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Started light defoliation this week and on day 28 did some LST for the first time. Hopefully they recover well. Looks like they are going into pre-flower as well.
This week was a bit stressful. Had a calcium deficiency on all of my plants. I got screwed on amazon and bought re-bottled cal-mag and decided to use it anyway. Well you learn from your mistakes. Bought some new Cal-Mag and all three got a good flush. Now all the run-off is back on track, and seems to have stopped all signs of the deficiency. Continued the LST this week as these girls continue to stretch and I am running out of room for the light but should be ok. Going to increase nutes to 4-4-8 for the rest of flower and hope for the best.
Good week, had a ton of new growth. Plants are going into full on flower now, except one is looking like she is was stressed into hermaphodite so I am watching pretty close. I actually went over her today with a fine tooth comb and removed any growth that looked male and now I am going to pray that I don't see anymore. I really don't want to pull it because there is only a month left and it is so healthy otherwise. If anyone can give me any advice I would appreciate it. I am leaning towards just watching her like a hawk and if it does get real bananas, hopefully by then it will at least have produced some resin for the hash pile. Anyway thanks for checking out my grow :)
Grow update week 7, day 49. Everything is going fantastic with these ladies this week. My only problem is two have stretched so much that I have had to use some tie wire on my light to raise it so they aren't getting too close to it. I guess this is a really good problem to have! They are starting to finally get some frost as well and let me tell you, I am getting pretty excited to see the progress in the next three to four weeks! I have started feeding three times a day going at about 1400ppm. Was thinking of stopping nutes at about day 70, giving me about a 10 day flush.
Quick grow update here. Not much change this week buds are starting to stack nicely. The smallest plant has the most developed buds so far and the most dense colas as well. Everything looking healthy and happy.
Pushing through the final stretch with these three ladies. They are stacking up nicely, a lot of the lower buds are still pretty green but I think I will get enough where they will just go into the hash pile anyway. I was a little worried I was pushing the nutrients too hard so I backed off nutrients for a couple days and now I'm back to full strength. Orange hairs have started on all three and the back left plant is frosting and swelling like crazy. Can't wait to chop these girls down, will probably stop nutrients in a week.
Day 70 update: Everything is looking solid, buds are going strong. Going to be stopping nutrients this week, probably going to go through the weekend. But will be checking the trichomes regularly now, and drying box is about ready to go. Thanks to everyone who followed this diary. Next update should be a harvest update at least for one or two of them!!
What a fun ride! Really fun grow all around, all three are now down and drying.
The 2 harvested on day 81 were a total of 1421g wet and I forgot to weight the other one on day 83 but I will update with final weights. Thanks for everyone that followed the grow!
Just gotta say I can't wait until this stuff cures up. Smoked some dabs pressed off the bubble hash I made and the flavor was a hazy lemon with a little bit of earthy aftertaste. High is very sativa dominant, it starts very psychedelic but the more you smoke the more the indica kicks in. Love it overall and very pleased with the way everything worked out. I apologize for the quality of some of the pics, my camera is not the best.
How are things going since your last update mate?
You must be super close to harvest now my friend 👍
We hope all is well and will drop back in on the next update 😏
All the best ✌️
Mark..
@Dirkgentley, Congratulations on the harvest my friend and also for the lovely looking bubble hash produced 👌
Thank you for the great diary mate. Now it's time to sit back and enjoy that dank and frosty end product from our Moby Dick XXL Auto 👍
All the best ✌️
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, Hey man! Yea they are officially all down and drying now. Two I did on day 81 and the big one today day 83. Gonna get some pics updated of the last week and drying hopefully tomorrow. Looking like a huge yield for sure :) I made a little bubble hash with the trim and it was very smooth, reminded me of Amsterdam hash, great stuff!!
@CoastGrower, Hey thanks man! I thought the same thing when mine were young too. They start really low and go quite bushy but once they hit about week 5-6 they do a big stretch for sure. I would strongly recommend LST with these autos. Good luck with yours as well!!
Looking great so far, but don't rush to harvest!! You will miss out on the bulk of your thc and weight. From what I can see, you've probably got another 2-4 weeks until you start flushing. The mighty moby is a beast and remember it has haze in it which can lengthen the time it takes to mature. Dont purely go off the breeders 80 days 90 days etc, its just an estimate and from my experience with autoflowers, the breeders always estimate on the very short end of the harvest window. Also, your buds will loose 70 to 80% of their size and weight during the drying and curing process. A soda can diameter bud can shrink down to a d -cell battery when dried. Happy Growing!!
@Dirkgentley, 75-85 day's is typical for our Moby dick xxl auto mate so your right on track 👍
The stretch looks to be over and focus has definitely shifted to bud production and trichome development looks amazing 👌
Looking good in here 👍
All the best ✌️
Mark..
@Ga4rd2en0er, Hey thanks for the advice. It seems like all three of them are maturing at slightly different pace so it looks like I will be doing a staggered harvest for sure now. I plan on setting up a dry box in a couple weeks and yea will probably push my flush out at least a few days at this rate. Most of the good diaries of the Moby XXL I have seen have gone past the 80 day mark so I agree I will probably be in the middle of June before I get them all down.
Those Buds look pretty big very nice I noticed some leaves in the bottom are turning yellow and some tips looks burn could it be you're feeding too much nutrients I have passed through a very rough time flushing mine and I notice a little bit of the same in yours but hopefully they're doing great I will be continue watching your development have a Happy grow
@Canadian, Hey thanks man. Yea I think most of the yellowing is coming from the underside is from my relatively cheap light. It doesn't have the penetration I would like but is doing the job for now. And yea I have been backing the nutrients off a bit and doing a semi flush. It seems they are doing ok. I am about 11 days out from stopping nutrients completely so I will probably try to ride it out. It seems if I just lower my nutrient solution slightly and water more frequently they rebound pretty quickly. Getting super excited now!
Our Moby Dick XXL auto hitting week 7 and really starting to develop big fat beautiful flowers 👌
Your doing a fine job my friend and thank you for representing our genetics on the grow diary platform 👍
Until next time 👍
All the best ✌️
Mark..
Coming along very nicely! Good job filling your tent!👍
I plan to give this strain a try myself...got a couple other Dinafem XXL's going now and they are both spectacular.😍
@Silverback_Guerilla, Hey thanks! I am excited to smoke it for sure! I think I am hooked on dinafem too, got some Blue Kush and Blue Amnesia XXL on the way for the next grow!
Looking forward to see the final numbers and the outcome your grow looks amazing and those buds are just coated on white trichomes it looks amazing congratulation awesome work.
Looking good ... Just got done harvesting a Northern Lights Auto myself. Got about 63 grams off her,check it out if you can ! I wish you the same success. Good luck with the rest of your grow.
@CommanderCannabis, Hey thanks! Yea I know right this is the hardest part! Looks like day 80 is going to fall on June 1st so going to start checking the trichomes next week. I am looking to probably harvest at first sign of amber, but I'm a sativa guy so. 👆
Dirkgentley
