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Germination
4 years ago
got this seed from some friend who tries to breed his own strain supposed to be F3 from auto blueberry by seedsman sprouts in 3 days using rockwool cube ph 5,5 with RO water and 1,5tsp/gal Fluvic Acid mixed in transplanted to DWC system as soon as it sprouts custom 16"x16"x42" grow box using plywood and some random 200w studio LED floodlight i have around DWC system in a 5lb protein power tube (around 1,25gal water)
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Week 1. Vegetation
4 years ago
5.08 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
350 PPM
60 %
day 1 - 7, nothing really remarkable happened seedling adjusting allright with the 200w light which i can't dim DWC water pH-ed to 5.8, 350ppm 2:1:2 NPK ratio with home depo hydroponic nutrient secondary macros and micro mixed in the ratio was inspired by GHE Flora Pro line, i try to mimic it as close as possible Fluvic acid totaling 2,5tsp/1,25gal water trying for sterile tank, hence the absence of hydroguard
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
450 PPM
60 %
this plant is picking up speed pot(or protein powder tube) drained, cleaned, and water replaced on day 8 all regimen carried on from the first week, just bump up the ppm tp 450 internode stacking is tight, lower branches is slowly developing now the question- to top or not top
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Richie_Ostrich31
Richie_Ostrich31started grow question 4 years ago
Quick one- should i top my auto? the growth is fast, will the plant handle the stress just fine or will it stunt significantly tho
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Techniques. Topping
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Burmeseanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey friend, I recommend not to top auto flower.If they can’t get enough time to recovery.That will cause your final yield.I would recommend to use LST for auto flower and you can get better result than topping.Happy growing.. ✌️
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Week 3. Vegetation
4 years ago
15.24 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
550 PPM
65 %
day 15-18 business as usual day 19 decided to start LST, bending the main top down lateral branching game is strong and no need for lst -well my friend said so- but LST wouldnt hurt right? day 20 retied day 21 basically LST the top, side branches tied to the sides, tucking some leaves also reservoir tube drained, cleaned, refilled with new solution to 550ppm N 122ppm, P 70ppm, K 104ppm, Ca 75ppm, Mg 25ppm, S 22ppm, and micros fluvic acid 2tbsp/gal
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LST
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
25.4 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
600 PPM
65 %
5 L
day 22. accidentally topped doing some heavy LST to bend the main top, didn't occur to me it snapped just realized it "self top" few hours later. fml main stem broken above the 5th node, giving me 10 total main-side-branch-top starting to see some deficiency? calcium? didnt found any pest at all. day 23. no growth. the deficiency definitely shows a lot more added 2tbsp calmag. and trimmed some awful looking leaves day 24. still minimal growth. at least no more new deficiency spots day 25. starts to bounce back- new foliage and overall growth day 26. topped again (this time not the plant). added a quart RO water pH 5.8 without any nutes day 27. day 28. as usual-on weekly basis- reservoir drained, cleaned, refilled with new sollution. this time 600ppm added 2tbsp Calmag in advace. i guess 24/7 of led blasting on her sure takes toll for more calmag checked on every node and still not showing pistils at all. a QP from her maybe?
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Topping
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Week 5. Vegetation
4 years ago
35.56 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
600 PPM
70 %
5 L
day 29. plant is doing well, responding to nutrient lights and others well on last week's progress plant is experiencing some calmag deficiency, so i dial back the light to 20/4 day 30. water level fall quite a bit since last reservoir change day 31. topped with RO water, 1 quart, pH to 5.9 haven't checked on the ppm and pH of reservoir, but water level is low spread some leaves and braches out to fill the closet more nicely day 32. growth is vigorous. nothing significant noted day 33. topped again with another quart of RO water. pH to 6.0 pHed to 6.0 because last time the water in reservoir on day 28 dropped to 5.3 just to counter balance the pH fluctuation day 34. noticed some new shoots from lower branches tucked some leaves that block those sites day 35. top sites starting to going yellow ish on late veg and it started to stretch a bit for a day kinda time to flower maybe?? but i haven't noticed any enlarged calyx only some but none actually bursting out hairs/ pistils water level is realllly low, my roots actually prune itself out quite a bit found some bits and pieces of the roots in reservoir later, and lateral roots dries up i mean its good so it wont grow much more i have my light bolted to the cabinet, cant move and only about 2 foot away from the canopy day 36 noon: chaged reservoir to new nutes guess what: the remaining water on week 4 nutes come back at pH 4.9 ouch. ppm is 565. great nutes carries over from last week, 600ppm pH 5.8 plus calmag changed the light schedule to 12/12 hoping to stunt growth a bit. aint much space to work with gotta defoliate lower growth later this week
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Week 6. Vegetation
4 years ago
50.8 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
600 PPM
70 %
5 L
day 36. light schedule was 12/12. only for this day tops looking yellow ish. so i suppose its because of the lack of light plus it stretch quite a bit. back to 18/6 then day 37. topped with RO water, 1 quart, pH to 6.0 growth spurt is real. havent seen much like this before day 38. topped with another RO water, 1 quart, pH to 6.0 reservoir water level is decreasing rapidly kinda have to change reservoir before the weekend. noted to self day 39. nothing much really day 40. decided to change the reservoir. water level is low, the reservoir came back at pH 5.2, 360ppm plant is drinking a bunch and needs more nute new regimen was still the same, 600ppm done some light defoliation just to clear some foliage day 41. nothing much still day 42. topped with RO water, 1 quart, pH to 6.0 plant is vigorous, but havent started to flower. is hydro take this long to flower? i mean it stretch almost double it size since last week and there's NO PISTIL AT ALL. NONE AT ALL. checked every one of them im running outta space, 16 inches left to the light
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Richie_Ostrich31
Richie_Ostrich31started grow question 4 years ago
Is it normal having a hydro grow Autoflower still not showing it's pistil until day 42? How can i accelerate the flowering phase. any nutes or pgr recommendation? thanks!
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MH_RDWC
MH_RDWCanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hydro should have no effect on flower time of an auto. Neither should light time. Hydro with an auto in a small area is more likely to get too big than too small since you can’t start flower when you want to not exceed height. I’m not an auto grower but I do know someone who grew this strain from seedsman recently. It was flowering beginning by of week 5. He ran 18/6 seed to harvest. It seems to be growing more like a photo than an auto. The switch to 12 hours shouldn’t have started stretch. It shouldn’t care. Photos stretch with light change, auto it’s just time. I know many people who have used seedsman and most have had some sort of issue. I think you got a photo seed in this case. The biggest problem I see is even if it’s an auto you may grow beyond the limits of your environment. Personally I’d go to 12/12 and if they go into flower you know you have a photo. Worst case it slows the growth that you may not be able to deal with anyway. Also I’d stay away from pgr’s if it’s for personal use. Or any use really. As for nutes to help start flower...not that I know of. Time (auto) or light cycle (photo) are your only option. Good luck with the grow. Following to see how it turns out.
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