Sunakard indoor grow #4

[sunakard2000]

well just a few days later now and the SS and NL are really bushing up, and my first set of clones look to be pretty close to rooting, they will hopefuly have roots poking outta the RRs by this weekend, and as for the Autos, :holysheep: they are truely exploding with growth, i just fed them last night and added a half strength dose of the Bio-Thrive Grow (veg nute) along with their normal flower feeding, some were starting to lose a little bit of the vibrent green on the fan leaves so i figured they wanted a tad more nitrogen then they were getting, which for me is odd, since these are the first autos iv grown it seems they do like the occasional veg nute boost added with their flower nutes, far more then iv seen any other photo period. havnt had a photo plant actually show signs that its craving more nitro in flower, well going to take a few leafs off near the buds and check out the trichs, see what they are up to in that department, but over all i think im still on track to harvest around x-mas to newyears. then the real fun of a perpetual harvest comes into play.

 

[7thG]

Sounds Good! Can't wait to see some more bud porn:icon_smile:

I was for some reason under the impression that auto's didn't get nutes. Is it normal practice to feed auto's?

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Yes it is 7thG

Also, I've fed mine just like I would a regular. I've also given mine 12/12 when you're not "supposed" to hah.

Taking mine down Saturday, can't wait!

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

I've been kinda hesitating on trimming my plants cause I don't want to stress them too much but I think I'm gonna go ahead and get snippin.

Aren't you running autos? I wouldn't go to snippin if they are autos.

 

[WeedHopper]

I would never trim an Auto,aint big enough to worry about leaves being in the way.

 

[sunakard2000]

naw 7th has Fem Northern Lights. im running 5 autos currently, 4 budda purple kush and one "purple" freebie as well as a Nortern Lights and a Sleetstack Skunk, the NL and SS are both photo period plants and they are doing quite well, just took 6 clones from each yesterday so im hoping they root and i can get them vegging here soon, gonna try to get a 3-4 week rotation of 3 plants going around new years after these autos are chopped.
more then likely ill end up with the purple freebie left in the flower space for another week or 2, based only on bud size its no where near the size of the budda purple kushes, sittin happy with kolas larger then half dollars around and the purple freebie is still chillin with maybe nickle or quarter sized buds do im assuming its gonna be a little longer for that one.

 

[sunakard2000]

lol i agree no trimming of autos but mine seem to be doing far better then what iv seen from other people, granted im using a 6gal bucket that has an inside depth of 17.5 inches, so im betting its defently due to the depth of the pots but my autos are all at least 2foot 3 inches from soil, tallest one is 2foot 7inches tall from soil. i wont be running autos anymore after this run, it was mainly for the experience that i even went with autos this time around and i agree they arnt really worth it in the long run but hey they are doing extreamly well.

DrG, yes all plants whether its an auto or a photo period you need to feed them, the reason im guessing you believe you dont need to feed is from your research, alot of people use a super soil for both autos and photo plants and the auto dont live long enough to suck everything outta the soil so you never actually have to feed them rather you feed the soil life which in turn feeds the plants, that would be my guess on where you got that idea. heck look at PC Ducks stuff, all organicly grown by feeding the soil life rather then the plant. but seeing as your in a hydro/soil-less set up thats not going to be possible, you will HAVE to feed autos with your setup. im guessing thats also why your last autos were kinda fubar near the end, they ended up consuming themselves inorder to stay alive, thats why you had such gnarly lookin leaves and such.

anywho again sorry about the paragraph lol, well back to work for me and ill get some pics up later today if i can, got a few from earlier this week so ill be taking some more to show what they are like today as well as some RR shots of the clones, im so happy that they FINALLY started pushin roots outta the RRs, only took 3 weeks, ooh well they are finally rooted and going into cups later today for about 10 days then into 2.5gal pots, veg for the remainder of the month and pray the autos are done by new years and i can reset my timers to 12/12 and get these NL and SS going on a 3-4 week rotation.

 

[7thG]

Aren't you running autos? I wouldn't go to snippin if they are autos.

Heck no. Keeping it simple with my Northern Lights regular seeds. I wish I woulda got fem seeds Sunakard!
THG remember you told me to start a couple more plants cuase I have reg seeds. I tried unsuccessfully.

