The Art of The Auto

mossy

yeh i noticed temunator had arrived lol!

im doing good, just pottering along enjoying the chilled out times that are running out for me. it will be all hectic for the forseeable future soon!

with the regards to calcium, yeh white build up in the kettle. plus i always have a large bottle of water by my bed and after re-filling that sevaral times a white build up and a dodgy taste appears in that, so im assuming i have a rather high calcium content in the water. is a shame as the water in my old place was perfect, you saw how happy my plants used to be. i thought the old water ph thing was a bit of a myth as i never had a problem but its started to ruin the last couple of grows right towards the end. i get a strange residue on the leaves that looks kind of like sap bit isnt. very odd!

tempted to fire up some of my purple sky strain after these ak's are done as ill be around until april ish. i fancy doing a quick roll on those and see what i get lol! what a nightmare

lowrdr said:

is a shame as the water in my old place was perfect, you saw how happy my plants used to be. i thought the old water ph thing was a bit of a myth as i never had a problem but its started to ruin the last couple of grows right towards the end. i get a strange residue on the leaves that looks kind of like sap bit isnt. very odd!

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I hear ya on that and i am lucky now like you were in the old house. My tap is 7.0 on the spot, so if i ever run out of rain water i let the tap sit for a day or so to clear the chlorine balance and then use. I may buffer it a little but not much if i use the tap. It is strange the impact that the water you use has on the health of a plant.

Rtoke said:

damm its hard keeping up with this thread, i posted a day ago on page 142 now its on 151 ????

mossy - is all those pics in your album autoflowers ? cause they seem huge if they are ?

peace

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Its nuts how this thread moves along

Hey duplex will you check out my journal for my autos, input and advice for further down the road would be sweeeet.

snwbrda said:

Hey duplex will you check out my journal for my autos, input and advice for further down the road would be sweeeet.

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Post the link to your journal and several of us will take a look.

snwbrda said:

Hey duplex will you check out my journal for my autos, input and advice for further down the road would be sweeeet.

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43Hitman said:

Post the link to your journal and several of us will take a look.

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right on hitman, each of us are here have different skill sets,
be able to help you out more this way

What are you running?

Group shot 5 days difference than last shot





Mossy this one is for you, rather large fans, and unreal accelerated growth.
all but one of these showed their heads on the same day, the other was a day behind
id say shes real indica dom




Stout stem too Nothing like the DC but has a nice structure.

looking good FD!

Good Gravy!!! I just got done reading the subsequent 72 pages since I last posted. I’ve got information overload!!!

RUI has to give us a sub-forum to disseminate all of this information. I voted in the poll as this information is awesome and needs its own section here.

In my thirst for knowledge, I recently purchased the 2010 Edition of Ed Rosenthal’s (THE Guru of Ganja), Marijuana Grower’s Handbook. Even though he is regarded as the foremost authority on growing cannabis, he only devotes about 12 lines to auto-flowering strains.

The very few trolls that come into this thread and talk trash don’t understand that this niche growing community DOES have a great deal of art involved. Any idiot living within 30 Degrees North Latitude to 30 Degrees South Latitude can germ their bag seeds outside, wait 6-8 months to harvest with almost no intervention. We all know that Cannabis is a weed and will grow almost anywhere.

However, to get the most out of the AF plant - this is where the “art” comes into play. There is so much information on growing normal strains.

On the other hand, I’ve found very little information on AF strains other than the stock instructions from the breeders that are marketing their particular strains. This is why I am drinking up the information from the folks in this thread. I am a perfectionist and like to do things right the first time. My goal is to start my first grow in the next 2 weeks.

got some diesel ryders goin right now....i love those stinky bitches

Scrooge said:

Good Gravy!!! I just got done reading the subsequent 72 pages since I last posted. I’ve got information overload!!!

RUI has to give us a sub-forum to disseminate all of this information. I voted in the poll as this information is awesome and needs its own section here.

In my thirst for knowledge, I recently purchased the 2010 Edition of Ed Rosenthal’s (THE Guru of Ganja), Marijuana Grower’s Handbook. Even though he is regarded as the foremost authority on growing cannabis, he only devotes about 12 lines to auto-flowering strains.

The very few trolls that come into this thread and talk trash don’t understand that this niche growing community DOES have a great deal of art involved. Any idiot living within 30 Degrees North Latitude to 30 Degrees South Latitude can germ their bag seeds outside, wait 6-8 months to harvest with almost no intervention. We all know that Cannabis is a weed and will grow almost anywhere.

