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Well its a late update from down under.. and its been shit. No other words for it. After all that un seasonal tropical rain a month back my Caramelo was hating life with water logged roots and was wilting badly for more days than id like, she recovered just fine... or so I thought. Thats when I noticed the Spider mites and a small patch of mould rot on a pre flower bud, so I grabbed my trusty Lime Sulfur bottle and made up what I THOUGHT was my usual 1/2 strength mix to use.....But turns out due to a new smaller bottle and me using the wrong mix to start with (I normally use 1/2 the 30ml per lt mix for seedlings even on fully mature plants to avoid burning em, But I used the 50mls per ltr ratio at what I thought was 1/2 strength) AND my old bottle turns out to be 1.25ltrs and my new one was 750mls!! So long story finalized is I used 1.25 X the normal strength mix and burnt the shit out of ALL new shoots and pre flowers. Thus why im only posting a vid of the cat with the ZkittleZ who is loving life harder than any plant Ive had before -So will be focusing a bit more on her for a while now.
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Aug 31: Overdose is doing fine and is now five weeks into flowering (or a week behind my two big photoperiods). I broke one of the main stems about a week after topping so it has a weird shape but there are lots of good bud sites so she’ll be fine. Shorter veg time than my two big photoperiod plants and only topped once because I was expecting an auto not a photoperiod plant. If it’s Overdose Fast I’m cool with that as I’ve decided that I prefer fast photos to autos which are more sensitive to setbacks and generally trickier to deal with at large scale. Sep 2: strong plant with lots of buds. Sep 4: adding some potassium silicate every couple days lately while watering.
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Aug 31: now done six weeks of flowering. Started force flowering by putting her in the dark garage for 10 h plus two hours of bonus darkness by using a 730 nm far red light at dusk as a bloom booster. After three weeks of moving in and out of garage I’ve just been using the red light at dusk. I use Civil Twilight as listed on dateandtime.com for my location. Civil Twilight is getting earlier by about 3 min per night and will be at 9 pm tonight. Awesome plant should be 2-3 weeks to finish and the weather forecast is perfect for next two weeks. Should be a strong finish, and we’re still in August. Awesome. Sep 1: flowers are huge and progressing quickly. The top buds seemed to change colour a bit today. Overnight temperatures are still above 10 C so no purple colour showing yet. Maybe right at the end in a couple of weeks she’ll show some extra colour. Sep 3: buds are getting big, dense and sticky. Perfect. Sep 4: flash pics are okay if using the 730 nm far red light right after. If you don’t have a red light, don’t take flash pics of your photoperiod plants. Nice big buds are quite hard too. Very nice. #seedsman420growoff #seedsmanseeds
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Aug 31: she looks pretty close to done but I’ll see how much longer I can hold out on harvest. Chemdawg is a personal fave strain for effect and taste so I’m really looking forward to this one. Sep 1: still fighting the urge to harvest. Maybe next weekend. Nice weather and lots of sun lately so might be good to keep it going for a bit longer. Sep 2: harvest a small branch with three buds. Itching for some fresh stuff. Found my small scale and the branch and three buds weighs 8 g wet.
