Gone Fishin'

Getting things started with some Dinafem Moby Dick XXL Auto! I'll be using an identical setup to my scrog grow, but without the scrog. I've inoculated the seed in URB Organic for 25 min and dropped into a jiffy pellet in my humidity/clone dome. Using URB is supposed to help produce a taproot in 24 hours. We shall see what happens. Wish me luck! Day 1: we have liftoff! Took less than 3 days to sprout! Fastest I've seen yet. I'm about to make my soil/coco/perlite mix in preparation for planting. Day 2: up up and away! Not sure what's up with the yellow cotyledons, but they should turn green soon. As soon as the led arrives tomorrow, in the tent she goes! Day 3: Root was coming out of the jiffy pellet and the LED arrived, so I put her in a 7 gallon fabric pot with 1/3 happy frog soil, 1/3 coco and 1/3 perlite. I inoculated the soil with 30ml URB when I mixed the soil last night. I did not water when planting since the soil was very moist. LED is hanging at 38" above the plants with VEG mode only. Day 4: Getting used to the new soil and LED and I expect a little slower growth for the next few days. I've never grown with coco in the soil, so while the surface is drying, I believe the soil beneath is moist enough for now. I overwatered my first photos and don't want to make the same mistake with the autos. I'll keep an eye on things. Day 5: Sprayed twice today with cal-mag foliar spray to wet the soil near the plant. She appears to be liking the LED light. I'll kick on the boost light in about a week and then the bloom light after 3-4 weeks of growth. Day 6: Sprayed with URB foliar in the morning and Cal-mag in the evening. Not wuite ready for a nute feeding. Maybe later in the week I will give a dose of water. I'm contemplating MammothP for the entire grow on this auto. Still on the fence on the nute regimen yet.

Day 8: fed nute week 1 and added mammothp to the mix. First real leaf set is forming. I may lower the light tomorrow and see how they respond. Day 9: added more dirt to support the stems and sprayed with URB foliar. Then wetted them again with cal-mag this evening. Also switched oscilating fans from the other tent since the new fan has more power and the scrog needs it. I raised the fan up on a box so the plants are getting air flow and lowered the light to 24". Day 10: Had to turn up the inline fan speed and open a flap a little to get more airflow in the tent. Humidity was way too high, but is back to normal now. URB foliar in the morning and letting them do their thing. Day 11: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar in the evening. Slow goings, but that's typical at this age from my previous experience. I turned on the XML boost light as well to try and get things going a bit faster. Day 12: fed week 1 nutes again since they were pretty dry. They seem to be coming along now. I'm hoping this mammoth p stuff just makes some monster difference along the way. Day 13: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar this evening. So far so good and they seem to be healthy. I am considering adding molasses next time, but might wait until a few more weeks of growth. I think I'll kick on the bloom switch at about 3-3.5 weeks. Day 14: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar this evening. The coco really seems to be holding moisture in the soil. I will likely feed again tomorrow.

Day 15: Fed week 1 nutes again lightly between the autos and clones (URB, Cal-Mag, MammothP). Clones are finally starting to grow new leaf and look green again. Cal-mag foliar tonight. Day 16: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar this evening. Day 17: URB foliar in the morning and cal-mag foliar this evening. Day 18: URB foliar and fed the rest of week 1 nutes I had mixed up. Things look just fine and growth continues to accelerate. Day 19: Urb foliar this morning and cal-mag foliar this evening. I'm think I'm going to try topping the autos and see what happens. If I stunt them, I'll just start another seed! Growth is underway and I think I'll need to feed tomorrow, which will be a good time to top. Day 20: Fed Urb, Cal-mag, Mammoth P today in a small dose. She's looking looking good, but not as healthy as Cheese XXL. The conditions are the same, so I can only assume genetics? I'm still too new at this to even tell. Maybe she will catch up. I want to top her, too. Day 21: The second set of leaves has their tips kind of pointing downward. There's no marks of deficiencies or other color or curling issues, just the ends of those two leaves. Maybe it's the strain? I've been careful with watering and haven't given too much. The moisture meter shows plenty of moisture. I'll keep an eye on her and see. Maybe I need to water more than I think?

