New autoflower grow , speedrun seeds / co2 . New system “for the most part “
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DoubleD5374
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Ty ! Pretty excited , as my first one had its pitfalls , and I fell way short of my goal .Nice looking grow there!
This time around I’m on the money with everything . Vpd,co2, ppfd- etc etc . I really hope to pull 8 ounces off 2-3 of these . Im pretty confident it can be done!
DoubleD5374
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So after a disastrous week , I finally got the ladies to come back around slightly . They were having issues with the autopots not providing enough nutrition to the root mass - so I had to top water once to rejuvenate them as they looked extremely sad . I raised ppm heavily also , which is a big on the high side but the plants responded well. Unfortunately my thermoforge heater crapped out ,so for 8 days my temps have been lower than I prefer , which has slowed growth down but not a whole lot . Anyways here’s some pictures . The acid snow is all in pre flower - with the 1 gallons all in flower for sure .
can’t wait to see what these boss battles end up yielding , as I am a big fan of skunky genetics , and this is supposed to be skunk/earthy/fuel terps !
anyone on the fence about trying speedrun or nightowl - do yourself a favor and place that order ! Black Friday deals are always some of the best times to buy seeds! They’re filling out nicely - and looking like the flower button is about to be pressed on the two big boss battles . If they double in size, I feel sorry for the rest of the group plants in my tent lol
can’t wait to see what these boss battles end up yielding , as I am a big fan of skunky genetics , and this is supposed to be skunk/earthy/fuel terps !
anyone on the fence about trying speedrun or nightowl - do yourself a favor and place that order ! Black Friday deals are always some of the best times to buy seeds! They’re filling out nicely - and looking like the flower button is about to be pressed on the two big boss battles . If they double in size, I feel sorry for the rest of the group plants in my tent lol
DoubleD5374
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Pic this morning . They’re rebounding nicely from the week of starvation . Looks like they’re gonna start flowering in the back as well “thankfully because if they double in size , the lights gonna sit on top of them “
has anyone ever experienced the light green / yellowing at the start of flowering as well ? It happens with every auto I’ve ever grown . Hundreds always do this , then a week or two in , they get dark green again and start pumping out beautiful buds .
I’m wondering if it’s all in the way I’m growing them , or if it is a common occurrence for most auto growers .
has anyone ever experienced the light green / yellowing at the start of flowering as well ? It happens with every auto I’ve ever grown . Hundreds always do this , then a week or two in , they get dark green again and start pumping out beautiful buds .
I’m wondering if it’s all in the way I’m growing them , or if it is a common occurrence for most auto growers .
DoubleD5374
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Short post - but they’re stretching hard , and starting to flower . Seems they want to be on the 85-90 degree range with very low humidity to stay happy ,I’m assuming because of all the co2 ? In any event I’m pretty confident I’m gonna blow past my previous yield , with the back 2 plants alone . I’ll post again in a few days . Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend ! 
Nutty sKunK
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What size tent is that? Very happy plants there, those back two look like they’ll pull 10oz+ each with amount of tops/budsites
DoubleD5374
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It’s a 4x4 . I got some better pictures this morning
they’re doing amazing for sure .
DoubleD5374
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Super cropped and needing some major thinning out / lollipopping . Wouldn’t be surprised to see 1.5lbs dry off these two
DoubleD5374
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Did some major defoliating today .. they needed it badly / I also removed the tray with the 3 autos in the center - and staggered the plants - to allow more room for the larger 2 .
The 3 in the tray are now going to be “window weed “
Hopefully they’ll finish up no problem and provide some testers . The boss battle are already looking very frosty and smelling amazing - im extremely excited for this grow - i
wish I had ran four boss battle - the acid snow stayed relatively short and super dense bushes , but they yielded good last grow being even shorter so not terribly worried .
The 3 in the tray are now going to be “window weed “
Hopefully they’ll finish up no problem and provide some testers . The boss battle are already looking very frosty and smelling amazing - im extremely excited for this grow - i
wish I had ran four boss battle - the acid snow stayed relatively short and super dense bushes , but they yielded good last grow being even shorter so not terribly worried .
