Dutch Passion Power Plant Auto

Well here we go into Week One of Veg! 👏😎With a week of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Plant is doing great and sprouting her 2nd and 3rd sets of leaves which is such a beautiful sight to see! Thank you for following along this journey with me! 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. 3/1- I'm watering her twice daily with de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 74-76deg. 200ppm. Today I added 2.5ml/g of Botanicare CalMag+ to her watering. I'm using a pump sprayer with a hose and wand attached that has a fine spray head on it now. When I water I am just giving enough right now to keep the soil moist, not wet, in the upper half of her pot as her roots haven't developed and penetrated to that point yet. As she matures and her root system develops into the monster I'm hoping for, I'll increase the amount of water she receives to ensure that the microbial colony thrives. Tent temp's are maintaining 78-80 degrees during the light cycle and 72-74 degrees for their 5 hour dark period. RH in the 4x4 range from 47-55% and the co2 level from 460-530ppm's. I've got the HLG 650R's hung all the way up @ 42" now and have them set to 200w at the wall each. I'll be slowly dropping the light as she gets bigger and can tolerate the additional intensity without getting stressed. Later, in pre-flower, I'll switch the supplemental UVA Bar on to really boost trichome production and terpenes during flowering! 3/3- Watered today with .25g each de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 with 1 tbsp./g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel liquid added to give a little nutrition to the microbes. I'll follow up this weekend with some added unsulfured molasses to give the microbial colonies some more goodies to feast on. Gotta keep the microbes happy as they are responsible for providing nutrition for the plants, take care of your microbes and they'll take care of the plants! The tent temp's are maintaining 78-80 degrees during the light cycle and 72-74 degrees for their 5 hour dark period. RH in the Gorilla 4x8 range from 47-55% and the co2 level from 460-530ppm. The little girl is healthy and she's getting taller by the day. She is approaching 2" now and I anticipate her taking off really soon. We'll have to wait and see how long her 'legs' turn out to be! 😎🙏 3/5- Day 12 and the signs of deficiency on her leaves looks to be dissipating slightly. I'm going to hit her with a dose of Botanicare CalMag+ tomorrow just to add the extra bit of micro nutrients she's starving for. She's in the process of sprouting her third 'true' set of leaves which will have five 'fingers' on them. I now have the HLG 650R light @ 42" above canopy, with temperatures in the Gorilla 4x8 ranging 71-80deg. with the RH @ 55% kept in check by the AC Infinity Cloudline T6 w/Controller set to monitor and keep the temperatures in the tent constant. I went ahead and added 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to her water which was de-chlorinated and ph'd to 6.4 @ 76deg. 400ppm. I'm using the pump sprayer with the spray head set to a fairly fine cone. I'm giving her .25g twice a day keeping the medium moist all the way through to the bottom of the medium. I've found that if the roots encounter 'dry' medium it rapidly pisses off cannabis cultivars, ESPECIALLY autoflowers, so we're not going to explore that scenario....we're staying moist, not wet! 😁 I anticipate, based on her current rate of growth, that she'll really be taking off going into the latter part of week two going into week three and will more than likely be a mid to shorter phenotype. I'd really like to see this girl veg for at least 30-40 days before starting to flower, which will definitely help her size and hopefully yield!....we'll have to see what happens won't we?😎🙏 3/7- Week One of veg is here and gone and the Dutch Passion Auto Power Plant has started to lose the leaf discoloration thanks to nightly foliar applications of Fox Farms Flower Kiss applied via spray bottle. She has great color in her new growth and her structure, while not perfect (short & stocky), is looking better than I'd hoped. I've added nightly foliar feeding to her schedule and she looks to be enjoying it! Her water intake continues @ 0.5g of de-chlorinated well water daily which is ph'd to 6.4-6.5 @ 74deg. after any additives (Fox Farm Wholly Mackerel, Botanicare CalMag+) are mixed in using either Alchemist PH Down or General Hydroponics PH Up which are diluted in 2 cups of water before being added to the remaining water. This dilution before addition prevents any chemical reaction that might occur from adding the PH Up/PH Down straight into the water that has nutrients in it, which would possibly have negative effects on the plant. Hopefully if her growth continues through next week, as I'm anticipating, I'll be able to start thinking about LST on her to increase her yield. We'll have to wait and see what the next couple of weeks bring! 😎🙏 Thank you for tagging along so far! Things should be getting more interesting as the coming weeks approach! I'm excited...are you? See you next week! 😎👍

Well here we go into Week Two of Veg! 👏😎 With two weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Plant is doing well and sprouting her 4th set of leaves. She's growing very short and bushy so it may be the end of this week, or next week before I attempt any LST on her, if at all depending on her structure as she grows. Thank you for following along this journey with me! 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. 3/8- I must say this Dutch Passion Auto Power Plant has been a little finicky, experiencing leaf discoloration that has me puzzled. She's received CalMag+ and Foliar feedings and they seem to be helping somewhat but time will tell. She continues to gain size, is developing new growth, has good vigor and a beautiful structure! Just another phenomenal cultivar from the EXPERTS at Dutch Passion! 😎👍 I'm continuing to water twice daily with 0.25g of de-chlorinated water that is ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 74 degrees with an EC of 0.2-0.4. Every other day I'm adding 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel and twice weekly adding 3ml/g of Botanicare CalMag+. Tomorrow she'll be getting her first Compost Tea {Wiggle Worm Castings/Alfalfa Meal/Kelp Meal/Unsulfured Molasses and a small amount of Dr. Earth Flower Girl 3-9-4 dry amendment and 1 scoop of Great White Mycorrhiza} that I started yesterday, of which she'll receive 0.5g of... She should love it!