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Harvest Report: The Swift Journey of Blackberry Auto Greetings, fellow cultivators! The moment we've all been eagerly awaiting has arrived – the harvest of my Blackberry Auto. This beauty has moved through her life cycle with astonishing speed and grace. Let's take a moment to reflect on her incredible journey from seed to harvest and celebrate the fruits of our labor. Seed to Sprout: It feels like just yesterday when I planted the tiny seed of Blackberry Auto. Nestled in a Root Riot cube, she sprouted with vigor, her first delicate leaves reaching for the light. The conditions were perfect, with temperatures at a steady 28°C and relative humidity at 95%, creating an ideal environment for her early growth. Transplanting and Early Growth: As she transitioned to a small pot filled with rich soil and Mycor Mix, Blackberry Auto continued to thrive. The Mycor Mix, with its blend of various mycorrhizae species, worked wonders in enlarging her root system and facilitating nutrient uptake. Her early growth was nothing short of spectacular, setting the stage for the robust plant she would become. Rapid Vegetative Phase: Blackberry Auto quickly outgrew her initial pot and was soon transplanted into her final home – a 16L AutoPot. This setup allowed her to drink as she pleased, supported by the precise hydration of the AutoPot Aquavalve. With a foundation of Aptus All-in-One Pellets and Mycor Mix Soil, she had everything she needed for explosive growth. Her leaves grew enormous and lush, and her branches spread wide with gentle low-stress training. Swift Flowering and Stunning Development: Entering the flowering phase, Blackberry Auto didn't slow down. Her buds formed quickly, each one a masterpiece of nature. The colors were a sight to behold – deep purples, vibrant magentas, and hints of dark blue. The aromatic symphony filled the grow room, a testament to her potent genetics and the meticulous care provided. Natural Brilliance and Final Weeks: Observing her rapid progress, I ceased all feedings to let Blackberry Auto showcase her natural brilliance. Her final weeks were marked by a dazzling display of colors and an incredible pace of bud development. Each day brought new marvels, as her buds swelled and her trichomes sparkled like a constellation. A Heartfelt Reflection: From the moment she sprouted to her final days of flowering, Blackberry Auto has been a true wonder. Her speed and beauty have exceeded all expectations, and it's hard to believe how quickly she reached this point. This journey has been a testament to the magic of cultivation and the resilience of a well-bred strain. Acknowledgments and Gratitude: As we celebrate this harvest, I extend my deepest gratitude to @fastbuds_official for creating such a remarkable strain. To Aptus Holland, my main sponsor, your support has been invaluable in nurturing this beauty. A special thank you to Grow Diaries for providing a platform to share this journey, and to the community for your shared passion and camaraderie. đŸŒ±đŸ’š As we move forward, I eagerly anticipate the trim and smoke reports, where we'll dive into the sensory delights of Blackberry Auto. For now, let's revel in the joy of a successful harvest and the extraordinary journey that brought us here. Genetics Blackberry Auto @Fast_Buds Food - @aptusholland @aptus_world As always thank you all for stopping by, for the love and for it all , this journey of mine wold just not be the same without you guys, the love and support is very much appreciated and i fell honored and blessed with you all in my life
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Day 29: Hey everyone! Quick update: all the plants are reacting really well to the new LED lights! 🌿💡 It's amazing to see how they respond to the change in light. I'm really excited to see how they progress over the next few days. Stay tuned for more updates!" Here's what I'm thinking: I believe removing some of the larger fan leaves to allow light to reach the lower branches could be beneficial. It would encourage more even growth and better bud development throughout the plant. What's your take on this? Day 35: "Hey everyone! Update time: We defoliated the plants two days ago, and they are developing nicely. 🌿 However, we're currently facing a challenge with the temperature. During the day, it gets above 28°C for about 4-5 hours. Despite our 360 m³/h exhaust system, we can't keep the humidity high enough to offset the heat, and our humidifier isn't powerful enough. I've calculated that we need a humidifier that can evaporate 1800ml/h to maintain the tent at 60-70% humidity, which would help manage the temperature better. Does anyone have tips for a good humidifier or other methods to control the humidity and temperature? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello Diary! This time on the "Farm" there are two new strains from Royal Queen Seeds, Watermelon Auto and Purple Punch Auto. In this diary we will dedicate ourselves to Watermelon. 😀 I would like to thank James of the Royal Queen Seeds for sending me these strains. 