2 TENTS AND ELEVEN PLANTS AUTOS

[cpurola]

So pretty, I can't wait to see those on mine too.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update

Finally got some Kenex done. Lifting some lowers up into the light.

Also have 3 runaways so will be doing a supercrop or 3 soon.
Panel at 69% tops at 35k most mids 30k

Also the little plant throwing def stripes from being wet has pulled out. Tucked some leaves and there is a nice plant under there

Apple fritter Auto 44 days above ground. Breeder notes 85 days seed to harvest.
Suuuuuuure

 

[Greenadian]

I still think the Apple Fritter will be close at 85 days, looks to be bulking up already!!
What nutrients do you feed the auto's?

 

[JIMKSI64]

I amended 2 times with E W C and once with some additional soil conditioner and perlite.

The nutes were Dr earth Gold 2 2 2 organic and Dr Earth flower girl. 3 9 6.
RO water no pH adjustment.
Once the stretch starts I am also going to use a carbohydrate booster left over from the foop I was using.
I will need to PH correct the foop.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.
Watered 5 of 7 plants in the 4x4 and none in the 31x31.
Each pot got 2 liters ro water and only one plant dropped out but the whole fabric pot was slightly damp.
Kenexed a few lowers moved some leaves.
Looks like all suckers on lowers are gone.
2 of the smaller plants boosted 3 inches for light improvement.
Moved smaller profile plants to front row as this is only row with 3 plants. More strung out and larger plants on sides.
Panel at 70% tops 35k mides 27k.

Will run another round of light increases until stress presents next 3 days.
Apple fritter Auto 45 days above ground.

 

[cpurola]

Will run another round of light increases until stress presents next 3 days.
Apple fritter Auto 45 days above ground.

Very nice.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.
Fed last 4 plants 2 on 4x4 and 2 in 31x31 with ro water at 3ml per gallon cal-mag maint dose.
Panel at 72 %. Boosted up 4 plants on the corners of the light pattern to achieve a pretty reliable and steady top lux at 37 k lux for almost 60% of all tops. Mids are at 31 k and lowest on the grow are facing away from the lights mids that will just have to share.
Apple fritter Auto 46 days above ground

 

[JIMKSI64]

Other side of tent and the tint drowned plant that could.

All restraints off 31x31 tent

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update
Ok at this point in the grow ( end of week 2 flower ) I looked up on progress to date
The light increase was a base 10% higher curve and only showed stress at the 4th week bump.

Plants were all at 3rd node 4 days faster but by 5th node we were 10 days ahead of last grow. Overall in size and top to bottom run distance I am already past most of the final growth but I do expect this stretch to end by next Wednesday. All 4 of the last plants seemed to have had a similar stretch.
The last plant set by this time 2 plants had already lost all fans and were starting in on sugars. The final plants has green sugars to the end but had lost all fans by week 7. Almost all of the fans pulled this run were wet pot damaged early.
I am lower then the last 2 plants in vdp by .2 and am going to keep it until I get more fill in. Last night's humidity was 54% and I want that under 50% asap. I have been unable to get my 2.4 router settings to work so I will have to manually set the humidifier to lower and I think that was the problem. I really do not want to move the 50 pint back in the grow room but if the 30 ain't doin it I guess I gotta.
Will find out tonight.
8pm look through window.
Do not disturbed sign was on.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.
Checked pots getting lighter but not close. Am still hoping with 2 liter input to have a 4 day turn around.
All plants behaving. Rotated the big monster for the back side. It is easy to see the growth on that as the lowers when pointing towards light jump an inch a day.

Rest of pots filling in. No one is having problems with the light so up to 75%

Apple Fritter Auto 47 days above ground.

The fades on the last pis are node 2 fans. Still in the game.
EWC and nutes next feed.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.
3 of 7 plants in the 4x4 are ready.
Amended top of soil with 6 fl oz cup of EWC and then soil conditioner. Fed with 3 tbs Dr Earth Flower girl. Water was RO with cal-mag at 3ml gallon rate and foop sugar portion at 35ml per gallon rate. Mixture pH adjusted to 6.3
All 3 pots took 2 liters mixture over a 20 minute period. Only one pot had any drop out the bottom but all pots slightly damp on surface.
Removed some 3rd and 4th attempts to start suckers down low and that has always been a problem with this strain. I will see sucker buds start on day 80 I am sure.
I have about 30 runs that exceed the secondary stem runs of all the previous plants. Some by 2 inches. They all filled in very nice and I hope to see the same development.
Lights will remain at 75 for now but 2 of the other pots are close. As I do not want to water later in the day I am reducing temp to 77 until the other plants are done.
Apple fritter Auto 48 days above ground.

 

[cpurola]

I now know why you chose 3 gallon pots. I soaked my 5 gallons and it was not easy getting them back into the tent. LOL
I realized I had been under-watering them and soaked them in the bathtub. Forgot how heavy they are when saturated. Yikes. Can't imagine having back troubles and trying to carry those things.

