Hello guys,
this week I cannot complain about the weather. The whole week the sun is shining and I have been wearing shorts 😊.
The Auto Duck®️ is growing good, buds are forming nicely and getting bigger and thicker. The frost on the leafs is also expending, so I'm happy how the growing is going. The smell is good, you have to go really close (like nose sticking in buds close) to smell it. But when you stand or squat next to the Duck®️ you cannot smell anything, so I can say this strain is for stealth growing.
The harvest time is next week, Dutch Passion says 85 or 90 days of growing. Day 85 is on 29 August (3 more days) and day 90 is on 5 September. But I don't harvest on these exact dates because I'm busy at work and the harvest will be to small for me to take a day off. But I'm also thinking about giving it 1 or 2 weeks extra, the weather prediction is decent and I think it will benefit the yield and quality if I wait a little bit longer. I still have to check the trichomes under the scope to make a final conclusion. But looking at the leafs signs, no yellowing yet and still dark green and healthy.
The last 2 photo's are from a part I drawn and 3D printed. The black part is a Hygrometer and Thermometer gauge from banggood,com, the white part is from the printer. My intentions was to made a holder for inside the lid of the jar. But the jar is not accurate, so my plan didn't work (try and error method). But there are new ideas on the drawing board that I'm going to try, maybe that will succeed.
@Korfer, the tast is good with the vaporizer. It's a earthy taste but delicate. You inhale and you get a bit of sweetness, but with the exhale you get the earth taste that dominates. But the earth is not heavy, it's smooth on the tong. But I have to tell you, I stashed it in a weck jar with some 62% Boveda bags inside so that would influences the taste (in a positive way :)).
I know it has been a while but I hope you still find this useful.
And I also updated the page
Coming to the end of my grow of this strain done very well outdoor in northern uk not grown huge but amazing structure with next to nothing for aroma but after a touch fingers smell lush ✌️ had plenty of family members in my garden and nobody has suspected a thing 😁
Hi, cool journal!
Did you ever try using two layers of different soil before? I am thinking about doing it myself, but still not sure. So I'll watch for your progress first :)
Good luck with the grow!
@John_1984, no not like this. But for the plant to handle the soil correctly also depends on the strain. I have two other plants growing and they went straight in the Canna soil, one plant handled it perfectly with a bit of stress and burns as a youngling but growing strong and fast after that and getting 11 fingers out the leafs!
The other one is growing good but had burn-signs on the leafs for weeks, I think it took around 2 months for it to completely disappear. At the end it also started growing 11 fingers on the leafs but it took a while longer.
If this goes good I maybe change the ratio of the soil next year. But this would also depend which strain I use.
I've been following your diarie from some weeks, i have an Auto Duck growing indoor (my very first plant) and it's only 28cm tall at week 12 (or at least it looks like yours at week 12, real week is 15).
I'm worried about the yield since mine is much much smaller.
Anyways congratz on your grow :)