S02: Critical Jack Automatic by Dinafem

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. Critical Jack seems to look sick like an old person at the end of its journey. Don't know if I should just kill it. Even the cam couldn't focus on this shit...

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 looked even worse than a week before. I have no idea if the genetics are that weak or the seed wasn't stored properly or if it's super old but I'm thinking about scratching it. I stabilized PH to a perfect 5.8 with no issues comparing to last week. Things are starting to look better just not for this plant. 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. I decided to top Critical Jack and start LST even tho this Automatic is the smallest and a bit underdeveloped of the bunch. 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 mayce it can handle a bit more. 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. Critical Jack took a nice defoliations without any problems. I'm really happy with it. The place on the stem where I pinched the plant at a young age looks much 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 😜 I can't believe how well main-lining works on this plant. With every week it's getting more used to the horizontal growth. I keep it reaaaaaaly flat and I'm really happy of what I accomplished. I think that flowering is right around the corner for it. 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

Soo. This is going to be a short one. I did a res water change and a pretty heavy defoliation and a few plants roots dried out a bit too much and started rotting and dying (like LSD for example) while back in fresh water. Critical Jack's roots are also starting to rot and I honestly don't know if will survive or not. That's it for now. Just a quick update. Stay tuned. XOXO Cremo

Hi guys, just a small update here on Critical Jack. It's growing! No problems. It will be a smaller plant, especially in comparison to the Hulkberry that is around 5 times bigger already (like a real Hulk) so it's probably going to be a small batch of around 15-30g at the end. But it's okay, I won't mind it either.

Welcome to another update of Critical Jack Auto. This little plant has fatten up its buds so much that I truly fell in love with it. It's around 1/4 the size of Hulkberry Auto but its bud density is of the charts compared to Hulkberry which is just big but its buds are very loose. Even tho it's into flowering for a few weeks I still can't get any smell out of it. Other than that, I fell in love with f2.8 macro shooting again. XOXO Cremo

Ouh man. Critical Jack is becoming the dark horse of this race! I was honestly a bid doubtful about this strain because I got it and normally I wouldn't choose such a strain. But now... man it's fun to watch it get mature! Its super compact. I've trained it very well horizontaly. Its buds are super thick and very dense! I love it! One thing thats strange about this strain tho is that it doesn't fuckin smell at all!. Compared to Hulkberry Auto that grows in the same tent which smells like fuckin christmas (not literally, it's citrusy juicy! Hope it changes soon and that it gives me another reason to smile ;) XOXO Cremo

Hello guys :D I start to believe that this plant is a dark horse in this bunch! For realz. Its nugs are fat as fuuuuu! This plant is super tiny but due to my manlining skills that i marginally posses I managed to hold this plant very horizontally so the whole buds from bottom to top got food from above. This plant developed beautiful candy like flavors, I can't believe it. It's like holding a candy nug in my hand XD I hope you enjoy the photographs. (I love the "raw'ness") XOXO Cremo

Sweet Lord and Momma of Jesus! Critical Jack Auto smells like candy + something else. It's such a beautiful flavor! If one didn't experience a plant smelling like candy, than you miss out on something XD I'm wondering how much this flavor is going to change once I chop it down in a couple of days and after a proper month of curing. Other than that, Critical Jack is jacked as a motherfucker, it's a super compact plant with bomb ass buds. I hope that the effects will be as delicious as the smell of it :D Stay tuned for the harvest report! XOXO Cremo

Hi guys. It's the final week of Critical Jack Auto before harvest in a few days. It smells so good, almost like a honey melon, #yummy! :D This plant is super compact. It's really small and due to the heavy training I did to it, Jack came out really nicely with all the main branches spread out that are now very thick. I love how it came out! Now please enjoy a few last Trichome shots of this plant and I'll see you next time in a few days at the harvest :) Much love Cremo

Hi guys! Thanks for stopping by ;) As I said earlier, I didn't think much of this strain because I didn't know Dinafem at all (I new it existed tho :P). I had long issues with bacteria in my reservoirs that's why it might have not come out the way it did but I'm still fuckin impressed with the density of these huge buds on a microplant :P I topped it a couple of times, I defoliated heavily, mainlined it. I basically treated it like a "regular" feminized plant. For the longest time I couldn't define any specific flavors, it was just plain random to me (even for a novice I couldn't tell shit about how it smelled. It only hit me about 2-3 weeks before harvest that it suddenly started to smell soo yummy, god damn! All these candy / caramel / cream flavors hit me and since then it only got better! The buds are huge for such a small plant. It's super sticky and the high after 4 days of drying and around 1.5 week of curing with 4 burps a day (and boveda packs included). The high is very positive. I love the giggles and just feeling silly makes me very happy and I think that's what it's supposed to be about, isn't it? Thank you Much love XOXO Cremo (please check out the picture gallery. Some of the photographs are actually good. Muah.