Granddaddy Purple Autoflower grow diary (journal) week14 by grower_not_shower

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@grower_not_shower, You are so right about the genetics. There are some remarkable genetics available, but they are genuinely rare. Typically it’s a poor value to buy pricey seeds. I’ll put my home bred seeds up against any known brand out there. My flowers are gorgeous, tasty and potent. The cheapest regular seed will be about $3US. The cheapest feminized is closer to $10. In theory you need twice as many reg seeds as feminized to get the same number of girl plants. But you’re paying a premium to not have to grow and eliminate males. There is some value in not having to grow and toss the males, I admit. Most importantly, breed your own for one grow and have free seeds for years!!

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vancitybuzzcommentedweek 57 years ago

ok....wait, what? You got 20 seeds for 45EUR from MSNL? I paid $70 for 5 seeds from CKS... I'm going to look at that site now....

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growdoctordccommented7 years ago

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Smokwiricommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz, just received mail from seedstockers a week ago, i read about them in a local online magazine, 5 seeds for 9 euros, that's around 10$. i came upon their site in search of an improved critical strain, they have nice prices. if i'm correct the shipping was free too... happy growing

grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz,Yep, 20 total. They deliver to US/Canada. Depends on the strain, if it's feminized or not, if it's autoflower or not, but they are quite cheap. You don't need to spend a lot of money on "great genetics" where half of the seeds price is the fancy packaging, at least not for your first grows.

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XpectResistancecommentedweek 186 years ago

Really took you 17 weeks to grow? wowzers? what happened? why so long if you do not mind me asking? Just curious cause I just started a grow with the same seeds from the same bank. Thanks!

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grower_not_showercommented6 years ago

@RaptoR, To be honest I only did autos because I don't have a tent. Autos save me a lot of money, I don't have to buy a tent, carbon filter, ventilation fan. But yeah, if I had a tent I would grow photos and would maybe do a scrog and veg the plant to be huge.

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RaptoRcommented6 years ago

@grower_not_shower, Yeah , I definitely agree. But in my case , I only have one growbox so if one vegges , they all veg...whereas with autos you can bloom and veg in the same space... Thats better for me in a way as I work away from home , month on month off , so when I leave they have to do theyre own thing... Also , the small size of autos is very nice for me as I have a aquaponic growbox above my fish tank , and im only left with abou 1,1m headroom. Then again , cant really top or fim autos so I guess it swings both ways... Im giving the photos a chance with this grow and the next hopefully Ill have some autos to put in to see how they do...

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grower_not_showercommented6 years ago

@RaptoR, Yep. Comparing this grow (done with Meizhi LED) to my current grow (with 260w QBs) I don't see much difference in how advanced they were at the same age. Yeah, you can get autos that are done in 11 weeks but they will be small and with poor yield. I'd rather have a nice big auto that yields great even if it takes 16 weeks.

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vancitybuzzcommentedweek 27 years ago

Hey what about setting the bucket inside something with a few inches of cold water in it? Even sitting it on an icepak type thing would help because it would cool the bottom of the bucket, and the bubbler on the bottom would help take that coolness up to the top

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grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz,From what I've read, the best thing would be Hydroguard, it works even with high water temperatures, but is available only in US, so that's not an option for me.

grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz,But then how do you keep that cold? Easiest suggestion I've seen is putting a 2L bottle in the freezer and then putting it in the res water, but that means you would have to replace it at least every 6 hours. Sodium hypochlorite seems to be working for me and I've lowered the air temperature a bit from 27C to 23-24C, the plant and the roots seem to love the lower temperatures.

vancitybuzzcommentedweek 37 years ago

seeing this growth happen so fast is making my eyes well up I'm almost crying. I've been ready to grow for months and haven't found clones and the one time I ordered seeds I killed them all. god fucking damnit this is depressing

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grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz,Also, if you have a tent and can grow light cycle instead of autos, the yield is usually bigger with light cycle plants.

grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz, Seeds are quite cheap, I payed 45 EUR for 5 Auto Fem GDP and I got another 5 Auto Fem GDP for free and another 10 free mystery seeds, and that's from MSNL which are based in UK I think. Seeds in the US are way cheaper. Being my first grow, I wanted to grow auto fem because I didn't want to spend money on a tent and then also the risk of having males... If I manage to harvest something from this grow, maybe the third grow will be the mystery seeds and I'll invest in a tent.