😍 I am also continuing to give her nightly Foliar feedings via spray bottle just before the dark period with Fox Farms Flower Kiss which she's digging! Insofar as environmental conditions, the tent temperatures remain a consistent 68-78 degrees with the RH running 50-55% currently and the co2 levels going from 500ppm's on the low end to 900 on the high side. The HLG 650Ris currently @ 40" above canopy pulling 300w at the wall. I'll crank up the 650R some more as her growth progresses. Lastly, when she starts pre-flower I'll start supplementing additional co2 up to 1200ppm's. The biggest challenge when growing indoors organically with 10g pots is providing just the right amount of water as you want the medium throughout the ENTIRE pot to be moist (not wet) to give the root system every opportunity to spread throughout the medium all the way to the sides and bottom (or close to it). That said, keeping up with adequate watering is a challenge, but extremely essential for optimal plant growth. With a 10g pot FILLED with a root mass you WILL get enormous results provided all other factors are kept on point....and that's the KEY! Perfect environmental conditions, proper feeding and watering, good genetics and a HUGE root system (1200ppm's of additional co2 helps a bunch too!) = Monster Cannabis!💪😎 3/10- The Auto Power Plant received her first Compost Tea yesterday and it looks like she loved it! (knew she would...lol!). I gave her approx. 1/2g of tea, fed to her gradually to allow the medium to absorb the tea. I also began LST to get a handle on her before she gets away from me. With a tent full I try to keep everyone manageable as possible. Her color continues to slowly improve and her vigor continues to be excellent. The temp's in the Gorilla 4x8 are running 72-80 degrees with a 45-50% RH which is perfect for her right now. 😎👍 3/12- Well she is 18 Days old today! My girl is on a growth spurt, approaching 4'' tall, and sprouting her fifth set of leaves which are almost fully out . Her next set of leaves are visible and should be out in a day or two as her health continues to improve daily. I still can't figure out what her issue was early on with the leaf discoloration, but as long as she continues in the direction she's on I think we'll have a very nice looking mature plant! She continues to receive nightly foliar feeding with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g and applied just before the 5 hour dark period. Daily watering's continue with de-chlorinated water which has 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel added to it, then it's ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.4 EC. The HLG 650R is 40" above her and set to 300w at the wall. Tent temperatures are a steady 80.1 degrees thanks to my AC Infinity Cloudline T6 w/ Controller which is set to maintain the 80 degree temp. automatically by varying the fan speed....Works like a charm! 😎👍 RH in the 4x8 is 45-55% and all fans are running now as well as the IdealAir 14k BTU A/C unit. Next week I will lower the light to 38" and increase the wattage to 350 at the wall. 3/14- Well there goes another week behind us on this journey to dank, sticky buds! My girl continues to sprout new growth and continues on her rebound to healthy growth!. She apparently has settled into her medium as her growth has really improved and her color is just about 95% back to where it should be. I'm continuing to water her daily with .50g of de-chlorinated water which has 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel added, then was ph'd to 6.6 @ 72 degrees 0.4 EC using Alchemist PH Down which was diluted before being added to the solution. Her nightly foliar feedings using Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 5ml/g just before the 5 hour dark cycle continues as well and she looks to be thoroughly enjoying it! 😍 ~Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey through the next weeks as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Three of Veg! 👏😎 With three weeks of initial growth behind them now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant is doing great and sprouting new growth everyday. Her color is improving as is her growth. Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 3/15- Week Three of veg....now things will get interesting fast now that she has settled down from whatever was pissing her off in the beginning and her color and vigor have gone from poor to very good! I've topped her once and she's under LST keeping her spread out to allow all those side branches to reach up to the HLG 650R and make BIG cola's! She continues to receive nightly foliar feeding with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g and applied just before the 5 hour dark period. Daily watering's continue with de-chlorinated water to which I'm now alternating adding 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to for a feed and then switching to Fox Farms Microbe Brew @ 5ml/g and Fox Farms Big Bloom (OMRI organic) @ 10ml/g then each is ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.4 EC 350-400ppm. I'll be top dressing her later this week with her first organic dry amendments. I'll be giving her a 60/40 mix of 4-4-4 and 3-9-4 @ 2 tbsp. per gallon of medium worked in by hand, then watered in. This should really give her a much needed boost for her upcoming pre-flower stretch! I removed the pot riser from her and when I water I soak the pot thoroughly, but not to the point of runoff. Twice a week when I water I add water to the tray under the pot to let her draw up the liquid into her pot to ensure that the medium is moist throughout for her roots to grow into! 3/17- The Dutch Passion Auto Power Plant received a heavy watering yesterday in two portions. First, at the start of the light cycle, I gave her .5 gallon of de-chlorinated water with 5ml/g Botanicare CalMag+ and 5ml/g Botanicare Silica Blast added, then ph'd to 6.5 @72 degrees using Alchemist PH Down to make the adjustment. This watering was given through the bottom of her pot by filling the drip pan and letting the fabric pot draw up the liquid into it, giving the medium in the lower half of the pot some much needed moisture for the growing root systems. The second watering at mid-day was given through the top of the pot via pump sprayer which was filled with the identical solution used to water earlier. At this watering she received .25g. Foliar feedings continue 4-5 nights a week and I can see a noticeable improvement in her overall appearance as a result of the foliar feedings. She's got her color back and her growth has dramatically accelerated! I have the HLG 650R cranked up to 400w at the wall now and still hung @ 40" above canopy which resulted in the tent temp's rising slightly requiring the IdealAir AC unit's thermostat to be lowered to compensate. I have the AC Infinity Cloudline T6 fan with Controller set on 'Auto Hi Temp' with it set to 79 degrees. It's been doing fantastic, adjusting the fans speed automatically, keeping tent temperatures no higher than 80.1 degrees with a RH of 55%. The AutoPilot co2 Controller is now set to a 900ppm setpoint, with a 100ppm window setpoint which has the co2 levels running 800-1000ppm's in the Gorilla 4x8. At this point I'm just maintaining her water and training daily, watching her rapid growth and anxiously awaiting signs of pre-flower which I hope will not be too soon allowing her to gain size which appears to not be an issue as she's already getting huge!... How much FUN this is! 