S02: HulkBerry Automatic by RQS

So this is the first week of vegetation and I already think I fucked something up. I didn't give it enough light, and in 2 days all the plants stretched a bit more than I'd wanted. I also didn't remember and didn't take time to look up when I should transplant them into the Hydroponic system but I was so happy to have set everything up that after a week I transplanted all of them which probably fucked things up a bit because 3 of 5 seedlings started to lay flat like there didn't have enough stamina to hold up. If any of you has an idea what I could do to help them, I'd really appreciate it. After it happened, I adjusted PH to 5.7 and added 10L of water into each res to dilute the nutrients a bit to see if it was a bit too early, to much or something. Well, fingers crossed 😀

What a week full of problems! I have too little knowledge to tell what went wrong but almost everything went south in both water reservoirs from water and tent temperature at night, too low humidity, PH issues, nutrient burns, brownish floating things in the water to a very weak stem that cannot hold the plant up right and needs support. I've exchanged both water reservoirs, cleaned them with only water and a sponge and added 40-50L into each of fresh water and left the plants on a water only diet for a few days. They seem to get back on track very slowly but I believe they are doing better now. Hulkberry seems not to be bothered too much by all these fuckups.

Another week of overall slow recovery. Before I went away for a week I've exchanged the water again, cleaned both res' and gave the plant fresh water for 2 days and than added just a quarter of the normal feed. I've also put 4cm of styrofoam under the reservoirs to raise water temperature. After a week of me being abscent the plant has doubled in size and it looks like an older one. From what I read looking at the plant, it needs a bit more nutrients which I gave it and also stabilized PH to a perfect 5.8 with no issues comparing to last week. Things are starting to look better. Hopefully I've got most of the issues under control now. I've also raised the night temperature a bit which will do good for all the plants :) I'm happy with the result because I was expecting half of the plants to be dead after my holiday. :)

Hi guys, another week has past. This time I had to decide what to do with my plants. Since Hulkberry Auto seems to grow like a Hulk from the bunch so I decided to top it and start LST. I've read so much about how you should or shouldn't train automatics but honestly I don't care anymore. I'm here to experiment and in my opinion everybody in this community will benefit from it if one is thinking about training Automatics. I'll do it for you :) I'm still struggling with the quality of all the roots and the water in both reservoirs. Some brownish things are building up pretty quickly and I don't know exactly what's wrong in the current grow so I've cleaned both reservoirs with medical grade chemicals to get rid of bacteria. This time around I've also raised the nutrients from 1/4 to 3/4 ml per litre because Hulkberrys leaves bleached "a bit" which could mean a lack of nutrients. Fresh water with a 5.7PH and more new nutrients should be beneficial to all plants. Let's see how it looks in a few days :) Stay tuned and have a great day guys. XOXO

Hi guys, great week here so just a small update. Everything is going well! All plants are finally doing great for the last few weeks. They recovered so well that I topped them again (after 3 sets of new leaves), made a light defoliation and pinched the stems in a few places again. I've seen it work wonders, that's what I did the last time, it does not matter to me that much if it's an automatic nor a "regular fem" :P, I train them like I would normally. Just check out the thicker nutrient highway on all plants in comparison to other parts of the plants here and in my other diaries :D I gave'em 3x15ml of nutrients - micro-grow-bloom into 30-35L of water, it's still a little in comparison to normal amounts for this stage, but i think I'm doing a better job going the lighter feed route and checkin out practically on a daily basis if they need more. I've also made some 1x1x1cm chocolate cubes with Mimosa EVO and Purplepunch coconut oil and the are delicious and they work wonders! XOXO

Hi guys, this last week has been amazing. Hulkberry Automatic took a few light defoliations without any problems. It switched into flowering in the middle of the week. I'm happy with it. The place on the stem where I pinched the plant at a young age looks insanely thicker than other parts of it. I know it was a great investment in the future life of this plant. Other than that not much to say. Since the first weeks were strange, I can't really tell the maturity of the plant but it's at a few good weeks younger stage because it doesn't handle the nutrients regimen for this week but it's okay, I don't mind toasting them for a day or two, I adjust on the fly 😜 It is really fricking flexible. I keep it reaaaaaaly flat and I'm really happy of what I accomplish with LST right now. But since it switched to flowering, I can't wait to see what I can do to it in the following weeks. For now, no super fancy pictures you're all waiting for (guys that know my Trichome closeup fetish... but it will come!) Stay positive guys (just not 'rona positive, ya know what I'm sayin' :P )