🙏 LET'S START FIRST WITH THE FARM SET-UP: Box - Secret Jardin DS120W 120x60x178 Lights - MIGRO 200+ Ventilation - Blauberg Turbo - E 100 Filter - Primaklima filter PK 100/125 Fan - Oscillating Koala Fan Humidifier - Beurer LB 45 Soil - BIOBIZZ Light - Mix Pot - 11L AirPot Seed - Royal Queen Seed Nutrition - BioBizz and RQS Organic nutrition A few words about Watermelon Automatic. The breeders from RQS set out with the intention of crafting a strain that lights the taste buds on fire. To achieve such a tantalizing terpene profile, they selected two of the most flavorful parent strains available: Tropicanna Cookies and Lemon OG. Both of these varieties are packed full of limonene, myrcene, and other fruity and earthy molecules. Watermelon Automatic emerged with a genetic makeup of 75% indica, 20% sativa, and 5% ruderalis. The speedy autoflowering strain managed to inherit all of the tasty terpenes from her ancestors. These are the characteristics, we will now see what it will look like on my small farm. LET THE DIARY START OFFICIALLY: 14/01/2021. Planting. After cleaning the Farm (GrowBox), I prepared everything I needed. Soil is a Light-Mix from BioBizz, Air-Pot's, Organic Additives that I mix with soil. From the beginning of this hobby, I use only organic fertilizers. I used 11L pots, to which I added 50g Easy Boost Organic Nutrition, 10g Easy Roots Rhizobacter and 5g Easy Roots Mycorrhizza Mix to the soil and mixed everything well. After that I soaked the soil well with water, made a small hole, laid the seed inside and lightly covered it with soil. After planting is completed, they enter their new home. As I wrote earlier, in addition to Watermelon, there are two more Purple Punch Auto on the Farm to keep him company. The temperature in the Box at that time was 23 degrees and the humidity was slightly below 45%, so I will have to put humidifier to raise humidity. I set the lights 35cm from the pots as Migro recommends. 14 - 17/01/2021 I sprayed the surface of the soil with water a couple of times to keep the soil moisture at the surface. 17/01/2021 Watermelon Automatic sprouted. There was a seed coat left on the stalk so I had to remove it by hand, but a nice photo motif. 22/01/2021 I watered the plants with a small amount of water to which I only regulated p.H at 6.4. Farm: 24.7 degrees - 55% humidity I'm quite late with the publication of the diary, the reason is the large number of photos I take and then I need to find time to put everything in a pile, along with the notes and type everything nicely. No matter how much time I spend on the diary, it relaxes me and makes me happy. See you soon.
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@Aedaone
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I start this in a "safe zone" of plain potting mix. It takes a little over a week for them to get into the pre mixed nutes. They should jump this week when they do. I got tired of waiting and watered them with 20ml liquid kelp, 20ml liquid fish, and 5ml molasses per gallon of ph 6 water. Roughly 2-1-1 to give them a boost on day 2 week 2. This week was a success. Pest have been controlled and the plants made progress. One plant gg4 #3 is behind the others. There's a tree top that throws shade on it for about 1.5 hours longer than the other two in the morning. This will be fixed for week 3. It's warmed up considerably with the day time temp reaching 90 plus f for day 6 and 7 of this week. This should really speed up the vegative growth.
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We are going strong and I honestly can't complain. So far this plant has been pretty hard and hasn't suffered much if at all being in such a small pot. I'm keeping an eye on water but every other day or so still works. Cheers til next time -Dj Sunstone
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Hallo zusammen đŸ€™. Sie wĂ€chst sehr schön und macht keine Probleme
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In awe at this batch 2 weeks remaining and they are pretty swollen Smells and swells. Can hints of change in color but still a pretty, green. Buds already snowcapped. And the selected branch that was pollinated has seeds Maturing.
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8/17 Watered everything but the 50. Found two leaves with sep markings on the pink kish in the 50. Definitely not using old soil again. I'm pretty sure THIS plant contracted it from the soil and not the way the others did with the lawn mower and birdseed hijinx. It's supposed to rain for the first time basically all summer. It's am 80% chance so I HELD OFF ON PLANT DOCTOR AND DID NOT APPLY as I'm supposed to have a clear day after. I'll apply the plant doctor in the morning. I'm hoping this rain will knock down a bunch of those thrips. They seem to be on a small branch on a plant or two. One or two leaves show damage and I'll pick them off. I figure I'll get them after I apply plant doctor. I'll use either citric acid or just my regular bt-k pillar treatment with Castille or liquid soap. That will kill them as well. I'm on really worried about it. I also might just buy a bunch of lady bugs and unleash them once things get further along.
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Growth rate is a little slow by comparison, still have high hopes for this pheno as it's purple...I love color in my tent.