😍 3/19- The Auto Power Plant from Dutch Passion is continuing her phenomenal growth rate and has such a perfect structure (Thank you Dutch Passion Genetics!), Picture perfect! Tons of new growth, tight node spacing and thick branches are going to make for an exceptional example of this exciting cultivar once she's done! Daily watering's continue with de-chlorinated water to which I'm now alternating adding 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to for a feed along with Fox Farms Kelp Me Kelp You @ 0.25 tsp per gallon and Microbe Brew@ 0.5 tsp per gallon, then ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.8 EC 350-400ppm. Her nightly foliar feedings with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g continue and are applied just before the 5 hour dark period. 3/21- I decided to go ahead and top dress my girl with organic dry amendments today. I used Dr. Earth Premium 4-4-4 and Dr. Earth Flower Girl 3-9-4 @ 2 tbsp. per gallon of medium, with a ratio of 43%/57% respectively, which I spread around in her pot and then worked it into the top layer of medium by hand. After working it in, I watered it in thoroughly with .75g of de-chlorinated water with 5ml/g of Fox Farms Microbe Brew added to further inoculate the medium with beneficial bacteria and mycorrhiza which should really give a boost to my lady as she gets ready to go into pre-flower. Well here we go with Week Three of veg behind us and now there's nothing but excitement from here on out!. 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 the next weeks approach with the girls starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏

Well here we go into Week Four of Veg! 👏😎 With Four weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant is doing great and sprouting new growth everyday. Her color is improving as is her growth. Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 3/22- Well Week Four of veg is here and the Auto Power Plant is on the rebound from her previous leaf color issue. She's not showing any signs of pre-flower yet which means she's going to get big. I'm thankful that I decided to top dress her yesterday as the dry amendments are slow release which will start providing nutrients right at the time when she'll need them the most! Her color is looking way better than it did a week ago, and especially compared to what she looked like 3 weeks ago. And she's got some big shade leaves and she'll need them to absorb all that HLG 650R love from above! I've been checking leaf temp's with a laser and they're running around 74-76 degrees F. After the heavy watering in of her top dress yesterday her pot was still HEAVY so I'm not watering today to give her pot an opportunity to dry out some as the last thing I want is her to have 'wet feet' which will lead to root rot and an anaerobic condition in the medium...no bueno! The Gorilla 4x8 temp's are running in the mid 70's during the light cycle and drop to the upper 60's when the HLG 650R (which is pulling 400w at the wall now) is off. RH is currently at 50-55% to try and keep the VPD numbers in a decent range. 3/24- I'm spending most of my time with her now gently training her branches, stressing her a little as possible, and watering as she's into Pre-flower and more or less on auto-pilot. I checked her pots moisture level this morning and it was moist in the upper 2/3 but dry in the bottom. I watered her from the bottom giving her 0.5g of de-chlorinated water with 0.25ml/g of Fox Farms Microbe Brew which was ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees F with a 0.4 EC 200ppm pouring it into her drip tray letting the pot draw in the water it needs, which it did in about 5 minutes. She's coming along better now and hopefully wasn't stressed too bad by the hiccup she experienced. Her color continues to improve and she remains vigorous, constantly putting out new growth. 3/26- My girl continues to improve by the day with new growth and really good looking color in the fresh growth. I've plucked a few leaves here and there that were blocking light penetration and continue to gently coax her branches down twice daily to keep her as spread out as possible. She should be starting to show signs of pre-flower sometime soon then we'll really see what she's got! Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to her in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night with Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 3ml/g. 3/28- So long Week 4! OMG...This Dutch Passion Auto Power Plant has turned into an absolutely phenomenal specimen with gorgeous color, structure and growth rate she'll be hard to beat! My girl is still in veg and continues her vigorous growth rate and has completely recovered from her early issues. When I train her branches down the recovery time is phenomenal, looking like I never touched them 2 hours later! Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to her first thing in the morning after the light comes on. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night. Her water intake has increased slightly and I've been dividing her watering up to twice daily, with the second watering 10 hours into the light cycle, to keep up with her needs. I spend the majority of my time 'tucking & plucking' leaves and making sure the environment stays as close to on point as possible for her. 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 the next weeks approach with the girls starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏

