atu grow # 9 (number 9, number 9, number 9...)

[alltatup]

DAY 19 12/12 DEFOLIATION:

I think this is the most defol I've ever done, but being a stoner, I'm not completely sure. If I did it right, the buds should grow strong now. On five out of seven plants, the growth has been very strong: Jack Herer and the C99 in the LED box are stunted. They could have used more veg time to get over the early starvation trauma.

HID box:


LED box:

[alltatup]

Graff420 That sounds like fun, but no competition, just mutual support and discussion of similarities and differences. ;-}

[oldjarhead100]

in 2 or 3 days you will wonder if you trimmed them at all lol. looking very good , ATU I thought thats what the auto grow is doing ,I look at any of these comp as a learning thing ,

[Graff420]

Definitely I don't do competitions I just like how your buds always look so imma just copy you hahaha

[Farmall]

I have to think the LED box looks gooder. Maybe it’s just coloration in the photo but they look .....intense? Probably the more brilliant greens but of course , they both are successful and thriving grows. Aside from the lights, do both boxes perform the same?

[alltatup]

Farmall I guess you're volunteering me to be the guinea pig... What I may do as a concession to you is grow one of the same strain in each box...

[Farmall]

Honored of course but that’s an incredible investment in time and spirit and I would never suggest that...BUT, we do learn a lot in these grows. I actually wish I’d known more about the process when I first started, even though I consider it a remarkable success. I know my next attempt will be superior due to all you have shown me and so many people here on the forum...my only forum. My dream of becoming a cultivator in a large dispensary when I grow up might actually become a reality someday... of course I’ll need a walker to go from one end to the other...😎. It’s taken me a long time to grow up this much.

[alltatup]

Farmall Yeah, I'm a little envious sometimes of the 40 year olds who've been growing for 20 years!!! But an artist is an artist no matter what age, so I hope to be pretty good at this by the time I'm 85... ;-}

[alltatup]

END OF WEEK 2 FLOWER: Buds are budding...


HID box:


LED box

[PaganRich]

Way hay Atu but they look well cushty lass (Translation: An expression of delight, ecstasy, satisfaction, my eyesight hasn`t deteriorated to the point that I cannot perceive images on my screen and that the growth highlighted is verdant, oh female of the species)

[alltatup]

Thanks for stopping by all. Canuck147 BlueBudz The stretch was uneven because of my insistence on having 4 different strains in the same box. First time I've grown Sativa dominant strains in a while, and they were ready to switch to 12/12 when the others were not.

PaganRich Way hay to you, too (sounds very 19th century). Yours look kushty as well.

[BlueBudz]

Ya I’m going to try and do just one plant in a tent this time around. Even three of the same strain I just grew we’re all so different. They were autos, one I had to kill because it didn’t go into flower the other two were so much different in size and the actual buds! I’m trying a lil noob scrog this time around😉

[Farmall]

So your HID is what you’re referring to? From the photo ....I assume

[alltatup]

I have LED lights in one box and MH/HPS in the other.

[alltatup]

Starting week 5 12/12, aka wk 4 flower.

LED:


HID


The nutes are doing a great job: I haven't had a single problem with them.

The defoliation is working, but of course not as well on the shorter plants. They didn't really make it up into the sweet, sweet spot height-wise. I won't come close to the 8 oz. I was dreaming of... Next time, next time I'll do better...

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Nice ! (2 month flower)

And I finally understand who is where in HID 😁

[oldjarhead100]

Looking good ATU And I say that to myself as well next time next time lol

[oldjarhead100]

Hey ATU I think this grow is the next time so far so good

[alltatup]

STARTING WK 6 OF 12/12, DAY 36

I'm thinking that the defoliation worked better for me this time. The colas that reached the light "sweet spot" have larger buds; the shorter plants that needed more veg time in order to take full advantage of the stretch have smaller buds on them. So I see this grow as a combination of mistakes and successes so far; live, grow and learn.

HID box:


LED box:

[alltatup]

LurkingInTheGrass You don't have to do that with me. I openly admit that I stunted four plants.

But yes: the bonsai colas (as I'm now referring to these plants as bonsai'd) are stacking up nicely.

[GreenState]

LTG "are those colas stacked up, under the top bud?" Seems, and you can correct me, that the best stacking occurs when the symmetry has been broken on the branches. And of course tight nodes. I do love it when they stack, makes for a pretty picture.

