Auto Purple Kush

Growth after 1 week for Purple Kush autoflower by SUPER autoflowers (a Montreal based autoflower breeder). Grow medium is an organic supersoil (light sphagnum moss and perlite blend with beneficial bacteria and fungus, mixed with earthworm castings, compost, glacial rock dust, blood meal, and a little elemental sulphur). Seedling had minor damage due to not fully detaching seed casings on one side, but growing well by end of week one.

Growth after 1 week for Purple Kush autoflower by SUPER autoflowers (a Montreal based autoflower breeder). Grow medium is an organic supersoil (light sphagnum moss and perlite blend with beneficial bacteria and fungus, mixed with earthworm castings, compost, glacial rock dust, blood meal, and a little elemental sulphur). Seedling had minor damage due to not fully detaching seed casings on one side, but growing well by end of week one.

LST going quite well, starting to top feed earthworm castings as needed. The light is an HLG 100 watt which is amazingly effecient and has allowed for a very simple low tech setup.

LST is really allowing a nice canopy to form. This is my first grow using any training method, and only my second grow overall, but so far I am pleased with the results.

Plant clearly transitioning from veg to early flowering. Top dressing continued, with earthworm castings, home made compost, and a final shot of blood meal. The LST has involved bending out and in a spiral to get a somewhat even canopy. This allows me to keep the grow very low with plenty of headroom in my little 4 foot tall tent.

With flowering starting I have transitioned to using Biothrive bloom along with continued top dressing of earthworm castings. I have stopped any use of blood meal or home compost to keep nitrogen levels where they should be. LST has continued to keep the plant very short and wide.

Did what I hope is my final LST, buds coming in quite well. Very happy with the Purple Kush strain from SUPER AUTOFLOWERS, as it has been branchy and really taken to the training. There continues to be a little stretching up, but veg growth is slowing and my focus is going to be on supporting the buds thickening up. I continue to lightly feed my blooming nutrients while top dressing earthworm castings every watering. I also did a final top dress of glacial rock dust.

The Purple Kush autoflower continues to fatten up its buds. There has been a little bit of yellowing of some lower leaves, but nothing out of the ordinary for this stage. There is some frosting of the sugar leaves, and a few of the pistils are just starting to turn orange. I reduced the liquid fertilizer as I think a slight overdose may have contributes to the crispy leaf tips, but continued a top dress of earthworm castings and more glacial rock dust for cal-mag. I added some photos of the plant's branching due to LST, and of the bud development as well. Updated with runoff PH and additional nutrients.

As the grow approaches the two month mark, things seem to be going well and my focus has been letting the buds fatten up without overdoing any nutrients or throwing the plant/soil out of balance. No further LST needed as growth has pretty much stopped, and branches are sticking in their place regardless of plant ties. I am no longer top dressing earthworm castings or compost. Instead I am continuing with GO biothrive bloom as a organic liquid nutrient for flowering, and Megacrop which has a very broad and complete profile nutrients. Megacrop uses organic chelates for the microelements/metals as well, which are supposedly very easy for the plant to break down. My logic in this is that healthy root formation is really great with castings, compost, etc., but at this point the plant has very well developed roots breaking down the natural soil additives and instead needs just a little extra nutrients to make it all the way through it's dense root ball. I am keeping a close eye on the buds as I will flush the soil 1-2 weeks before harvest. I want a balanced harvest, so I am keeping a close eye on the trichomes and will likely flush when around 70-80 percent are cloudy. It looks like it's almost there!

I am very happy with the grow, even if the buds got a little bit fluffy and airy after drying. I had no experience growing this strain, and the genetics from the lesser know breeder was a bit of a mystery as well, but the harvest size and potency will make me take another stab at it with larger lights and a 5 gallon pot to see if I can maximize the plant's potential. Thank you for reading! My next grow is going to be a Black Cream auto from Sweet Seeds, so hopefully that will be up and running soon!