Weedwatcher This “F1” Auto from RQS should be the example of if any Autoflower Ruderalis can handle my growing method. I have further Dilluted my soil mix by filling a 18 oz solo cup of loose dry ocean forest to its rim 4 times and mixing it with 12 qts of loose dry Happy frog soil. I am back to the 3 gallon and plan not to Top or Train at all. Maybe just maybe a hard LST but only if I see the opportunity to use a LST clip on the main stalk, but I don’t think there is any real reason to because the canopy should come out flat and even with chunky satellite buds either way with the powerful LED light dialed in. I will probably not try Autoflower Ruderalis again, knowing what I am capable of that it is not worth changing my soil mix to happy frog or coco coir alone, and less electricity. I am trying to grow as hands off and organic as possible. However if it flowers soon and on time and small then I will have plenty of vertical space in the 3 gallon, and not against fattening and fulfilling my harvest by using big bloom/grow big/tiger bloom together at the onset of flowering.
-As for the the details so far, the Medusa F1 was put in a cup of water for about 10 hours and it sunk and was put in to a paper towel overnight, I think it had visibly already cracked but the dark membrane was still intact. In the middle of the next day afternoon it had visibly cracked already and was showing the taproot already out covered in the membrane where it may have “forced its way through” and was chilly water but perfect temperature and humidity being naturally warm in the peak of summer, so I went ahead and flatted the soil in the pot and planted before it could twist or curve any further. It did completely germinate in 24 hours flat.
-it also came above ground after being planted in about 24 hours flat … after the dark cycle and letting it warm up a bit and then rehydrating the circle of moisture around it and on top of it with precise minimal amount of water it came above ground soon after and has continued to stay small and low to the soil and stem is dark and cotyledons are a nice light shade of green.
-i am keeping the moisture around the base of the stem in a circle by spraying water and a precise squirt of water to try to get it to branch out laterals directly under the soil and to expand outwards under the surface, so that it doesent just grow straight down and then branch out and leave it spindly and top heavy. If it was already stretching and getting to tall then I would water once and then leave it for 48 hours to make it start hardening off and working on the first node and new leaves, not just stretching. The soil line is level and was just barely gently made to be level and uniform to hold its shape and to protect the roots from getting burned or drying out, and so when I pour and spray water that it doesent pool up and come out the training holes just in case, but that means I also do not want it so low to the soil that it’s first and second fan leaves grow into the soil and block me from watering, I want the fan leaves to hang over the rim of the pot, on a photoperiod I would not worry about chopping off lower branches, but as you can see I’m not suited for Autoflower Ruderalis delicate sensitivities or genetic internal biology neglecting to start flowering like they advertise around day 18-30.
-So this F1 Autoflower Ruderalis should be the example… if the best of the Autoflowers Ruderalis can keep up and perform with a strong dialed in light and some minimal ocean forest.
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
22d ago
1/5
20 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
11.36 l
Pot Size
50.8 cm
Lamp Distance
Weedwatcher Light 22 inches from soil from start. Did not need to raise the light intensity 5% on this one when the 2nd set of leaves this time. There has been severe heat waves with temperatures outside 100 degrees +, air conditioner in the house backed up all the way to 77 degrees at one point, all the flaps and vents on the tent were open and increased fan speed to speed 2 around day 7-8.
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Week 2. Vegetation
22d ago
1/7
20 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
11.36 l
Pot Size
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
Weedwatcher Some time in week 2 i reduced the light cycle to 18/6. The light stayed the same height from the soil untouched and unmoved. By week 2 i was watering with 3/4 a regular water bottle .
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Week 3. Flowering
14d ago
1/9
20.32 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
11.36 l
Pot Size
50.8 cm
Lamp Distance
Weedwatcher On day 15 i raised the light 2 inches higher because of environmental and beginning of light stress on the upper fan leaves and because of the paling leaves color, I also saw 1 white pistil hair (preflower). On day 16 I saw multiple white hair pistils. I then did LST on the main stem.
I finally watered with 1 whole liter and got all the drainage holes wet except for one, one lower side branch (new Main) stretched up I put LST clip on it already, the leaves got dark green I saw one fan leaf with a loose claw so I dimmed the light to 20% for about half a day and then I raised the light 2 inches and put the dimmer back to 25 %. I had been leaving the side vents open 24 hours a day because of the heat waves, and it eventually got cold and it’s got a bit on the damp moist side at the bottom even though I know there was roots down there already air pruning at the drainage holes in what was still dry soil which is why I felt the need to get the water to the bottom to reactivate it with moisture. It worked but it was a trifecta of environmental stress factors and root containment was one of them, day 21 and it’s 50 hours into the dryback, it might take 96 hours to dry back, maybe even more. I turned the fan down to speed 1 again and closed up the side vents on the tent 90% the flaps are just cracked and giving it a chance to warm up and absorb that sting light again. The Autoflowers seem to be extremely sensitive to light stress I don’t think it’s heat stress. If the leaves pale I raise the light 2 inches which is about 8 clicks on the rope ratchets each, if it gets dark green or clawing I raise the light 2 inches. I’m not financially stable enough myself to afford a Par PPFD Meter and to run the light at high power at a higher distance. I have yet to try that this is the first 300w actual LED equivalent I have had and it’s good and strong.
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LST
Technique
4
Week 4. Flowering
3d ago
1/6
27.94 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
11.36 l
Pot Size
50.8 cm
Lamp Distance
Weedwatcher End of week 4 and it is atleast actually flowering , although it looks like it is underperforming other “soilless” plants in Happy Frog of Coco Coir, it has less white hairs and it is a healthy plant but it just doesent look like it’s all there or all together, maybe planting seeds into Happy Frog with traces of Ocean Forest is not such a great idea, maybe it’s just because it’s an Autoflower Ruderalis, maybe it will shape up and put out more hairs and they stand up tall and vigorously, I smell absolutely nothing either … I’m not sure if it’s a waste of time or not yet but that’s usually not a good sign in my experience.
It’s got a full soil saturation and big bloom at the same time, it looked a little locked out or slow and a little pale so I raise the light about 10 clicks (about 2.25 inches). It’s growing but it is definitely not like the plants I had before.
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LST
Technique
5
Week 5. Flowering
1d ago
1/2
33.02 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
11.36 l
Pot Size
50.8 cm
Lamp Distance
Weedwatcher At this point I am literally just waiting for someone to confirm and verify that if I do not smell anything, that if this plant right now in flowering does not smell like weed, then something is wrong… because I’m pretty sure if it doesent smell like weed right now that it’s not going to and that means it it will not be real and will not have any benefit or use in this world and my time and money has been wasted again. And right now at this moment the only excuse, what I’m supposed to think is that it’s because I planted it into happy frog soil with trace amounts of ocean forest, and didn’t fill up a gallon of water and use 2-3 bottles of nutrients every other day for about 3 months.