Gorilla Glue Auto | BSF Seeds

Alpes420 Week 1 - Days 2 to 8 (10/1 to 10/7) 🌱 Growth: On day 2, by mid-morning, all four started to peek out, with the shell still on and the little stem in a hook shape; by the afternoon, two were already showing green and two were still pushing. By day 3, they were all out, and by day 4, they had long, thin stems and the cotyledons were open; that same morning, the first pair of true leaves appeared. By day 7, those leaves had already surpassed the cotyledons, and on day 8, we wrapped up with the first pair nice and wide and the second peeking out in the center. One of the four is shorter and has a sturdier stem. The new leaves are coming out a lighter green; we're keeping an eye on it. Environment: This was the toughest part of the week. We closed the tent leaving only the passive top vent and the intake cooler. With the humidifier on a 15/15 timer, humidity shot up to 92% with the light off, so we switched to 15 on/45 off with the light off and 15/30 with the light on. Even so, we had humidity ranging from 39% to 92% depending on the outside weather. We ended up using it manually, only when it drops below ~55%. Watering: Day 2: one watering in the morning that wasn't necessary (we didn't note the amount or pH). Day 4: 2 L shared among the 4 with Deeper Underground (2 ml), pH 6.15, 220 ppm. Day 5: 2 L of plain water, pH 6.25. Day 7: plain water, pH 6.0-6.1. On day 8, the substrate was still moist, and we didn't water. Light: Day 4: 11,600 lux (~178 µmol/m²/s). Day 8: we lowered the panel a bit to reach ~13,000 lux (~200 µmol/m²/s). Learnings: The watering on day 2 was unnecessary, and a fixed timer isn't enough to control humidity. Next step: fill with substrate up to the cotyledons to support the stems.

Alpes420 🗓️ Week 2 - Days 9 to 15 (8/10 to 14/10) 🌱 Growth: Stretching week. We kicked off on day 9 with the first pair of true leaves wide open and the second peeking out, still with the long, thin stems from last week. On day 10, we filled the pots with substrate up to the cotyledons, and they changed posture: they became sturdier with less stem visible. By day 12, the second pair already had the three-pointed leaves open, and the third was peeking out in the center, which on day 14 unfolded the first five-pointed leaves. We ended with three pairs of true leaves, the fourth peeking out, and about 11 cm tall. They’re looking bushier now. On the nights of days 12 and 13, we found them with drooping leaves and dry substrate; with water, they perked up in a few hours. A slight yellowing appeared between the veins on the lower leaves; it didn’t progress, and we’re keeping an eye on it. 🌡️ Environment: On day 9, we added a circulation cooler inside the tent; the plants move gently with the air. The temperature remained stable, between 22.8 and 25 °C. Humidity stayed almost all week between 50 and 64%, a bit below ideal, with two peaks: 81% on day 11 and 88% on day 12. Now we’re using the humidifier manually and turning it off when it reaches 65%. A soft smell is starting to be noticeable, for now just inside the tent. 💧 Watering: Day 10: we filled with substrate and watered 500 ml per plant with Deeper Underground (2 ml in 2 L), pH 5.97. Day 12: 500 ml per plant of plain water, pH 5.97 (base water 148 ppm). Dry substrate and drooping leaves. Day 13: 500 ml per plant of plain water, pH 5.90. Drooping leaves again. On days 9, 11, 14, and 15, we did not water. 💡 Light: Day 9: 13,000 lux (~200 µmol/m²/s). Day 10: we lowered the panel and increased to 16,000 lux (~246 µmol/m²/s). Day 12: 80 cm from the panel to the plants. Day 14: the plants grew towards the light, and the lux meter read 18,000; we raised the panel a bit to go back to 16,000.

Alpes420 🗓️ Week 3 - Days 16 to 22 (10/15 to 10/21) 💪 🌱 Growth: Training week. We started on day 16 with four to five pairs of leaves. On the afternoon of day 18, we did LST on the four: we laid the main stem to the side, secured it with fine wire to the edge of the pot, and rotated the pots to allow better light to reach the lower shoots. The idea was to only bend the tip, but we ended up laying the entire stem down; they took it well anyway: no stem broke, the main tip turned upwards seeking light, and the shoots from the lower nodes started to rise. In the following days, we adjusted them very gradually, and since day 21, we left them alone. The plan is to let them grow like this and bend them again when the flowering stretch starts. We closed the week with the plants more open and bushy, with several tips at an even height. The new leaves are coming out green and clean. On the medium and lower leaves, the lightening between the veins continues, more pronounced on one plant, and there's some yellowing on large leaves; we’ll keep an eye on it. One leaf ended up with a little hole near the wire, probably from rubbing. 🌡️ Environment: Temperature between 22.8 and 25.3 °C. Humidity ranged from 46 to 62%, almost always below the 55-60% we’re aiming for. We continue to use the humidifier manually; on day 22, we refilled it and left the top door of the tent open to prevent humidity spikes when turning it on. The smell remains mild and only inside the tent. 💧 Watering: Day 16: third and last Deeper Underground along with the first Top Auto, 2 ml of each in 2 L (1 ml/L). The base water gave 165 ppm and pH 7.16; with the products, 300 ppm and pH 7.35; with 7 drops of pH- we reached 6.15. ~500 ml per plant. It drained a bit into the saucers, with pH between 6.5 and 6.9, and we discarded that water. Day 19: plain water, 156 ppm, pH 5.9. On days 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22 we didn’t water: the substrate remained moist. 💡 Light: Bioled 220i, 20/4 (off from 12 to 16 hrs). Days 16 to 21: 16,000 lux (~246 µmol/m²/s). Day 22: it was at 16,500 and we brought the panel closer to 19,000 lux (~292 µmol/m²/s), measuring from the highest tip of each plant and averaging. 👉 Next step: second watering with Top Auto (2 ml/L) when the substrate calls for it, and see if the lightening of the lower leaves improves.

