Experimental organic grow Autoflo

First of all I am not doing it as recommended. I mean, I don't care much about humidity nor about a constant temperature. Just making sure it's a good environment for them to grow Germination started on 16/04. I have put all the seeds in soil on 18/04. For the first week I had no choice but to put them under 75w LED as the delivery of the grow tools has been delayed due to Corona virus. Daily temperatures were good between 26 and 21celcius and the weather guy said it was a dry week. I used a soil for fruits and vegetables you can by anywhere with a good ratio of NPK, and as stamped on the bag it is supposed to be used for 90days. After that period the soil will lose his nutrient.

Ok so, the second week started pretty well. Still under 75w LED. They growing normally I guess.

Here comes the 3rd week, as well my 600W LED ! I received it early morning 02/05 and immediately installed it. I was really surprised how the light difference affected them. I let them for 2 days under the 600w to see the difference in between 2 days to see the evolution and let them adapt before starting some nutrient. I used nettle manure every third day. It's an organic nutrient so it's not absorbed as quick as chemicals, it's very powerful and containes a lot of N witch is what the girls need To do it by yourself, you need to cut it, soak it for 3weeks before the liquid can be used. Recommended dose : 100ml/L Well, lesson of this week, they are 1 week late compared to what they should be, light and nutrient were a good combo which I believe pleased the girls !

Well, end of week 4. Things went good. This week the temperatures dropped too much witch force me have an HPS 600w for higher temps into the grow space. I took 2 BlackBerry auto outside under a greenhouse. The temps goes between 19 and 25C. As this is an organic experiment I would like to see the difference between 2 different climates. I started a low stress training on the banana blaze auto strain. I read that it might maximize the yield as well the end amount of product so let's see. LST started the 13/05 I had to throw away the orange bud as it didn't develop anything. Lets say 9 on 10 survived. Still watering on third day with nettle manure and rain water

End of week 5, they grow more and more every day !! The temps has increased to 29C this week. I was afraid this hurt them but turns out Ok. Still using nettle manure and also added potassium, also organic. The girls seems like this environment. Blooming started on 17/05 The smell is weak and enjoyable

Well, so good so far ! Not any issue, I noticed 1 sick leave on each banana strain it's the very first one. I guess this is because of a lack of brightness, even if I used LST some of the leaves are not so well exposed to light. Temperature increased to 34c here,like really too much, i had no choice but let the LED 600w.. Buds are forming pretty nicely on the banana, one of them is still bushier and seems so need a few days to develop such good buds as her sisters It turns out the black berry strain develops purple buds which is surprisingly beautiful and already seems to have a strong grow regarding the size of the junk. The glueberry OG also has a different development, she tried to get higher and higher and is a less bushi body. As for the others I used LST Still using nettle manure with the same dose until end of week seven. At that moment I will reduce the nettle doze and increase the P and K. I hope this way will provide them a strong growth period, even if the blooming started, after what I'll focus on the flower dosage to maximize its development

Well well well, This week didn't go as well as I thoughts. I've noticed a lack of smth I can't tell on the very first big leaves of each banana. They didn't stretch as much as for other growers, maybe because it's under organic growth. Therefore the different buds are forming good and nicely ! I hope they will be thicker and even bigger by end of next week. I still used nettle manure and also added some potassium to help the damaged to leaves yo recover. Fail tho Also noticed that some of the top end of the leaves begins to turn deep brow like burned. I really hope it won't affect more the girls and will get better by end of next week Btw, every advice is welcome

Here is end of week 8 Girls seemed to be thirsty last week so i'am increasing the drinking doze. I found out that the damaged leaves showed a lack of p and k due to the excess of nitrogen as I was still giving a normal doze during the flowering session. Will reduce the doze to 25ml/L for week 9. I the meant thime I removed the old yellow crispy leaves as they were completely useless Buds are still looking gorgeous but also small. Let's see if they are going to increase their size during the 4 last weeks.

End of week 9 ! Everything went good, I could stop the lack of P and K by reducing the N dose by 75% and watering only once during this week with nettle manure. And will do so for the 10th week. They are drinking more and more ! 1L a day. Buds are still forming pretty well

End of week 10. Buds a growing more and more and the smell became strong ! It smells really sweet. The smaller banana blaze got the biggest buds so as we will start week 11, I will start flushing it. The two others will need 2 more weeks than the smallest one. Not major issue except that the HPS doesn't start by itself so had to wake up early to start it.. exhausting week. I try to plug it in another way as I can't understand what tf is problematic. Well let's see how it's going next week as the temp increasing up to 32 outside and can't lower it more than 28-30.

End of week 11. Buds are growing strong, especially on the smallest banana. I completely stopped the N feeding but still adding some P and K as organic nutrient. Smallest banana with biggest buds is actually flushed, not any other nutrient added as it comes to an end. The 2 others will need 2 more weeks. I removed the yellow and damaged leaves as they are now useless. The plant is looking forward for nutrient but as I don't give some, she is giving to the buds the remaining nutrient stored in her leaves. I hope the most of the big leaves to become yellow by the end of week 12 for the most mature girl to remove the "bad taste" inducted by the remaining nutrient in the soil. As you can see buds are really big compared to the plant size. Also I didnt put pictures of the girls under the green house as they didnt develope much than the previous weeks.. so I don't recommend autoflo with organic nutrient under green house. I expect like less than 10g (dry) per plant in the green house. Of course it will have his value but definitively not a good ratio harvest/time even if it's for personal consumption only. Not good for an usual smoker. Anyway let's see how it goes

Well end of week 12 I harvested the half of fattest banana as the trichomes were ready. The remaining buds will be collected next week. The second is not ready yet, must need one week more but the body of the buds The last one isn't growing his buds and will need like 2 more weeks All of them have been flushed this week Let's see how it goes

This lady seems to need a few days more to be harvested but it's going too far for an auto.. let it sit for a few more days after what I'll update the total harvest

Well well well, end of this organic session. I could have let the last lady one more week but it would be a waste of money running the 600w. Each banana blaze got his own geno. Each of them developed different buds type and also not close from one to another regarding the week of harvest (10,12 and 14weeks) What I learned : Autos are very good to introduce yourself to growing cannabis. Organic grow is viable for autos. I could had a better final result with chemical nutrient but not so disappointing as my very first grow. The harvest of glueberry and the blackberry under the green house didnt get me excited as the weather wasn't sunny for a few weeks. They didnt gave me more than 12g (dry). I didnt even take pictures. They developed like a single cola with 2 or 3 secondly branches. Autos needs a lot of direct sun, at least 18 hours a day The soil used was bought at my local store. Cheaper than those famous "all and light mix", it has exactly the same NPK doze. --- I totally recommend! The water used was only rainwater, no need to check the ph as I used the same water for my tomatoes and they seemed to like it. Will keep it posted for the total harvest weight. Thanks for reading, see you next session

These 3 girls didnt get me what i expected. Comes out to get 3 different type of buds. The smell after curing when opening the jars is absolutely disappointing.. the biggest buds smells like tea and the last one smells like ... Corn.. (yeah I know lol). Therefore once it is grinded is smells like pine and weed. The taste is like woody and earthy but really light. The effect is also light and doesn't get you in the couch but allows you to do some tasks. I'll give it a 6/10. Not bad also not the best flowers i smoked. Total harvest 96grams. Let's say 30g/plant.