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I hadn't planned on logging this grow, but I noticed there isn't a lot of diaries from this breeder. So, I figured it be better to document and share any information I have, even if if it is limited and incomplete.
I got this seed as a freebie from a Seedsman order. She has been kickin' it in the veg tent with Orange Sherbert from Barney's Farm, Grand Daddy Purple from Blimburn, and GelatO.G. from Seedsman. GDP from Blimburn was actually vegging with the girls that are flowering in my current diary. I made a noob mistake and almost killed all my plants treating them for spider mites. The GDP almost didn't make it. She was stunted very badly, but is now lush and vigorous. Just waiting to make room in the flower tent.
I really have not spent a lot of time on this plant and she hasn't really had any major signs of stress. I did do a little LST training and some selective defoliation. I am trying to be a bit more gentle knowing it's an autoflower. Throughout veg I feding with Fox Farm diluted to about 1/3 strength or less. I am being lazy and taking a screenshot of the schedule. Once she started flowering, I just fed the other flowering plants first, left a little in the bottom of the res and added about a gallon extra and pH'd. Probably getting about 1/5-1/6 strength bloom noots. I have also begun implementing additional microbial innoculants and treating with a mild foliar spray with a rotating mix of pest control and anti-fungal spray as part of annevolving IPM plan.
"Day 15 of Bloom": She has been flowering for about 3 weeks now, give or take. I am going to call it day 15 of bloom because I really am not sure. Again, I apologize for not taking better notes. I really just threw her in haphazardly without considering making any sort of documentation. I watered today with lightest strength indicated on the feed chart for week 3 of flower.
I have only ever run 2 autos and I did an even worse job taking care of those, but the NL Auto from RQ came out pretty nice regardless. I have been busy getting everything established, but I want to start documenting all runs now that most everything is setup and operating smoothly.
Day 17 of flower: A little bit of light selective defoliation. Added more photos. Other than a little cropping, all photos uploaded today are unedited and unfiltered.
Any feedback and/or suggestions are welcome and appreciated!
Hello growers!
Fo'Twenny back again with another garden update on the Northern Light Blue Auto-flower from Delicious Seeds!
8/13: This girl has been super easy. I have not spent a lot of time with her, but you couldn't tell by looking at her. I did a little LST and light selective defoliation along the way, but I really haven't don't much of that, if any, for at least 2 or 3 weeks. The is stacking up nice. She looks like she's going to have some decent sized colas with short internodal growth. I am expecting her to have some nice dense colas in no time! She doesn't have much odor yet, but she does have a sweet & soft aroma. You can definitely smell the Northern Lights in her at this stage.
Today, for sake of ease, I watered her lightly with the solution I am giving my seeflings. 1/4 gallon of double KDF filtered tap water with .2 ml per gal of RapidStart and .2 ml/gal of SuperThrive. VERY dilute feed, basically was easier than having to prep a separate water and I was limited on time. She was due for a plain water flush between feeds anyhow.
Summary: So far, not a single problem. She looks happy and healthy and has basically grown herself (other than a little training early in her life).
Thanks for joining me for another Grow Diaries update!
Signing off,
Fo' Twenny
- Peace, Love, and Frosty Nugs!
☮️💚❄️🌲
8/17: She just keeps stacking! Some of the larger fan leaves are now starting to yellow. Last feed she just got pH adjusted water with a 1tsp let gallon of Recharge. Next watering I will give her a half strength feed to see if that helps anything. Otherwise, this little lady has really taken me by surprise. She is quite vigorous and is just an easy plant to grow. Her terps are starting to be more noticeable. At this point, she smells a bit sweet and skunky with a slight undertone that is obviously the Northern Lights shining her softness through in her. I am excited to see how she turns out!
Fo' Twenny here with another Grow Diaries update! Today, I have a video update for ya'll recorded on 8/20.
8/20: Not much to report since the last update. She seems to be a happy girl. Leaves are starting to fade a little. Doing some very light selective defoliation, mainly in the center to allow more light penetration to lower parts of the plant. She's starting to put off more terps as she gets closer to the finish line. No complaints about this vigorous cultivar!
8/24: Photo update! Enjoy!
Fo' Twenny here with another Grow Diaries update! Today, I have an update on our NL Blue Auto from Delicious Seeds!
9/1: She's fading quite a bit, but buds could definitely use some swelling. Gave a light feed. Got a few quick photos and some video footage. Everything looks frosty and she is getting some purpling going on and she has a general bluish green hue to her overall.
9/3: Photo update! Trichomes closest to the light starting to turn amber!
Until next time...
Peace ☮️,
Love 💚,
And Frosty Nugs ❄️🌲!
-Fo'Twenny
Fo' Twenny Back with another update on this awesome little Northern Light Blue Auto from Delicious Seeds!
I have been giving plain tap water run through 2 KDF filters as of 9/5 and I moved her into the bloom room under quantum boards set on 12/12 to make room for the next run and maybe help her finish faster.
9/9 - She seems to be bulking up a bit in her last few days, but I waited a day too long to water and got she started to wilt/droop a bit. So, there are a few dead/brown leaves I've been having to pick out of her and thus begins pre-harvest defoliation.
9/13 - More defoliation and put her in a loosely sealed box to give 48-72 hours darkness. Harvest, coming soon.
9/15 - Checked her today and she could still use another day to dry out. I have never tried the darkness before harvest thing, but a lot of growers swear by it. So, I figure, why not? I will let her go until she is a bit drier and then give her the chop!
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Until next time...
Peace ☮️,
Love 💚,
And Frosty Nugs ❄️🌲!
-Fo'Twenny
Fo' Twenny Back with another update on this awesome little Northern Light Blue Auto from Delicious Seeds!
