Week Thirteen... Can you believe it? 😮 With thirteen weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Glueberry OG is on a mission, still sprouting new growth everyday... what a BEAST! I can't believe how long she stayed vegging. Pretty sure that I'm dealing with a Autoflower that has decided to instead, express Photoperiod genes! Time to shift gears and get this girl flowering! Thank you for following along this journey with me because growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy!😎
~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 - 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings - 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano.
~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower
~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's.
5/24- Today I let her take a pass on watering as she was still pretty heavy to the lift.
She now has half of the 4x8 to herself along with her own dedicated HLG 650R w/UVA Bar showering her with that 'love from above'!
Let me tell you...I've been growing photoperiod's since the late 70's and autoflowers for over five years, I've never experienced a Autoflowering cultivar that has been as vigorous and had such a L O N G growth cycle...Absolutely mind blowing! I cannot wait to see what she looks like when she finally finishes up...Can you? 😍
5/26- Well today is the day that she gets the entire 4x8 to herself! All eleven of my other Autoflowers are finished, this 'Auto' Glueberry OG hasn't even got started!
After consulting with my contact at Dutch Passion, we're in agreement that she is expressing Photoperiod genes...ugh!
I've decided that when lights go out tonight I will keep her in the dark for 24hrs., then flip her to a 12/12 light cycle and keep my fingers crossed!
My only real concern at this point is that she may become rootbound after 94 days growing in her 10g pot (I wish it was a 25g!) and I'll be monitoring her regularly to keep an eye out for signs of it occurring.
5/28- I ended up keeping her in the dark for 20 instead of 24 hours. She started her first day of 12/12 last night.
I'm running the lights from 5pm to 5am as it's summer and with the lights out during the day it helps when it comes to keeping temperatures in the 'sweet spot'.
It will take a little getting used to with the new light schedule. The previous cycle went from 5am until Midnight, which provided ample time for maintenance and checking in on the garden. Now, with the bulk of the cycle being overnight, I'll have to adjust and adapt my schedule to best serve the garden!
When I turned on the lights last night I fed/watered her with 2g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Open Sesame @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Grow Big @ 2 tsp/g, Fox Farms Kelp Me Kelp You @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox farms Root Drench @ 2 tsp/g then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.8 EC. at 71℉.
5/30- Last night at lights on I gave her 1.5g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Grow Big @ 1 tsp/g, Fox Farms Kelp Me Kelp You @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox farms Wholly Mackerel @ 0.5 tsp/g then ph'd to 6.7 @ 1.4 EC. at 71℉.
I also went ahead and went through her and did some much needed pruning to eliminate some of the foliage that was choking off the light penetration down into her canopy. I went through each branch and removed everything from the 4th to 5th node down so now all her energy will go into the tops of her branches where the magic happens!
I'll be posting some pictures later today after 'lights on'.
~Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as this former 'Auto' gets ready to go crazy... Grow Strong! 😎🤙🏼~
@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, IKR! This is what happens when you have a 'Auto' that decides it would rather be a Photoperiod! I'm flipping her today after 95+ days of veg...Look out! 😜
i see all your lights are HLG. I love mine. Are they a presence on this site or is that all Instagram?
I figure u have to be doing something with them if you are all HLG!?
Was gonna rock a diablo but Viparspectra is hooking it up instead.... and u cant argue with free....
I just would like to promote HLG some tooooooo!
@TheCannaProphet, yeah i literally have a stack of free "beginner" lights i've recieved from this site, Vipar is hooking it up with a big boy light too b/c i told them i simply couldnt use another small light... but you def had me curious!
Both my germination and veg light are bought by me from HLG tho.
Did HLG hit u up on instagram or growdiaries?
They did give me a free shit at CannaCon lol I was in fanboy mode
Hello there! Your lady is looking beautiful and healthy, and only in a 10liter container?
Lovely big buds in the process, going to be cool to see those develops, all the best for this week 🌟👍