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******************************************** Week 10 mid flower (flower week 4) ******************************************** Light cycle=12/12 Light Power=155w 65% Extractor controller settings High temp= Day 26c, Night 20c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= Day 50%, Night 55% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=10 Speed min=2 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=9.00am Top fan on=+22.5c Top fan off=-22.0c Dehumidifier on=+50% and -26c Dehumidifier off=-50% or +26c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=9.00pm Dehumidifier on=+55% and -20c Dehumidifier off=-55% or +20c VPD aim=0.6-1.6 DLI aim=30-45 EC aim=0.2-2.0 PH aim=6.0-6.5 NPK(14.3/16.2/43) 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 Method= Autofeed 6 drippers. Feed=Flower Nutes. Neutralise=0.1ml/L Bloom=4.0ml/L Silicon=1.0ml/L Calmag=0.5ml/L Pk=1.0ml/L Boost=2.0ml/L Volume=12L Easy Ph down= 0.125ml/L Ec=2.1 PH=6.7/6.8 Runs=17 Run times=4min (276ml each) Gap times=16min Total runtime=68mins (5.0L each) Total flowrate= 138ml/min (69ml/min each) Auto start time=10.00am Auto stop time=3.24pm 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 ******************************************** ******************************************** 📅21/7/24 Sunday (day 64, day 22 flower) 📋away 📅22/7/24 Monday (day 65, day 23 flower) 📋away 💧 Method= automatic Feed=water Volume=20L Ec=0.2 PH=6.6/6.7 (PH D=0.013ml/L) 7d Volume left=11L Est Volume used=9L (138ml/min) est Volume each=4.5L (69ml/min) est Runoff. Total runoff=0.2L est Ec=PH=/ 💧 📅23/7/24 Tuesday (day 66, day 24 flower) 📋away 📅24/7/24 Wednesday (day 67, day 25 flower) 📋away 📅25/7/24 Thursday (day 68, day 26 flower) 📋away 💧 Method= automatic Feed=water Volume=11L est Ec=0.2 PH=6.6/6.7 (PH D=0.013ml/L) Volume left=2L Est Volume used=9L (138ml/min) est Volume each=4.5L (69ml/min) est Runoff. Total runoff=0.2L est Ec=PH=/ 💧 📅26/7/24 Friday (day 69, day 27 flower) 📋 Arrived home before lights out. H=110cm D=10cm Dli=80.2 Ppfd=1856 Raised light to maximum hight. H=110cm D=11cm Dli=77.3 Ppfd=1789 Did a defoliation. Checked bucket. Volume left=4L Volume used=16L Volume each=8L Runoff. Total runoff=0L Drip system should have done an extra 2L but at least each plant got 4L per watering. 📅27/7/24 Saturday (day 70, day 28 flower) 📋 Staked tallest cola to one side. Hot day. H=110cm D=12cm Dli=46.3Ppfd=1071 ******************************************** Weekly roundup. 📋She's done well this week considering iv been away for most of it. She's stretched quite a bit, another 14cm and is now the tallest out of the 2 plants. Main problem is I have run out of height and could have done with more HST but I wasn't expecting that much stretch during this week. Take it easy. Back soon. ********************************************
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Start of Week 9 🙌 I plan to use fertilizer for bud growth from day 64 to day 70+... depending on when the harvest time occurs 😉😄👍 Started working with fertilizer today, every 2 days a mixture of 10ml per liter as long as the buds have not properly developed trichomes 😵 I hope this works 😵😲😱 Day 68 with fertilizer again
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Aug 31: end of August and now six weeks into flowering. I force flowered by putting her in the dark garage for 10 h a night plus “bonus two hours of darkness” from the use of a 730 nm light at dusk as a bloom booster. She’s not a super fast flowering plant but she is coming along. There is a nice lemony or citrus smell to the buds which is a personal fave. Should be good. Aug 4: nice weather lately and Euphoria is looking good. Great smell, but quite leafy and the buds are a bit slow to form, or at least slow for this far north. Should be good for an early October finish and September is supposed to be summer like here this year.
