Coming along!
Decided to add a few nutrients because why not. Got some Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz and Green Planet Nutrients Massive. I hope its ok to use them together - maybe thats why the Auto Speed has some brownish tips? Also got some free Mammoth P so decided to add that too.
White Widow - The slowest growing buds and least smelly of the bunch at this point although the bushiest.
Critical - Almost as bushy and big as the Widow but much more bud growth and stickiness.
Auto Speed - In its 11th week btw ... About tied with the Critical for bud maturity but not nearly as many - maybe because I've been abusing it or maybe it really is an auto. Its the most pungent of the bunch at the moment. One issue is that its got the brown tips. Too many nutrients in the mix?
Candida - More smell than the Widow but not really as crystally (is that a word? ) as the rest - the buds are growing gangly and less dense than the rest of the group but seem to be coming along.
The PH of all of them (except the Auto Speed) is very orange. I don't have a meter yet so guessing thats a slight bit over 5. I've been trying to adjust it for weeks with ph up in the water and lime added to the soil. I even flushed them a couple of weeks back and no real response - other than the Auto Speed. I canβt for the life of me get it to budge. They seem happy though so perhaps its not an issue. I just think maybe they'd be doing better if it was a bit higher??
Yeah, I realize these are plants and not something manufactured in a factory so I understand there will be variances. I just think its interesting that like you said, they are still being stabilized and somewhat unpredictable. For example, I'm really interested to see how the Auto Speed clone comes along, so far its growing by its own timeline, not the Parent's. I thought it would follow the Parent's.
The 2 plants you have harvested look amazing mate I'm really impressed they look stunning and I expect no less from your last plants to harvest a 10/10 job I hope you were happy with your harvest happy growing dude
@Teamdirtbag2, More photogenic for sure - I wonder if its the Widow's extra bushiness that gets in the way of great bud porn. Also .. the Critical is much more pungent
John ... ??? You don't let your plant to breakdown her nutrients and her chlorophyll ???
Drying in the dark helps to breakdown the few amounts of chlorophyll left after the flush, that same chlorophyll who gives that awful taste and bad smell in the first days of drying. Drying process must be slow, 10-14 days, then comes the curing process in jars ...
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, I have it in that box with flaps just a wee bit open so its rather dark but I am sure an ever so slight bit of light can sneak in. I didn't want to seal the box entirely, but I do have a temp/humidity sensor in there so I could seal it and just try make sure it stays as certain levels -- just not sure what those levels need to be .... advice??
The box is the best idea I have at the moment as I don't have an option of doing anything outside of the grow room - so its going to have to deal with the 12 hours of light while the other plants finish.
@JohnCH, very interesting... I find this to be very interesting. I want to see more. I was always led to believe they'd be the same age as the parent. Please make a diary with it.ππππππππ
@Teamdirtbag2, I think you are right, it would be interesting so see what happens to an auto clone. Looks like I clipped it at week 8 so its 10 weeks old now - assuming you start its age from when it was cut. Stay tuned!
@tbiz99, Yep these are the freebies. Good choice to grow together as they are both rather easy and very similar in size, structure, growth rate (except at flowering), nutrient/light requirements and responses and such. That Candida on the other hand ....
Hey John you should probably check your roof because it looks like it snowed in your grow room there's got to be a hole in your roof. Man that critical is looking awesome. Nice job keep up the good work.π
I've just learned recently that Auto's are still on the way to be stabilized, you shall probably tell Auto Speed Bud that you needed twice the time than it's supposed to take to grow a plant with the seed they have send you. They would probably send you a more stable version.