 

[JIMKSI64]

I now know why you chose 3 gallon pots. I soaked my 5 gallons and it was not easy getting them back into the tent. LOL
I realized I had been under-watering them and soaked them in the bathtub. Forgot how heavy they are when saturated. Yikes. Can't imagine having back troubles and trying to carry those things.

The most I ever put into a 5 gallon fabric pot was 3 liters of water. From running these last plants to drain off to reset the soil really helped in this grow. Almost all of them take and drink 2 liters every 4 days.
Right now I have 3 groups and I like it. It would be 4 straight hours for all 9 plants in 2 tents. This way I split it up over 3 days with a day off

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.
3 pots close will check at 2pm.
While doing light check today I have one very lifted pot that is still below 32k and I actually had some stretchy stuff at 47k lux with no damage.
Moved the shortest plant right into the hot spot for 39k lux on tops. My over some other plants and with 75% panel I have a bunch of tops at 43k lux.
I hate moving light energy up so much in one jump but the plant presents well and I will keep an eye on it.
It's so funny to have a top 7 inches below another top on another plant and the lights are within 5% of each other.
And FYI plant you can stop reaching now and just stack.
Apple Fritter Auto 49 days above ground.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.

2 pm look found another burst of stretch had lifted a few tips to 51K and slight bleaching. 3rd time I have had to learn this frickin rule. Set the plants up for where they will be after they grow another 1.25 inches.
Panel down to 72% tops at 39k and prolly 75% of grow is very close to this number.
Completed service on 3 more pots with 2 liters +- 300ml of RO water with cal-mag at 3ml gallon rate and foop nutes sugar portion at 35ml per gallon rate. Mixture pH adjusted to 6.3 and 6.33

Top dressed with 3 tbs Dr earth flower girl 3 9 6 and 6 oz 3/4 cup EWC and completed top dress with soil conditioner and perlite mixed at 30% perlite by volume.
Soil conditioner has a Benny load with a good Humic Acid load.

Apple fritter Auto day 49

 

[JIMKSI64]

Learning channel post
Top dress organic nutes and water 3 gallon fabric pot.

I place the pot on a drain stand. The first step is to break the surface of the pot media making sure you do not disturb any roots. By the 3rd week of flower this plant has a hard crust about an inch down that indicates the root top. I use a Phillips screw driver.

Draw a channel around the middle of the pot using hands. Feel for the root top.
Spread 2 tbs of Dr Earth Flower Girl in the trench.

Follow with 3/4 cup earth worm castings on top of the fertilizer. Tamp down level.

Now cover this area with the soil piled up from the trench.

This should give you a nice flat top to water your plant. Start with 250 ml and concentrate on the trench area you put the nutrition load. Pour it in a circle but do not let the water puddle. If it does not soak in right away you are watering too fast.
After 250 ml go do some other stuff or cut suckers off or yellow fans or clean up.
Wait t minutes and pour next 250 ml into plant this time covering plant back and forth again do not allow water to puddle.

After you have 500 ml of water in plant top dress whole top with 1 tbs flower girl and water another 250 ml. Wait another few minutes and water another 250 ml water into plant.

At this point turn the top of the soil over again. Mix it well and ensure the mixture is not clumping.
Final top dress with soil conditioner and perlite.

Water plant with balance of mixture until desired weight or dampness to pot. Slow is better.

 

[JIMKSI64]

First frost day 49

Temp down to 78. Down 1 per week to 75 so week 5 flower 75 degrees at 1.5 vdp

3 weeks after full flower top dress.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.
Last night the whole house heat pump went down. At 5am I got woke up by a low temp warning from my apps.
Tent thermoforge was set at floor of 70 and it went down to 66 due to the duct fan settings of 5 for lights out as this purges the tent. I am not able to automate this as the duct is under Vivosun controller and there is not a good way to script this but I think I have a way
Vivosun let's you set limits on the duct fan in auto mode. You can set any one or all ( if yer stupid ) of high and low temp, humidity, and vdp.
I am going to try this. The duct at step 5 for purge at lights out is only 30 minutes. At 12::30 I go back to bed but set the fan control to have a low limit of 71 to turn off the duct fan and set the floor of the duct fan in the off condition at speed 1.
The thermoforge could not keep up at setting 3 with the lung room at 66 degrees but with a much lowered duct speed it should/better be able to give 3 degrees of temp.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Update.
Fed and watered another 2 plants. One in the 31x31 still has not been done this cycle.
Ro water 3ml per gallon cal mag foop nutes sugar at 35ml pH adjusted to 6.28 and 6.33
Did a better top dress on one of the plants with 2 cups conditioner and perlite for top. 3 tbs Dr Earth flower girl and 3/4 cup EWC.
Balanced lights 38k tops
Apple Fritter Auto day 50 above ground.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Everybody good.

Wiped down tent walls in 31x31 and moved light a bit to turn up lights on the lower areas.
Apple fritter Auto 2 saved plants went critical after nematode soak. All the wet plants got a top dress of ocean forest to recover the biome I think that is what saved them.