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Used too much bloom nutes and some top leaves were starting to yellow so I flushed and have Been gentle since Few days later it was t from nutrients it could actually use a little more the lights I have were putting 1700-1800 ppfd on top canopy and was cooking my leaves I lowered the plant so it would get 1200 ppfd on top and it’s back to normal
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En está semana la GorillaKingAuto ha ido super bien, tiene my buen color y la veo muy bien. Sigue votando pelos blancos, en está semana le empezare ha usar un fertilizante de floración de la marca de boom Nutrients 😍
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Two males got pulled up and got around to transplanting so far so good......girls didn't even budge from transplanting they just turn to the sun n said thank u lol.....#happy growing
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Alright, so she had a rather traumatic week. The pics won't show it, but here's what happened. I was supercropping her at the beginning of last week and all but snapped one of her lower branches, off. I taped it up and prayed... full recovery as of this post! The branch was wilting all week and all of a sudden the break point knuckled up and she began carrying on with bud development. She's been drinking nutes like a fuckin' fish. I've been watching the tips for burn, but it seems to be my nutrient regiment is right on the money. No burnt tips, just happy plant. Cheers all! đŸ» 5-6 weeks until the chop! Ya gotta give Ethos a chance. Stellar run, EVERY time.
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Stretch 10 centimĂštres Jour52 lĂ©gĂšre defolliation et arrosage avec deux litres d'eau ph6.3 Petit rappel sur le meilleur cycle de lumiĂšre pour les autofloraisons QUEL EST LE PLANNING LUMINEUX OPTIMAL ? Le cannabis Ă  autofloraison peut survivre avec Ă  peine 5 heures de lumiĂšre du soleil par jour. Mais si vous voulez que vos plants s’épanouissent, atteignent le pic de leur puissance et produisent une lourde rĂ©colte, ils ont besoin d’au moins 18 heures de lumiĂšre par jour. Le planning optimal de lumiĂšre pour la culture en intĂ©rieur du cannabis Ă  autofloraison est un 20-4 constant pendant tout le cycle de vie. Bien entendu, des plannings de 18-6, 20-2 et 24 heures non-stop ont tous leurs avantages, mais nous avons obtenu les meilleurs rĂ©sultats avec le planning 20-4. Les cultivateurs en extĂ©rieur peuvent potentiellement lancer la culture dĂšs le printemps. Cependant, nous recommandons toujours de faire germer les graines et de cultiver les jeunes pousses en intĂ©rieur sous des lampes artificielles pendant une semaine ou deux pour obtenir les meilleurs rĂ©sultats. Nous parlerons des options en extĂ©rieur plus en dĂ©tail un peu plus bas. LE CYCLE DE VIE DU CANNABIS À AUTOFLORAISON La plus grande diffĂ©rence entre le cannabis Ă  photopĂ©riode et Ă  autofloraison est que l’horloge tourne pour une auto dĂšs le moment oĂč la coque de la graine s’ouvre. Le cycle de vie post-germination de la grande majoritĂ© des variĂ©tĂ©s Ă  autofloraison modernes est de 8-12 semaines au total. Au contraire des variĂ©tĂ©s Ă  photopĂ©riode, les autos n’ont pas besoin du planning lumineux courant 12-12 pour faire la transition vers la floraison. Une variĂ©tĂ© Ă  autofloraison progressera dans son cycle de vie indiffĂ©remment du cycle jour-nuit. CROISSANCE VÉGÉTATIVE ACCÉLÉRÉE Il est presque impossible de dĂ©limiter la phase de la jeune pousse de la croissance vĂ©gĂ©tale avec les variĂ©tĂ©s Ă  autofloraison de nos jours. De plus, en 30 jours, la plupart exploseront soudainement en phase de floraison. Donner aux autos un bon dĂ©part, solide et sain est un facteur critique pour une culture rĂ©ussie. Beaucoup de choses peuvent se passer pendant une semaine avec un hybride Ă  autofloraison vigoureux en culture. Il n’y a pas non plus beaucoup de temps pour la transplantation. Nous recommandons d’utiliser notre kit de germination ou de planter directement dans les premiers et derniers rĂ©cipients dĂšs le dĂ©but. Des pots/rĂ©cipients en plastique de 10-20 L avec de nombreux trous de drainage au fond sont parfaits. Les Air-Pots sont encore mieux. Beaucoup de cultivateur dĂ©couvrent Ă  leurs dĂ©pens que les petits pots ne sont pas durables pour les hybrides autos modernes plus grands. PrĂ©parez-vous Ă  devoir ajuster quotidiennement votre lampe de culture pour Ă©viter de brĂ»ler le feuillage. De plus, tout comme les variĂ©tĂ©s Ă  photopĂ©riode, les conditions environnementales optimales pour les jeunes plants Ă  autofloraison sont des tempĂ©ratures entre 20 et 25 °C