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Blackberry Auto

Plant Success (Plant Revolution)

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bloom plus Light Emitting Diodes/1000W

bloom plus

VEG

Unbranded Light Emitting Diodes/3000W

Unbranded

Tent

Grow Tent 96x48x80

Indoor

Room Type

Topping

weeks 3-4

LST

weeks 3-5

FIMing

weeks 3-5

HST

weeks 4-5

Defoliation

weeks 4-5

Main-Lining

weeks 5

30 liters

Pot Size

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First Grow. Week 1 - Preparing (peat moss, perlite, garden secret organic soil)

First Grow. Week 1 - Fans, air purifier, heater

First Grow. Week 1 - BP 1000w LED...I need another light asap if anyone can c.o.d. @bloomplus

First Grow. Week 1 - They threw in a Gorilla Girl (aka Gorilla Cookie)

First Grow. Week 1 - Fixin to be on!! (the brown color is Great White)

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First Grow. Week 1 - 2 Blackberry Kush popped up. This girl is named "Bluebell" from @42fastbuds @ore

First Grow. Week 1 - Removed one of the shells. This is "Ophelia" blackberry kush from 42 fastbuds

First Grow. Week 1 - PH 6.9 (I have no ph up/down right now since shipment has been slow-I water with bottled spring water

First Grow. Week 1 - I want my humidity up a bit. This is day 2. This reading was after 6 hours of no light. My light is at 24" inches. I may move it down some in about 6 hours.

First Grow. Week 1 - Ayra (never do this)

First Grow. Week 1 - Lost this one in the soil. Fix her up and apologized. Gorilla Girl "Qweeby" from

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 3 after 6 hours of dark. 'Bluebell" blackberry kush

First Grow. Week 1 - helmet head-gave it time and a little water and maunally removed it.

First Grow. Week 1 - I didn't know they looked like this at the start. This is Blackberry Kush.

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 Blackberry Kush (Bluebell)

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 @sweetseeds #gorillagirl (Qweeby)

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 "Winnie" OG Critical Kush

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 "Ophelia" Blackberry Kush

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 "Qweeby" Gorilla Girl (mislabeled it)

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 "Bizzie" Blackberry Kush

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 "Bluebell" Blackberry Kush

First Grow. Week 1 - Day 4 "Vivian" OG Critical Kush

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5.72 cm

Height

20 hrs

Light Schedule

27 °C

Day Air Temp

6.7

pH

No Smell

Smell

47 %

Air Humidity

21 °C

Solution Temp

21 °C

Substrate Temp

23 °C

Night Air Temp

30.28 liters

Pot Size

0.95 liters

Watering Volume

38.1 cm

Lamp Distance

lukavega This is more of an equipment gathering project-first grow so I want to keep it simple and budget friendly, I ordered autos for my first grow but Oregon Elite Seeds sent a free gorilla Girl from Sweet Seeds. Super psyched for my first grow! Day1. Soaked seeds for 4 hours in bottled water, used paper towel method with 100% sprouts within 18 hours inside dark tent at 80 degrees (heater and air purifier) and 40% humidity. Hoping to plant directly into prepared soil (6.9 ph currently) in 24 hours. Day 2. Planted Critical OG Kush and Blackberry Autos 1/4 directly into 8 gallon cloth pots (these are the wrong pots-they are wax lined but the pandemic made getting the aeration pots unavailable-I may have to transfer later). Very lightly watered. i prepared my soil mix and had it acclamated to the grow room. I opened the air vents at each end of the grow room and set heat to 78, placed a bowl of water for humidity and started oscillating fan for airflow. Planted Gorilla Girl in a tupperware dish till i can get something more suitable. I really need another light but shipping just isn't working out. Day 4: 1 OG Critical was culled do to lack of progress. Gorilla Girl hs been repotted and looks fine. The Blackberry are much leggier than the others at this point. I'm watering just enough to get to the roots with bottled spring water. Day5 : the girls just woke up-posted pics. 1 light and 6 plants is not ideal. I'm not sure if I should put the strain that is naturally shorter under the light directly or focus on the tall ones getting enough light to not stretch. Comments appreciated. Day 6: Ligthts off after a 20 hour on cycle. I was concerned that my light insn't adequate spacially. I dropped it down to 15 inches above the seedling and got it tropical in the tent. I also used a 6500k 15 watt shop light for added light color and they enjoyed it, except for 1 had a bit of yellow. I will post photos when they wake up to see how they look after this light/heat/water boost for 20 hours. My Gorilla Girl is the only one that isn't above 2 inches. That one was planted deeper (1 inch instead of1/4th like the others. I did have some "seed helmets" so next time I will go a little over 1/4 inch deep. Qweeby's roots grew like a wad instead of down. I've had to readjust her placement twice because the roots act like they want to be on the surface. I'm excited to see them in 4 hours. I may cull one and start a different seed. The Blackberry Kush is stretchy which seems nice for a new grower like me. I am trying to limit the stretch so they match the Critical OG height but they are hearty toddlers. Day 7: Added a 3000w LED off ebay. I didn't account for the rise in heat but it only got up to 84. Raised it from 18" to 20" and got more air flowing through. One plant has a little yellowing from the inside of the main leaves (inside to out) but it's barely there so I'm going to check PH meter and easy watering since yesterday I did water more then I have thus far-so it could be a little root lock from too much water.

