In the words of Porky Pig, "T t t t t ttthat's all folks"
It has been fun. The Black Lights exceeded my expectations in terms of results but more of that on the review which will follow soon.
Today is the start of week 11, day 77 since I placed the seed between two wet paper towels. I will be harvesting mid week, at day 80 or 81 for reference to anyone else considering running Black Lights autoflowers. I would say that 80 days from seed is as anticipated.
Last Tuesday, day 74, I started the flush. Tonight the girls will be left in darkness and on Sunday, they will be chopped and wet trimmed. Wet weights won't be anything better than a guess because I will likely chop and hang the whole 3 plants due to their squat size and the fact they take up little room. That may change though - depends how much vanity I perceive in wet weights because given that they have been flushed I don't feel there's an awful lot of anything left in the main stem.
A few pics added. Runty girl (last pic) should have another few days but will be getting the chop at the same time as the other two, simply because I have nowhere else to dry the plants so, better that one plant is early than the other 2 suffer as a result of letting them go, or trying to dry them in a tent with full 20hr lighting for another few days to let the final plant catch up. Well, that was my conclusion anyway! 😆
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. 😀