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Wilstangcommentedweek 186 years ago

Awesome structure and build, great finish. MSNL has banging genetics. Keep up the dope grow 🤙

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grower_not_showercommented6 years ago

@Wilstang, Thanks.

rusty_grizwaldcommentedweek 67 years ago

nice bushy auto. can I see a pic of your lst?

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grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@rusty grizwald,I tried to take a few pics but you can't see much because she's too bushy. You can see the pics from week 5, since then I tied down another 2 buds.

vancitybuzzcommentedweek 57 years ago

I grabbed 5 more seeds last night. Cali OG Kush x Haze. Instead of trying all of them at once, I'm only going to grow one or two of them at a time

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grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz, Good idea. I was lucky I only tried one at a time because I killed my first 3 seeds. If they're not feminized you have 50% chance of them being male, so you should plant at least one more than you want to keep.

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Rtushcommentedweek 27 years ago

Nice one! Looking forward to see this lady growing 👌 Following this one! Keep us posted 😎

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grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@Rtush Thanks, will do.

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vancitybuzzcommentedweek 17 years ago

WOW. Holy crap amazing growth. Very cool.. I've finally found a grow so similar to mine. I'm using the same nutrients and doing dwc. Excellent =)

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vancitybuzzcommentedweek 57 years ago

THOSE ROOTS

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Undercoverbruvacommentedweek 37 years ago

I covered the top with mylar tape and added great white seems to be doing the job I covered the whole top including pebbles because clay can get warm quick

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Ukgrow420commentedweek 27 years ago

Set up looks great,Good luck with your grow😎✊🏿

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Zannabis7commentedweek 17 years ago

Nice looking seedling. Looks like a nice setup. Best wishes on the grow!

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Tryhardcommentedweek 17 years ago

good start and i hope you all the best great choice of breeder

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vancitybuzzcommentedweek 87 years ago

Looks like the mycorrhydro caused some nice root growth. Looking forward to seeing how it works for you. I just started using sodium hypo. and it's working heavenly. Your res temps are definitely your biggest nemesis

grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz,I started with 0.05ml of 24% bleach for every 1L of water every 24 hours and I still had pythium. Then I upped it to 0.1ml/L and it solved the problem for a while. As the plant got bigger, I had to add more and more bleach. The most I got to was 0.2ml/L every 24 hours and that kept the pythium away. But as I said, MycorrHydro or other beneficials (Hydroguard, ect.) are way better.

grower_not_showercommented7 years ago

@vancitybuzz,I have quite high rez water temperatures and I had a lot of pythium at one point, so if I didn't add hypo everyday, the pythium came back. I tried adding it only once every 48 hours and after 30 hours the pythium was back. With beneficials it's much easier, you add them when you change the rez water and then you're all set untill the next rez change. And roots grow much bigger with beneficials. If you can afford it, Hydroguard or other beneficials are definitely better than sodium hypochloride, at least for me they were.

vancitybuzzcommented7 years ago

@grower_not_shower, why did you have to add it daily and how did you know?

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Witty420commentedweek 125 years ago

Hey bud. Every. Aside. Good. Grow. But. Um. That's. Really long u for sure need more light lol I run 500 watt LED and. Getting another. 280 ur. Buds. Will be. Ariy. If not enough light. But. Aside from that awsome grow

ChefDan420commentedweek 186 years ago

Nice 👍🏼

BonerChampcommentedweek 137 years ago

Looking good!

gutfrerobadmotherfuckerombecommentedweek 97 years ago

El caprone i will follow you to end of mexican life ombre Peace ✌️🏼 Great trees here

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