We decided to try our luck with a primarily coir medium with only a couple tablespoons of perlite mixed in. She was not showing growth at all until I offered some leftover castings from our last tea as well as the tea with it.
I grew the CBD photo version of this plant from Humboldt Seeds. I really like their genetics. I've only grown their photos though. I remember she had the best smell of all the plants in my tent. Good luck! I've been looking at your grows. You are going to have some nice buds to enjoy during the off season.
@Quexos, I train, top and fem my autos as well. I'm new I to photos (my first two are half through their flower cycle) but I ended up with a little cal-mag deficiency in 1 and was so happy that I could get her recovered b4 sending into flower which is another reason I'll only buy photos now. That's not even mentioning the cloning which gives an unlimited amount of free plants.
When we started out the autos seemed like the best option but once we got a few new lights, a timer, and those photo seeds the game changed in a big way.
Now I'm obsessed with my grow room and spend so much time with my plants.
Happy growing friend!!
@MomnPoppaSeed, You have to look at the parents for some of these autos. My 1st Dark Devil was done after 9 weeks. Most of my autos take 12ish weeks. However I have a Grapefruit Kush that will probably take 15 weeks.
Photos are a minimum of 15 weeks imo.
6-7 weeks in veg. then a 8-10 weeks in flower. I like my photos though because I have so much control over the plant. I could never train any of my autos to look like my current photo grow. I do top, FIM, and LST my autos though.
@Quexos, thanks I'm so ready to try all the new flavors lol. But seriously I have never had an auto take so long to flower but I've also never had anything look like this girl.
I would love to see her in a photo plant.
Honestly, Blue dream has a higher CBD to THC ratio than I'd usually grow but I've tried other people's BD and liked it very much.
Of course I'm no longer buying auto seeds because so many photo period strains finish as early as the autos but with bigger yields.
@raptor65, thanks and same to you!!
I just know that as long as she finishes properly we will have a nice little stash of blue dream to add to our medicine cabinet.
@Efka710, thanks, I'm really impressed by the size of those fan leaves. Most of my autos have had smaller leaves. Heck even my GL photo has smaller leaves and its 3 ft tall.
My 1st attempt at Blue Dream left me slightly disappointed in comparison with the BD bud I've tried in the past (if it was even BD, who knows when it comes from black market) but she never looked this lush and full but was super leggy with no scent, flavor, or potency.
This girl already smells good!!
So I'm assuming that it's the switch to organic nutes and teas plus I'm using more nutrients now and keeping her PH steady.
The same situation with a bubblegum kush 1st was decent but 2nd knocked our socks off.
Hopefully this one is as amazing as we know Humboldt blue dream should be.
This plant has been such an amazing girl. She has really taken her sweet time going into veg which is a good thing for us. We have been getting far less per yield lately with the autos because they were either stunted by a deficiency or went into flower super early causing them to stay small.
This beautiful girl has been in the grow room for almost 8 weeks now and has JUST began showing her heads.
I did start moving her into the flower room during the day for some stretch from the taller lights but I put her back into the nursery so that she can get 18 hours of light.
Very happy with her and cant wait to see her finish which will now probably be another 6 weeks marking her a 14 week girl from pop to chop.
It's been a long while since I've had an auto this big or healthy. Not sure what to expect from potency but if her health gives any indication of her thc/cbd levels then she should be great.
I will begin giving her the organic big bud and bud candy this week so I'll go head and add them now for record keeping purposes.
Cant wait to see what she'll be in the next 2 to 4 weeks!!