Northern lights Auto-fem RQS, spacebuck

Seeds were popped in the ol' wet paper towel on a plate and under a bowl trick. I always put this on top of a fridge as it's pretty much a warming pad and is a sunk cost. Soil used for the and the 3gal pot I'm going to transplant it to is FoxFarms ocean floor and I used it in my last grow (as in same soil that went through a 1.5 week water flush)

Didn't do too much this week just kept an eye on it and watered every other day at around 1L/48hrs. Moving into new space bucket this weekend

Installed a new light and had a huge learning experience. I went from a light I built myself with two driverless cobs and went with the chilled logic v3 puck and it stressed the life outa the plant. it bounced back in less than 12 hours after watering and raising the light to 18''.

LST first round, going to pull new branches up and back to fill vacant space next week or 2. Sunday, it was rough so I watered it with plain pH'ed water. Monday, LST, not sure about defoliation as it's an auto... gona think LMK any advice Tuesday, clipped a couple of fan leaves off only about 3. Wednesday, need to up water from 1L/48hr, plant this morning provided no run off Friday, added BioLogic Scanmask Steinernema Feltiae (Sf) Beneficial Nematodes to every plant in the house, pH'd the water to 6.2, removed chlorine and did at night to avoid uv Friday, Day 26, major defoliation and LST. -After looking around a bit this week I decided to go a bit aggressive with defoliation. This is based on a lot of Lucky 75's videos with autos. -LST is to make about 5 main colas in a X shape in the bucket, last grow I did more colas and was unimpressed with yield. Main cola is much higher in photos, but I tied down the other 4 branches well below the top node so I expect/hope/pray they even out and you know, don't die

Sunday: the main cola was getting a bit out of control and after the positive result with an earlier defoliation I cut this thing down to only 6 colas. While looking at some of the branches that were developing on the main and on others branches, they were never going to get enough light; earlier bucket grows, and hell even this plant last week, show that a light blocking canopy will develop in no time. Monday day 29: huge hole appeared once I opened it up this morning in the canopy (if you look in the 28th photo you can see it in the center left of the photo), moved the left most cola in a bit with the wire thats it... need to stop now and just trim as needed Tuesday day 30: staying on top of the growth and trimming off leaves that will cover bud sites and that will grow into the wall of the bucket Wednesday day 31: stretch is happening and I'm having to stay on top of it. had to LST the main cola and one in the upper center of the pics. seems to be going well Thursday day 32: took a leaf or two, watered and left it alone Friday day 33: took off 3 small and one large fan leaves that were blocking bud sites, or growing into the bucket wall. Pistils are showing on the preflower sites now should be turning into legit flowers soon Saturday: it is getting more bushy so I removed ~6 leaves that had grown to block buds or grown into the bucket wall. NOTE: some of the larger fan leaves on the bottom, they are large relative to the rest on this heavily trimmed plant, I left to collect extra light and they're not large enough yet to really block airflow.

Fox Farm week 6 1/3 strength Sunday: removed a few leaves, main cola is growing fast Monday: removed a few Tuesday: pulled it out and did some small LST and cleaned out some other growth Wednesday day 38: it's looking good, stretching all over, but still good, flowers are developing nicely Thursday day 39: cleared out a bit of extra leaves Friday day 40: watered Saturday day 41

Sunday day 42: getting bigger, tried clipping some leaves tat were blocking instead of taking the whole leaf ~800 ml of water Day 43: clipped a few leaf tips off that were blocking buds. Trying to remove as little leaf as possible while trying to keep airflow and buds clear, so i've started removing tips instead of entier leaves; with some exceptions, big ol' leaves in the way are cleaned out. Day 44 Tuesday: watered with a full L, it was light as this morning. Day 45 Wednesday: removed some tips, saw a gnat Day 46 Thursday: nothing Day 47 Friday: pulled it out and defoliated, staked a tiny bud so that it's not a smashed by spacers and watered with a L

Nutrients: Fox Farms Week 8 at 1/2 strength (up from 1/3 strength) Sunday day 49: Just watered with some ph'd water that was bubbeling for a while Monday day 50: nothing Tuesday day 51: watered with 1L of nutrient solution. PROBLEM: Light was slightly too intense (leaves were praying but tallest cola was light green and highest leaves were browning on the tips; bottom of the plant is dark green so don't believe there are any nutrient problems) so I turned down the power. Pistils are starting to turn from white to orange. Wednesday day 52: nothing Thursday day 53: 1L of water+nutrients, looking good. More trichomes are showing up on the sugar leaves and fan stems, smell is getting a bit more potent and Friday Day 54: nothing, just opened it up for a look Saturday Day 55: clipped out 5 smallish fans between to keep some air moving 1L of nutrients PROBLEM UPDATE: other colas have passed the tallest mentioned above and all seem to be getting darker. kinda hard to tell as leaf tips will remain brown, but leafs turning light green seems to have stated to improve.

Sunday Day 56: 1L of FF week 8 at 1/2 strength, need to switch to water soon ish Monday Day 57: trichome's still mostly clear and no amber yet Tuesday day 58: 1.25 L of ph'd and aerated water Wednesday day 59: nothing Thursday day 60: 1.2L water Friday day 61: nothing Saturday day 62: water

Sunday day 63: defoliated because it was so think between colas Monday: watered with ph'd water and got close, I think this will need another week maybe Tuesday day 65: nothing Wednesday day 66: still a bit humid holding off on water Thursday day 67: watered 1.3 L ph'd water Friday day 68: removed some leaves where they were blocking budsights, laying on top of others creating wet spots and thats about it Saturday day 69: watered

Sunday day 63: nothing Monday day 64: nothing, not going to water this morning, will check later and see if the humidity drops. Watered at night Tuesday day 65: nothing Wednesday: nothing getting a few more amber in the trics, but still a ways off Thursday day 66: watered

Sunday 69: watered Monday 70: watching the trics some amber on buds, cut down most -3 & 1/8 wet trimmed Tuesday 71: nothing Day 72: Watered with ph'd and cal mag; looking a bit wispy but they were the larfy buds... Day 73 Thursday: nothing Day 74 Friday: nothing Day 75 Saturday: nothing still damp from Wednesday

Sunday day 76: got 5/8ths out of the 3&1/8 oz wet, but it's probably more like half an oz. once I trimmed out all the big stems... thinking about 2 more weeks for the rest depends (might have to leave town) Monday day 77: clearly going through water slower and gnats are in the bucket should do less water tomorrow Tuesday d78: a few more mature gnats caught, going to let it dry out more Wednesday d79: watered about .5L Thursday: nothing

I split the harvest up in to two parts The first harvest I took off about 3oz/85g and it was too early. hung for 7 days in the dark cut and trimmed about halfway, came out very pretty for some of the buds. The Second harvest I 2oz/56g and it was probably a little to early as well, had 10 extra days on the plant. Clearly more larfy than not but it'll do. Took home about 20% of the wet weight after removing main stems Had several light issues, too soft on the veg and too bright when I upgraded the light. Had gnats that came in Over watering had clearly happened in the beginning used crap soil and it shows compared to my other grows occurring right now After a few weeks the product is nice, it's definitely on the speedy side and short lived but I like it a lot. A flavor thats hard to pin down but i'm letting some cure out longer and will continue to update.