Planet of the Grapes AUTO

emeraldlabs First time running an auto. This will be last plant of current perpetual grow, hence the lower than ideal soil level - I ran out and am shutting things down and going on vacation in April so will get more around that time. Looking forward to running early lemon berry (ethos) when I start back up. Will include plant and light height and distance details once I begin LST. Her sister, punch berry cookies, will be moving to flower tent tomorrow. The auto will finish alone and in this tent. Video/photos taken 7 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs Enjoying her progress over the last week. Lowered humidity today a tad to slightly increase vpd. Also lowered light a few inches and may do so again. Will keep it here until we progress in flowering. Expect to start LST this week. Will include plant and light height and distance details once I begin LST. Her sister, punch berry cookies, moved to flower tent. PoG will finish in veg tent, alone, as I’m shutting down for vacation in April. Video/photos taken 14 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs Not too much to report on this week besides beginning LST. I did a few pistils appearing, may be in pre-flower, but not positive as it’s my first auto. Will progress as normal. Video/photos taken 21 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs Alright, fair to say we are transitioning to flower. Will continue LST, spacing out the colas. Minor defoliation this week, removing growth at base. Runoff EC still pretty high, will hold off on feeding additional nutes for a bit longer. Video/photos taken 28 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs She got her first feeding today. Will likely be only feeding with grow big, potentially 1 more, then switch over to tiger bloom. Everything seems to be going smoothly. Video/photos taken 35 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs She responded well to her first feeding. Only one feeding with grow big, has been swapped for tiger bloom. Slowly lollipopping and removing future larf nugs. Video/photos taken 42 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs Quite week all around. She seems a little hungry, so stepped feeding up today and will do so going forward. Man, from my limited experience, Ethos plants can eat! Video/photos taken 47 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs Moving along. Mostly leaving this girl be, haven’t defoliated and trained for a bit now. Still showing some signs of deficiencies, so will once again step up feeding this week. Video/photos taken 56 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs Deep breaths... alright well things changed rapidly this week. She went downhill quick. Signs of potassium deficiency, but that shouldn’t be a problem. Thinking, after checking runoff, she faded a little too acidic (I had stopped checking regularly as I’ve had minimal issues on previous 5 grows). She got a nice flush, with final run off reading at 6.4. She only has 2 weeks or so to go, so not panicking; if anything just a learning experience. Her flush was yesterday; she’s scheduled for feeding on Tuesday, so we will see how things go. Video/photos taken 63 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs I’m just ready for this one to be done. She’s an 80 day auto, so we are close; praise be. Video/photos taken 70 days after breaking soil.

emeraldlabs Nearing the finish line. Pleasant grape smell. Coming down on day 80. Video/photos taken 77 days after breaking soil. UPDATE: Chopped on 3/24, day 80 after breaking soil

emeraldlabs Growth cycle was as expected. Dealt with some nute burn, otherwise things went well. The plant didn’t grow very large, so harvest left more to be desired.