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******************************************** Week 10 mid flower (flower week 4) ******************************************** Light cycle=12/12 Light Power=155w 65% Extractor controller settings High temp= Day 26c, Night 20c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= Day 50%, Night 55% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=10 Speed min=2 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=9.00am Top fan on=+22.5c Top fan off=-22.0c Dehumidifier on=+50% and -26c Dehumidifier off=-50% or +26c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=9.00pm Dehumidifier on=+55% and -20c Dehumidifier off=-55% or +20c VPD aim=0.6-1.6 DLI aim=30-45 EC aim=0.2-2.0 PH aim=6.0-6.5 NPK(14.3/16.2/43) 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 Method= Autofeed 6 drippers. Feed=Flower Nutes. Neutralise=0.1ml/L Bloom=4.0ml/L Silicon=1.0ml/L Calmag=0.5ml/L Pk=1.0ml/L Boost=2.0ml/L Volume=12L Easy Ph down= 0.125ml/L Ec=2.1 PH=6.7/6.8 Runs=17 Run times=4min (276ml each) Gap times=16min Total runtime=68mins (5.0L each) Total flowrate= 138ml/min (69ml/min each) Auto start time=10.00am Auto stop time=3.24pm 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 ******************************************** ******************************************** 📅21/7/24 Sunday (day 64, day 22 flower) 📋 away 📅22/7/24 Monday (day 65, day 23 flower) 📋away 💧 Method= automatic Feed=water Volume=20L Ec=0.2 PH=6.6/6.7 (PH D=0.013ml/L) Volume left=11L Est Volume used=9L (138ml/min) est Volume each=4.5L (69ml/min) est Runoff. Total runoff=0.2L est Ec=PH=/ 💧 📅23/7/24 Tuesday (day 66, day 24 flower) 📋away 📅24/7/24 Wednesday (day 67, day 25 flower) 📋away 📅25/7/24 Thursday (day 68, day 26 flower) 📋away 💧 Method= automatic Feed=water Volume=11L est Ec=0.2 PH=6.6/6.7 (PH D=0.013ml/L) Volume left=2L Est Volume used=9L (138ml/min) est Volume each=4.5L (69ml/min) est Runoff. Total runoff=0.2L est Ec=PH=/ 💧 📅26/7/24 Friday (day 69, day 27 flower) 📋 Arrived home before lights out. H=98cm D=16cm Dli=65.7 Ppfd=1521 Raised light to maximum hight. H=98cm D=17cm Dli=59.4 Ppfd=1375 Did a defoliation. Checked bucket. Volume left=4L Volume used=16L Volume each=8L Runoff. Total runoff=0L Drip system should have done an extra 2L but at least each plant got 4L per watering. 📅27/7/24 Saturday (day 70, day 28 flower) 📋Hot day. H=98cm D=17cm Dli=48.5 Ppfd=1122 ******************************************** Weekly roundup. 📋This one is superb and only stretched an extra 4cm this week, there isnt much room left between tops and the light, she looks great. Grown fine while I was away and starting to bulk. Take it easy. Back soon. ********************************************
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8/31 I harvested Auto Opium today. This is 7-10 days early. I intended to grow her inside the tent, but when she stretched quickly i had to take her outside. This did not give her time to harden off before going fully into flower. Then my area went into extreme heat over 110 for extended weeks. High heat and humidity. She couldn't handle this. Then Hurricane Debby whipped her back and bent her main stem in several places. Repaired with chopsticks and electrical tape. Her limbs were thin and spindly, I tried to support with garden hoops but many stems just bent regardless. One bent and cut off its water & nutrients and died. All in all Auto Opium did not transition well from tent to outside. If I had understood her structure before her grow was underway, I would have done some topping or mainlining. I'm watching several growers demonstrate training techniques that I will try. You know you you are. Many thanks to you. We had some cooler nights in the last week or so which allowed leaf color changes from lime green💚 to purples💜 and some reds. I see some lavender in her buds. Trichomes are mostly milky white, so a bit early. Harvest shows, many long, hollow stems which couldn't support her own weight. To be eco-friendly, you could use these for beverage straws 😅. Thank you for sharing this journey with me. I appreciate your comments and advice 🙏🌱💚 . I'm learning as I'm growing, and growing as im meeting many friends here. Thank you @DivineSeeds for generously sharing your exciting seeds with me and the opportunity to participate in your contests. My friends as always sending you good vibes, plant love and healing 💫Natrona 💫
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