Summer Grow

TomatoGrower00 Week 1 since germ, they have all sprouted and shown their first set of trues. Light was at 25% raised all the way up, just lowered it and turned up to 50% per Viparspectra P2000 manual instructions. If I see any burn this young I will turn it back to 25%. The BCO is in 100% Bushdoctor Coco Loco from Fox Farms. I will probably leave this the whole grow, new soil for me. The photos in the solo cups are a mix 50/50 of the coco loco and black gold seed starter mix. I plan on mixing in some ocean forest in later transplants.

TomatoGrower00 Photos have taken off despite their lighter color, yellowing edges on one of the banana HPs. The auto hasn’t done much, but color looks good, not indicating much stress? Temp and humidity control has been difficult, with highs of 81°, 57% and lows of 70°, 30%. Fan has been turned up and temps are a little better, but daytime temp averaging 80 still. Would be interesting to experiment with changing light cycle so they are on at night with cooler temps in the future. Hoping that they can survive this phase and the auto doesn’t get too stressed, as they get bigger I’ll crank the fan more. Might Top/FIM the photos in the coming week or two, will leave auto alone.

TomatoGrower00 Still battling high temps (80-85° F) during the day, but they seem to be doing alright. The Auto is starting to pick up, color good, no signs of stunting other than the slow growth. Hoping I don’t see pistols pop out for a few more weeks. The Photos are less of a concern, hoping to finish the auto then focus on them in flower. There’s some light coloring, browning on edges, but they’re alive. I will probably transplant these in the coming week, and then begin LST. May experiment with topping as well.

TomatoGrower00 Photos are still doing good I’m solo cups, I am going to transplant to 1 gals soon. I decided to experiment with topping, so one of each was topped above the 5th node. Once repotted, the other two will begin LST, with the topped ones soon to follow. The photo has unfortunately been a dud, pistils are popping out. Timing isn’t too off, it just didn’t grow rapidly. My best guess is that the high temps pre AC in my place did it in (but 85° multiple days in a row). I’ll let it finish, and depending on when I want to switch the photos to flower might be able to squeeze one more auto in there. Temps have been better controlled this week, highs of 81, lows of 73, but still need to work on keeping it consistent.

TomatoGrower00 The Auto really stretched this week as it shoots into flower, still a small plant, I have a long way to go in my craft of autoflower growing. Should still be another 5-8 weeks to harvest. Photos are coming along. The Nuketowns are doing alright, some signs of deficiency but I’m hoping it won’t impact them too far down the line. The Banana HPs are also ok, one has nice large fan leaves while the other is still struggling. New growth in all of them, not too worried. And pre-pre flower is looking like they’re both females but to be determined. Letting the photos ride, running out of space, so I’m not sure if I’ll train them at this point. Will likely end up going for the a rig net/ sea of green method. Was planning on finishing the auto before transitioning to 12/12 but my original timing might’ve been off, will be a judgement call down the line. Going for a big harvest with the photos, fingers crossed

TomatoGrower00 Birthday Cake O’z Auto: rolling into the bulking stage of flower, I flushed her a few times to try and resolve the nitrogen toxicity seen in the tips pointed down and color. Gives us 5ish weeks left maybe a little less. Banana OG HP: I ended up bending them over so they’re right at about a 10 inch canopy. One is still struggling more than the other, just not as sturdy and such, it’s been a pain in the ass to deal with so if it doesn’t make it I won’t be surprised, and it’s not getting special treatment lol. And both of them are females, thought I’d be culling at least one since they’re regular seeds. Dealing with low space issue now. Feeding cultivation nation veg from fox farms about once a week now. Nuketown Fem: Both going strong, one bent down with ties but the other has been short and bushy the whole time, might take a cutting later on. Also fed Fox farm cultivation nation veg. Still hoping to finish the auto, then a scrog net to get an even canopy for a week or two, then flip to flower. I am facing the space issue though, my max veg height (assuming 2x stretch) is about 5-7” away from current 10”, and don’t have much horizontal room with the auto. Hopefully they aren’t too over grown when the auto finishes.

TomatoGrower00 Much has happened since last update. I ultimately decided to cull the Banana OG HPs, they were really struggling and the stem was half dead when I cut em, so good decision imo. Last time I used these seeds they flourished, disappointing result. This does leave me with a lot more space in the 2x2, should be able to fill it out with the Nuketowns. The Nuketown photos have been transplanted to 3 gals of FoxFarms CocoLoco soil mix and watered with the correct pH. One of them has some coloration issues and spotting, hooting I can get them good and heathland before flipping. The BCO Auto has ~2-3 weeks till harvest, but buds are filling out and smell is solid. There is some dimming of the leaves already, but that plant hasn’t been fed properly the whole time so no surprise. Honestly good result given how stunted she was in veg. 4x minimum stretch from when the first pistols showed. For next few weeks, keeping the photos healthy while the auto finishes up, then I’ll be putting in a scrog net for an even canopy of Nuketown.