Day 22: Growing strong! She's a bit slower than Cheese, but she's still growing more and more every day. I'll begin with veg nutes tomorrow for week 2 nutes. Day 23: New node growth looked healthy, so I decided to top her. I don't see her getting the vigorous growth of Cheese, but let's see how she responds. Fed week 2 nutes today. Day 24: Moby Dick is responding well from the topping and feeding. Hopefully, she gives a big burst and starts to catch up to Cheese! Day 25: MD is moving right along and seems to be handling the topping pretty well. I have to keep reminding myself that she's a day younger than Cheese, so I can't expect her to be growing the same as Cheese. Day 26: Just watching them grow now. URB foliar in the morning, Cal-mag foliar in the evening. I raised the light slightly a couple of days ago to keep them at the 24" range and to grow up into the light a bit. Day 27: URB foliar in the morning, Cal-mag folair in the evening. Moby Dick is starting to pick up the pace and the new tops are coming along.

Day 29: Cal-mag foliar in the morning and URB foliar in the evening. (I had to mix more URB when I came home). Fed week 4 nutes today. I mistakenly fed my young clones the same feed. Hopefully, they don't get burned too bad! Day 30: URB foliar in the morning, cal-mag foliar in the evening. I tied her down a bit the other day to get some LST going and she's growing, but nowhere near the lightning speed of Cheese. Wow, huge difference in growth with all things being equal. I wonder if I would have the same result from the next MD seed. This may be a case of tall plant, short plant. (clones seem to be fine!) Day 31: URB foliar in the morning, cal-mag foliar in the evening. She's growing, but not much to report today. Day 32: URB foliar in the morning, cal-mag foliar in the evening. I tied down the mains on MD and got the LST underway. I don't see any preflowers yet, so probably has some growing to do. Day 33: URB foliar in the morning, cal-mag foliar in the evening. Not much else to report Day 34: URB foliar in the morning, cal-mag foliar in the evening. I fed a small amount of URB/cal-mag/mammothP water today to begin slowly increasing the water/feeding since they are growing so strong now. Plus I thought it would be good for a change since I've been feeding them nutes each time. Day 35: Did some LST adjustment to spread her arms a bit. She's starting to fill in and I'm seeing some preflowers now.

Day 36: Had to do more LST adjustment tonight. I also fed week 6 nutes and she's starting to fill in now. Nowhere near Cheese, but still going strong! Day 37: MD is starting to become a nice little bush. I am anxious to taste the difference between these two autos. Day 38: Pulled her out of the tent and did some additional LST since it was too awkward to get to the branches. I also mixed up week 7 nutes. PPMs seem a tad high compared to the same mixture from my other grow. I'll give a small dose tomorrow and see what happens. Smelling great! Day 39: Looking and smelling great! I had to kick up the inline fan speed cuz I could smell the plants. It was in the very low speed range, so I bumped it up to medium. Day 40: She is definitely in the pre-flower stretch, wow! Some of the smaller branches shot way up. I'll have to LST them tomorrow. Day 41: MD is doing great! Smaller than Cheese, but still doing very well. I've been doing some additional LST, as well.

Day 42: I had to do yet a bunch more LST to keep the canopy even. Tomorrow is last veg nutes, then on to bloom nutes! Day 43: Fed the largest dose of veg nutes yet. Next watering will be URB/Cal-mag/Mammoth P, then on to bloom nutes since the pistils are under way now. Day 44: MD is really coming along nicely. Not quite as stinky as Cheese, but still has a nice smell when I rub the stalks. Day 45: Fed URB/cal-mag and mammothP today in prep for bloom nutes next feeding. Day 46: I had to rearrange the tent today. Cheese is getting so big that it was dwarfing the clones in the back, so I put the autos toward the back of the tent and moved the clones up front for easier access. Cheese is just enormous, I can't believe how big of a canopy. When she gets full flower weight, I may have to use plant yo-yos to hold them up! Day 47: Fed the first dose of Bloom nutes. MD is going strong so far. She will never catch up to Cheese, but should still produce a fair yield. I hope! I am going to have a stinky house come harvest time here in a few weeks!! Day 48: More LST on the shooters! She is really coming around now and will have some nice bud sites forming soon. Day 48: More LST on the shooters! I sure hope the growth stretch is nearing the end. I've never seen a plant shoot like this!