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First Grow. Week 2 - Day 9: Looks like yellow discoloration-maybe albinism? Had trouble with the seed on this one. Should I keep or ditch it and start a new seed?

First Grow. Week 2 - Gorilla girl-Slow Starter. this seed was planted too deep. i really want to keep here but I'm afriad he life has alrdy been stunted. Advice? @SweetSeeds

First Grow. Week 2 - Pretty nice. 3" blackberry kush premium for @42fastbuds.

First Grow. Week 2 - Short for day 9. The blackberry kush are much leggier at 3 inches tall and the OG Kush are about 2.75 inches.

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First Grow. Week 2 - Last attempt at saving this girl. Mistakes were made. Hopeful tho! Go Qweeby!

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First Grow. Week 2 - My Gorilla Girl turned yellow! I used a fraction of recommended doses of SuperThrive and 1/4 of an npk line (n5-4-2) I'll drop a pic of that. This formula was not pH tested before applying-rookie mistake. But 3 hours later, she's almost all green again.

First Grow. Week 2 - Glad she bounced back!!! I love you Qweeby!

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7.62 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

50 °C

Day Air Temp

6.7

pH

No Smell

Smell

51 %

Air Humidity

50 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

1.89 liters

Watering Volume

50.8 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 2

NPK

1.915 mll

SUPERthrive - Superthrive

SUPERthrive

0.33 mll

lukavega Day: 9 I'm considering replacing a cpl of these with different seeds. They are already behind schedule-1 OG Kush and the Gorilla Girl. Any tips varigation on leaves? I just gave them there first feeding of Big Buds and Blooms (N5) after the 24 hour Superthrive wait period. Both Superthrive and NPPK were used at 1/4th the strength called for on the lable. Nighty Night girls. Going to bed wet is not ideal but they needed a full watering bad..hoping I didn't over water (purified water) Some of the soil just does not seem to get wet in these pots. weak leggy blackberry kush has some wind tonite. Hoping to boost stem strength. they are trying to fall over from the weight. Day 10: made little stakes from coated wire. Repositioned the Gorilla Girl for a third time. You can see that part of the stem looks white from being underground. Still gonna give it a little more time. Otherwise, all are seemingly fine after first feeding. Day 11: applied SuperThrive and my Gorilla Girl turned yellow for a few hours. Glad she is resilient!!! Day 12 thru 20. So my PH meter was wrong and I have been watering with 9+ water for the first 2 weeks. i had 2 ph meters in case this happened but one is for soil...new grower mistake. So...I've lost precious time on my aotos and my gorilla girl is ...lord help meh..she don't look too good. All are alive in spite of my noobness. I'll post some pics that should have a disclaimer stating this is not what your plants should look like at 20 days in. Also had to transplant into non-waxlined pots. This is not the best experience to show publicly but new growers can maybe learn from my mistakes.

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lukavegastarted grow question 6y ago

I am wondering why my babies tend to look dry even tho the soil is moist. i added 1/4 of the recommended dose of "N5" from Big Buds and Blooms and the day before that I used a little Superthrive,also 1/4th of the recommended dose. Normal for leaves to look dry?

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Jef79answered grow question 6y ago

Hello.. Hope you are well.. Not sure wot n5 is i assuming its a nitrogen supplement?.. U shudnt b giving ur babies ANY food for first 2-3wks unless using coco or hydro.. Soil has its on microbiological build and will last said time.. Just water with a clean water@ph6-6.5 in soil.. Hope all goes well n stay safe.. 👍🍀

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First Grow. Week 3 - This one I broke a leaf after watching that guy manicure his bush. Chiropractic method. Anyway, Limp dead leaf got at by me.Topped. it was yummy.

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First Grow. Week 3 - I'm seeing/feeling a leathery texture to the leaves. No tiny big is gonna wanna work too hard to bite these.

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13.97 cm

Height

20 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

No Smell

Smell

55 %

Air Humidity

22 °C

Solution Temp

21 °C

Substrate Temp

23 °C

Night Air Temp

22.71 liters

Pot Size

1.89 liters

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

1200 PPM

CO₂ Level

Nutrients 11

NPK

0.528 mll

PH Down

0.66 mll

GS Liquid Fish and Kelp Concentrate

1.302 mll

lukavega Started LST and accidental HST. Lots of good growth fast now. This may not be a fail after all. Am trying some trial error experiments. ReCharge and GS Liquid Fish and Kelp have helped a ton and Rhino Skin has made for very strurdy stem/leaves that are pliable. Altho I stunted these due to (i think) high ph for a cpl weeks, some LST fun is just a must. This is just an experiment. :) I'll post a qwik vid. Judgement free zone-tips welcome. decided to fim 1 OG Kush and 1 Blackberry because..it's an experiment and I want everyone to say "don't ever top an auto."

