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July 2021

No I haven’t but they do make them with tinted tubing. I have a DWC bucket I never used with a blue tube on it. I’d probably have to make my own for this reservoir due to its height. Get through grow #1, see what I like/don’t like then make improvements from there.
 
There will be no more topping for the White Widow. I’ll take a few cuts for clones before flipping to flower but that’s it. Her colas growing out are keeping the same growth pattern with 3 fans/colas at every node. All these extra colas might not be a good thing but judging by the thickness of her stems I’m hoping she’s an exception 🙏🏻
 

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I haven’t taken many pics of this grow. It’s still fairly self contained. Every 10-14 days I’ll rinse out the reservoir and refill with nutes. Then I check the level every few days but it’s fairly consistent with going 5-6 days before it needs any water added. Other than that I don’t do anything with the AutoPot plants.

I will say the AutoPot guide is pretty vague on potting up into the AutoPots. These are 5 gallon pots so next time I’m going to do it like I’ve always done; 2wks in cups, 3-4wks 2 gallon pots then into the AutoPot. The way I did it this time was 3wks in cups then into the AutoPots, I had one plant die then started two more and they really stunted once into the AutoPots. It’s probably me but I’ve never had any luck putting a small plant in a big pot. Probably why me and auto flowers don’t get along.

Anyways the Dos Si Dos was too slow so she got tossed. Just running two plants in the AutoPot system, the crazy White Widow mutant and a beastly Gorilla Glue #4. Also have a couple Purple Kush going but I’m not sure if they’ll flower with the other two or not yet. The GG is close to 3ft around, that’s a 24” in diameter board she’s spread out on. She’s taking up some space😁 Should be going to the flower tent within 2wks

Took a pic of the nutes I’m using. Also adding 1tbs a gallon of hydrogaurd. So far I haven’t even opened the ph up. I’ve been keeping ph 5.9-6.1 and ppm 600-700 when I do a complete refill going by Nebula’s GH Flora chart. I’ve always used Fox Farm with great results but I may be switching over even for other grows because you barely use this stuff. Even when I add nutes to a full 12 gallon tank I’m using very little so I expect these bottles to last a while.

I wanted to add that I’m glad BU2B decided to come back to GWE. Since his PPP tutorial my own manifolds have vastly improved as well as many others on this site 🙏🏻
 

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This Gorilla Glue is a freaking beast and should’ve went into flower a couple weeks ago. She absolutely loves the AutoPot and looks like she’s getting the tent to herself. I’ve had to stop training her because she’s as wide as the space she’s in will allow. She’s almost 40” around
 

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Thanks! Starting to look familiar? Lol This is definitely the biggest plant I’ve ever had going into flower and it’s looking like another week or more before she can move into the flower tent. Once in the 4x4 I’m thinking of spreading her out then putting a net in the tent for support after I defoliate week 3. See how close she can get to PPP
 
We’re getting settled in tonight. Doing a few modifications for the AutoPot setup. Put a tray in the tent that’ll hold 25 gallons incase there’s any issues so I don’t have to worry about water damage in the basement. First time I’ve ever had to move furniture to get a plant from A to B. Going to give her a haircut tomorrow then flip to flower 😁
 

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Got her stripped down tonight and the timer set to 12/12. I was able to get the canopy down to 24” above soil and she’s almost 4ft in diameter. Running 2 ES180’s this run, currently 30” above canopy and the dial turned up to 60%.

I did not plan on giving the PPP a go this run, it just worked out that way. Even on smaller plants I’ve been using BU2B’s technique on manifolds since his tutorial. Stick a GG#4 who’s been a beast since she poked her head above ground in a AutoPot with a 12wk veg and you end up with one of his beastly looking plants 👍🏻👍🏻

Definitely see why you need root control discs in AutoPots. I’ve used fabric pots for a long time but I’ve never had the roots grow through the pots….until now And we just now flipping her 😂😱😂
 

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Been patient with these two. For anyone who’s never grown Purple Kush - this strain grows really slow and doesn’t get big at all. These two plants sprouted July 26th and they’re just now reaching the edges of 3 gallon pots. However, if you have issues shutting down and going to sleep, Purple Kush is a excellent before bed smoke. I have these two 4-way’d, they’ll be going under screens and I’ll be lucky to get 4oz between the two going by past experience with this strain. Hopefully the next grow will be bigger now that I’m using AutoPots but that’ll be a bit. Growing Girl Scout Cookies photos next round since all my GSC autos outside went the bud rot route
 

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Got the White Widow ready for flower. She’ll be going into the tent with the Blue Dreams once the lights come on later. Checkout the growth in this plant, there’s colas everywhere, it’s insane!!!

For anyone who followed the ScrOG grow I did, here’s a quick version on an older plant. Main thing is that you train it low and wide throughout the veg cycle, otherwise a lot of supercropping to get it down. I’m using a 18”x18” screen. I’d liked to have used a 24”x24” but there’s not enough room in the tent

First I released the bindings and fluffed her up a little bit. After that I removed all the fan leaves only I didn’t strip the stems down as if I was lollipoping for a manifold (leave every bud site to the base for now) Once I defoliated I pushed the tomato ring down into the soil and pulled all the stems to the outside of the ring. I didn’t measure this one but it’s probably 6-7” above soil. Next lay screen down so it’s evenly displaced over the ring. This next step is important ANCHOR screen to your pot, I like zip ties. I gently start to move everything around to fill the screen and I forgot to take a pic of this step but I bring everything up through the screen so I can get a look at how full it is and where there’s any gaps. Lastly I pull everything back down and reposition if needed.

*** Remember, the key to this style is to keep everything below the screen and growing out so all that little stuff will turn into big dense nugs like the tops.
 

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The White Widow is now in the 2x4 with a couple Blue Dream finishing up. Have them under a ES300 at 50%. I’ll leave it there until they finish up. First time I’ve grown Blue Dream, these two are both sensitive to light. They don’t like it too strong.

Tent was open so I snapped a day after defoliation and suppercropping. She didn’t seem to mind much
 

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My manifolded Purple Kush is only slightly ahead of yours. I made a huge mistake trying to grow it before in hydro in the same tote with other varieties and she got smothered.
 
That's definitely a different approach to manifolding. I'm training mine more to resemble a World Series trophy with a ring of eight colas and good luck getting them all the same height!
 
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