Day 49: Urb/Cal-mag/MammothP day. Not much to report, but she's coming along nicely. Day 50: Did some LST on MD. Not much smell yet and the pistils are a bit smaller than Cheese. I fear I might have let them grow to close to the light, so I bumped the light up a few inches for greater distance. Day 51: Accidentally bent a branch, almost like super cropping it, so I tied it up to another branch. Discovered an issue with the LED and contacted the manufacturer and sent a support email. Day 52: Propping up the branch worked and all is well! The flowers are all bright white pistils. I am not sure if that's genetics or if I had the light too close? Day 53: Looking much better and leaves are all popped up again. I'll go for a light watering later today. Day 54: Looking good and seeing trichomes forming on the leaves of MD. Cheese is starting to smell a bit more now and the tent is smelling piney. Day 55: Fed week 10 nutes today. Plants look healthy and buds are forming nicely. Not too much scent yet.

Day 56: Looking great! I got out the good camera for some bud detail photos. MD has way more trichomes, but real thick pistils compared to Cheese XXL. Cheese has much larger bud formations, but I'm excited for both! Day 57: URB/Cal-mag/Mammoth P day. I'm starting to get a slight smell from the buds when I stick my nose right up to them. MD has some nice sugar forming already compared to hardly any on Cheese. Day 58: I hope the buds get bigger on this plant. They are little dinkers, but sugary little dinkers. Either way, it's a very interesting plant, that's for sure. Day 59: Fed week 10 nutes again today. Buds are thickening up, but not much smell. At least not what I'm used to from my other tent. Day 60: Things are progressing nicely. They seem to be on auto pilot and I believe my feed/water schedule seems to be working. They are happy and healthy. I'm anxious to try out the fruits of my labor! Day 61: URB/Cal-mag/Mammoth P day today. I see some trichomes forming here and there on Cheese, but not the frost I see on MD. MD has some strangely small buds, but they are intersting in appearance. A light fragrant odor when I get closeup to Cheese. More of a piney scent from MD. Day 62: Looking good, not much to report today other than continued flower development.

Day 63: Great looking frosty nugs, but small. They are pretty flowers, but are much different than Cheese. Smelling good in the tent! I fed week 11 nutes today which bumps up bloom nutes and Mammoth P. Day 64: Everything is progressing nicely. Cheese has some tall buds that are starting to slowly fill in. MD has amazing crystals. Day 65: URB/Cal-mag/Mammoth P day today. I don't know if the nutrient concoction I'm using is working, but there haven't been any deficiencies and barely any tip burn, so I'll keep up with the current regimen. Day 66: I had to rearrange the tent today. The two clones preparing for the scrog were getting out of control, so I had to pull them out and tie them back down and also make room for two more 5 gal pots with my next two autos. I don't know that I'll do a grow journal for them. It's hard enough to keep up with two! Day 67: Today is week 11 feeding. I think these are going to go longer than the 80 days. I am guessing they will be at 85-100 days, if not more. Then again, maybe I'll be surprised.

Day 70: It looks like things are starting to wrap up with MD. I will inspect the trichomes and see if I should start flushing her. Day 71: Fed week 12 nutes today and swapped out Bud Candy for Sour D, per my nute sheet. Day 72: I'm excited to see how fast autos grow. It really makes a huge difference not vegging for 2 months and flowering for 2 more. Only 11 weeks and I'm almost nearing harvest. Day 75 Flush day: Flushed 18 gallons of pH'd water and lowered ppm in the runoff from 680 to 250ish. I was using well water for the flush and the ppm going in was 130, so I believe I have it lowered to 150ish ppm of remaining nutes

Day 77: Things are going to be wrapping up soon. I think I can get away with another 4-6 days and then it's harvest time! I think she is going to finish a bit faster than Cheese XXL. All in a all, a very fast plant. She grew from seed to almost harvest in as long as my scrog took to flower from the switch to 12/12.

For my first run with autoflowers, it was great to see how fast they develop. This plant was ready in the same time my photos flowered. Compared to some other autos I tried after, Dinafem is MUCH better in the auto realm.