 

[7thG]

I think there's a lot of confusion here haha. For the record I was the one who thought you didn't have to feed autos. Dr.G said he does feed his autos as do you so I guess I was wrong.

Looking forward to the pics Sunakard!

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

DrG, yes all plants...

Yeah, I think he read both our posts and thought to write you and wrote me.. something like that heh No worries

 

[sunakard2000]

haha well yeah i messed up but you knew what i ment lol, well who i was talking to lol... and for some reason i thought you got fem seeds but thats my NL lol long day so far sorry guys for the confusion, but the facts still stand true.

 

[sunakard2000]

well pic update here...

11/30/13
over view of flower area, all 4 budda purple kush and "purple" freebie


12/02/13


Budda Purple Kush
a top and then side view of each BPK. 5th and 6th pick below are of the "Runt" which i have ironicaly nicknamed "Tiny" cuz well its so huge lol

 

[sunakard2000]

pic update continued

12/02/13
"Purple" Freebie
so far NO purpling from this so called "Purple" freebie i got, ooh well it smells super fruity, makes my mouth water after touching it lol.


Northern Lights


Sleetstack Skunk


Lemon Twist


also gonna see if i can help my buddy find the charger cord for his digi camera, hopefuly i can get some better closeups of some buds and crisper quailty pics, if not then sorry same semi fuzzy crapola camera. gonna snap some more today reguardless.

 

[WeedHopper]

Nice job.

 

[greenjoe]

very nice and healthy looking....

 

[sunakard2000]

thanks guys, i too am extreamly impressed with the autos, from the typical auto stuck in the side of a veg tent just to get rid of the seed as i see alot of people doing and keeping them in tiny pots, the 17.5 inch deep 6gal buckets and the fact that i swapped my flower schedule from 12/12 to 20/4 just for this auto run, a good combo of the hps on 20/4 and the deep buckets defently made the difference compaired to other autos iv seen that are like one main kola and maybe at most 4 side arm kolas, but each of mine have like 8 side arms or more, much bushier then i was expecting since all i saw were little thin plants in tiny pots lol, after seeing all those pics of small foot tall single kola autos i got scared but once they started to flower after about 25 days i was astonished by the day to day growth,
well from my guess ill most defently be getting more than an ounce per plant, lookin like 1.5-2 oz honestly and theres still 3-4 weeks left to go till they are finished so who knows but it aint some pittly 1/2 oz like i heard in so many horror stories about autos. so far im more then pleased with the results and cant wait to tear up that first bong load.

 

[7thG]

I am a little curious about the last pic in the first of your most recent posts (@2:25pm). I know you trim your plants pretty heavily in veg. And I'm pretty sure I remember you saying you don't trim your plants in bloom so I assume that plant was trimmed prior to being put into flower. I was just wondering if there are any benefits to flowering a plant with so few fan leaves. My instincts tell me the more fan leaves the more energy being sent to the buds, is that not the case? Anyway, your plants are looking great! I'm going to be keeping a close eye on your Northern Lights!

 

[sunakard2000]

aah yeah everything in flower are autos, i havent touched them except picking off dead/almost dead and ready to fall off leaves, other then that thats just how that particular BPK grew, that would be the lankiest one of the bunch, the strain was breed for the purple pheno and thats all i got, all 5 were purpling even the hermie i ripped out early last month. i believe that when i put them into flower that particular one stretched slightly more then the others, aside from its top kola which is nice and fat and dense spacing the side branches stretched quite a bit, i did keep my light about 5-6 inches from the top of the plants ever since they were put into flower, iv been raising the light a little bit every few days as the plants were getting to the point they would touch the light if i left the light alone for another day. its just a slightly sparce plant compaired to the other 3.

 

[7thG]

1oz or more per plant is great, especially for autos! I would of expected less honestly. Kinda makes running a bunch of autos sound like a good idea. About how long until finish from seed on those?

 

[sunakard2000]

seed to harvest they say 65-75 days but im gonna go based on past experiences and go by Trichs and overall look of the plant.

**edit**
either way im looking at Dec 18th or 28th based on 65-75 days since they broke soil, not when i sowed the seeds, figured that would be the best way to go. more then likely ill just go the safe/couch lock route and go for the 75days mark or longer if necessary based on how they look.