First auto experiment

Ricks Seeds havnt sprouted yet, I will keep you updated!! I'm useing two 900 led watt full spectrum lights 760 actual wall watts total, in a 4×4×7 tent useing Coco coir in 3 gallon fabric pots I'm going to be hand watering, I brought my first set up at the age of 16 I'm now 38 I'm sure you can do the maths, IV been out the game for some years now but decided to start a little auto grow as a experiment, if it messes up it messes up!!! I'm not into all the hype of products as I've grown some fantastic herb from garden store supply's on a budget I'm not into exact measures and timings as I've learnt over time you just don't have to be anyway let it begin

Ricks 8 of the 10 seeds have sprouted so I've placed them straight into the 3 gallon pots to avoid any shock everything looking good and on schedule, I was asked why I'm useing LEDs insted of hid being a old school grower well along with experimenting with the autos I thought I'd give these LEDs a go too just to see what all the hype is about and I have to say controlling the heat is a breeze so I'm impressed with that so far but the real test comes at flowering so I'd have wait and see, I won't be training them in any way whatsoever this first time round as I want to learn how these autos grow what structure, what height, how fast, and how they feed ect, I'll be keeping this diary updated the whole way whether it fails or succeeds thanks

Ricks Here we are on week 2, everything going smooth, all 10 seeds popped up and apart from 1 runt and a twin all look great and healthy and are growing at a good rate, I've only been useing the grow spectrums on both lights but as soon as they all have 3 sets of true leafs I'll be useing the full spectrum at 760 wall watts hopefully that's where the magic will start to happen and will produce some beasts I haven't started them on full coco nutrients yet I'm still just useing canna start seedling feed and rhizotonic just to build their root system up I'd like to get my humidity up a touch too as they veg it's a little dry at the minute but temps are perfect!!

Ricks Well today is 15 days since they sprouted so I'm pretty happy with the rate of growth, I haven't had any problems as of yet which is a good thing, I've switched on both the grow and bloom spectrum on both lights as of today it's raised the temps abit but nothing I'm Gona worry about I've decided to keep the runt going just to see what happens I'd usually chop them straight out but in the name of science im Gona let her run, the twins are still growing fine so I'm Gona let them both continue aswell I was thinking to chop the little one but hey let's see what happens there too well that all I have to update at the minute so thanks for reading and I'll see you in another week

Ricks We are now at 23 days from seed, the girls are all looking healthy, I've had a bit of a struggle with humidity ands temps but I've got it under control now, they are all really stout and bushy and the side branches are catching up with the main stem with no training whatsoever mabie it's to do with the intense amount of lighting I'm using?? The stems are at least 1 n a half cm thick!! And so bushy you can't see through em I've noticed some strange traits with the growing like leaves growing out of leaves and one seems to have had tip burn since it sprouted really but only the one!! The runt is still a runt and I'm not expecting it to do anything but I'll keep it going anyhows and the twin that sprouted from one seed is going good I thought one might have died by now but they are both going strong still lol well that's all for now thanks for taking the time to follow me and I'll see you in a week, peace

Ricks Today is day 30 from seed and as you can see the gang is in flower mode!!!! As I have a few different strains going the stretch is going to be at different rates but they all seem to be staying pretty squat so no need for my support net, I caused a slight bit of stress by moving my lights down to much and it got too intense i think as I saw problems with the very top new leaves curling and tip burn so I raised them again, I'm pretty happy with how they are going and it's all a new experience to me I'm used to controling when to flower and training them how I want but as it says it's a experiment for me and I am enjoying it, now let's see how they produce thanks for comments and likes guy see you next week

Ricks Hi guys, today is day 43 from seed, well I think lol, and the gang is well and truly into flower mode, as I thought they are all showing their differences, not sure if you can see from the pics but the 3 tallest are pure purple already!! I got a feeling they are Gona purple the whole way!!! My temps humidity and environment are all staying stable at the moment so not much work needed there, watering has become a bit of a pest as it's so bushy in there and I hand water everything but that's all part of the fun lol ok nothing much more to report so thanks for reading and watching and I'll see you next update thanks guys

