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RQS AK AUTO x3 (FIRST EVER)

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Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
4 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
No Smell
80 %
24 °C
23 °C
10 L
0 L
9 cm
Took two days to germinate, planted in pot on third day when there were almost 1 cm roots, seemed like it was too late, but it survived, growing healthy, currently weak temporary lights, waiting on new light setup.
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
9 cm
24 hrs
26 °C
No Smell
70 %
24 °C
25 °C
10 L
0 L
42 cm
Starting week with few lighting upgrades, still temporary, waiting on final light setup. Big first leaves, leaning sideways. At end of week finally upgraded to final lightning setup. Humidity jumps higher, around 90% (atleast thats what my sensors tell), but Im turning on duct fan to reduce heat a bit and hunidity, then it says at 50-60%. So total average is around 70-75%. Also not using any nutrients, should I?
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
22 cm
24 hrs
28 °C
Weak
75 %
24 °C
27 °C
10 L
0 L
45 cm
Nutrients 1
Vito Universal 3.33 mll
Week 3 is starting with big leaves, I added universal nutrition for better growth and recovery. At start of week I removed top, and removed 2 big leaves (call it defolation, they were kind of in way for other branches *shrug*) for plant 3. Hope it will recovery nicely. Huge risk I guess? Did LST, maximized lighting setup (turned on bloom switch, because autos just need light, no veg/bloom for them). At end of week all plants look good, LST did success, and plant no 3 doesnt show much stress.
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LST
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Topping
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Defoliation
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
53 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
Weak
65 %
24 °C
26 °C
10 L
1 L
31 cm
Nutrients 1
Vito Universal 5.55 mll
Week 4 started, hoping for big stretch, and hoping week 5 will be flowering. Plant no 3 is showing strenght, recovered from everything I did last week and stretching really fast. :D Mid-week 3 and plant height stretch is really noticable. So end of week 4 - started to flower, this week had huge stretch!
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Week 5. Flowering
5 years ago
88 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
Normal
65 %
22 °C
22 °C
10 L
1 L
11 cm
Nutrients 1
Vito Universal 5.55 mll
Week 5 started already in flowering, 2 of 3 plants are def flowering, third one is few days behind, still flowering. Noticing what im guessing is nutrien burn on leaves, will try to start flushing mid week until next mid week, and see how it goes. Plants are still stretching more. Week 5 coming to end, noticing few issues with plants, also soil was a bit cold, something with lightning + ventilation + temperatures. Defoliated, tried to add warm water, and gained back control of temperatures. End of week 5. Did lots of defoliation, flushed out nutriens, watered 1l tap water per plant for few days, preparing for flowering nutriens. Leaves were struggling and showed different symptoms starting from week. Lets hope next week will be a nice recovery and plants will flower more!
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Defoliation
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Week 6. Flowering
5 years ago
100 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
Normal
75 %
23 °C
23 °C
10 L
1 L
Nutrients 1
Schultz Bloom Food Plus 2.604 mll
Week 6 started with lots of defoliation and plant stems reaching light and running out of height to grow, winder how I'd prevent it and made it grow more sideways, I guess not enough ar correct LST, I didnt want them to be very tall. So flushed for almost week, now adding flowering nutriens I hope these ones are ok, hoping plants will regain strength this week and start flowering, because when defoliating, I found lots of bad leaves, and plants struggling. Week ended okay I guess, plant no 1 started to grow past lightning, theres not much space left, also defoliating, so light can get to lower parts, because top is very crowded.
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Week 7. Flowering
5 years ago
105 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
Normal
70 %
23 °C
22 °C
10 L
1 L
Nutrients 1
Schultz Bloom Food Plus 2.604 mll
Week 7 started with interesting issues with plants, first lower leaves looked bad and I defoliated them, either it was due to too much water or light not getting to lower parts, because top of plants are very crowded and nice, bottom is kind of empty. Also once after watering I saw in plant no 1 watering tray small white worms, they appear due to lots of water standing still at bottom I guess, so i went 2 days dry, so it dries out, then watered again, now I've never seen them again, only this one time, I hope roots are okay. :( Defoliated a lot lower parts, by mistake took few useful stems (not that important ones, but still) :( Still adding bloom nutriens this week. Not sure when to stop and do a flush.
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Week 8. Flowering
5 years ago
105 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
Normal
70 %
23 °C
22 °C
10 L
1 L
Nutrients 1
Schultz Bloom Food Plus 2.604 mll
Week 8 started okay, after lots of defoliation, I think light penetrates a bit more lower parts, flowers now started to turn into longer bud sites, looks nice. Hard to notice issues with plants, because most of the bigger leaves are removed, and usually leaves are the first ones to show issues I guess. Also plant no 1 has grown lots of stems past lightning :D Its growing strong. Still are a bit behind with flowering than other 2 plants. But overall all plant buds look amazing! Still adding flowering nutriens, perhaps I should stop at end of week to flush it? Seems like harvest could be in next two weeks, I'd say 10 days, but i have no idea. Mid-week I removed plants first time from grow box, did lots of defoliation, and moved light to very top of box, took them back inside, now lightning is very good and space issue kinda solved, plant no 1 had grown very tall and already had burnt top buds, had to do something. few lessons learned.