Alpes420 🗓️ Semana 4 - Días 23 a 29 (22/10 al 28/10) 🌱 Crecimiento: Semana de seguir acomodando el entrenamiento. Arrancamos el día 23 con el sustrato todavía un poquito húmedo y los brotes bajos comenzando a crecer. Esa noche ajustamos el LST en las cuatro. El día 25 a la tarde vimos las hojas caídas; Pensamos que era porque la luz estaba cerca y levantamos el panel, aunque también puede haber sido porque la luz recién se prendía. Esa noche volvimos a ajustar el LST y agregamos ganchos para abrir los brotes. El día 26 acomodamos el LST otra vez, y el día 27 movimos un poco las hojas grandes para que la luz lleguea mejor a las puntas. El día 28, al intentar hacer LST, quebramos la planta de abajo a la izquierda. No llegó a quebrarse del todo: la sujetamos con cinta y alambre y se sostiene sola. En la foto de esa noche se la ve con el tallo firme y los nudos activos. El día 29 acomodamos de nuevo las hojas grandes que tapaban las puntas de algunas plantas. Cerramos la semana con las cuatro verdes, con la estructura abierta, brotes nuevos vigorosos y sin pistilos. El día 23 descubrimos una mancha amarilla en la planta de arriba a la derecha, que tenía la clorosis entre nervaduras más marcada y una hoja con la punta amarillenta. Al día siguiente el motado se veía más leve. En las hojas bajas y en las grandes sigue el moteado amarillento entre nervaduras en las cuatro, pero durante toda la semana no empeoró; lo seguimos mirando. 🌡️ Ambiente: Temperatura entre 21,3 y 26,4°C. La humedad yuvo entre 44 y 65%, casi siempre fuera del 55-60% que buscamos: en varios momentos bajó del 50% y en otros llegó al 65%. El humidificador lo seguimos usando a mano: el día 25 a la noche lo prendimos por la humedad baja, el día 26 lo prendimos con el riego y el día 27 lo dejamos 15 minutos para subir la humedad. 💧 Riego: Día 23: Top Auto, 4 ml en 2 L (2 ml/L). El agua base dio 154 ppm; con el producto, 340 ppm y pH 5,8. ~500 ml por planta. Día 26: agua sola, 2 L. El agua de la canilla dio 150 ppm y pH 6,97, y la bajamos a pH 5,9. ~500 ml por planta. Día 28: agua filtrada sola, 2 L, 147 ppm y pH 5,9. ~500 ml por planta. Los días 24, 25, 27 y 29 no regamos: el sustrato seguía húmedo. 💡Luz: Bioled 220i, 20/4 (apagada de 11:45 a 15:45 hs). Día 23: de 19.000 a 19.500 lux (~292 a ~300 µmol/m²/s). Día 25: había subido a 23.000 lux (~354 µmol/m²/s) y levantamos el panel hasta 19.000 lux (~292 µmol/m²/s). Día 26: 17.000 lux (~262 µmol/m²/s). Día 27: 17.500 lux (~269 µmol/m²/s). Día 28: de 18.000 a 18.500 lux (~277 a ~285 µmol/m²/s). Día 29: 19.000 lux (~292 µmol/m²/s). 👉 Próximo paso: Riego con Top Auto y Top Candy cuando el sustrato lo pida. Además, seguir de cerca la planta de abajo a la izquierda que se quebró, seguir acomodando el LST y las hojas grandes que tapan las puntas, y mirar si el moteado de las hojas bajas cambia.

