Auto Purple Kush by Canuk

Run 3- Auto Purple Kush by Canuk seeds alongside Gelato Autos also by Canuk, running separate diaries for each strain from now on. Let’s go!

Not much to report, they’re growing second sets of leaves now. First set on all plants came in looking pretty rough, dunno if soil is hot or what, reused soil from last grow mixed with new soil for this run. Either that, the lights are a bit close or they’re a bit cold in there. Second sets of leaves looking fine coming in so far. They should take off soon.

They’re finally really starting to take off now, all bounced back from the bit of whatever shock they had. All making healthy new leaf now. Hit them with small doses of calmax and fish ferts, seem like they’re gonna explode in the next few weeks, i hope so anyways.

At the end of last week all plants started to show female preflower, they’re still pretty small but seem to be making impressive daily gains now, They’re still smaller than the Gelatos growing with them but they’re closing the gap in the last few days too. I’m loosely following some Autoflower grow charts for feeding which seems to be working out, hoping they all stack like mad in the next few weeks.

Plants doubled up on size this week, The bigger Purple Kush of the two has passed my big Gelato, this week was pure stretch mode. They’re well showing flowers now so I’ll be upping flower nutes and lowering veg to get them focused on making bud for the last few weeks of the grow. Stoked to see how they finish now. Think I wanna do a few auto runs maybe in a row just to get used to running them.

Week 6 Again nothing but 100% stretch mode this last week, the taller one was growing an inch a day over the last few days and has very weird stretched out node spacing. I’m starting to cut back veg nutes now and going to full bloom schedule. I have no clue how these are gonna fill in and finish being my first auto grow. It’s quite different from photos. Next 5-6 weeks will be fun to watch!

They finally stopped stretching and now they’re stacking on buds, The smaller one really caught up in height to the biggie in the last few days of stretch, all plants got some minor nute burn on some leaf, gonna go back to feeding every third watering, it’s time to really cut the veg mix anyways, hopefully I can keep em happy for their last few weeks. Just starting to smell nice in the grow space, No purple yet to be seen but they’re still pretty early, gonna keep the temps down and hopefully bring out some color in em. Gonna be giving them some hours in the sun too now that it’s getting nice out, hopefully that’ll give em a boost too. Another good week!

Buds are filling in nicely now, was a little worried at first because they were kinda long and stringy looking at first when they started coming in and looked like they wouldn’t yield much but packing on weight now. I’m super stoked that one of them is the full purple pheno. Buds are coming in a very dark purple almost black on that one, smells very hashy with a hint of berries, the green pheno is a resin and trich monster so far, smells sweeter than the purple one for now. Both making some nice looking bud now. Just this week and next left for feeding and then it’ll be time to flush.

Weather is getting nicer, plants have been getting more hours in the sun lately and it’s making them stack quite nicely. They’ve been really stinking in the morning after being out in the sun all day, seems the hotter it is outside the more they stink the next day. The trichome production is in full swing and both plants are good and frosty although the green pheno has more frost yet skinnier more conical buds, the purple one smells just as dark as she looks, very dark hashy with mild dark berry smell while the green one is more fruity and sweet overall smelling, it’s crazy how different two phenos can be. They look exactly the same structure wise but the colors and smells are much much different, can’t wait to try these out in a few weeks.

Started to flush early in the week but really looking them over I decided to give then one more final feed which they seemed to respond to excellently, these last two weeks have been pure bud stacking. They weren’t looking like they’d yield too well before that but i’m happy with how they’re stacking for the finish. Let the dry out from the last feed and began flush yesterday, looks like they’ll be finished right on schedule in week 11.

I harvested the green pheno plant in week 11 quickly realizing I should’ve let it go like another week to really finish plumping up. It was still in the harvest window but a bit earlier than I’d have liked. I wanna say the green one is a bit more frosty but there’s no real noticeable difference with the buzz between the green and purple, they both taste pretty much the same as well although the purple one is a bit better in that regard, likely because I let it go another week more than anything. For my first run with autos I gotta say these were super easy and enjoyable to grow, i’ll likely hit up the local shop for another batch of auto seeds to run in the fall. Happy Growing!