Bruce Banner #3 Auto

GrowdadGage First ever indoor grow! Bruce Banner #3 Auto from Herbies seeds This being a brand new set up I’m still missing gear I’d love to add to it such as a humidifier and other tools to help stabilize and maintain a perfect environment however for now I’m doing a trial run with these autos to see what the environment inside my tent setup really does need to grow perfect buds before investing in gear that may not be necessary for my personal setup. I will add I have my setup in my garage and it’s been colder than I’d like it to be in there as it is the middle of winter in Canada. I have a small heater going in there that does help but temperatures have been a little less than ideal but again this is a bit of a trial run. Running an AC infinity set up with AI controller and IONFRAME Evo 3 light. Using Advanced Nutrients Perfect PH grow currently as recommended by advance nutrients guidelines for the vegetative phase. Looking forward to hearing any advice or tips from anyone who may have had success with this strain or autos in general. Happy growing everyone. 💚

GrowdadGage Applying low stress training on two of the three plants and decided I would experiment topping with just one of the three plants. I know topping auto flowers isn’t generally recommended however I’ve heard nothing but great things from the people who have been successful in it. So with this being a bit of a trial run with my new indoor grow setup why not try out a new technique as well. Plants seem to be responding well as of right now to all training applied to them. Ph Perfect Grow 4ml added to 1 liter of water given to each plant every second day. Looking forward to keeping everybody updated about the difference between the LST plants and the one that has been topped. Happy growing everybody!

GrowdadGage Completely stopped all LST and defoliation plants will be let to grow out naturally for now. Slow growing right now but grow tent being in a colder garage doesn’t help. Happy with the progress despite colder temperatures. This strain is very resilient.

GrowdadGage Girls are starting to stretch, with all three plants showing signs of pre flower stage.

GrowdadGage Big stretch coming in and heavy defoliation. Girls look healthy and the topped auto is doing excellent. I’ve never experimented with topping autos before and I can say I’m quite pleased with how this strain has responded. Looking forward to a yield comparison at the end.

GrowdadGage Lots of defoliation to help with humidity levels. Flowering time now fingers crossed for nice big dense buds. Advanced nutrients in full use with a tiny cheap dehumidifier added but doesn’t seem to be getting humidity down to target levels yet so may need to invest in something better. 1 liter of water almost everyday and feedings are 3 times a week. Tuesday/ Thursday/ Saturday feeding schedules with nutrients added right to each plants water intake for the day.

GrowdadGage Flowers coming in nicely. Super happy with how these girls have turned out. This really was more of a trial run to see how the plants would grow during the colder months as my set up is in my garage currently and these plants have done excellent despite the colder temperatures at times. I do have a small heater in there but doesn’t always do the best job. Looking forward to see what harvest day looks like! 😁

GrowdadGage Was getting concerned about some really high humidity levels this late into the flower stage but thankfully humidity has dropped and continues to drop for just in time for this late flower stage to get on its way. This has been an excellent grow and the buds are starting to really fill out and give off a great smell. Should only be a couple more weeks till harvest.

GrowdadGage These girls are coming in nicely. I was impressed with how well the one plant I chose to top responded at first but now seeing the buds growing and coming in it’s lacking in comparison to the two plants that were just given low stress training. Maybe it’ll catch up by the end but either way still very impressed with the Bruce Banner #3 Auto especially with the frost it’s starting to develop now 😁👌

GrowdadGage Trichomes still look to clear still debating if I start flushing this coming week or the next. Either way buds look great starting to put on the frost on the density now. What a fun grow 😁

GrowdadGage Finally harvest day is here! Bruce Banner Auto #3 was a pleasure to grow! It grew strong through some cold weather at the start and showed no signs of holding back. Also had spikes of high humidity during late flowering stage which of course stressed me out however no bud rot whatsoever. Strong easy plant to grow and can’t wait to see what the final bud weight will be for these 3 beauties. 😁 Final dry weight was 5.33 ounces of dried bud. Looks good, smells good, smokes good 👌