9/18: She has been in darkness since 9/13. She seems to be doing fine and not even getting super dry. I decided to chop today! Keep an eye out for the upcoming harvest report!
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Until next time...
Peace ☮️,
Love 💚,
And Frosty Nugs ❄️🌲!
-Fo'Twenny
Sorry for the long wait. I thought I had posted this harvest already. My bad. Good smoke, that possesses the best traits of both her parents. That distinctive NL vanilla cream spice mixed with some sweet berry undertones. Her high is definitely Indica dominant and pretty potent. Her nugs were a little airier than I would have liked, but I think that was due to environmental factors.This was one patients favorite strain, so she didn't last long. Sorry, I never got a photo of all of her nugs together. I only got one of the last bit we have on hand
She was easy to grow and exceeded my expectations. I really didn't give her a lot of attention and she still produced well. Very happy with the end result. I would definitely grow her again.
What was your original soil set up? They are looking pretty damn good!
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@MrJones, Yeah, I am not super advanced with my soil mix. I just go for a good mix with good aeration and some good compost/humus and worm castings. I try to stay on the more natural organic side of things, but I tried out the Fox Farm Dirty Dozen. While it does contain some salt ferts, they're in pretty small proportions due to everything else in the mix, most of which is OMRI listed. No noticeable difference in taste and still end up with white ash. My only gripe is it is expensive running the full line. Run before this, I went lighter with nutes and would give plain water between feeds, so hopefully still end up with white ash as I tried to push the plants a little. I have been considering possibly going with dry amendments, as I have seen
others have good results at a lower cost with less work mixing nutes. I also plan to add an airstone and recirculating pump to my res to let it brew. As of now, I am just feeding immediately after mixing the res.
@FoTwenny, Our approach to soil mixes are very close my Friend, for me 60% ocean Forest, 25% Mother Earth Coco w/ Perlite, 10% Worm Castings and 5% additional perlite, then I amend with BoS BuildASoil Craft Blend - Nutrient Pack - I have been messing up with using additional nutrients with BioBiz, Autos in soil do not like heavy "hot" environments. But the Photo Periods seem to love this.
My Next AutoRun will be a bit Different - A good friend and weed coach have suggested this - 75% COCO Perlite Mix, like Mother Eart or Tupur Royal Gold, 25% worm Castings on a 20 Gallon Mix, adding 1 cup of insect Frass, 3 cups of BOS L.O.S. V3.0 Mineral Mix Kit, (BOS = Build a Soil) 4 Cups BoS BuildASoil Craft Blend. Then just water the plants with Plain H20 and weekly using a fish fertilizer, I am going to use the Organically Done product, and every other week a compost tea just finished my upgrade to my brewer OR Recharge. This will maintain an organic approach to growing without salt-based nutrients, as well as allow more frequent smaller waterings, to allow more oxygen t the root base - you can look for this being rolled out in an upcoming Sweet Seeds Madeiran Cream Auto Grow. Always fun to mix it up with other growers!
@MrJones, My soil mix was kind of crazy this run. The hydro store was out of the original roots, which is usually my base. It's a mix of (roughly) equal parts Mother Earth Coco+Pearlite, Original Roots, Roots 707, Fox Farm Ocean Forest, and General Organics Ancient Forest Alaska Humus. To that mix I added Wiggle Worm worm castings and coarse pearlite. It's airy but not too airy. I will give your friend's diary a look. Thanks for following and happy growing!
OK... do you do your own videos as well, so when I was looking at the video, I remembered the movie Tombstone after an impossible shoot out where Wyatt Earp played by Kurt Russel should have died 20 times over, Sherman McMasters Ask's: Where is he? Doc Holliday Says: Down by the creek, walking on water. You have to quit amazing me! Hope you and your family are well! Oh, yea the Northern Lights look great! (Grin)
@MrJones, Yes, I do the videos too! They're usually done hastily. When we get a bigger home and I have room to move the garden on site, then I can really put time into this and make it really clean.
Looks like she is going to put on some long colas! Best of luck with the rest of your grow. The diaries help me a lot. Its nice to be able to look back at previous grows especially when it comes to feeding schedule and monitoring progress.
@Wicked_Stix, I think documenting my grows will help me to improve a lot. I am trying to be transparent and share as much as possible. Not only do I want to help others, but I'd like suggestions and feedback that will help me to become a better cultivator. That's my favorite thing about this site is the sharing of knowledge and experiences. Thanks for stopping by and happy growing!
@NorthernFrostCannabis, I left it in the dark longer than I'd planned, because I was hoping a day or 2 might help to finish. I was hoping it might get some if those clear heads to go amber. I like experimenting.
@FoTwenny, Your very welcome. Its nice to see lab results for a lot of different issues, flushing ECT. I know it needs to be repeated but its a good start. Happy Growing :)
I wish I could see the other weeks you missed. I've missed some weeks yself from my latest diaries and it sucks =/
Is this the 3rd week of flowering?
I wonder how much ppms are you giving mixing all this stuff?
Ciao!
@amazongrow, She is probably in about week 4 or 5 if bloom. I don't have the garden on-site and I really was just trying to read the plant rather than stick to a schedule. I didn't take notes or document dates. Sorry my friend.
@amazongrow, Yeah, I am sorry. That is why I started logging here, so I can better track results and get things really dialed in and consistent. I will do better on the next ones.
She looks like she's rocking solid, going very well. I can't say much as I had to do an early harvest on mine but already have 3 seeds ready to be popped. Northern Lights is one of my favs!
Keep on the good work.
Happy Growing 🙏
@Cgrow, Thank you! She has been a joy to grow. I ran a NL Auto from Royal Queen that finished when I was vegging this round and she was a very nice plant as well. This one smells similar, but a little sweeter and totally different structures. I am excited to see how she finishes!
FoTwenny