Alpes420 🗓️ Week 5 - Days 30 to 36 (10/29 to 11/4) 🌱 Growth: A week of changing the light schedule. We started Day 30 with all four plants green and vigorous, with dense or open canopies depending on the plant, and active central shoots. We didn’t note any LST adjustments this week. The plant at the bottom left, the one that broke, is still green, with an open structure and new active shoots in the center. Throughout the week, all four remained stable, with new shoots and no noticeable changes from one visit to the next. We measured them on Day 36: bottom right 43 cm, bottom left 41 cm, top left 42 cm, and top right 49 cm. We ended the week with all four an even green color and active shoots. The mild mottling between the veins remained stable and didn’t get worse. On Day 33, it was mild on all four. By the end of the week, it was only visible on the plant at the top left, and the other three showed no visible symptoms. We’ll keep an eye on it. 🌡️ Environment: Temperature ranged from 23.6 to 25.2 °C. Humidity ranged from 51 to 75%, almost always above the 55–60% we’re aiming for, because of the rainy days outside: it reached 75% on Day 35. On Day 36, we added a cooler as an exhaust fan, venting onto the balcony with the door open, and moved the internal cooler from the bottom right side to the top right. That night, humidity dropped to 51%. 💧 Watering: Day 30: Top Auto 5 ml and Top Candy 2 ml in 2 L (2.5 and 1 ml/L). The filtered base water measured 160 ppm and pH 6.72. After adding the products, the pH rose to 7.2, so we lowered it to 6.0. We kept it at 500 ppm because the Mars 420 is more powerful. ~500 ml per plant. Day 33: plain water, 2 L, 142 ppm, pH 6.09. ~500 ml per plant. Day 34: plain water, 2 L, 143 ppm, pH 6.08. ~500 ml per plant, no runoff. We watered because the pots felt light. We didn’t water on Days 31, 32, 35, or 36. On Day 36, the substrate was still damp. 💡 Light: 20/4. We started with the Bioled 220i at 19,000 lux. Day 30: connected the Mars 420 at 62 cm from the tallest tip: 8,900 lux. Days 33 and 34: Mars 420 CL at 75% power, 56 cm from the middle tip: 16,200 lux. Day 35: 17,300 lux (~266 µmol/m²/s), with the lamp 56 cm from the tallest tip, where it remains. Day 36: with the dimmer at 75, we measured from the tip of each plant. Bottom left measured 18,000 lux, bottom right 16,400, top right 15,000, and top left 15,300. 👉 Next steps: Water when the pots feel light (pending until Day 41). Connect the exhaust cooler to the duct because of the smell. Also, keep a close eye on humidity with the new exhaust fan and check whether the mottling on the plant at the top left changes.

Alpes420 🗓️ Week 6 - Days 37 to 43 (5/11 to 11/11) 🌱 Growth: A week of first little hairs; we’re starting pre-flowering. We started day 37 with all four green and actively sprouting: the one at the bottom right with dense foliage and a compact canopy, the one at the bottom left with an open structure, the one at the top left with large leaves, and the one at the top right with an open, vigorous canopy. We didn’t note any LST adjustments this week. On day 39, the pots were very dry and the one at the top right was drooping; that day we put a small cardboard box underneath it to even out its height with the others. By day 42, the one at the top left had a tall central stem and extended side branches. We closed out the week on day 43 with all four green, showing no visible symptoms and with more tips; we can also see more white hairs, and they seem to be starting to form buds. The slight mottling on the one at the top left remained stable on days 37 and 39, and from day 40 onward it was no longer clearly noticeable. On day 40, the one at the top right had some tips with a lighter color; no symptoms were seen in the following days. We’re keeping an eye on it. 🌡️ Environment: Temperature between 21.9 and 25.5 °C. Humidity ranged between 40 and 59%, almost always below the 55-60% we’re aiming for; it only reached 59% on day 43. VPD ranged between 0.81 and 1.28 kPa. 💧 Watering: Day 37: plain water, 4 L, 137 ppm, pH 6.03. 1 L per plant. Only the one at the bottom right drained, with pH 6.34 and 437 ppm. Day 39: Top Auto and Top Candy, 12 ml and 4 ml in 4 L (3 and 1 ml/L). The base water measured 155 ppm; with the products, 470 ppm and pH 6.01. 1 L per plant. The pots were very dry. Only the one at the bottom right drained, with pH 6.45 and 440 ppm. Day 42: plain water, 8 L, pH 6. 2 L per plant. All four drained: bottom right pH 5.92 and 320 ppm, bottom left pH 6.52 and 370 ppm, top left pH 6.47 and 450 ppm, and top right pH 6.3 and 500 ppm. We didn’t water on days 38, 40, 41, or 43. On day 40, the pots felt light, but watering was postponed until the next day. 💡 Light: Mars 420 CL, 20/4, with the dimmer at 75%. We started the week at 16,175 lux, with the lamp at an average height of 43.8 cm. Day 37: average of 17,000 lux, with the lamp at an average height of 40 cm. Day 39: we raised the dimmer to 80%. Average of 17,950 lux, with the lamp at an average height of 44 cm. Day 40: before raising the light, average of 19,700 lux. Then we raised the lamp a few centimeters, without measuring the distance. Day 42: we lowered the dimmer to 75%. Average of 17,800 lux, with the lamp at an average height of 52.5 cm. Day 43: after raising the lamp a few centimeters, average of 15,738 lux, with the lamp at an average height of 43.5 cm. 👉 Next steps: Keep a close eye on the white hairs and see if they start forming buds, water when the pots feel light, and monitor humidity, which was almost always below 55-60% this week. What do you think of our plants’ progress?