Autofem's... To Grow or Not to Grow!

[rhead]

Hey fellow farmers, welcome to my closet! I purchased beans from several sites this year, however NONE grew accept the Autofem freebies! So I picked up a few Nirvana auto fems and decided to run it as Christmas Smoke! I also picked up some of Sannie's Uberkush Fems, they are in transit and will be popped and veg'd while we watch these shorties finish!
Having said that, lets get you up to date on what we are working with. I have used Hydroponics with great success before, however I am on an Organic kick so I am growing in 1 Gallon (5l) Squares and 2 Gallon (7.5l) Smart Pots filled with a mix of Fox Farm Ocean Forest (FFOF) and Happy Frog Jump Start with Mycorrhizae & Humic Acid, 3-4-3. For nutrients I do not use much at all, as the Happy Frog and FFOF combo in the soil is enough. However during flowering I will use a mix of Fox Farm Big Bloom, FF Tiger Bloom, CAL-MAG, and Superthrive, and water with Artesian Spring Water only. For lighting I have a 250w Hortilux EN HPS bulb in a Diamond Technologies Self Contained Ballast/Reflector (TOO HOT!), and 325w total of FELIZ 6500u grow bulbs. There is a 200w bulb in a brand new Hydrofarm Hood and a 125w bulb in a portable lamp, all on a 18/6 cycle controlled by a Hydrofarm timer.
Genetics of these various autofems sound promising...but do they work, are they worth the room, how's the smoke... so many questions we are going to answer! I have these following plants running now, they are all dated from seed.
1 x Dinafem Roadrunner (36 days)
1 x Kannabia Mataro Blue (15 days)
1 x Short Stuff Onyx (15 days)
1 x Short Stuff Super Cali Haze (15 days)
1 x Short Stuff Blue Diesel (15 days)
3 x Nirvanna Northern Lights (8 days)
So while we wait for the Uberkush to arrive and veg lets finish these autofems...Enjoy!
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My Lucky Hat.... Goooooooooal!
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Some extra Nirvana Beans, the N.L. grew 100% but the Short Riders were all dud's...
They are supposed to be re-sending the beans, we'll see!
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Birdseye view of the area, lot's of free space!
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These six girls under the 200w FELIZ
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The scraggler N.L. and the Roadrunner under the Hortilux
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The best 2 Northern Lights Pheno's
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Short Stuff Seed's ONYX
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Short Stuff Seed's Blue Himalaya Diesel
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Short Stuff Seed's Super Cali Haze
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Kannabia Mataro Blue
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Dinafem Roadrunner
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It's Beautiful top that split on it's own
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...and more budsites on it!
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...and this awsome pic!
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So there's the girls... will be neat to watch them mature and the different pheno's and tastes and smells, yummm! Hope you tag along and enjoy the show, all that pic posting its now time for a smoke!
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[BavarianFarmer]

Good luck!! This is what's possible with the Onyx. I just harvested over 2 wet lbs from my onyx plant yesterday. 2nd page is where the harvest is...

 

[rhead]

Howdy farmers... time for a little update! Seeds... No replacements from Nirvana yet as promised by "Charlie" could be early still, but The Uberkush has landed! Got my 5 pack and 2 freebies, I am poppin some now! Will have another thread next weekend or so with the U.K. and the Heri/B.w. fem crosses. Almost ready to seperate into a veg & bloom room, as well as upgrade some equiptment. Gonna need more space and light shortly!

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First a peek at the Sannie gear, a poppin'...
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Now on to the Auto's... Seems like they have gotten way larger in only 1 week! Here's the ages of the girls.
1 x Dinafem Roadrunner (43 days)
1 x Kannabia Mataro Blue (22 days)
1 x Short Stuff Onyx (22 days)
1 x Short Stuff Super Cali Haze (22 days)
1 x Short Stuff Blue Diesel (22 days)
2 x Nirvanna Northern Lights (15 days) ** I have the 3rd still but it's a little fucked-up...

Space is starting to fill nicely!
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This little girl is lovin the HPS, starting to put on weight and frostin up nice!
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On to the Northern Lights, remember those little girls (scroll up) comin along damn nicely! These are just some classic marijuana lookin plants... I mean some good ole' sittin round the fireplace smokin bowls with your dad kinda weed! Now only 15 days old, Dig it...
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Next up is the Blue Diesel, started to flower around 18 days from seed at only 4.5cm tall!
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The ONYX also started flowering almost the same time as the Diesel, and I mean almost like they are related. Got some really good pics of the little thing. Looks to be another promising plant!
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The Super Cali Haze is growing extremely fast, beautiful plant but no signs of flowering as of today. From the looks of it this is definatly goin in a 7.5l pot very soon, it's gonna be a bigun'
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Lastly the Mataro Blue... Which I must now add I think there may be a mix-up. This is either a Mataro Blue or the La Blanca, looks like the blue as it has beautiful colors! This too will be in a 7.5l smartpot for my next update. I will probably LST the 2 tall girls to keep em' short.
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Ok there's the update for this week, time for a smoke! Enjoy the pics, there are some great shots there!