[BlueBudz]

Looking great, I have grown Royal Gorilla a few times now and every one was very stout! Side by side with a Critical it was about 30% shorter. The funny thing is the yield was almost the same! Good luck I think they look great

[Potted]

Dam fine for your first try in hydro👍Thanks for sharing. Chow

[alltatup]

Potted I've been growing in hydro all along, since July 2016.

[Potted]

My apology, I’m bad I thought it was your first time, blushing 😊

[alltatup]

No problem, Potted I'd sure like to see you blush!! ;-}

[alltatup]

Week 6 trichomes:

These girls were looking particularly fetching this morning. I took a close look with my loupe, and I could see the nice clear triches covering the calyxes. It's interesting to watch the pistils (stigmas) start to dry, twist and turn color.

I'm keeping the humidity at 40%.

Chemdawg: I love this plant. I've grown her around 4 times.


Gorilla, who's forming those cool trichome helixes on her leaf edges:


BadAzz with a cat hair:

[alltatup]

Thanks, Colombo. They've got very good genetics!

[oldjarhead100]

WOW ATU I love those pics you can see the trics on the hairs in second one , they are very frosty for 6 weeks dam fine job dam fine

[alltatup]

oldjarhead100 Thanks! The closeups of trichomes always make me feel good!!

[Famine]

Beautiful Alltatup photos. Above all, thank the person who is giving you great satisfaction.

[alltatup]

Thanks, Famine; I'd say thank the plants that give me such great satisfaction.

[GreenState]

As they should alltatup, beautiful indeed.

[alltatup]

WEEK 6 FLOWER, wk 7 12/12:

I'm watching stigmas turn yellow, then brown; the buds are frosting and thickening up nicely. The LED box plants--Jack Herer, C99 and Badazz Kush, will be ready to harvest before the HID box. They look like they're about a week ahead of the HID girls, whose stigmas are still almost all wnite.

This is week 7 of the nute schedule; I saw the slightest amount of nute burn on older leaves last week, so I began lowering the nutes this week. The feeding schedule also lowers some of the nutes, but I lowered a bit more. I kept the carbohydrate supplement up. Everything smells nice. The reservoirs smell nice and rooty.

Here's the LED box last week and this week:



Here's HID last week and this week:

[PaganRich]

Looking sweet Atu, very nice

[alltatup]

PaganRich I'm gonna vape the hell out of the Badazz Kush in honor of your fallen girl. I don't know if it will make you feel any better, but I sure will.

[PaganRich]

alltatup Will be with you in spirit

[alltatup]

starting week 8 of flower (wk 9 12/12):

HID box today and 2 wks ago:


I see significant bud growth, and these babies have around two weeks to go. I'm hoping to see the buds continue to spiral around the cola tops and fill them in. Still lots of white pistils and some are turning golden brown.



Here is LED today:



This box is closer to harvest. C99 (front right above) should be ready sometime this week; almost all the pistils have browned and turned inward, but I'm waiting to see fewer clear triches. She is indeed short and squat, but she's like solid bud, and thick!!

Jack Herer (rear left) is a small plant, but buds look nice, and BadAzz Kush (right rear) is a monster. I've got humidity down to 35-40%.

Spring is upon us; a Spring harvest sounds like a very good thing to me!

[oldjarhead100]

its going to take a weekend to get those all trimmed up, those girls have filled out so well wow

[alltatup]

Thanks for sticking your head in, folks!!

[Colombo]

Thats some really nice growth and awesome Buds ! Definitely a BAD AZZ way to start spring for sure !

[alltatup]

Harvested C99 today. She smells like a flower shop and her buds are nice n thick. Weed buddy thinks it will be 2 oz dried, which would be very nice.

[Colombo]

Super nice Buds ! No April fools There ! Good Growing !!

[oldjarhead100]

very nice ATU I think you nailed , we have flowers in front yard and snow melting in the back lol

[PaganRich]

Best grow I`ve seen you do Atu, really impressive-congrats from across the Pond

[KTM690]

Great growing I'm into your grows nice clean and mean

[alltatup]

Thanks, man! "nice clean and mean": I like that!!! I'm growin her again on the next episode coming up, and she will be much taller.

[Famine]

Congratulations Alltatup, beautiful tops look like compact stones.

[oldjarhead100]

The picture of the bud branch above made me smile yesterday I finally got back in bloom to finish the 3 week defole and I have one plant with 3 of those branches I hope they come out as good as that one