Well here we go into Week Five of Veg! 👏😎 With Five weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant is doing great and sprouting new growth everyday. Her color is now on point, as is her growth. Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 3/29- This is one BUSHY girl! Tomorrow I'm going to go in an do some defoliation on her to open her up...she's just clogged up with growth! She's a beast, can handle the stress and in less than a week you won't be able to tell I did anything! Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to her first thing in the morning after the light comes on. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night. 3/31- Watered my girl this morning with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC. I went ahead and also did a major defoliation today to get rid of the vegetation that was choking out the deeper/inner sections of the plant. After removing a ton of leaves the light now penetrates completely through the canopy down to the medium....perfect! 😎👍 The HLG 650R is now pulling 450w at the wall and remains 38" above canopy. Temperatures, RH and VPD all are gtg and on point with 'daytime' temps at a constant 76 degrees @ 50% RH, dropping to 65 degrees during the dark period. 4/2- The Dutch Passion Auto Power Plant has fully bounced back from her defoliation 3 days ago and you really can't tell I did anything at all (I'm so leery about stripping autoflowers too much and this always happens to me 😜) and she looks like I could get away with it again...crazy fast growth! I'm letting her tell me what she needs now. I'm closely monitoring her, watering when she show signs of needing it (leaves JUST starting to droop) and nutrients (when her color JUST starts to be not as vibrant). Right now she is doing phenomenally and is STILL putting out new growth at a crazy pace!! When I'm watering her it is with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC and I'm watering her pot through the top, allowing time for the medium to slowly absorb it, avoiding any runoff. I also placed the pot riser back under her to avoid the possibility of an anaerobic condition to develop from the bottom of the pot staying wet, which could cause all kinds of issues including Root Rot. This weekend I will top dress each with 2 cups of Wiggle Worm Castings and then water it in with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC. I'll run an air pump with air stones in it to oxygenate the water which REALLY helps keep the environment in the medium aerobic, which both the roots and microbes LOVE! When I water in the castings I'll add 2 tbsp. per gallon of Grandma's Unsulfured Molasses to the water which will supercharge the microbes! 4/4- I top dressed her with 2 cups of Wiggle Worm castings and watered it in with 0.50g straight de-chlorinated water to which I added 1/4 tsp/g of Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 400ppm 0.8 EC to really give the medium/microbes a huge boost which will result in one happy Glueberry OG! This morning my girl looked like she really enjoyed the PK boost from yesterday, was perky and had great color. When I checked her medium was still fairly moist so I held off with the AM watering and will take a look at her this afternoon and see whether she wants a drink or not...she'll tell me! She has had a rough road, had her share of ups and downs and has been one of the more difficult strains for me to get 'dialed in'. She looks like she's overwatered but the upper 1/3 of her pot is barely moist, the middle 1/3 moist, and the bottom 1/3 wet. Thinking this was the case, I skipped a day of water which only made her look worse (all her leaves drooping bad, just really looking like crap). So... I figured what the hell do I have to lose, I'll either drown her or save her, so I watered her with about 1L of straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 0.4 EC. Three hours later... I checked her and she was perked up and her appearance had a visually noticeable improvement to it! Now, knowing that she's a thirsty biatch, I gave her another 1L of straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 0.4 EC and let her ride! Well it's really been a great week, the Auto Power Plant is showing her first signs of preflower and is still getting bushier by the day (can't tell at all that I defoliated her 5 days ago)! Hopefully I've got her semi-dialed in now... fingers crossed! Next week promises to be just as, if not more, exciting so stay tuned for all the action! 😍 ~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 the next weeks approach with the Auto Power Plant going into flower!... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Six / Week One of Flower! 👏😎 With Six weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant has had a few issues along the way, most recently she was severely lifeless looking and very droopy, which now has been resolved! Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 4/5- Week Six and OMG she has made sure that my work's been cut out for me! My girl has been a fussy thing for the last couple of weeks and up until now I've been hitting the wall trying to get her ass dialed in! She's showing signs now of flowering ( 4/2 = Day 1F) so it's even more important to get her on point! She's been getting extremely droopy looking like she's overwatered, but checking the medium with a moisture meter shows the top 1/3 fairly dry, the middle 1/3 moist and the bottom 1/3 still wet. I went ahead and watered her with 0.25g of straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.4 @ 70 degrees, and two hours later she had started to visibly perk up so I gave her another 0.25g and three hours later she continued to improve. The only thing I can figure is that her roots may not have reached into the bottom half of her 10g pot and, as a result, just because the medium is wet at the lower portion of the pot, the roots can't reach it. As a result, she feels heavy but actually needs water. It's either that OR, with 'nighttime' temp's dropping into the mid 60's maybe her roots are getting chilled causing the droopy condition....smh! I've switched up her feeding slightly by now supplementing her water once a week each with Unsulfured Molasses and Honey @ 2 tbsp/g and 2 tsp/g respectively. The Molasses gives a boost to the microbial colony as well as being loaded with essential minerals and micro-nutrients that the plant loves. The Honey really promotes healthy root systems and is a natural anti-bacterial which I've used for decades with tremendous success! I now have the HLG 650R (hung 38" above canopy) pulling 520w at the wall and will wait to give her max power when I start adding UVA once she's into flower. Adding UVA for 4 hours in the middle of the light cycle for the last 2-3 weeks of flower really turns on the trichome production and, although I can't prove it yet, has possible positive effects on the terpenes as well. Environmentally, the 'daytime' temp's are a steady 77.4 degrees F and drop to 65 degrees F during the 'nighttime'. The RH is staying around 42-46% which I'd like to be higher to lower the VPD but for the moment she appears healthy so I'll let it ride! I also put the riser back under her pot to ensure that the bottom of the fabric pot gets adequate airflow preventing a possible anaerobic condition from the roots not getting any oxygen, therefore killing them (it only takes 20 minutes of oxygen deprivation to kill cannabis roots! Keep this in mind when watering...don't drown your roots!). 