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Week 9. Flowering
5 years ago
105 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
Strong
70 %
23 °C
23 °C
10 L
1 L
5 cm
Nutrients 1
Schultz Bloom Food Plus 2.604 mll
Week 9 started, nothing much has changed from week 8, just looking at buds and trying to notice the changes in size and just checking in. Plants look well, mostly buds, some lower leaves arent that healthy but probably due to light. Still adding flower nutriens, because I think harvest could be one or two weeks away, could flush later. Not sure if I should add even more water? Cant really tell from plants. Hoping this week buds will get bigger in size, currently they seem pretty small still. Week 9 ended, plant 1 has nice big bugs, some brown-ish flowers, sad that it outgrew space, some top buds were burnt by light, plant no 2 which was under secondary light also have nice big buds (this light has more red color i think), also this plant outgrew its space and had burnt top buds from light, but it looks almost ready, lots of brown flowers, also it has leaves with marks and issues, so already started to flush it, plant no 3 has nice frosty buds, but they are smaller in size, either lightning setup didnt reach it or maybe it was because of all the stress it recieved in vegetation weeks. Defoliated plants, which I think now is kind of mistake, should remove only the big fan leaves, no the small ones, perhaps thats why plant no 3 has smaller buds, because it recieved lots of defolation lately. Changed up lightning setup and moved plants around for better light conditions. Plant no 1 or no 2 could actually be ready for harvest or in few days, im not really sure, Im waiting on all plants for harvest, because will use grow space for drying and curing. Also I've shoulde started flushing somewhere this week, now Im going to start flushing only at end of week which could be too late.
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mcjordan
mcjordanstarted grow question 5 years ago
Hi, can you take a look at all this weeks pictures and tell me do plants look healthy and ready for harvest or atleast when is going to be harvest? Also plant 3 is a bit behind, and I kind of need to harvest all at same time, should I wait week? also is flushing now a bit late?
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Chayton_elegantbuds420answered grow question 5 years ago
You have to watch the trichomes. If the most are full milky and almost 10% amber colored. I would start flush this lady. This is the best way to know if the plants are ready to harvest. Good luck 👍🏽🍀
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Week 10. Flowering
5 years ago
105 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
Strong
70 %
23 °C
23 °C
10 L
1 L
5 cm
Week 10 started, plant 1 looks almost ready, plant 2 is few days from harvest, plant 3 could take a week. Will try to harvest at end of week. Week 10 ended, most plants look already ready for harverst, could've done this week, but waiting on last few buds to catch up to harvest all at same time, plant 2 top (which had burn from light) isnt quite ready yet, but everything else is, Im still going to harvest at start of next week. Also moved plants around this week, so most un-developed bud sites now has access to most light, could catch up faster. Added less water at end of week, preparing for drying.
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Week 11. Flowering
5 years ago
105 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
Strong
70 %
23 °C
22 °C
10 L
1 L
10 cm
Week 11 started, I was hoping for a harvest soon, but looking at buds and comparing to other growers, seems like plants arent quite ready yet. Will harvest at end of week I think. So week 11 has ended, I got myself a better microscope mid-week, looking through microscope and comparing whats written on the internets it looks like it still isnt quite ready. Perhaps I'll go for an early harvest, what could go wrong? Will wait few days to decide if want to harvest at next week start or wait much longer. First grow, zero experience. :D
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Week 12. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Royal AK Automatic - Royal Queen Seeds
Spent 60 days
Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
373.33 g
Bud wet weight per plant
56.67 g
Bud dry weight per plant
3
Plants
0.36
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Day air temperature
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Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Harvest process took longer than expected, lots of buds, trimmed most of the leaves on buds, but left some smaller leaves, so its not just plain buds, also lots of stem when drying. So results: Plant 1 - Wet weight: 472g. Most weight is due to lots of big stems that hold buds together, also most buds are big, with strong leaves, and then some smaller buds. Plant 2 - Wet weight: 303g. Has big long buds, less count, but bigger size each Plant 3 - Wet weight 345g. lots of bud sites, more count, smaller size each (this plant was topped and defoliated, wet through small stress at vegetation) I think after drying there should be no more than 200g dry in total, but we'll see. Will have to remove more leaves and stems when everything is dry. Also not 100% trusting my kitchen scales. :D Took also all popcorn buds which could be usable, for quick drying and more tests (I'd say about 2-4g dry in total) Currently all buds are drying. Will update with final yield grams and smoke test report. UPDATE: Buds were drying for around 10 days. I put them to trimming, sorted and put in final cure stage. So final yeld was around ~170g in total of which were: - 136g curing, usable buds, this is the usable final yeld put to curing in jars - ~12-18g gave away, they were very questionable buds, some were close to burnt tops and close to mold buds, so not taking chances, needed very close inspection, didnt want to risk - ~17-22g these were affected by mold, when I prepared for drying I spotted some, also after drying and when i trimmed them more, also found few more. :( - ~3-5g popcorn buds and few smaller buds that I used for quick testing So my suspicion of the burnt top buds and purpe cola/leave sites was correct. These were the ones which grew very tall and dense, and most of them had burnt tops which were very unusable, and also some of them cointained mold, these conditions were probably made due to limited space, and not doing LST that much. So most of these tops became unusable or very questionable.
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