DoubleD5374
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They’re exploding . I suoercripped and used plant trainers / and all the tall colas , are even with everything else but the inside shoots which shot 3-4 inches above in 36 hours
I have 23 inches between the light and the plants , so depending on how much stretch I see - I may be bending and cracking stems for while .
I have 23 inches between the light and the plants , so depending on how much stretch I see - I may be bending and cracking stems for while .
DoubleD5374
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I’ve been having to hand feed daily through the valve because something is plugged up . Once the reservoir is dry - I’m gonna give 10-12 hours for the pots to dry up - remove the plants from my tent - and clean all the lines with bleach and water + compressed air . This has been my second issue , with the system . Both were my fault - I’m guessing I have a buildup in a T fitting . One pot works , the other 3 don’t .
DoubleD5374
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It’s a jungle in here ! 
DoubleD5374
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Little update . I found out the hard way , to not use recharge in your reservoir … my system plugged 2x in the last week . Which is a chore to disassembly and clean the valves / lines with such large plants
The plants are doing amazing . They’re still getting a heavy dose of canna A and B , with ok 13/14 , silica , calmag , and roots exculerstor gold . I’m going to mix up a 1 gallon batch of recharge , into warm water - shaking vigorously , and will top water each plant 1-2x per day with a red solo cup - to keep myco content maximized .
I can’t get over how large these two boss battles got . The acid snow are fed the same mixture , given the same light and environment - but it really can’t keep up . Poor little ladies
I’m in the 2.1EC range now , so without the ppm of my tap water taken into consideration - I believe that’s 11-1200 ppm .. everything is going well , aside from lack of space . Idk what I would’ve done , with 4 of this one strain
I thinned out all 4 boss battles, including in the tray - that now reside in my window sill .
If you’re not a fan of autoflowers , you should still drop in.
In a month I’m gonna be running some very high end clones - breeders cuts . I haven’t decided yet whether to run , cap junky “capulator X seed junky genetics collab , white truffle , or lemon cherry gelato - or maybe one of each ? As the plan is to grow in living soil in autopots with just ph water in my reservoir
On a side note , the rear right plant is an acid snow - the top leaves - is that light bleaching ?
The plants are doing amazing . They’re still getting a heavy dose of canna A and B , with ok 13/14 , silica , calmag , and roots exculerstor gold . I’m going to mix up a 1 gallon batch of recharge , into warm water - shaking vigorously , and will top water each plant 1-2x per day with a red solo cup - to keep myco content maximized .
I can’t get over how large these two boss battles got . The acid snow are fed the same mixture , given the same light and environment - but it really can’t keep up . Poor little ladies
I’m in the 2.1EC range now , so without the ppm of my tap water taken into consideration - I believe that’s 11-1200 ppm .. everything is going well , aside from lack of space . Idk what I would’ve done , with 4 of this one strain
I thinned out all 4 boss battles, including in the tray - that now reside in my window sill .
If you’re not a fan of autoflowers , you should still drop in.
In a month I’m gonna be running some very high end clones - breeders cuts . I haven’t decided yet whether to run , cap junky “capulator X seed junky genetics collab , white truffle , or lemon cherry gelato - or maybe one of each ? As the plan is to grow in living soil in autopots with just ph water in my reservoir
On a side note , the rear right plant is an acid snow - the top leaves - is that light bleaching ?
DoubleD5374
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Been a minute . Had to tear my system down . I used growers choice recharge , in my reservoir . Nope never ever again I had 1/4 inch of scale in my reservoir - the lines were even scaled up . I tore everything down - I even had to use sand paper to remove the scaling on my reservoir it was so bad ! .
While disassembling the autopot system , I broke the 4 way fitting on the last two - that has a drain/ shutoff off the back side. I had to go buy brass fittings and make a T , which deleted the shutoff - but it’s been working well since.
