HYDRO Grow 3 - Autos Again

[NickyChicks]

The plan is to have 4 quadlined auto plants in my tent this time around. On 12/28 I put 4 seeds into my germination station sometime in the late afternoon.
Daiquiri Lime - Dutch Passion
Blueberry - Seedsman
Bloody Skunk - Expert Seeds
Skunky Monkey - Heavyweight Seeds

This morning I put a Strawberry Cheesecake from Seedsman in the germination station just in case the Skunky Monkey doesn't pop. My last grow I had tried germinating a Skunky Monkey seed but had no luck, today about 48 hrs later still nothing but my other seeds cracked and had really nice taproots. The 3 seeds that are ready were put into rapid rooters and into their buckets.

I have new fan for this grow! My vivosun 440cfm has bad bearings and is eventually going to completely fail. I did get a credit for the cost of the fan from vivosun because it failed within their 1 year warranty. I went with an Infinity Clouline T6 with the temp and humidity controller. I gotta say, I already love it!

Ill do my best to update weekly! Thanks in advance and happy growing!

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[YYCannabis]

I’m gunna fallow along for the ride. I love autos.

 

[NickyChicks]

YYCannabis thanks! I'm still very new to growing but I had a lot of success (I'm my opinion 😆) my last grow and they were all autos.

Oh and by the way, thank you! You don't know this but your post about making an LED strip fixture definitely helped me build my current light fixtures. The LEDgardener site was very helpful too, as well as youtube and some knowledge and guidance to the right places from some members here!

 

[YYCannabis]

Glad it was inspiring 😁 DIY and home gardening can be a great combo. I’m currently DIY working on a dihydrogen monoxide scrubber with thermal effluence cycling for dealing with high humidity in enclosed spaces 😁
Autos are great for new growers...they are tolerant of all the abuses new growers inflict on them while learning.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Good morning and glad your doing another grow. Skunky monkey no poppy? I wish you luck with the grow looking forward to watching the grow

 

[NickyChicks]

Hey SoOrbudgal! Yeah that Skunky monkey is acting funky. Strawberry Cheesecake just joined the tent in place of the SM. I'll leave the seed in my germination station through the weekend but I don't have my hopes up. That's ok, I'm going to be happy to grow the 4 I got going!

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I got some crosses of that strawberry cheesecake in the auto form running 2 with my photos now.

 

[NickyChicks]

One week down! The Skunky Monkey never cracked, I let it go until last night before I trashed it. On the bright side the Strawberry Cheesecake is full steam ahead even though its 2 days behind the rest of the tent. For the purpose of making my life easier I'm just going to pretend they're all on the same day of their lives.

​​​​​Nothing really exciting to report other than they're looking good! I just finished changing out the water and they're back to growing. See you next week!

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Those look great

 

[NickyChicks]

Day 23. Its been a couple weeks since I last updated. Honestly, I wouldn't say I had a great start, I screwed myself a little bit. I was dealing with white slimy gunk inside the reservoirs after the water change from my last post. I believe it was caused by a poor job in sterilizing my air stones after my last grow. The air stones themselves were very slimy and I had gunk floating around inside and stuck on the sides of the buckets. I cleaned all of the buckets with iso and very hot water. I soaked the air stones in iso and then rinsed.
SInce then the plants have been doing pretty good. They all perked back up except for the daiquiri lime, it's growing fine but it's leaves are kinda droopy and curling downward. For now I'll just keep an eye on it and keep monitoring pH. Maybe it's just having a hard time recovering...
All except the blueberry have been topped and started on the proccess of being tied down. Probably a little frowned upon to have topped them with having a rough start but I'm banking on a strong recovery.
Another note about the daiquiri lime, it's stipules have a slight resemblance to curly fries lol. Check out the pic I took, it's pretty neat. I know I'm still very new to growing but none of the plants I've grown so far have looked that way.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Yes i don't know what it is about winter grows giving me and others more minor issues than summer it seems. But your grow from this angle looks really good, training looks great.

 

[NickyChicks]

SoOrbudgal thanks for the kind words. Pretty certain most of my troubles have been my own doing but I think I'm back on track!

 

[NickyChicks]

Day 35 and we're moving right along. I imagine I'll start to see some stretching happening over the next few weeks. So far I've just been doing some small defol and tying down. Daiquiri lime looks like it has some clawing happening so I cut back a little bit on the micro. Strawberry cheesecake is a bit small but it looks nice so hopefully she turns out to be mighty. Not much else to update on, just waiting for them to start getting big!

 

[NickyChicks]

Day 42, water change today. 2 days ago I did some readjusting of the tie downs and some defol. Mostly just the really big fan leaves but some I went a little sheer happy. All and all they look good. The DL liked me taking the micro down a notch, no more clawing. I'm not impressed with how the SC is growing but I did read that they do better not topped, maybe I should have listened 😂. Bloody skunk seems to be furtherest along judging by the amount of pistils popping out. Blueberry just doing it's thing. Check back in a week!
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[NickyChicks]

Day 56 and it's a good one! Finally seeing some pistils on the Daiquiri Lime, hallelujah! The Bloody Skunk is flowering and I'm starting to see some nice purple colors popping out, the Blueberry and Strawberry Cheesecake are not far behind. The Blueberry is really picking up steam, I read that it flowers fast so that would be cool. I set the timer for my UVB bulbs, starting them at 2hrs and I'll increase by 30mins every other week or so. Not much else to update on, they're just cruising along.

 

[YYCannabis]

That plant in the first pic looks a little sick. Looks dry and like it wants more P and/or K.
But those other 3 look fantastic. If they were mine, I’d be thinning out those older, bigger fan leaves. Get light down into the heart of the plant. Since you’re in hydro, your roots should be massive by now, so you don’t need as many big fan leaves anymore.

 

[NickyChicks]

YYCannabis thank you, the first plant is Bloody Skunk and it's been kinda giving me a hard time the entire grow. Not sure what to do about it looking dry but I can def try adjusting the nutes.
This picture was take right before the water change. After the water change I had a little defoliation session, they're getting much more light through them now!
Curious, what leads you to believe my first plant there is in need of P or K, I understand it doesn't look as healthy as the rest but is there something specific that is an indicator?

 

[NickyChicks]

Post defoliation picture

 

[YYCannabis]

Well, it’s in early flower, its’ got red stem, and some leaf tips are dark and turned downward or whole leaves dark with brownish discoloration. The red stems might be strain related but I’m not sure. But the fact of being in early flower and the dark, ugly leaves is a red flag.
How often do you do a full water change?
Do you do plain water top-ups?

 

[YYCannabis]

The defol looks great.

But that one plant....looks like it has some issues.