The Great Auto Showdown

[Mr.furley]

And we're back.

[Juicyj89]

Whaaaat?! Gorgeous bro. 😉😉

[Canuck147]

Real nice Mr.furley - you only got one bud happening?

[Juicyj89]

Since we can why not! 😀

hey question all, do you think I should stick with this 192w cfl setup or use my cheap 600w led actual 100w ~8% for flowering?? 2x2x4 tent. Tia

[Juicyj89]

Yeah I don’t. The damn t5 setup is 2x2 so it covers the whole tent.

[uncledoug]

Humm where are the light guys? Just going by watts I would stay with the T5's I guess. Time to save up and get better "Stronger" lights. I use Vipraspectra 450 and get good results. $116.00 on Amazon.

[Juicyj89]

Well shit that’s not a bad price. But yeah you’d think by wattage I should but I know they still don’t make good yields compared to every other light. Fluffy buds and all. Oh well guess I’ll stay with this for this grow

[Rwise]

Headbanger, UVB, White Widow, White Moscow, Himalaya Blue Diesel, Snowryder (all smashed flat), Headbanger clone, other pis blurry,,,
I am not sure the UVB is doing anything, I am running it 2 hours on 2 hours off! I have backed the lights off a bit. The sucker leaves are yellowing and falling off,, any thoughts

[PaganRich]

Rwise Afternoon mate...Himalaya Blue Diesel, would it be possible please to tell me the Seedbank you go that from. Hope you`re okay mate

[Rwise]

Certainly I go them from new420guy, and only $6 each! (and some shipping) He has several very interesting strains! Bruce Banner 3 is my next venture!

[Rwise]

Going back through my records, I track everything, these girls may be thirsty! I have been feeling the soil, and using a moisture gauge, but with compacted soil, I think I have been sticking the probe into a lump, and its moist. Checking several places reveal dry soil, (the perlite will help here, soon as these are done) again the records show I have been watering them (only) every 8 to 12 days. I am going to increase the watering frequency to them! The Headbanger after sulfur and water is greening up! All 3 are setting on now,,,
Also I think the lights were making them to hot, so I raised the lights, each plant has 8-12 28 actual watt CFLs

[Doubledealing72]

Today is day 47 for the Bubba Kush. She is looking really good overall, and is just starting the flower stretch. Hairs are here and little budlets will be shortly!

She's a lot more compact than I was hoping for. I would have liked to stretch her out more, but her training is done so now comes the easy part for me. Just defol now and again and watering daily.

Have a great Saturday everyone!

I have some new ones growing as well now. Bubba Cheese is in the front, and White widow CBD is in the back. Both are healthy and happy looking!

[Doubledealing72]

I don't like the branches so close together. I would like them further apart from each other for airflow purposes, and the prevention of mold. Haven't gotten mold yet and I would like to keep it that way lol

[Canuck147]

My thing 3 is a Humboldt bubba kush - day 57

[Doubledealing72]

Mine is from humboldt as well! It will be cool to see how they both turn out!

[oldjarhead100]

I'm at 42 days today and no pistils yet lots of training yet yesterday I was going to make a tea for them but packet said 24 hours brewing ,oh i;m using worm castings and free bat guano and seagull guano from roots organic the guy at the hydrostore gives me a few packets when I buy a few bags of green fields ,so its brewing right now and Ill give it tomorrow ,that should get them in overdrive

[Bishop882]

Sorry im late to the party I stared these girls on the 9th of dec this is my first time with autos and only second grow this gorilla glue grew kind of wild but im a lil scared to start any lollipopping or defoliation any advise

[Canuck147]

Looks like your plant is either shying away from the light or is being over watered. Don't cut anything until you get your plant happy - get those leaves pointing up.

[BurningTeddy]

Thing2 has developed an overpowering citrus and pine smell over the past two days.


Thing1 still hasn't developed a smell and looks to be a week or two behind on Thing2



Happy growing all!