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First Grow. Week 4 - Topped auto heal fast and two nice branches came up.

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First Grow. Week 4 - Batshit too strong for tiny leaves and collected in oldest fan leaves

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First Grow. Week 4 - Gorilla Girl us struggling but hanging tough.

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First Grow. Week 4 - Mutated seed. I think this was an OG Kush. No root rot. Plant just keeps getting uglier. No bueno. Rip.

First Grow. Week 4 - This is on the way. 315w/930 light. i am glad I have a few different types of light. (this plus the blurple and led diode board)

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16.51 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

18 °C

Day Air Temp

6.8

pH

No Smell

Smell

65 %

Air Humidity

23 °C

Solution Temp

21 °C

Substrate Temp

25 °C

Night Air Temp

22.71 liters

Pot Size

1.89 liters

Watering Volume

50.8 cm

Lamp Distance

1200 PPM

CO₂ Level

Nutrients 12

NPK

0.528 mll

PH Down

0.66 mll

GS Liquid Fish and Kelp Concentrate

2.604 mll

lukavega Started the week with apparently a bug of some sort. Ready to use Neem Oil from Walmart and they're responding fine. Will re-treat in 7 days. Good growth otherwise. Trying different methods of LST. Very fun! Looking forward to a good next 7 days. Going back to an 18/6 time cycle. I think the bat gauno was too potent and I may be watering with high alkaline water that may raise the pH. I had bb lack curled up baby leaves undergrowth and my fan leaves have sucked up all that extra potassium and some leaves have broken off. Some older fan leaves are patchy and discolored but am keeping them to continue saving excess there instead of newer growth. My light schedule also lended imo-high pH even tho it's within normal range going in. I'm trying to lower my humidity and get them ready for a our watering to flush away any iron from my shitty water that could turn to rust if not moved away from the roots. BTW Spider Mites...not husky hair in weed.. Neem oil seems to be working. Put a lady bug in the tent. So I'm a little past 30 days and it's a wash. I got stuff blooming and dying at the same time. I'll post pics soon for observation purposes. I'm going to make a list of my mistakes as well.

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First Grow. Week 5 - Qweeby the Gorilla girl by @seedsmanseeds Has survived-my only photoperiod. I did everything that should have killed her and yet she lives. The rest of the plants were scraped. I did drop my last few auto seeds to get rid of them till I get photoperiod seeds and they are doing well. Equipment experiment successfull. I may make a seperate diary for Qweeby. The survivor.

16.51 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

18 °C

Day Air Temp

6.8

pH

No Smell

Smell

65 %

Air Humidity

23 °C

Solution Temp

21 °C

Substrate Temp

25 °C

Night Air Temp

22.71 liters

Pot Size

1.89 liters

Watering Volume

50.8 cm

Lamp Distance

1200 PPM

CO₂ Level

Nutrients 12

NPK

0.528 mll

PH Down

0.66 mll

GS Liquid Fish and Kelp Concentrate

2.604 mll

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commented6y ago

Hey lukavega! Don't worry about the Gorilla Girl®️, she looks a bit delayed but looking good. You can give one month before the change to 12/12 and she will be ready for sure ;) The problem I can see here is you are growing autoflowers(fast bud strains) with a photoperiod plant (Gorilla Girl®️). If you don't change to 12/12, our strain will be growing forever and she never will start the flowering. If you give 12h to the autoflowers they can't express all the potential. Next time you need to separate them in a different room or different time. I hope this helps you!

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lukavega commented6y ago

@Sweet_Seeds, She's gotten a new outlook now. A good part of the stem was underground so tried to replant with some Great White coating the whole root and I buried the root as far down as I could. This seed was planted too deep and it was growing sideways under the surface. I expect her to have a good week.

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Cr8grow commented6y ago

Luk...off to a good start.

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lukavega commented6y ago

@Cr8grow, I appreciate the luck!

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commented6y ago

Thank you very much for sharing a new diary with one of our strains. 😊 We hope you enjoy it. 😋 Sweet smokes jaypp

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lukavega commented6y ago

@Sweet_Seeds, I am so excited for this Gorilla Girl! Her name is Qweeby!

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lukavega commented6y ago

My soil is mostly peat moss and perlite with a little potting soil, so i felt like i could use a low dose of nutes a little earlier. i may be a bit anxious but..all i have is time with this quarentine.

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Belverde commented6y ago

Good start , good luck 😎👍🌱

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