I’m now in the 1650-1700 ppm range , feeding canna a+b , calmag calmax , and some roots exculerator . As well as some recharge top fed “16 oz per plant daily “
my tent temps have dropped down to 75* and they’re absolutely loving it . Part of me wishes I had just grown one of these in my tent - as the rear left plant with training - could’ve filled the canopy .
my acid snow are so shaded , I’m only gonna have a few nice buds on each a the rest will be Larfy. The boss battles are all sporting 80-100+ colas though - and I’m kind of hoping I may be able to reach the coveted 1lb auto club - although this may be a “stretch”
this week I may have to remove my driver , and mount outside the tent - to gain some more light height . As you can see from the pictures - I don’t have a ton of room left , and they’re definitely still stretching their legs .
the last few pics are of some flower rosin I made . My goal is to make enough flower and live rosin , to build a solventless extraction lab , with a triminator t25 press , vacuum ovens , large washing machines - and a freeze dryer ! .
im yielding 6.67grams of rosin per ounce of flower - which is pretty good , considering I’m using 90u bags and most certainly losing to the bag .
While disassembling the autopot system , I broke the 4 way fitting on the last two - that has a drain/ shutoff off the back side. I had to go buy brass fittings and make a T , which deleted the shutoff - but it’s been working well since.
I’m now in the 1650-1700 ppm range , feeding canna a+b , calmag calmax , and some roots exculerator . As well as some recharge top fed “16 oz per plant daily “
my tent temps have dropped down to 75* and they’re absolutely loving it . Part of me wishes I had just grown one of these in my tent - as the rear left plant with training - could’ve filled the canopy .
my acid snow are so shaded , I’m only gonna have a few nice buds on each a the rest will be Larfy. The boss battles are all sporting 80-100+ colas though - and I’m kind of hoping I may be able to reach the coveted 1lb auto club - although this may be a “stretch”
this week I may have to remove my driver , and mount outside the tent - to gain some more light height . As you can see from the pictures - I don’t have a ton of room left , and they’re definitely still stretching their legs .
the last few pics are of some flower rosin I made . My goal is to make enough flower and live rosin , to build a solventless extraction lab , with a triminator t25 press , vacuum ovens , large washing machines - and a freeze dryer ! .
im yielding 6.67grams of rosin per ounce of flower - which is pretty good , considering I’m using 90u bags and most certainly losing to the bag .
DoubleD5374
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Thank you - the previous grow - I listened to way to much noise about how autos can’t handle the light / food of a photoperiod . Soon as I ditched that train of thought- they took off like wildfire . Another 3-4 weeks and they should be all but wrapped up . Ironically the description on the boss battle is skunky - right now it smells like Tropical fruit . I’ve ready it changes smells numerous times at different stages .
medidedicated
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Thats a nice flower rosin yield, 24%. What strain was that? Auto? What size plates are your press and how did you press the flower? Just looks like a huge platen and maybe pillow tech or few bottle techs idk. Just curious, I had a big fail trying to press 37gs at once with a 7”x4” platen press. Love to see another user of flower rosin it dont get enough love lol.
DoubleD5374
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It’s a sasquash V2 . I use 90U bags , this is outdoor , greasy runtz by exotic genetix - photoperiod .
It’s a 8” x 5.5 “ plate . I run two 2x4 bags side by side - with the press shimmed - so that it leans forward - that way my flow is all down into a channel on my parchment .
I make sure the flower is between 55-65% RH . I preheat them in the press at 160 for 1 minute- just enough to squish without any reading on the pressure gauge - I then increase my temp to 175 - and once I hit 168-170 , I up the pressure to 180-200 bar , wait a minute , then climb to 350 bar - once it start to run good - I up to 575 bar - which usually starts several large runs - down the paper . I never burn the rosin - it’s always light gold to honey’ish color - and it has insane terpenes - and ultra smooth .
I’ve been told by a few buddies who strictly smoke extracts , that it’s the best rosin they’ve ever smoked , outside of some live rosin - they got in cali for 80-100 a gram . Next week I have 150lb of fresh frozen flower , that I’ll be washing into bubble hash - and curing in a freeze dryer - then pressing to live rosin