Ripsters Auto's

I've planted 4 Glue Gelato's and 1 Gorilla Shizzle. My #3, #4 and #2 Gelato popped today 12/20/2019. I soaked all the beans for 24 hrs in distilled water. I then planted them in their home pots and place them under my 1000w HID MH Opti-Blue/Conv. bulb using an air cooled hood, Magnum Low Pro XXXL 8" Air-Cooled Grow Light Reflector. This is all happening inside my Covert 5x5 tent. The pots r 5 gal fabric Smart pots. Soil is #4 Nectar of the Gods as is the nutes. The complete Nectar line of liquid nutes...All organic...

The worm castings is fed in 1 feeding then nectar nutes for another and then just distilled water for the last. This rotation is used every 6 days at this point...

Changed lighting to 24/0... 3 days prior to this posting. Also, I've got a runt Glue Gelato, #4. If she don't come out of it soon, I'll be pulling it out to make more room. Plants are growing very well and very healthy....Plants have a very nice internode length. BIg N eaters so far...But most auto's r.... Added pic's of pistol's on there 19th day of life...Right on time...

All plants r doing great Some better than others. Like my #1 runt. She finally came out of it. By the looks of her, I'd say I had a soil ph problem that has since corrected itself. Plant growth is varying from 17'' to 12'' #3 and #2 r about the same height, 17 inches where #4 is at 15'' and the runt, #1 is 12 anlong with the Gorilla Shizzle. Started their flowering nutes of course. This week and next week are the "ugly" weeks. I've never seen to many auto's that look awesome at this stage, lol...The pre-Flower stage... Sorry for being 2 days late on pics this week. Got busy at home.... Enjoy....

All going well. I'm using my #1 gelato as an example of wrong PH. I'm a mode in a group and plan on using this plant as an example....I will correct soon....

The grow is going well. My #1 runt is starting to flower now. It's in the group pic far left #2 height is 36" 1/2" #3 height is 34" #4 height is 29" #1 height is 26" Shizzle height is 28" 1/2" Looking at the group pic,,starting at the front left and going around COUNTER clockwise. Here's the # #2, #3, #4, Shizzle and #1 All the Glue Gelato's are different pheno's. That, in itself, is disappointing. I see no TRUE breeding is this strain. As a breeder myself, I find this interesting that Barny's Farm would sell an unfinished product. Yes, they all auto, but that's not the reason for the cross, I'm sure. Anybody can pollen chuck a plant with auto genetics and get auto beans. Finishing the product would show some skill....I believe I just might do that on the next grow....

My #1 is not flowering. She's not in the pics. It's still vegging but it is starting to show pistols. The rest r doing great. Oil production started late last week.... # 1 - 31'' tall #2 - 41'' tall #3 - 37'' 1/4 tall #4 - 33'' tall Shizzle 31'' 1/2 Day 42 on all

Still going well. My #1 is finally flowering. I believe it's a Super Auto from the growth and her cycle's. My #4 is producing some awesome trichs and some rather large cola's.... #2 and #3 are just now producing oils. So next week, they should be lookin like my #4 Shizzle is doing her thing. Here's some stats: All are on day 49 from there first true leaves #1- 33" 1/2" tall (I did some very small HST on my #1. I snapped her top and let it heal on its own.) #2- 45" tall (Several pistils starting to turn colors) #3- 40" tall (many pistils starting to turn colors) #4- 33" 1/2'' tall (As you can tell from the pics, she's pouring on the oils/trichs) Shizzle - 32" tall Usually I'd say that when the pistils turn colors, that usually means they've been pollinated. But these have not. I'm anxious to see there final colors.... Today I moved on to my final flower stage as far as feedings go...

Another awesome week. Over the past week I've been working on lowering the PH in my #1 pot. It's R/O was checking in at 8.01. Not good, but it is surviving rather well. Today, after feeding, my R/O Ph check 6.94 So it's getting better. I'm looking for a PH range from 6.2 to 6.8 She's actually still doing some final vegging. Her vertical height gain this week was a couple inches. All the others have stopped vertical growth. Bud packing time... #1-36" tall as the soil PH corrects itself and the plant resumes a somewhat normal growth pattern, vertical growth resumes #2-45" tall #3-40" tall #4-33 1/2'' tall Shizzle-32" tall

Flush week. except for #1. Still working on her flowers...