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Week 1. Vegetation
7 years ago
20 hrs
26 °C
No Smell
55 %
3 L
2 L
116.84 cm
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
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Week 2. Vegetation
7 years ago
2 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.8
No Smell
500 PPM
55 %
20 °C
11 L
8 L
46 cm
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
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Week 3. Vegetation
7 years ago
7.62 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.8
No Smell
500 PPM
55 %
20 °C
11 L
8 L
121.92 cm
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!!
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Week 4. Vegetation
7 years ago
12.7 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
5.8
No Smell
2 PPM
45 %
20 °C
3 L
2 L
121.92 cm
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
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Week 5. Vegetation
7 years ago
25.4 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
5.8
No Smell
1000 PPM
45 %
20 °C
3 L
2 L
106.68 cm
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
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Week 6. Flowering
7 years ago
50.8 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
1000 PPM
55 %
20 °C
11 L
8 L
88.9 cm
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
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Week 7. Flowering
7 years ago
50.8 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
1000 PPM
55 %
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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
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Week 8. Flowering
7 years ago
91.44 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
1000 PPM
55 %
20 °C
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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
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Week 9. Flowering
7 years ago
91.44 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
1000 PPM
55 %
20 °C
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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
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Week 10. Flowering
7 years ago
91.44 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Normal
1000 PPM
55 %
20 °C
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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
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Week 11. Flowering
7 years ago
91.44 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Normal
1000 PPM
55 %
20 °C
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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
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Week 12. Flowering
7 years ago
91.44 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Normal
1000 PPM
55 %
20 °C
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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
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Week 12. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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Ok so the bloody skunk is a sweet smelling quite dense bud with purple hues once cured, it's been in jars for around 1 week if uv been following me ur know that it grew quite loosely and the buds are more like fox tails but as I said they have cured nicely and are rock solid and sticky the buzz is racey at first leading onto a nice body stone but at the same time giggley and chatty the skunk smell is there but doesn't jump out at you but all this could just be the phenomenon I have, the total weight of this one plant was 2 n a half Oz but I've been smokiNg it hard and left out all the fluff, the outcome is yea I like it lol
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65 g
Bud dry weight per plant
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It was auto so not much to put here except I think it started fadeing abit early
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Week 12. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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Ok blackberry well I like this one, the buds are on the soft side but the smell is amazing and it's o so sticky, it's been cureing for a week and has turned into a nearly black look, the buzz for me is knock out honestly I smoked a fat one and by the end I regretted smoking it lol very strong indeed my head sunk into the pillow lol, I ended up with 3 and 3 quarter Oz from the two plants
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As before they autos grew by themselves
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Week 13. Flowering
7 years ago
91.44 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Strong
800 PPM
55 %
20 °C
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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
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Week 14. Flowering
7 years ago
91.44 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Strong
55 %
20 °C
20 °C
11 L
8 L
60.96 cm
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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Week 14. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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I've chopped the gorrila glues today, and I have to say it's a lovely outcome, I'll have to update the weights an stuff Lata on but I wanted to show you some of the wet buds
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Week 14. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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Ok guys I know I'm abit all over the place here but I had all different strains ripening at different times so this is the final update they have all come down and are hanging nicely, ok so the gorilla glue are fantastic rock hard massive buds all round and the blue kush are just as hard but not so big but the colours are fantastic and the smell is pure bubblegum!!! I can't give a taste weight or effect update as it's to early but I will put it up as soon as possable
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Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 147 years ago
Ok the blue kush I got must have been a good pheno as all of them smell the same like sweet sweet bubblegum!! Rock solid and sticky to high heaven!! Not massive but I think because of the hardness the weight will be just fine I'm impressed!!!! Can't wait to smoke these baby's thanks for following this experiment with me guys
Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 147 years ago
Ok so the gorrila glue are massive heavy sticky buds that smell of pure petrol plus citrus and earthy undertones I can't even guess the weight but they are so heavy they kept bending as I was trimming them, they are rock solid like bricks even Wen you squeeze them there is no give wat so ever I'm very impressed with these as they were autos and I never expected auto to turn out as nice as this!! I'll put the weights and taste and effects updates as soon as they are ready!!! Thanks for following this experiment with me guys it's been fun!!
Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 137 years ago
Yea man the gorillas are chunking up nice, but the smell of the blue kush is amazing!! I was quite shocked at the weights I got from the others I really didn't expect it so I can't wait to see the outcome of the others, thanks for commenting and following all the way bro
Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 137 years ago
Thanks man
Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 27 years ago
Thanks biggreens thanks fast_buds I'll be updating weekly, the seedlings are coming along nicely but it's not worth showing you yet as I only updated 3 days ago the first week was just showing you the set up really so week two is week one in grow schedule thanks again
biggreens420
biggreens420commentedweek 117 years ago
Looking forward to the harvest report they looking fine bro
biggreens420
biggreens420commentedweek 107 years ago
Brother there's some beasty colas in there can't wait to see the harvest💪
Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 127 years ago
Yea bro I'll put it up soon, the buds on these ones are airy but sticky n smell grate I'll update soon
biggreens420
biggreens420commented7 years ago
@Ricks,nice to see the pics bro then gorillas what are left look nice and chunky
Zannabis7
Zannabis7commentedweek 67 years ago
This is a KILLER looking grow. I see some experience shining through here. Nice job! I am attempting my first "topless" SCROG (trying to bend instead) with 6 different strains right now. It would be cool if you would follow along and make a suggestion or two on the grow. - Zannabis7
Zannabis7
Zannabis7commented7 years ago
@Ricks, Thanks for the support. I'm looking forward to a little experimentation.