Hi guys! It's flowering time big time in my hood :D All automatics went into flowering this week, just Hulkberry switched a few days earlier. I'm both happy and curious to see how the pants will develop in the coming weeks. That's the part I love the most. All the different strains will show their flavours, their true genetics, it's unique colors, shapes and trichomes. I'll be finally able to start shooting all the fine trichome close ups you all come to see here. Can't wait for the coming weeks of development. Next week I'll start adding Big Bud from Advanced Nutrients over a period of 2-3 weeks. Next week I'll defoliate big time once again and then I'll leave'em alone, but before that I'll exchange water in both res'. XOXO Cremo

Okay guys, this week has been strange as fuuuu. I did a water change in both reservoirs, gave the plants all the nutrients they need aaaaaaand I thought it would be the best time to defoliate heavily for the one more time. I'yuuuum, let's say I overdid it a bit. All the Automatics responded to my pretty heavy treatment very well in the last month but this time was different. First of all, both reservoirs cleaning, turning the lids upside down and attaching them to the the hook system again, adding around 120L of water, then adding nutrients and finaly stabilizing it took so much time that som parts of the roots started to dry out (all in all it took around 1.5h-2h), but i didn't notice it at first. THEN I did the last heavy defoliation on all the plants and LSD Auto and Critical Jack Auto looked like they were weakend very much after all this shit. 3 days in, LSD which was the biggest plant next to Hulkberry Auto has been declared dead, Critical Jack started to recover slowly. Today, a few days later it looks 80%ish recovered. I think it will recover fully in a day or two. All the other plants took the heavy beating pretty well, with those two exceptions. It's a great shame that 2 months in a LSD was essentially killed by me, but it is what it is. I took the risk and trained all the Automats like "regular" fems and until now it worked out well. I decided to germinate another Dance World since I need to know if it's just a bad seed or something else because this plants is so underdeveloped. I'll take special care of the new one :D See you guys next time XOXO Cremo

Hi guys, I love this strain! And the looks? DAAAAYUM! Fanleaves with direct contact to the light start to change color and it looks magnificent! Just check out these pictures. It's so much bigger than all the other plants. Love it! That's it. I might add something later ;)

God damn I love Hulkberry, motherfuck! It grows so well (at least in comparison to the other strains in the same growroom). I'm spreading it wide and it eats all the sunrays like a champ! The colors are fuckin amazin. First the leaves started to go partly yellow, now smaller parts of it are becoming red-pinkish. Crazy. And the smell? Holy mother of god! It's so citrusy, I absolutely love it. It's like a citrusy-hubba bubba bubble gum mix. #yummy Also this week I can finally start showing you some fine ass pictures. The trichomes are coming out, and I know that a lot of you are waiting just for that. So Please enjoy this few pics I've prepared for you. XOXO Cremo

Aaaaaaaaaah, finaly the day has come and I can present you a small insight into my Trichome world or rather Hulkberry Autos' Trichome world. I'm still heavy defoliating, I'm still handling it like a regular feminised plant. It takes longer but this plant has gotten so wide so I don't mind the extra time ;) No sit back, relax and click through the fine ass picture gallery. And as always I encourage you to look at them froma tablet at least :) XOXO Cremo

Oh Lord have mercy!😱 These colors on my Hulkberry Auto are insane!!!😲 :D I love them! And the closeups are out of this world!😏 I encourage you to always give'em a try on a bigger screen 👈😉 Other than that it grows just beautifully and it's in its final stage. I think were about 2 weeks away from chopping it done. I only hope that the buds are going to get thicker because now only a few look dense, most of them are still pretty loose. (Pssst. Look at the colorful leaves) XOXO Cremo

