Pineapple Express

Here we go! I only got one of the two to germinate and she is rooted through the block so I’ll start her nutrient feeding now. This lady is front and center of the operation so she’ll definitely get the highlighted spot to get plenty of photos and attention.

Doubled in size and her roots are definitely tapped. I’m going to up my nutrients now to see how much I can get her to stretch and grow so I can get some LST soon.

Moving right along I’m hoping this is the week she explodes. I’m thinking that I’ll keep her as a Christmas tree type as of now but that’s always subject to change. She’s a full 2 inches wider and her stem is about 3 times what it was last week in the update. She’s on full nutrients now so it’s only a matter of time.

This doesn’t seem like week four and usually I’m a little bit taller in the ebb and flow system. The only variable is that I put my rockwool cubes on slabs to give them more root mass however this may have been a mistake. Usually by week three the roots are at the bottom of the totes soaking up all the nutrients and this is not the case. That being said I do note in my personal journal less filling of the reservoir which means less nutrients. So maybe I’ll go back to the old way after I finish depending on where the yield ends up.

I topped her last week and she is just now in pre flower at about 26” tall but has filled out nicely. Hoping for the stretch to be a good one with the lights up to full power and the nutrients switched over to bloom and grow.

I’m a few days late with my entry because I was busy in the other tent finishing up with a project. The express is going along nicely. I duped the nutrients and ran a few days of florakleen to run a test and see if stripping the salts and removing the nutrient bond as advertised makes a difference. She has a big beautiful stall and all her branches are supported nicely.

Progress was a little slow this week. I decided to try out flora kleen and see if a mid flower salt removal and root cleanse would help. I was very surprised at what came off of the roots and out of the totes the plants were in after just an hour. I can for certain say that it did make quite a difference. She’s filling out nicely and we are almost to the fun part.

There wasn’t a lot of noticeable growth this week as there has been prior. This plant can take anything you throw at it though. I dialed up the nutrients to level 12 and it didn’t even phase her. I did trim som of the worthless lower branches and leaves early in the week. Sorry about the video. The rotate button isn’t working

Out of nowhere water consumption in the tent went from 3/4 gallon per day up to what I’m guessing is 1 1/4 gallon per day. The roots went a little dry today and some of the leaves immediately went crisp. I trimmed them off and increased my reservoir limit to its maximum. The others are I. Their home stretch and hopefully I didn’t stall out the express

Fall is in the air even in my tent. The roots went dry for about 6 hours and that was long enough to make her angry. Her and her neighbors started using quite a bit more nutrients and between a little complacency and some personal chaos it was totally my fault. She’s still on track though and going to be a high yielding behemoth that would surprise me in she nears the 6oz mark. And the ROTATE BUTTON AND TEXT IS STILL NOT WORKING ON IOS.

This plant was a POWERHOUSE! It shattered my previous one plant personal best by almost double. I broke the rules and double topped her early on just because she had grown so quickly in the early weeks. Coupled with the fact that she didn't flower until week 5 made her a beast. I might have missed an update here or there but she was 101 days from germination and so worth the wait. In the end a totally perfect freak of nature that could take as much in nutrients as I threw at her and overall 100% the best auto I've grown to date. If every one grew like this I'd think I was getting pretty good at the art from we all come here to share and learn about.. These are my HQ photos and I'll upload the phone shots shortly! Thanks for looking and this had better be a diary of the month winner lol