Strawberry Gum AUTO Stealth LED

I reused most of the stuff from my previous setup, but now with a bigger tent and with 2 girls in it. 😎 # Ventilation ######### I have a 100mm, 150 m3/h (practical capacity), 165 m3/h (technical capacity) carbon filter, paired with a 100mm, 2 speed motor, 150 m3/h, 180 m3/h, in-line circular duct fan. The fan is set to the slower, 150 m3/h speed, so it doesn't sucks more air than the filter can support and so no smell bypasses. Air inlet is bigger, 125mm, so the extractor fan is not overwhelmed. Air and light filtration is done with the usage of a black pantyhose, perfect for the job, but must be cleaned regularly. Air circulation assured by silent, big airflow, PC case fans. # Medium ####### My medium is coco + clay pebbles. 4-5 cm layer of clay pebbles at the bottom of the pot, beside the Autopot filters. Added enough clay pebbles to ~12l of coco so that it could fully fill both 8.5l pots. I used coco bricks and this time I also added CalMag to the water when flushed, as it's recommended that way. I didn't add nutrients, only just a little around the girls after planting them. # Nutrients ######## Hesi Coco Starterbox. Going to start with half strength, cuz AUTO, except the Root Complex, PowerZyme and CalMag. Because of my tap water's alkalinity, I adjusted the PH to the lower end, as I had PH problems and iron deficiency in my previous grow. # Irrigation ######## I'm using the "Autopot - 2 pot system kit" from my very first grow from 6 years ago (no diary about that). I'm hand watering at the beginning though, as recommended by Autopot, until the girls establish. 😁 # Lighting ####### Started out with CFLs, because autumn is here already and the additional heat helps, while also hard to burn them this way. 😉 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

I needed to wait a whole week until the coco dried out enough to water the girls again. This was expected given that I started them out in their final spot. At first I thought that the nutrient problem is because I didn't flush with added nutrients at the beginning, but the runoff water came out with lower PH than expected. It didn't rain for quite a while and I observed when experimenting with alkalinity that the tap water's PH climbs higher much faster when it rains than when it doesn't. Maybe that's the cause 😅 Anyway, at the next watering I'm going to adjust the PH higher and see if that tackles the problem. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

Upgraded the lighting, which is much cooler now. 😎 # Day 16 ###### As can be seen, the Bubblelicious takes up more water and dries out quicker. I'm also quite sure that the lower than expected root zone PH causes the current problems, as I followed the progression of the problems and they seem to get better over time. # Day 18 ###### Time for some Low Stress Training, yaay! 👏💪 Still not watered yet, but maybe will need to water the Bubblelicious first and not both of them at the same time. After the next watering session I guess I can start using the Autopot system, we will see. While trained I got my hands "dirty", but oh boy, they smelled amazing! 😍 I already can sense some strawberry and bubblegum. I'm really excited as we smoked something very similar at my first ever smoke session. That is, it didn't even smelled like weed lol, just strawberry. Don't even mention that I got higher than a satellite. My goal is to do a remake with my buddies this new year's eve, it's going to be a great surprise. 👽 # Day 20 ###### Still not watering, but needed to LST this vigorous babe. Low PH symptoms still quite visible on new growth. Disturbed the top of the coco, so the mystic mold got eradicated (at least for now). 💪 # Day 22 ###### Symptoms already got better before the watering. Didn't wait more, as the Bubblelicious got watered on Day 20 already. Some drooping is the result, but at least the PH should be fine now around ~6.0 (without added Root Complex though). Got the light bumped up at around ~60-70% strength. 😎 (my eyes hurt after taking photos, even with polarized and UV protective sunglasses) Dehumidifier from now is ON, as I needed to close the window anyway because of the cold and continuous raining. I hope we don't end up with too high PH again because of alkalinity, as it rained a lot these days. I observed that the alkalinity may be higher after raining, we will see if that is the case. 😅 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

# Day 23 ###### Symptoms worsened after the watering, i.e., persisting drooping and wilting, plus some nutrient problems appeared. I poked some holes, for better aeration and it helped a lot. As I did at late night, I checked the result at the next morning, after like ~6 hours. The drooping and wilting were gone and the nutrient problems stopped spreading, phew. 😅 # Day 26 ###### The pot still seems quite heavy, compared to the Bubblelicious, so dunno when going to water next time. What's worse is that I discovered what seems like a pair of balls..?! 😱 😭 💀 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

# Day 30 ###### I couldn’t save her/him/it, as I discovered some more pollen sacks and bananas. The stress surely elevated the probability of her going hermie on me, plus her growth was also quite retarded, compared to the Bubblelicious anyway. 💀 I finished reading some books, plus some other online articles and guides, as it seemed that I exhausted all my existing resources. Even though I had with that knowledge a successful grow under my belt, I still struggled now and constantly had problems. I needed answers fast and to patch up my existing knowledge, as I’m dealing with autos here. 💪 I like reading books (also using Audible a lot recently), as it’s like when you are baked. You have several floating ideas in your head, but not quite connected yet. Then boom, a big bang, new connections and suddenly new ideas begin to take form, a lot of things start to make sense, just amazing! 👽 From one of the books I also learned that, feminized seeds may produce hermies, even without stress, so it’s a real possibility. I’m very happy that I managed the risks and upped my game from the start, having a bigger setup and two strains (one from the same breeder I had success with previously, Nirvana), phew. 😈 The roots looked very healthy at least, so I reused the coco for the new generation. Same strain, but different strategy this time, everything detailed in the new grow journal, so stay tuned! 😎 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