Groff Labs: 16x AutoUltimates - 1 nute bottle battle + light schedule test + timelapse

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TL: DR
Dutch Passion Auto Ultimates
Testing 24/0 lights on, in contrast to The Gas Lanter Routine in my sig - same strain
Using only 1 nute bottle. 2 brands, and a few plants a 50/50 mix, to compare results.
Full-on organic grow
880w LED full power, top notch blurples
50% coco, 25% BioBizz Full Mix, 25% Light Mix


Hi everyone. First and foremost, welcome to my humble grow room! Hope you enjoy the ride.
Haven't done one of these in quite a while, so please be gentle. If you know me, you know
I'm an experiment junky. It's not fun if I'm not doing stuff outside my comfort zone.
Feel free to ask me any questions you like!

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So here is the plot. I've done and catalogued numerous AU grow diaries before, some succesfull, on one ocasion I even
managed to kill an entire crop! Regrettably, my best and most impressive AU grows were not captured to tape.

Also, I got the timelaps bug again. Going to raise the bar in terms of quality to 1080p this time round in preparation for a full-on 4k run.

I am no real photographer, but just like growing sweet canna, I'm up'ing my game with every atempt. To note, I do real
timelapse, not fake. Meaning, these are all individual photographs glued together to simulate video.

Diclaimer: I am not expecting a spectacular result. I'm both testing numerous cameras, lenses and settings, as well as being hyper bold and
using only 1 nute bottle, as well as running 24/0 until mid flower.

The 1 nute bottle battle!

After reading a bunch of claims, I decided to give it a shot. There are numerous growers who claim that using only Biobizz Fish Mix, it is
perfectly possible to run an entire grow cycle. I've seen this on multiple occasions on completely different sources, so I decided to give it
shot. On the flipside, I discovered a new company that claims to have a environmentally safe 1 bottle full spectrum macro and micro nutrients
as well as instantly fully available cal/mag ... bold claim! Only one way to know. I will keep this brand a secret until then end, so as not
to put them at check. Cannabis is quite different from their lab results of numerous other species.

Lights used:

Blurples, though the pics don't show... We have a Dutch Passsion/Grow Northern MS-006 (180 actual power draw), and Alien Hydroponics prototype (350w actual),
and a Platinum LED that I kitted with silent fans (350 actual) .. so roughly 880w at full blast.

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Will swap the Alien Hydro (the center one) with the MS-0006 (left one) to balance out light distribution to: 350 - 180 - 350. And then angle
the outsides in.

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I have been using the full power, but today during this photo shoot I dropped them all down to half, until they grow a little bigger.
I don't believe in lowering the wattage at early stage, but I do believe excess temperature is harmful. And that is exactly what happened these past 3
days while I was away, going up into the 27 - 29ºC zone. With the exhaust fan off, temps were nice at 21-26.

Exhaust fan off you say? Yes. A mere 30m to 1h visit from me tending to them pumps the C02 up into the 1500ppm, and retains humidity into
the 70/80% - ideal for veg. Unfortunately, I needed to be away a few days and ambient temps rose. Eneded up stressing some girsl a little,
but now should got back to normal quick.

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Otherwise, looking pretty good

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This one is being a little picky, but should soon kick out of it

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The two... well, I dropped a seed and one week later nothing. So I dunked a new seed in water, 2 days later dropped it into the soil,
3 or 4 days later they both popped out the same day. Moral of the story, they're 15 days appart "twins"

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And these two at the top, you ask? Well, ignore them. That is a parallel experiment I'll be running outside the scope of this diary.
They're risen to accelerate their develpment, as they're almost 2 weeks behind the others.

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So, what is the protocol?

Medium: 50 reused coco + 25% full mix + 25% light mix
Nutrients: Biobizz Fish Mix only, mystery bottle only, and Fish Mix + Mystery mix.
Additives: None! In the traditional sense. I will brew some beneficial bacteria and mycos, but that's it.
Feshly calibrated Bluelab pH monitor, that I suspect is nearing end-of-life, but got to calibrate (mental note, quadruple check)
Exchaust fan off while I can contain Temps, RH and smell. Just 30mins makes me the best cost/benefit CO2 supplemtation kit ever, that last over 24h

My plan is to LST them aggressively at the start, and let'em rip during flowring. I know this strain can take all the abuse you give it,
as long as the environment is favourable. Thi is my first time attempting a true LST though.

Finally...

I did a test using AU and the Gas Lantern Routine, and proved you CAN slow down an Auto. So this could potentially be useful for more
aggressive stress training techniques. I will try to contrast that grow with running 24/0 until mid-flower. Then I will drop to 20/4,
which has always been my sweet spot. First time doing 24/0

For the critics, I KNOW this is not science. Way too many new variables. I dont care. All I care about is creating a warm and loving relationship
with my grils, and doing my best for them to reach their max potential
 
BurnzYzBudZz

BurnzYzBudZz

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Welcome. I am unable to see any pictures. Not sure if I’m the only one. Eager to follow along and welcome to the Farm. First time grower here.
Burnz
 
The Groff

The Groff

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woah, the forum tuned my images hosted on invalid.com to "invalid" …how come?
 
The Groff

The Groff

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yeah .. lool my image hosting website, this forum transforms into "invalid" dot com. Gotta ask an admin what's going on, sorry folk, hope to fix it soon. Maybe it is because my low post count?
 
The Groff

The Groff

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Well this is embarrassing… 🙃

Anyone could point me to an admin? Trying to figure how to get help
 
The Groff

The Groff

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Ok, let me try posting a youtube video … I can't even edit my own OP post? This is weird

This was recorded in 2015 while I was still figuring out how to do real timelapse videos.

 
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The Groff

The Groff

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Welcome. I am unable to see any pictures. Not sure if I’m the only one. Eager to follow along and welcome to the Farm. First time grower here.
Burnz

Don't know whats wrong, but I presume it is my low post count. I'm using good -> l im g ur (DOT) com <-
 

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