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So this little girl started out on a whim. I finished my first really bad skywalker grow and and wanted to try again. This seed was destine to become something special. I tossed her in a 1L pot for a small grow contest we have going on in our r/autoflowers discord chat. I started this one and a 1L Nirvana Northern Lights at the same time. These were gonna be undocumented grows for the hell of it and a REAL small yield. More to come next week.
As you can see, this girl.is really excited to become party of the world. She is still sitting in a 1L pot and drinking nothing but plain PHed water.
This is gonna change soon if she keeps going at this rate. Really happy with this strong little bean.
Big week for this girl. She looks amazing in the 1 liter pot, but she wants more room to hang up pictures. I moved her into a 3 gallon pot on day 21. She loves her new place and can't wait to meet her neighbors.
I know half the people that visit this diary are currently screaming at me inside their heads. I know the risks of transplanting an auto. I can tell you that if all my girls are like this one, I will forever start out in 1L pots when in soil. She is a beast and doing amazing.
This is a slow week after the transplant. She is getting used to her new home and letting her roots grow out a little more. I kept her on water only for thhis week with the fresh soil for her to reach for. Next week we will do 1 week of veg, then probably change to flower if she wants it. Also as you can see in the later pics, I started to ponytail her for 4-6 hours a day and spread her lower branches out.
Another week in veg and she is a happy camper. Lo ing all the new room she has and putting more time.into growth. Hopefully she isn't set back too far, maybe 10-15 days. Either way, I think she is gonna be big girl. Nutes being added in a moment. She had a week of veg.
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Veg continues. Slowly starting to wonder what is taking so long.
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Veg keeps going forever. Wondering if she is not an auto.
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So she has to have swap to photo at this pace. I am swapping the whole tent to 12/12 tomorrow. It will screw with yield a a little, but need to flip this girl.
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Flipped to 12/12 and the flowers are starting. Well, crap. Guess we will not finish this girl before vacation. Need to figure something out fast.
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Holy hell she is gonna be big. I am pulling at least 15 leaves a day to try and get light everywhere. Watering is becoming an issue.
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Still screaming along. I may have a solution for my vacation. First a trusted friend stopping by to give her prepare feed every other day and an automated system to feed PHed water in between. Blumfeld watering system.
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This starts when did not get a lot of pics. Sorry for the next few weeks. I have notes for it all though.
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No pictures for this week. I am getting close to vacation days and getting the auto-watering system set up. It is in the pics next week.
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Added the watering system as you can see. It is a simple pump that is set to run 4 times a day and feed roughly 0.3L of water each time. The pump sits on the edge of a 5 gallon bucket with PHed water in it. It also has an airpump set up with an airstone to churn the water a little like a DWC mix even though the plant is NOT in there. The pump shoots the water to the plant via little green tubes. This should keep her happy for the 9 days I am gone. (spoiler alert: it doesn't due to human error)
Also you will notice a LOT of supercropping going on. I am running out of vertical space so she has to be knocked down a little. Over and over.
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Away on Vacation. Water pump please work! (nope!)
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So this is what I returned too. Not too happy of a camper in there. Friend kept coming over every other day and gave her 2L of pre-made feed. The water pump should have kept her happy between with a constant water supply. The pump was suppose to run for 99 seconds for 0.3L. Something happened and she only ran for 10 seconds at a time. Barely enough for a day 20 plant. So she started to suck water out of herself where ever she could. Leaves first, then the flowers. I am hoping to be able to recover her, but her yield will be highly reduced. Merry Christmas to me!
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Working on recovery and will be for a while. Hopefully she makes it to harvest with something on her.
She is still recovering and the diary is up to date for the last week. I will pick up where I left off now.
She is drinking 3 liters a day of water and feed. Putting a little weight on slowly. I had to bend more of the colas and add some bamboo poles for support. You will see them next update.
She will not be coming out of the tent again until she is ready for harvest.
As you can see in the pcs, this little girl is doing amazing.
I have removed the auto watering and just feed every day with full nutes.
I had to move around a couple of colas to open up the ones underneath to more light.
I'm hoping for another week at most before I start a staggered harvest. I had a test Bud from day 129 and it was pretty good. The girl definitely needed more time so I am giving her another 10 days or so then rechecking. Very happy with the recovery.
So this was supposed to be a fast 70-80 day grow and be done. The photo pheno screwed me on my vacation when my watering system failed also. It was a comedy of errors. I will take it as a win that this much was produced even though is it light and airy bud. You can read through the 19 weeks of this monster to see the issues. It has been a challenge. I have 2 more seeds to try again in the future, but for now it is time to try something else.
@Zannabis7, I really like the NFTG line. I do not flush and feed right up to harvest. I use them at the full recommended strength though starting at day 21-28 depending on the need. Their sample pack is worth its weight in gold to get you started. I don't plan on using it in my DWC attempt in a few weeks, but only because it is a thick mixture.
@BigDaddyK,I know, it is a cardinal sin to transplant an Auto. This started out as a "bonus" seed that I tossed it in for a 1L grow-off. That was the intended pot size as I actually have 2 growing like this. Auto's can be transplanted, just slows them down a few days and not good for the finite lifecycle. Really gonna hate me next time I update since she WILL be moving. She is just growing too good to keep in here.
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