Gorilla Z - AutoPot vs. Alien Easy Feed

GrowOpsAnonymous Looking okay. Some discoloration around leaf edges due to under watering, I believe. I drowned a seed on my last run and over corrected

GrowOpsAnonymous Ready for transplant. Randomly chose 2 for the AutoPots and 2 for the Alien Hydro EasyFeed system. Transplant went well. They're looking happy.

GrowOpsAnonymous Not much to tell. Set the systems up and put them in the 5x5 under the Borg. Using 100% cool white, and 55% warm white at about 900W. I turned the feed system on to test, but have continued to top water. Started LST at day 19

GrowOpsAnonymous Quiet week. Some lst and defoliation. Trying to get the EasyFeed timer dialed in is a bit tougher than I imagined. Different phenos may feed differently, so one pot may be dry and the other may have an inch of water and isn't ready for another feed when the other is. Going to focus on dialing it in. I love the concept, but it may not be practical. We'll see.

GrowOpsAnonymous The girls are stretching nicely. Noticing more vigorous growth with the AutoPots. The timer is the issue with the EasyFeed. I'm trying 1 min every 3 hours, but then I have to be sure to turn it off at lights out. An 8 hour schedule would be great, but 1 min on isn't enough and 3 mins on is too much. Because the timer is battery operated, a secondary time cannot be added. I really like the system and am trying hard to dial it in. I think allowing to dryback could be superior over the AP system, but if I'm unable to prove it, who cares. I've experienced plant #2 being unhappy due to under/over feed8ng twice this week.

GrowOpsAnonymous Still struggling to get the EZ Feed dialed in. The APs are looking great. Number 1 is going to be a monster. The two EZ Feed plants have skinnier leaves and the stems aren't as stout. Also, swapped plants in back to the front from last week.

GrowOpsAnonymous I finally got the EZ Feed dialed in. I found that feeding for 5 minutes every 8 hours (4a, 12p, 8p) is the sweet spot for my 20/4 light schedule during flower. The plants have shown no sign of over/under watering since changing to this schedule. The AutoPots have been steady. Nothing really to note. I had some brown spots appear late in week 7 on some of the older leaves. I upped the PK to 7.5mL/gal, and that seemed to alleviate the issue. #3 is the shorter EZF plant, and has started to show orange pistils before the other 3 plants. #2 is the other EZF and has caught up to the AP plants. Stem rubs on #1AP and #2EZF are st9ng candy, similar to Fruity Pebbles. 1 & 4 are not as strong with the candy. FastBuds claims 9 weeks from seed to flower, so I will begin Athena Fade around day 56-57. I'm ready to see these buds fatten up.

GrowOpsAnonymous Day 56 Not a lot to update on. Plants are looking good. The EZ Feed settings are still dialed. I've noticed that the front two plants seem to have fatter buds. #2EZF (rear right) has mostly orange pistils while the others have either none or very few. #4AP (front left) is purple. I was unaware of the possibility for a purple pheno. Still getting a much stronger candy rub from #4AP and #2EZF. I started feeding Fade and PK @1.6 EC today

GrowOpsAnonymous Just cruising to the finish line at this point. By the end of week 9, I was seeing 10-15% amber trichomes. Nose is super fruity, but not especially strong. I really love the color and fade of #2, the purple one.

GrowOpsAnonymous Chopped at day 64. Would've liked to have waited a few more days, but I'm moving on the 3rd and needed to get it dried in time...hopefully. Did not weigh it wet, but will provide updates with weight per plant in comments. From the looks of it, I believe the AutoPots will win the yield battle. Taste and effect will be interesting, although I can't imagine much of a difference when using the same nutes, unless the drybacks effect the AlienHydro system plants in some way.