Day 28 for the 3 bears!
Started nutes (Biobizz) Fish-Mix and Grow at 0.5ml/L each and Bloom at 2ml/L
Runty girl is coming on but still blotchy so, not really sure where she'll be going, by which I mean, not sure she'll flower but we'll see.
I'm still using harvested rainwater. Hopefully it rains soon because the 20L I had is almost gone!
Apart from runty girl, they have started flowering which is nice.
As mentioned on previous entries, I am not LST'ing these because they're the first run for this genetic so I want to see how they grow before I run them again and use some proper techniques. I have done a fair amount of defoliation though, on lower, more light-obstructive leaves but that said, I am aware that being autos I really should mess with them too much, so there has also been a fair amount of leave tucking (over and over! :) )
Day 34
Near the end of week 5 since the seeds were started out and overall, I'm pretty pleased. Thoughts though, is why, or how do 3 of the same genetic, show such different signs of growth stages. I have a girl at 200mm, one at 290mm and the last at 400mm! As I've said a few times, they all have the same lights, medium, nutes and water. I'm rotating them under the lights so, it isn't a cold spot. I guess it's just nature, right? Weird though... most of my grows have been within a cm or three of each other (I usually run 3 plants at a time if I'm running auto strains), I'm wondering whether I could swap out the TS1000 for a TS2000 light after this run, but again, I think that will likely not make any difference on this run. It's going to be fun harvesting at 3 different times, because that's what is going to happen, given that it's not just heights, it's flowering stages that are different too. I think I need another tent!!
I can confirm that BioBizz All-Mix might be a little bit too hot for this strain. I grew two Black Lights CBD Autos along with two Sensi Skunk Autos on my south-facing balcony last summer. All of them were started at the same time in small cups with BioBizz Light-Mix before I put them into 11l pots with BioBizz All-Mix two weeks after germination. Although I didn't fertilize, the Black Light CBD Autos showed signs of nitrogen toxicity, while the Sensi Sunk Autos were doing fine. In the end they recovered and although it could have been better, it was still a pretty good harvest.
@StuG69,
Yeah, this is going to be interesting. I’ve also seen autoflowers go into flower early and then turn into midgets because of stress caused by cool and rainy weather conditions lasting for several weeks. However, this fortunately won’t be a problem when growing indoors.
Anyway, it’s good to hear that your runty girl is picking up :)
This has been my favorite strain so far, btw.
Good luck!
@Krautklaus,
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I think perhaps I should have researched a little better before assuming that the straight to final pot - in Allmix - would be OK for this strain. I think assuming that as my other runs - Zkittlez autos and Bubba Kush (photoperiod) took off straight away in Allmix, the Black Lights CBD autos would too.
The above said, the runty girl is now showing signs of picking up but is still 50% behind in terms of size compared to the other two, but I am glad that I resisted the urge to pull her. It'll become interesting come harvest, if I have to run her extra time to flower as I use my tent for drying so I may have to start thinking of a plan B! 😀
@MarsHydroLED,
Hey, thanks! Loving the light - really get great results from the TS1000. Is the TS2000 that much of a step up for a 80cm X 80cm area? I can get 3 plants under the TS1000 but think maybe I could get at least one more with the TS2000 in the same space? Or maybe I should get a 1M X 1M tent and then run the TS2000 in it?
Thanks again. 😀