3 Auto - 300 Watt

M3_Growing First week - 3 of 3 germinated and are living

M3_Growing Week 2 - Plants are happy and growing nicely. I also added some white clover to the pots.

M3_Growing Rucu and Bruntz are growing nicely. The smash Berry fumez sadly is a lot slower in growth and doesnt look that happy. Until now i only had one fan (Mars Hydro 6 inch) running on the lowest setting. It was set higher in the tent and is aimed at the LED light to cool down the power supply thing. But i think the plants will be ready soon to start a second fan aimed at the plants themselves to help with stability. Just started LST on the end of week 3 👌👌

M3_Growing Plant growth is starting to kick off in week 4. Sadly the main stem on the Rucu Cucu og snapped halfway through while trying to Low-Stress-Train. Im confident it will recover but hopefully it didnt stress the plant too much to speed up with flowering. No nutrients so far. The plants show no signs of deficiencies and have a nice full green color. Took off some big fan leafs and every plant got 2 spoons of GreenHouseFeeding Grow & Bloom. (Day 26)

M3_Growing Week 5. In the fifth week, the differences are slowly becoming more noticeable. The Rucu Cucu OG is already starting to flower with its still relatively small structure and shows hardly any vegetative growth. On the other hand, the Bruntz and Smash are progressing well and are growing beautifully. Although the Smash was significantly slower and still shows a rather light green leaf color, it is growing very evenly and making progress bit by bit. The Bruntz also shows good vegetative growth and has an acceptable leaf color, but unfortunately, it is growing somewhat unevenly, which is why I am now training the main stem a bit more with LST. All plants received their first liquid fertilization today with a "shot" (about 2-3 ml) of BioBizz Grow, Bloom, and Topmax in 2 liters of water. Furthermore, I hope that the Bruntz and Smash will continue to grow and, with the LST and fertilizer, achieve a good structure to deliver between 150 to 200 g. Light still at about 25% Humidity between 65 and 80% Temp at 21-24 C (Nights 17-19 C) LST training is going well so far, even though the plants are a bit too small or too compact for my liking. With the leaves, I actually try to leave as many as possible, but occasionally I remove either large leaves from the top when they are 1. too big; 2. taking light away from other shoots; 3. to reduce the growth of the highest (usually main) shoot (so that the other shoots can catch up); 4. removing leaves and shoots in the lower third of the plant (Smash) to encourage upward growth. Today is day 34, the last day of the fifth week, and the grow is currently going very well. After the first weeks were a bit slow and I had some concerns at the beginning of flowering in the third week about whether the plant would reach a good size, I now think that I really like the Bruntz (Black Runtz Auto-Zamnesia) and Smash (Smash Berry Fumez Auto-Anesia seeds). I will now fertilize the plants a bit more and especially ramp up the Bio Grow, and boost the vegetative and overall growth with nitrogen. Additionally, I have decided that I will soon take the Rucu out of the tent and, in parallel with this grow, start two more plants. I'm not sure about the strains yet, but I'm leaning towards the Cherry-Zoap Auto from Growers-Choice and Gorilla-Punch from Delicious seeds.

M3_Growing Beginning of week 6 and the plants were thoroughly defoliated once, and small shoots were removed; from now on, I will try not to take anything else off the plants. End of week 6: The plants are growing very well, especially the Bruntz (Black Runtz Auto - Zamnesia) which I really like.

M3_Growing Week 7. In the meantime, the plants have reached the seventh week. After my last defoliation, the leaves have hardly grown, and the vegetative growth seems to be finished. On the other hand, the flowers are becoming more recognizable due to the increasing number of white hairs and the stiffening of the branches. Notably, the structure of the two strains is different. The Black Runtz seems to be stretching its finer branches straight up. Some main shoots are standing a bit taller than the rest. Nevertheless, all branches are carrying many flowers closely together, and the "Bud to Leaf-Ratio" is clearly leaning towards Bud. The Smash Berry Fumez, on the other hand, is noticeably smaller and more compact. It generally has a more Indica-typical structure, with its lower height, large leaves, and bushy appearance. Inside, the structure of the stem resembles a Christmas tree. Furthermore, it seems like the top leaves are lying like a mat over the plant. The large, broad leaves form a kind of blanket that sits on the plant and doesn’t let any light through. On one hand, I expect this to result in fewer, significantly thicker flowers. On the other hand, I have to say that I don’t like this as much as the Bruntz as a counterexample. There, some shoots stretch upwards, and the thin leaves allow a lot of light to penetrate to other levels of the plant. In my opinion, this allows for a more effective 3-dimensional light absorption, whereas the "leaf mat" of the Smash Berry Fumez can only capture light from above in a 2-dimensional way. It also seems that the "Bud to Leaf-Ratio" is not as optimal. Nevertheless, I like the plant in general; it seems healthy and strong, and I’m already looking forward to the flowering phase.

M3_Growing Plants are still showing vegetative growth, and flower production is slowly increasing.

M3_Growing Grows very well. Unfortunately, I was traveling a lot and couldn't take the pictures as regularly.

M3_Growing Plants are growing very well. I have a bit of a feeling that the flowering is stretching out a bit. Aside from some flower growth, there's not much to see at the moment. But I'm staying optimistic. Starting next week, I will begin to turn the lamp up to about 70%.

M3_Growing Flowering is underway. I hope they finish up soon. In the meantime, it's really nice to see how the buds are getting fuller and the branches are swinging noticeably slower. I also want to positively mention that the Bruntz stacks the buds nicely close together.

M3_Growing It's going.