et une HR dans une fourchette de 50-70 %. En outre, les besoins en nutriments seront considĂ©rablement plus faibles que les variĂ©tĂ©s Ă  photopĂ©riode. Il n’y a donc aucune bonne raison de ne pas cultiver bio. GĂ©nĂ©ralement, les autos prĂ©fĂšrent avoir un milieu de culture lĂ©gĂšrement fertilisĂ© et bien aĂ©rĂ©. Les terreaux lĂ©gers et/ou le coco sont des substrats fortement recommandĂ©s. La plupart des cultivateurs prĂ©fĂšrent des lampes CFL blanc chaud, LED et MH pour la courte pĂ©riode vĂ©gĂ©tative. Cependant, les lampes HPS Ă  double spectre sont tout aussi efficaces et probablement plus pratiques Ă  utiliser. FLORAISON RAPIDE ET FÉROCE DĂšs que vous pouvez voir les pistils pousser Ă  partir des premiĂšres fleurs, vous pouvez vous dire qu’en 45-60 jours, les plants finiront le cycle de floraison et seront prĂȘts Ă  la rĂ©colte. Que vous soyez prĂȘt ou non. Mais vous serez prĂȘt, car vous aurez fait les ajustements nĂ©cessaires en temps et en heure. Les apports en engrais de croissance vĂ©gĂ©tative Ă  un dosage faible Ă  moyen seront remplacĂ©s par des nutriments pour la floraison et des doses appropriĂ©s de complĂ©ments et boosters de floraison. Une fois de plus, un rĂ©gime alimentaire spartiate est recommandĂ©. Pas besoin de changer le planning des lampes, car vous allez suivre votre planning originel jusqu’à la rĂ©colte. Mais il faudra vous assurer que les tempĂ©ratures ne dĂ©passent pas les 28 °C et vous devez rĂ©duire votre HR vers une fourchette plus basse de 40-60 %. Les plants vont s’étirer Ă  des degrĂ©s divers. Quoi qu’il en soit, vous devez faire attention et toujours maintenir une distance optimale entre la lampe et la canopĂ©e. Un ensemble de cordages ou de crochets rĂ©glables rendront la tĂąche bien plus aisĂ©e. Ne vous imaginez pas que toutes les autos dĂ©velopperont une structure courte de buisson, Ă  moins que le sĂ©lectionneur ne donne des donnĂ©es qui le suggĂšrent. Naturellement, les deux derniĂšres semaines de floraison devraient ĂȘtre rĂ©servĂ©es Ă  un rinçage en profondeur du milieu. De l’eau pure, ou une solution de rinçage lĂ©gĂšre fonctionneront trĂšs bien. Quand la majoritĂ© des poils ou pistils sur les fleurs auront changĂ© du blanc Ă  l’orange/rouge, vous devriez passer au rinçage. Ne sautez pas cette Ă©tape finale critique. Vous mĂ©ritez les fleurs les plus savoureuses, sans contamination. COMMENT LES AUTOS RÉPONDRONT AUX TECHNIQUES DE TAILLE ET DE PALISSAGE ? La rĂ©ponse courte : trĂšs bien ! La plupart des variĂ©tĂ©s Ă  autofloraison de nouvelle gĂ©nĂ©ration rĂ©pondront trĂšs positivement au LST. Et tant que vous taillez tĂŽt, l’étĂȘtage et le fimming peuvent multiplier les tiges de tĂȘtes et en plus booster les rendements. De plus, la mĂ©thode ScrOG peut ĂȘtre combinĂ©e avec toutes ces techniques pour un rendement maximum. Cependant, la culture Ă  grand volume utilisant la mĂ©thode SOG est probablement le style de culture le plus populaire Ă  prĂ©sent. Un nombre croissant de cultivateurs d’autos expĂ©rimentent avec les mĂȘmes pratiques courantes de taille et de palissage Ă  haut rendement que les cultivateurs de cannabis Ă  photopĂ©riode utilisent. Les cultivateurs dĂ©butants ne devraient probablement pas se lancer dans une taille ou un palissage intensif ou excessif avant d’avoir de l’expĂ©rience. Cependant, plier un peu les pointes de croissance pour crĂ©er une canopĂ©e plus plate ne peut pas nuire aux rendements. De mĂȘme, une dĂ©foliation minimale pour augmenter la pĂ©nĂ©tration lumineuse ne stressera probablement pas des plants en bonne santĂ©, tant que vous vous limitez Ă  l’élimination des grosses feuilles nourriciĂšres qui font de l’ombre aux sites de floraison. May the force be with you đŸ’Ș
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About 1/3 of the way through flowering and shes looking healthy still, very happy with how shes progressing. The final compliment (green sensation) to the feeding schedule will be added in the next feed. She seems to be enjoying plagrons range. Lets hope those buds get nice and chunky.
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She is going well, topped main & secondary branches ( 2nd topping) & performed some l.s.t. training & mainline training. Thanks to Fast Buds for the cool apparel & FF seeds, my prize for being 1 of 10 winners for November diary of the month 👍
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you see 2 sunset sherbets in hydroponics, but then I decided to transplant one of them into potting soil for outdoors. 24 hours in 5.5ph room temperature water and then into the growth plug they go. i will be using BluePlanets organic 3-part FarmersPride, with many other goodies