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@Zannabis7, yea bro your doing just fine trust me your Gona have kills budz just follow the basics and your be fine man you can tune your growing in as you go along, there's been a few time where I thought these plants ain't all that I must have done something wrong albut in the end they came out just fine they are a plant with a job to do and they will doit no matter what lol
Zannabis7
Zannabis7commented7 years ago
@Ricks, Nice feedback. I'm looking forward to the challenge of keeping all the different strains consistent and trying to create an even canopy. Thanks for you insights and support. - Zannabis7
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Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 57 years ago
Thanks wheetobeme, yea I hope I get a purple pheno plus I love the skunk strains anyway
Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 27 years ago
Thanks drzoidberg
Ricks
Rickscommentedweek 27 years ago
Thanks for the comments and likes guys
biggreens420
biggreens420commentedweek 147 years ago
That gorilla is a beast nice job in here them cola's look huge nice and tasty see some nice colours coming through as well wicked job
biggreens420
biggreens420commented7 years ago
@Ricks,just reply on one of my comments or write my name as it is with the @sign and cheers glad u think there fantastic i love the frosty ones too
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@biggreens420,yea of course bro I do all this through my phone how do you tag somebody?! You have done some fantastic grows too man some real frosty buds!! Just how I like em lol and thanks again
biggreens420
biggreens420commented7 years ago
@Ricks,no problem i enjoy following good grows and helping out where possible and more people will still probably check your grow u done well here can u tag me or comment when u upload dry pics looking forward to seeing the gorilla
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biggreens420
biggreens420commentedweek 97 years ago
Looking nice filling in wicked nice job
biggreens420
biggreens420commented7 years ago
@Ricks,yeah some autos do tend to finish quick
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@biggreens420,cheers big greens yea they are coming along ok Im pretty happy because I had little hope of being impressed with autos but they are doing a ok job lol yea filling in nicely I've just been thrown off about with how quick the blackberry are finishing off so I'm having to do two lots of water now because they have different needs
Zannabis7
Zannabis7commentedweek 97 years ago
Thanks for the update. Some killer growth and development this week. Nicely done. Are you using any nutrients? Continued best wishes.
Zannabis7
Zannabis7commented7 years ago
@Ricks, I hear great things about the Canna nutes. Thanks for the information and best wishes on the grow....
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@Zannabis7, thanks for comment bro, yea I use the canna range, I don't write down excatly what I use or how I use them because I've always used a tech where I go up and down with the nutes and ec!! Some weeks I go real high even untill I see tip burn which don't bother me really then I'll drop it right down then back up I think it keeps my girls alert lol don't won't them getting lazy lol but if I'd like to know I use canna Coco a and b cannazyme, rhizotonic, boost, calmag, and just put my dose of pk 13 14 thanks for the interest bro
biggreens420
biggreens420commentedweek 87 years ago
Don't know if u grown autos before but they don't taste as good as photos either in my opinion and I agree with you on the time also
biggreens420
biggreens420commented7 years ago
@Ricks, that's it u might like em I prefer photos definitely
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@biggreens420,this was my first auto run and proberly my last all I can do is wait to see the outcome I spose
SCAR17s
SCAR17scommentedweek 67 years ago
Following this because this is my 1st time with Auto's. I'm convinced I've been doing something wrong. Any advice? Very nice btw!
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@SCAR17s,it's my first auto grow too bro and to be honest I think because cannabis seeds are tampered with so much nowadays there's always gonna be the odd problem you haven't seen before! I've got one that doesn't look like it going to auto at all bro,
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@SCAR17s, hi scar, thanks for the comment, I've taken a look at Ur grow, bro you seem to be doing just fine you have a lovely bunch of lady's going there!!! What do you think Ur doing something wrong??
Tazard
Tazardcommentedweek 27 years ago
Be along for the ride!
Tazard
Tazardcommented7 years ago
@Ricks, aye aye cap’n!
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@Tazard,jump aboard bro
TheMachinist
TheMachinistcommentedweek 147 years ago
Wonderful cola's, nice coloring and shape. I hope they are as hard as they look 😎. Hand models are always welcome in my book!
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@TheMachinist,thanks bro and yes mate they are rock solid I'm pretty impressed myself lol
Hooks
Hookscommentedweek 147 years ago
Do you used any tipe of nutrients ?Or you used only water and coco-coir ?Fantastic garden, congratulations :D
Ricks
Rickscommented7 years ago
@Hooks,yea bro I used the canna range this time round with a few additions I always use thanks for the comment 😁😁
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