Ricks Hi guys I made a mistake last update to day is accualy 45 days from seed so last week must have been 30 something days!! Well everything is still going good I'm watering on a more regular basis now as they are drinking up alot more water I think the stretch has stopped on all the girls which I'm happy about as they are at the height I wanted, the 3 blackberry's seem to be fadeing already which has me a little concerned as all the others are a nice dark green?? Just the 3 blackberry's seem to be doing it but at the same time they are the most advanced 3 as well buds are coming along nicely and pure purple!! So I hope all goes well till the end!! The runt is still going strong lol accualy looks pretty good and purpleing too loool, but it kinda hidden under all the growth of the others so proberly won't amaze me, I'm still not sure about these autos really I still haven't really realized the benefits of em, the speed don't seem to be any quicker than how I usually grow really, taking cuts growing em out for 10 days then flowering em n still getting 3 to 4 Oz a plant in mabie a shorter time!!!! Anyway that's what a experiment is I spose! That's all for now guys thanks for reading and following me and I'll see you next week

Ricks Day 53 from seed and it looks like the fast buds blackberry will be the first to finish, they got a lovely Color and fantastic smell like berry smoothie!!! They are fading and swelling and the pistils are turning a nice orange the tichromes are all still clear so Gona wait till half are milky, at least 3 weeks I recon?? the gorrilla glue and blue kush are still going at it strong all white pistils and the resin is just starting to show through but all are a nice healthy green strong and sturdy

Ricks Today is day 60 I've decided to flush the blackberry and finish them up triches are turning milky and the leaves are fadeing up by themselves anyway plus got some foxtailing going down so it's time for the chop very soon I'm afraid lol the others are coming along nicely fatting up producing resin and smelling nice so once the blackberry are gone there will be more space for them to finish up nicely

Ricks Today is day 65 and it will be the last update with the blackberry and bloody skunk as I am harvesting them tomorow!! I figured out that the runt was a blackberry so the 3 I'm Gona chop are 2 blackberry and 1 bloody skunk!! The bloody skunk is really fox tailing and all leaves have faded good, the blackberry are solid hard and the triches are milky amber and the leaves faded to a yellow then a very dark purple which looks great so guys I'll put up some pics of them in normal light so you can see the colours before I chop them down and I'll add the weights and cured bud pics once it all done!! I'll be continuing with the updates for the gorrila glue and blue kush thanks for following guys

Ricks Today is day 73 the pictures are a mix of Wats left in my tent and the 3 girls I took out and chopped bloody skunk and 2 blackberry's they are hanging up and doing there thing!! I won't do the harvest bit untill they are dry n trimmed properly, honestly tho I'm not very impressed with them at the moment it was like all the blackberry done was foxtail without any real nugs so it disappearing into nothing as it drys I thought it might av been something I've done but the other strains look great so I dunno what's happened, the smell and look is great tho so I'm sure I'll enjoy the smoke, so the 6 that are left are gorrila glue and blue kush and they are looking great, big and chunky buds that are rock solid!! They may have 2 weeks or so to go so I'll keep you updated, cheers for reading guys and I'll put up the bud pics in a few days or so

Ricks It was auto so not much to put here except I think it started fadeing abit early

Ricks As before they autos grew by themselves

Ricks Well the rest of the garden is coming to the end fadeing nicely, as you can see buds have buffed up thick like cans of bean size smelly sticky and all round the better looking than the ones just harvested!! Not much to say anymore guys just follow along untill the end cheers

Ricks Ok guys this is the last update and pics of the ladys as I'm Gona chop them over the next couple of days, I truly think they could have gone just a little bit longer but they were root bound and fadeing plus I was flushing em so they came to a abrupt end lol, the resin is cloudy so I'm happy enough plus I Wana get my next one going I'm doing photoperiods this time with training n all the little tricks I know which you can't do on autos so thanks for following guys it's been a pleasure and I'll be doing the harvest update soon

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