Ladies and Gentlemen, for the second time I'd like to take you on a journey down the Trichome World of Hulkberry. And better fasten your seatbelt because it might knock you off the chair! This is what I've been looking for! This is why I do it, the #trichomeporn (and weed)!!! I love to dive deep into the trichomes with my camera and shoot the shit out of it! And the funny thing is, most of the macro shots are from maybe 4 or 5 buds in total XD I love the sharpness, I love the colorful looks of Hulkberry, I love to explore each smallest part of these plants. I honestly can't believe I grew this beautiful plant. I'm very thankful that I have the opportunity to shoot this beauty while listening to some fine ass music while smoking 1st seasons Mimosa EVO x Laughing Buddha mix and sippin on a nice beer. I really do hope you also like the pics as much as I do :) I call myself very lucky because I've cultivated a plant partially white among so many other colors (purple, dark purple/almost black, yellow, red and pink). In around a week or two I'll chop it down, finally :D PS: There's a Canna praying mantis hidden in on of the pictures. Do you think, you can find it? Please take a seat and enjoy the ride (preferably on a big screen). And if you enjoyed it, please leave a like or comment. I'd really appreciate it :) XOXO Cremo

Hello guys :D Here in Hulkberry Trichomeland it's almost harvest time. I'm so excited about it :D So this is one of the last times that I invite you dear viewer to dive into the land of Hulkberry Trichomes XD It's been a fun time, especially the last few weeks where all the citrusy flavours came to shine and I could finally start shooting these beautiful closeups. Early next week I'll probably harvest this plant. Although it's not perfect and due to my fuckups early at the begining and then due to my heavy training (LST/HST/MAINLINE/HEAVY DEFOLIATION) it took this autoflowering strain double the time, but I'm overall happy with it. The buds are super loose which is a shame but the amount of trichomes and the shear size of the plant due to the mainline and horizontal bondage action, it grew its side branches like crazy which will produce a nice overall harbest weight. Someone in the comments last week has pointed out that these beautifull colors might've appeared because I messed up my feeding (probably underfed it) but I'm okay with it. It's the first time of me growing autoflowering strains that are in the same reservoirs as the feminized plants which isnt ideal :D I love this strain and the fun I had training it. Please enjoy the closeups and I'll see you guys next week on the harvest of this beauty. XOXO Cremo

Alright Ladies and Gentlemen, let's embark on a last journey to the Trichomeland of Hulkberry! Today is harvest day so I thought I'd share with you a few last pictures before I chop this beauty down :D I'm so excited, I can't wait to get my hands on it. The next post will be a harvest post, so stay tuned for that. Big thank you for all the support and nice words about the pics. It means a lot to me! I'd also like to thank James from RQS here at GD for his support and the whole QRS team who's working on social media for choosing to share a few of my Hulkberry pics over the last few weeks! Much love guys! Right now, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride (preferably on a big screen, it's worth it) XOXO Cremo

Hi guys! Thank for reading this harvest review. It's been a blast growing Hulkberry Auto. It's such a uniquely strong strain! Even when I had massive problems within the first 1.5 months with some bacteria in inside my reservoirs, this strain didn't care at all! It just grew big and tall like Hulk! I've trained this strain like a champ :) So much pinching stem/several toppings/ main-lining/ bending branches/ heavy defoliations did nothing to it. It recovered so well from everything I threw at it. And it developed so man beautiful colors! Just look at the pics... No really, check out the pics, now! :D C'mon please, they're worth it ;) Anyway, after many beautiful colors, the citrusy smell came. Oooh boy, the smell! I never ever smelled a strain smell like berries and citrus fruits that much. What a blast :D The only super duper fuckup I realised after the fact is that the light was way to close to the plant. I read into it and came to the conclusion that it was my fault. But taking into consideration that I've managed to harvest 149g which probably could've been around 250g I'm still extremely impressed what came out of a single Automatic strain that had exactly a quarter of the tent for it self to grow. That's 0.3m2. I'm impressed! It was my best training to date (but wait until Royal Gorilla is ready. This fuckin monster will be probably twice as big as Hulkberry, and it's only around 8 weeks away :D I can't tell very much about the true smoking flavor and experience because I'm writing this review high as a motherfucker on probably 5 different strains :P So, sorry for the inconvenience :D The taste is like bubble gum/berries/citrus after 4 days of drying and around a week of curing. I love taking looong ass sniffs into the jar to taste the beautiful flavors that developed over the last few hours. Damn. Love it! Sooo. that's it for my Hulkberry review. I'd love to review it when I'm sober, and maybe after a longer period of curing because it's pretty early to say something about the effects. So stay tuned for an update :D Please enjoy the grow gallery :D XOXO Cremo PS: not even 24h online and one of my pics was featured on one breaders' social media. WAAAT 😱 (btw. it's already the 5th time ;)