to increase the streangth of the mix, however they are plenty big enough, so I just stick with the mid-low range target of EC.
As far as lighting, I have 3 LED fixtures. 2 phlizon 1200s and one 6 led COB. All are economical lights with a full spectrum. The phizon is about 250 actual watts, and the COB is about 300 actual. The phlizon says 36" away, the COB says 17". During the veg stage I tried and maintained that distance. The gorilla sat under the cob, All 3 lights were running and two other plants were in tent (never again lol!). The gorilla during flower got within 4 inches of the COB. The light from the cob is more intense and has a warmer feel. I kept fans blowing on the tops of the plants. I kept a close eye out for bleaching or burn. None of which occurred. My current plant has just two of the lights going, the cob and the phlizon (with the lights for the stage its at so 1/2 power) and they are positioned within 17 inches for both lights with the main cola in the center and a little closer. I would follow mfc guidelines until you know how plants will do under them. Space availability forced me to run the lights closer. I believe good ventilation has allowed me to have my lights a little closer than recommended.
Those look to become gorgeous colas!
@MissCannabitch (LOVE the name!)
We are learning that autos have their issues. Is inducing flowering really a chore or crime? The introduction of Ruderalis is not necessarily a good thing long term for the cannabis industry. Please grow non fem photos if you can. It keeps hybridization related goofy problems to a minimum. Better for all of us in the long run
Cheers
Weird_Jimmy