[Retodd]

Had a MAJOR CATASTROPHE today! Went in and watered this morning and took pix waiting to be able to upload them when the site came back up. When I’m in with my girls I’m usually in there for a while and smoke. I have a habit of just butting my smoke out in the corner of my box. So, we burn a lot of incense in the house and just cleaned the ceiling fan so there’s been a lot of smoke. I just figured it’s cuz the fan wasn’t running and the incense was burning. Ends up I had a smolder in my tent for hrs! I’m not sure the extent of the damage to my girls yet. The first pix are the ones I took this am and the last ones are the aftermath. I’ve dumped and stirred a couple gallons of water in my soil and have more ready to replace it thawing out. I use a lot of vermiculite in my soil, so that didn’t help plus I don’t water the whole box. Just so happens, usually I’ll spray my smokes and throw them in the trash. This is what happened...FUCK! Could be worse right? I can be pissed, but it’s my own dumb fault. I’m on my 4th Corona now and chillin out. Let’s all say a prayer to the Ganja God that my girls do ok.
🙏🏼✌🏻

[oldjarhead100]

does it stay lit lol sorry I think you'll be fine

[Retodd]

You guys could only imagine how freaked out I was. I was on a FaceTime with one of our fellow growers when it was discovered and we were both tripping out! I had quite a few Coronas in me at the time...lol. I haven’t looked at them yet today. My body has been dealing with a lot of spasms, so still in bed. The smoldering didn’t get to the roots of SR, but all the toxic fumes were stuck in there for hours. You can see the browning on JR’s leaves and the main stem on the right side of SR is fucked. I guess time will tell.

[Canuck147]

Yes, you'll be fine - these plants are very forgiving.

[Canuck147]

Here's pics from today

[Spidermite]

Love the cast iron grates from your grill that they are sitting on. Lol

[Cloud]

Everything is looking good lol. A branch on thing 2 hates me lmao. Broke it twice.

[Cloud]

looks like kush auto is showing pistils as well

[Mr.furley]

Foto-genic.

lollipopping and defoliation happened this week, both plants have picked up the need for water. Have been every other day pots are dry as a bone.

Thing 1





Thing 3






Thanks for sharing all the wonderful plant.

[Doubledealing72]

I love when you can tell a noticeable difference in how fast the plant drinks up. Plants are looking great Mr furley!

[oldjarhead100]

1st pic my entry Mutant Louie the rest are the others lol

[uncledoug]

Still can't post pictures???

[Retodd]

uncledoug I just uploaded a test picture to see. Now, stare at it really closely!😂

[uncledoug]

Wierd, just tried again and pictures don't show up. Oh well.

[LurkingInTheGrass]

...HAPPY WEEKLY UPDATE!!

I haven't been as active this week - Life has been, well, life

I did make time to keep up with this thread

Everybody's plants looks good (or sounds good - for the no picture updates)

Retodd : so glad you caught it before any real tragedy
(I am reminded that I need a fire extinguisher in my grow room, actually bumping it to the top of my 'parts' list)


On with the weekly update....

my Things:
Royal Gorilla Automatic (Royal Queen Seeds)
50% Indica / 30% Sativa / 20% Ruderalis
56-70 days after germination

not the best of pictures. doesn't really show anything, other than they are plants

Thing 1
57 days from seed

Thing 2
51 days from seed





Thing 1 is taking her time.
I was rather brutal with her training - i was keeping her branches fairly flat. So - understandably she is still having a hard time figuring out where her tops are.
as I sit here in the garden, enjoying my coffee, writing my post - I can look over at her and say I actually see 'stretching' since yesterday
pistil production is slow - I have to hunt to find them (but they are being produced)

Thing 2 is powering along
less brutal with her training - I was keeping her tied down, but always allowed the tips to be higher than the stalk (if that makes sense?)
since I found pistils - she has been stretching, around 4-6 inches over the week
she is making pistils. I wouldn't call them budlets, yet - but getting close - in the next couple of days, they will be budlets


all along, I have been tucking fan leaves - this week I took a few, just the large fan leaves that were behaving like umbrellas



Green thoughts for all

[LurkingInTheGrass]

and forgot to mention...

Thing 1 - is still being a little touchy with her nutrient solution.

last res change, I went from a 20% "veg" feeding to a 25% "transition" feeding.
Thing 1 again showed some tip burn (same regimen as last time - pull some nutrient solution from her res - replace with treated "plain" water)

Thing 2 - showed no tip burn

next res change - will take me into 'early bloom', I will continue with the 25% mix, but will add some 'plain' water to Thing 1 before adding the nutes, just to keep the EC down (so I don't have to do it the next day )