😎👍 4/7- Well, with a good watering the Auto Power Plant has perked up and is looking a whole lot better than she did two days ago. She's not 100% yet but I'm relieved to finally figure her out! I've noticed that she really perks up a few hours after the lights come on then, twords the latter part of the light cycle she gets very droopy until the next day...I'm guessing this is how this girl rolls! 4/9- I went through and defoliated her again today, removing all the little immature shoots down low and any shade leaves blocking light penetration into the center of her canopy. My god she's constantly putting out new growth and I have to really stay on top of her so she doesn't get away from me and choke herself out again! She got watered yesterday with .75g dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Big Bloom and Kelp Me Kelp You added @ 3 tsp/g and 0.5 tsp/g respectively, then ph'd to 6.4 - 1.0 EC @ 71 deg. The HLG 650R (hung 38" above canopy) is now cranked up to max power and is pulling 660w at the wall and has tent temp's running around 81 deg. during the light cycle. After she's a few weeks into flower I'll start adding supplemental UVA for four hours during the middle of the light cycle. The co2 controller is set to 1000 ppm's with a 100 ppm swing which is keeping tent levels at the canopy around 700-850 ppm's due to having the AC Infinity Cloudline T6 controller set to 'Auto High Temp' of 78 deg. which has the exhaust fan speed running pretty high which sucks out the co2. It's always a tradeoff of running the tent with positive pressure and high co2 levels, with higher temp's... Or run negative pressure with nominal co2 levels and ideal temp's which uses more co2 and conversely factors into the operational costs. 4/11- Week two of flower has come and gone! The Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant still has a way to go as she's almost 50 days old now and will go 80-85 days...maybe a bit longer, we'll have to wait and see!. I watered her with 0.75g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Open Sesame added @ 0.5 tsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 0.8 EC She is continuing to improve in her overall health, vigor and color, although I have noticed that she tends to get droopy towards the latter part of the light cycle which she stays in until the lights have been on for a couple of hours, then she perks right up...strange! 😕 Well, there goes this week...next week will usher in Week Three of flower and she's on a pace to really turn out to be something special! ~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 the next weeks approach as this girl continues in flower mode and hopefully remains issue free!... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Seven / Week Two of Flower! 👏😎 With seven weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant has had a few issues along the way, most recently she was severely lifeless looking and very droopy, which now has been resolved for the most part...She has her good days, and some not so good but she's hanging in there so I'll keep 🙏 that she pulls through! Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 4/12- We're starting off Week Two of flower on a somewhat down note. The Auto Power Plant is back to being fussy and has that terrible droop to her which is most noticeable when the light first comes on. I can't seem to get her constantly happy...smh! Today I turned her pot 1/4 turn, pulled a few leaves that were blocking light and monitored the temp's in the tent. We're in-between seasons now and on warm days the grow room A/C unit has a difficult time keeping the tent below 80 degrees with the HLG 650R now cranked up to full power pulling 660w at the wall. On the warmest days I have been cranking the light back to 400w later in the afternoon, which is the warmest part of the day, which seems to help a lot. Once I turn on the main A/C, the grow room A/C will have no problem keeping tent temp's at 77-78 degrees max., which I'll be doing sooner than later with summer fast approaching! 4/14- I am still at a loss on this girl... I went ahead and checked the ph of her medium with my BlueLab Soil PH PEN as this is the ONLY thing I haven't checked (and should have sooner) and it was 4.9... Waaay too low! I watered her with straight tap water that was dechlorinated and without any nutrients or buffers that had a ph of 7.4 to try to adjust the medium ph back into the mid 5's, hopefully this works! 4/16- Well she perked up somewhat today but is still not 100%. I didn't water her yesterday after her heavy water the day before. My RH in the 4x8 is running in the low 40's and the more I thought about it, with the temp's running in the mid to high 70's, the RH should be much higher (like 55-60%) to have a optimal VPD in the tent. I'm thinking MAYBE this could be a contributing factor as with a VPD that isn't optimal the plant has a hard time exchanging moisture to the air which how it breaths. When the VPD is off it also affects the plants leaf turgor and they will look similar to what my girl is exhibiting. I went ahead and fired up the humidifier in the tent and set it to 60% RH. I'll give her a day or two and see how she responds to the added RH. 4/18- Today she recieved 0.75g of straight dechlorinated ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 0.3 EC. I also removed a couple of dozen or so shade leaves out of the inside to keep that light penetration happening as she is BUSHY and LARGE and has no issues constantly putting out new growth at a blistering pace! It's been a so-so week for this girl but I foresee this girl turning the corner (as I've experienced several times before) and becoming a memorable cultivar! Her eighth week is coming up and HOPEFULLY she'll get her shit together! Be sure to check in on her progress as things continue to change rapidly! ~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 the flowering continues... