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Auto Blueberry Banana

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love_2_grow It’s time for another side-project to scatch that grower’s itch. This time, it’s going to be a no-budget run, as in not spending one cent on the whole grow. I’m going with an Auto Blueberry Banana from Anesia Seeds. A free seed I was handed last year at Mary Jane: _________________________________ Auto Blueberry Banana Genetics: mostly Indica Flowering time: 10 weeks Height: 70-90 cm THC: 22% Aromas/ flavors: Banana, Blueberry _________________________________ It will grow in a 20-liter sub-irrigated tomato pot that has been gathering dust in a corner, and I will use spare tomato soil without adding any additional nutes. To complete the no-budget concept, the pot will be placed at a south-facing window without any additional lighting, although I’ll probably put the seedling in the corner of my tiny tent for a week or two. I might as well use the space since the tent is up and running anyway. I don’t expect much out of this grow except the experience of running an entire grow without spending any money. I started, as I usually do, by soaking the seed overnight in a shot glass of water to which kelp meal and fulvic acid had been added. The next day, the seed was planted in a Root Riot plug. 60-hours hours later, we had germination.
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Peat Pellet
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
4mo ago
3 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Night Air Temp
0.5 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow The first week has come and gone. On the first day, I transplanted the peat plug into a solo cup, and that's all I did this week.
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Week 2. Vegetation
4mo ago
5 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Night Air Temp
0.5 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow The second week has passed without anything to report. She is quietly sitting in her solo cup in the corner of the tent, getting bigger day by day. I'll transplant her soon into her final pot.
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Week 3. Vegetation
4mo ago
10 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow After a couple of cozy weeks in the tent, she was brutally evicted this week. She was slowly outgrowing the solo cup, and I wanted to transplant her before the small pot would trigger her into flowering. Autos sure can be finicky at times... As this is a no-budget grow, I'm not going to give her any additional nutrients, so she'll have to make do with some soil that I had over after planting my tomatoes. I also had an extra 12-liter sub-irrigated pot, which I filled with soil and dusted the roots with some mycorrhizae before transplanting her into her forever home. Finally, I added a layer of pine bark mulch. (Also spare from my tomatoes.) She is also not getting any additional light but instead will have to make do with whatever light comes through the south-facing window. Like I said, no-budget grow. A few days later, she has taken off and looks like she is loving life.
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Transplantation
Technique
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Week 4. Vegetation
3mo ago
31 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow She has certainly done a lot of stretching this week due to the low amount of light she is receiving. Oh well, that's the nature of a no-budget grow :D
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Week 5. Vegetation
3mo ago
37 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow This week's update is a day early, as I'm about to leave for Berlin for a few days to visit the Mary Jane fair. She is still in veg as I see no buds yet.
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Week 6. Flowering
3mo ago
37 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow This week's update is a couple of days early, as I'm about to leave on vacation for a few days. She is now finally in flower.
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Week 7. Flowering
2mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow This week, the no-budget grow changed to a low-budget grow due to pests. I detected thrips damage on a few lower leaves, so I spent 6€ on two bags of predatory mites – one bag with Amblyseius cucumeris and one bag with Amblyseius californicus. Other than that, all is well.
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Week 8. Flowering
2mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow Another uneventful week has passed. All I do is check on the plants every couple of days and refill the reservoir with water when it's empty.
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Week 9. Flowering
2mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow Easiest grow ever. All I do is fill up the reservoir a couple of times per week.
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Week 10. Flowering
2mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow Yet another uneventful week.
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Week 11. Flowering
2mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow We are slowly approaching the end of the grow as she is starting to show signs of senescence.
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Week 12. Flowering
1mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow Aaaaaaand another week has passed in my most hands-off grow ever. Only waiting for the trichomes to ripen.
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Week 13. Flowering
1mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow This is starting to turn into a never-ending grow. We're already at week 13 and a bunch of the trichomes are still clear. In an auto grow. Wtf! lol I suspect it may be because of the bad weather we have had, with no sun for weeks on end. In any case, I'll leave her for another week and then chop before I'm off on vacation.
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Week 14. Flowering
1mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow I had planned to chop her today, but I will leave her for another couple of days before we're off on a two-week vacation. Trichome maturity is still not really where I'd like to see it, but enough is enough.
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Week 15. Flowering
1mo ago
100 cm
Height
15 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
56 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
12 L
Pot Size
25 cm
Lamp Distance
love_2_grow Boom! After 100 days, it was time for the chop. She probably could have gone a while longer, but I'm off on a two-week vacation tomorrow, so she had to come down. The buds are not as loose and fluffy as the other girl, but still not as tight as they should be. This was an experiment to see what would happen if I just left her alone on a windowsill. I'm curious what the final yield will be. I removed her fan leaves and hung her in my drying tent to wait until I'm back home.
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Week 16. Harvest
13d ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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It's hard to give this cultivar a proper score as she wasn't grown in a proper way, with too little nutrients and too little light. But that was the experiment, to do a no-budget, no-effort grow, and see what the result is. The result is loose buds, smelling of fruit, blueberries, and gas.
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34.2 g
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Fruity, Berries, Diesel
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Sleepy
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Indica
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love_2_grow I went on vacation and left her to dry for a couple of weeks. The trim was a peice of cake as she was fairly small. In the end I ended up with 34,2 grams of trimmed buds (I didn't bother to save the trim so it went into the trash). While not a big harvest, it was still OK considering this entire grow was an experiment - a no-budget, no-effort grow, standing inside on a windowsill. So yeah, I considering this grow a success. I have 34 grams of bud to smoke that I wouldn't have had otherwise, and all I had to do for it was to fill up water in the reservoir regularly. It was a fun little side project and I will run this grow setup again next summer.
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BarneyRumble420
BarneyRumble420commentedweek 14mo ago
Blueberry banana sounds great 🤤 all the best with this one mate
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented3mo ago
@BarneyRumble420, I'm excited to see how (badly) a no-budget grow will go! 😜
Mr_Juice
Mr_Juicecommentedweek 14mo ago
Wow, those cup holders are perfect. I want one too😁
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented4mo ago
@Mr_Juice, Yeah, they are great. You can download 3D print files for free at Thingiverse or MakerWorld. Just search for "solo cup holder."
Irati_Anesia
Irati_Anesiacommentedweek 04mo ago
Let the magic begin 🌱
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented4mo ago
@Irati_Anesia, Indeed. Let's see where this journey will take us.
StarLorr
StarLorrcommentedweek 04mo ago
Good luck and happy grow👊🏻😎
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented4mo ago
@StarLorr, Thx buddy! 👊❤️
GhostTerpZ
GhostTerpZcommentedweek 141mo ago
Looking Really Good ❗️
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented1mo ago
@GhostTerpZ, Thanks! 👊
yan402
yan402commentedweek 04mo ago
Name sounds delicious 😋🤞🍀♥️
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented4mo ago
@yan402, Right?! Fingers crossed that she will taste like her name 🤞
yan402
yan402commented4mo ago
@love_2_grow, Yeah man definitely 😁 makes me want to go and get some banana and blueberry ice cream just to try it out lol, never had that combination... 🤞🍀♥️
kohlrabi
kohlrabicommentedweek 43mo ago
Ah, the attic grow I heard about. Good idea to use tomato pots!
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented3mo ago
@kohlrabi, Hi-tech growing! 😎
Grower_Tom
Grower_Tomcommentedweek 1613d ago
Sweet grow!!!
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented13d ago
@Grower_Tom, Thank you 🙏
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