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Eight / Week Three of Flower! 👏😎 With eight weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant has had a few issues along the way, most recently she was severely lifeless looking and very droopy, which now has been resolved for the most part...She has her good days, and some not so good but she's hanging in there so I'll keep 🙏 that she pulls through! Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 4/19- Week three of flower's here and man-o-man this has been quite the roller coaster ride of a grow with this fussy lady! I watered her with 0.75g of dechlorinated water with raw honey @ 1 tbsp/g added. I didn't buffer the water, just gave it to her straight from the tap (well water 150ppm) which is 7.4 @ 72 deg. to continue to help bring up the ph of the medium which was acidic. With roughly four weeks to go on this 84 day cultivar I've been giving her 4hrs/day of supplemental UVA during the middle of her 19/5 cycle and I'll be switching her nutrient to Fox Farms Open Sesame then Beastie Bloomz as things progress in the near future. Now, this girl's on autopilot and I monitor her daily making sure she's watered, fed and has her pot turned daily. ~💚HAPPY 420 EVERYONE!!!💚~ Have a happy and lifted day!...and don't forget to 'pay it forward' 😎🙏 4/21- She looked a lot perkier today! She continues to stack her flowers and put out tons of growth which will have to be thinned out real soon...like tomorrow! I watered/fed her with her usual 0.75g of dechlorinated water to which I've added, Fox Farms Open Sesame @ 0.50 tsp/g, and 0.5 tsp/g of raw honey, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC, I also gave her pot a 1/4 turn for good measure. 😁 4/23- Well I've tried just about everything I have in my bag of tricks and at this point I'm going to revert to the K.I.S.S. method and not overthink her anymore...It is what it is! Overall, she's pretty healthy with good color and vigor. She's also doing great with her flower production and development, with the only negative being her tendency to droop, which as long as she keeps up I'll be happy! Today she recieved .75g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Open Sesame @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Microbe Brew @ 0.5 tsp/g and Fox Farms Kelp Me Kelp You @ 0.5 tsp/g which with my starting ph of 7.4, brings the ph to a perfect 6.5! Gotta love it when you don't have to adjust the final ph...awesome! I also rotated her 10g fabric pot 1/4 turn. 4-25- With 60 days of growth and three weeks of flowering behind her, this 12-13 week cultivar still has a way to go my friends... and she's getting more impressive by the day! Environmentally, the tent temperatures are maxing out during the light cycle at 79 deg. and I'm running them down to the mid 50's during the 5 hour dark period, which really helps with bringing out the gorgeous colors in some strains! The HLG 650R is running at max, pulling 660w at the wall and remains @ 34" above the canopy. Today I watered her with 0.75g of de-chlorinated water to which I've added, Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.75 tsp/g, and 1 tsp/g of raw honey, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC, I also gave her pot a 1/4 turn. ~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 the flowering continues... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Nine / Week Four of Flower! 👏😎 With nine weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant has had a few issues along the way, most recently she was severely lifeless looking and very droopy, which now has been resolved!...She's doing much better now and is really coming into her own! Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. ~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 the flowering continues... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~ 4/26- Today she recieved .75g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.75 tsp/g and 1 tsp/g of raw honey which was then ph'd to 6.4 @ 71 deg. My girl has finally gotten herself straightened out and is on fire! She has so many bud sites I lose count and she's exploding with new growth! The temp's are a constant 78 deg. during the light cycle and I'm running them down into the upper 50's during the 5 hour dark period. The RH is at 44% which is perfect right now as I have abundant air circulation in the Gorilla 4x8 with two 18" Hurricane fans, two 6" clip-on fans and one 10" floor mounted fan constantly moving the air. The HLG 650R is at max pulling 660w at the wall and it's currently at 32" above her canopy. Lastly, the co2 level in the tent, via a 50# tank and AutoPilot co2 controller, is running a constant 900ppm's during the light cycle. 4-28- I checked her pot this morning and she's still pretty heavy so we'll let her ride on water for now. I'll check her later, so for now I'll just take a few pic's and give her pot a spin. I've come to get used to her droopy appearance which, now I'm realizing, appears to just be how this particular phenotype of this stain is...fucking droopy, but HEALHY!...I'll take health over looks any day!...😁 4/30- I checked her pot this morning and she's still pretty heavy so we'll let her ride on water for now. I'll check her later, so for now I'll just take a few pic's and give her pot a spin. She is going to be a huge autoflower and I'm super excited to see what the next weeks bring! 5/2- Today I did some defoliated on my very bushy lady to thin out some of the overabundant growth she keeps putting out. I put all the foliage I removed a good bit of the foliage from the lower 1/3 of her and some of the shade leaves blocking the light penetration down into her canopy, and in 4-5 days you won't be able to tell I did anything! Yesterday she got watered with 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g which was then ph'd to 6.6 @ 72℉ 1.4 EC, today was a 'dry out' day. Well, this week my girl's flowering is in high gear, and now the coming weeks should be getting more interesting as they progress with this BEAST of an autoflower from my friends at Dutch Passion! 🧐💚 ~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 the flowering intensifies and this lovely lady starts struttin her stuff... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Ten / Week Five of Flower! 👏😎 With ten weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant has had a few issues along the way, most recently she was severely lifeless looking and very droopy, which now has been resolved!...She's doing much better now, is flowering, and generally overall another BEAST of a plant from Dutch Passion! Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 5/3- Here we go Week TEN... I'm so used to auto's wrapping up in 8-10 weeks from seed, this strain with its 12-14 week finish is a whole different learning curve...but change is the spice of life right?! Today she was watered and fed with 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC. I checked her over to see how she was doing after her defoliation yesterday and she has recovered nicely. She still has that droopy look at certain times of the day but, I've now learned, that's just her moodiness and as long as the rest of her looks healthy she can droop all she wants! 5/5- Yesterday was a dry out day after her heavy water/feed the previous day. Today I watered/fed her with 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 71℉ 1.4 EC. My girl's going nuts stacking her flowers, which there are a TON of! I'm turning her pot 1/4 turn daily and she's getting 4 hours a day of supplemental UVA via the HLG 650R's additional UV Bar I added to it which is currently at 32" above canopy. 'Daytime tent temp's in the Gorilla 4x8 are running 77℉ and down to 58℉ while the light is off. RH is steady @ 50-55% and the co2 levels at canopy height are running 700-1000ppm's. 5/7- Yesterday was a dry out day after her heavy water/feed the previous day. Today I watered/fed her 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Cha Ching @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC. 5/9- I'm continuing turning her pot 1/4 turn daily and she's getting 4 hours a day of supplemental UVA via the HLG 650R's additional UV Bar I added to it, which is currently at 32" above canopy. The Dutch Passion Power Plant has come a long way from her sketchy start! My lady is chock full of flowers that she's busy stacking, her health is about as good as it's been and I'm keeping my fingers and toe's crossed that she continues on her current track and finishes up as another epic example of what Dutch Passion genetics are capable of! ~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 the flowering intensifies and this lovely lady gets her groove on... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Eleven / Week Six of Flower! 👏😎 With eleven weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant has had a few issues along the way, most recently she was severely lifeless looking and very droopy, which now has been resolved!...She's doing much better now, is flowering, and generally overall another BEAST of a plant from Dutch Passion! Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 5/10- Today I watered/fed her 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Cha Ching @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC. I also went through and removed about a dozen leaves that were blocking bud sites form the light and turned her pot 1/4 turn. 5/12- After a dry day yesterday, today she recieved 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Cha Ching @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC. She's really come a long way and is looking gorgeous now, stacking some beautiful flowers that she's covered with! 5/14- I watered/fed her today with 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Cha Ching @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC. I removed a few shade leaves that were blocking light and turned her pot 1/4 turn. I have her placed in the tent in front of my A/C inlet so the air that she's in is cooler than the rest of the tent. The cooler temp's are really helping to bring out her lovely coloration and I can't wait to see how she finishes up looking! 😍 5/16- After her heavy water/feed yesterday, today she's taking a day off. I removed a few leaves off her and turned her pot 1/4 turn. She's really stacking her flowers, her coloration is becoming just breathtaking and she's got that unmistakable Power Plant floral aroma to her that always reminds me of Lilacs or Lilly's! Well Cannafam, Week Eleven is gone and here we go, unbelievably, into Week Twelve and Week 4 of flower. This beautiful lady still has a couple of weeks in her, I hope you'll continue to follow along and observe this epic cultivar by Dutch Passion! 😎✌️🏼💚 ~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 the flowering intensifies and this lovely lady gets her groove on... Grow Strong! 😎🤙🏼💚~

Is it Week Twelve / Week Seven of Flower already! It seems like we just began yesterday...not!😛 With twelve weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Dutch Passion Auto Power Power Plant is a totally different plant now, and has transformed into another BEAST of a plant from Dutch Passion! Thank you for following along this journey with me, 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. 5/17- This lady's on 🔥🔥🔥 stacking some huge cola's packed with sticky icky dankness! Her floral, almost Lilac or Lilly, aroma is classic Power Plant. It is very familiar to me as I've cultivated the photoperiod variety several times and one I'll never forget...AMAZING! 😍 Today I watered/fed her 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Cha Ching @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC. I also went through and removed about a few leaves that were blocking bud sites form the light and turned her pot 1/4 turn. 5/19- I held off on her feed today and instead flushed her with 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Sledgehammer @ 2 tsp/g, Fox Farms Microbe Brew @ 0.5 tsp/g and 0.5 tsp/g of raw honey added, then ph'd to 6.6 @ 71℉ 1.0 EC She's at 84 days from seed, Day 47 of flower which is right on par with Dutch Passion listing her as a 12-13 week strain. Her trichomes are just about where I like them, just about all milky with just a touch of clear and amber trichomes showing...only a couple days to go! I always have to factor into my harvest time the 2-3 days in the dark that I place all my cultivars in before harvesting them, as their trichomes will continue to mature in the dark. She's got a gorgeous fade going on, which being on the 'cold' side of the tent has most definitely helped with. Her cola's are long and stacked THICK with abundant trichomes covering them with a frosty glistening and her classic Power Plant floral aroma gets stronger by the day! 🤪 5/21- Today all she recieved was 1.25g of straight de-chlorinated water @ 69℉ which was ph adjusted to 6.7 with a 0.2 EC She is looking and smelling AMAZING! Her cola's are stacked now, hard as rocks and have a healthy coating of trichomes. She has undergone a tremendous transformation form where she was 6 weeks ago! She has the most amazing fades I've had on a cultivar in quite awhile, and her flowers have developed into these tall, thick resinous cola's that are breathtaking to look at! I gave her pot a 1/4 spin and left her alone! I've been checking her trichomes daily and will check later today and see if it's her turn to 'go dark'! 5/23- Well...I can honestly say, after all we've been through together, that I've fallen in love with this girl! She was bitchy, fussy and gave me sleepless nights, but I never gave up on her. In the end perseverance paid off, and resulted in another EPIC example of the quality of Dutch Passion genetics! Today I brought out the 'scope' and did a thorough check of, and photographed her trichomes. They are right where I prefer them for this strain so tonight, just before 'lights out', I'll be placing my lady in the dark for 48hrs to put the final touch on her! In preparation for her two days in the dark I watered her for the last time today with 1.5g of de-chlorinated water with 2 tsp/g of Fox Farms Bembe added (for a minimal amount of nutrients and some sugars that will fatten up the flowers a bit more) which was than ph'd to 6.7 @ 68℉. I'll be posting pictures of her when she comes out of her 'dark time' and then she'll be more than likely cut off at her base and hung whole to slow down the drying time as much as possible as our weather is HOT and DRY now which makes keeping the Drying Room environment on point extremely important to get that 10-12 day hanging time that really helps start breaking down the starches in the plant. 5/26- Today was her time to 'Head to the Light'! She finished her three days in the dark and she's ready to be hung. I decided to go ahead and just take her off at her base (oh I hated to see her go!) and hang her whole. She's very bushy, with some fairly large cola's, and I'm hoping hanging her whole will substantially slow down the drying process. I'd like to see her take 10-12 days to dry which will ensure some quality smoke once cured! 😋 ~Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow along as my lady prepares to be harvested and we get some final numbers on this phenomenal cultivar from Dutch Passion... Grow Strong! 😎🤙🏼💚~

~DUTCH PASSION~ Auto Power Plant®️ Power Plant X Think Different 🌱 Seeds- Feminized Autoflower ⚖️ Yield- XL 🔀 Genetics- Sativa 🏆 Series- Classics 🎍 Grows-🔆Indoor/🏕️Outdoor 🤪 THC- Very High ⏳ Seed to Harvest- 12 weeks __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~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. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This was my first introduction to Dutch Passion's Autoflower version of their phenomenal Power Plant genetics. For the first 4-5 weeks of life this girl was extremely fussy and was chronically 'droopy'. I kept her environment optimal with temperatures running 78-80℉ when the light was on and 68-72℉ when they were off. The RH was kept between 55-65% and co2 levels were set to 800ppm's. I had the light hung at 36" above her canopy and set to pull 400w at the wall. At Week Three I topped her once, then used only LST on her for training in addition to some periodic defoliation to make sure that light penetrated down into her canopy. I made sure she wasn't over watered, over/under fed, had correct ph in her medium and kept the environment (temp's, RH, light output, co2 levels and VPD) on point, but still she would go through a noticeable droopiness at least once a day. Knowing that I was doing everything correctly I let her do her thing, as I realized this was just how she was...fussy! 😁 Once she hit Week 3 of flower things began to change. She began a transformation into what I'm used to seeing in the photoperiod cultivars of this strain, tons of foliage with tight internodal spacing on her multitude of long branches. Her growth rate really never slowed down and if anything picked up as she matured into an absolute pristine example of what this genetic is capable of with the right growing conditions! From Week Three of flower on I had the light cranked up to its max pulling 660w at the wall. From Week Four of flower on I added 4 hours per day of UVA light during the middle of her 19/5 light cycle. I also began lowering the temperatures when the light was off to a range of 64-66℉ which I dropped to 58-64℉ for the last two weeks of flower which brought out an epic fade on her! In addition to the other adjustments I made during flower, I also increased the co2 to 1100ppm's and dropped the RH in the tent to 42-44%. As she matured it became obvious that she was a very special phenotype with beautiful structure, enormous colas covered in trichomes and one of the most breathtaking fades with colors ranging from red, to yellows and orange to bright green! During the last days of flower I checked her trichomes daily, waiting until they were 90% milky with the remainder amber, When the time was right I placed her in the dark for 72hrs keeping the temperature in the upper 60's℉ and RH @ 40% to further boost trichome production on this already sticky girl! After her time in the dark, I cut her off at her ginormous base and hung her whole. I kept the Drying Room temperatures at 65-70℉ and the RH @ 55% where it took her 10 days to dry out to the point of being ready to trim and place in jars for a 2-3 month cure to really bring out the terpene profile of this strain! The buds on her were fairly east to trim and were extremely tightly stacked and covered in sticky trichomes with that distinctive floral/sweet Power Plant aroma that you never forget! After trimming her up I was shocked and pleased to see that she had yielded 307g which is outstanding for any cannabis grown indoors let alone an autoflower! 😍 I placed her flowers in four of the large Mason jars which will get 'burped' regularly for the next week or two and then left to cure once the RH in the jars his 58-62%. This autoflower version of Power Plant is listed at 12 Weeks from seed to harvest, she must have payed attention as she took 91 days from seed to harvest with 56 days of it in flower...pretty darn close! 😎👍🏼 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Thank you so very much for following along on this journal, it's been a blast! I hope and pray that you have great success with your grows and invite you to continue to watch my future runs that will be just as exciting! 💗😎✌️🏼~ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------