However, to get the most out of the AF plant - this is where the “art” comes into play. There is so much information on growing normal strains.

On the other hand, I’ve found very little information on AF strains other than the stock instructions from the breeders that are marketing their particular strains. This is why I am drinking up the information from the folks in this thread. I am a perfectionist and like to do things right the first time. My goal is to start my first grow in the next 2 weeks.

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Welcome to the thread Scrooge! Good vibes man! Jump in!

J

John Mondello said:

Welcome to the thread Scrooge! Good vibes man! Jump in!

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John Mondello said:

J

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I brought back 5 LR#2 beans from a trip to the UK. Due to my location I can’t grow outdoors. The past 6 years, the County Property Appraiser has sent their inspectors appraise my property right in the middle of the cannabis growing cycle (mid-July). Call me paranoid but this is not an accident. There have been multiple newspaper articles in my town where outdoor grows got busted around this time.

I am a medical MJ user in a state that doesn’t recognize my God-given right to use nature to treat my Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

I am impatient and the short-cycle AF strains fit my needs perfectly. I salute the guys in this thread that have dedicated themselves to share their knowledge with AF NOOBS such as myself.

GOD BLESS!

Scrooge said:

I brought back 5 LR#2 beans from a trip to the UK. Due to my location I can’t grow outdoors. The past 6 years, the County Property Appraiser has sent their inspectors appraise my property right in the middle of the cannabis growing cycle (mid-July). Call me paranoid but this is not an accident. There have been multiple newspaper articles in my town where outdoor grows got busted around this time.

I am a medical MJ user in a state that doesn’t recognize my God-given right to use nature to treat my Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

I am impatient and the short-cycle AF strains fit my needs perfectly. I salute the guys in this thread that have dedicated themselves to share their knowledge with AF NOOBS such as myself.

GOD BLESS!

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I'd like to second that motion.... before you know it you'll be doing the same for others... It's really a great group of people!

Sounds like your PD is getting smarter.... soon maybe they'll outsmart themselves! lol

meantime... autos ar the cure!

J

Just still cant believe the speed... not to mention... day 21 for me is 1/3 through cycle 1 !

J

Morning mossys! how was your flight?

Morning m8..
I was just meeting it..it was an hour late..
But got here...Thanks...

Gotta say the plants are looking good...Love to see them outstretch the pot...
always think that is the root well meshed.

Thinking 7-10 days and we won't see anything in there for forest...
Tropical Fog Forest...

mossy - is all those pics in your album autoflowers ? cause they seem huge if they are ?

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All of them except the Big Black DC...

Big Pots....

Check your soil through with FullD and BH....I run unamended...
so they know more than me......

lowrdr.....

yeh i noticed temunator had arrived lol

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You know I used to say to Meaty that he was the devil sitting on my shoulder......
I think T may be Yours....

and BTW....
he must have been here a while coz he has a high post score.
You would know he would have the b(ad)boy tag eh!.......

If I was you I would have Purple Sky out..
I couldn't resist it...
That would be a real test of will-power.
I shall be having her out for Spring....

Thanks... I'm pretty excited! The fogger is having problems at the moment... the ass holes who designed it put a non-sealed fan in the sam chamber as the fog production... inevitably the fog gets the circutry wet and it kills the fan... this is the second fan I've had to replace and last 1 took the power supply with it... These ass holes couldn't design a paper clip right!

So I'm redesigning it so its reliable and not dangerous (fire hazzard)..... This is a copy of the PO'ed email I sent them this morning! lol



My first thoughts when I found your site and new ucoming technology was "Great!" I thought this would be the best thing since sliced bread.... boy was I wrong!

I have an RFD14 fogger I bought from you guys about 2 years ago... It worked fine for the first week... then the fan went bad... after figuring out which fan to get and replacing it... it worked again... for about another week... then the power supply went bad..... I replaced that... and guess what? The Fucking fan went bad again! It would seem to me that designing an electrically driven fan to be directly underneath the fogger... (where water and highly conductive nutrients are released) was a really fucking bad idea! I am going to redesign this piece of shit so it will work reliably! The 700 and some dollars (US) I paid is an ass fucking for a piece of shit, if you ask me... put that testimonial on your site!

Sincerely Pisssed OFF and dissapointed,

XXXX

ps - pardon my french but "dissapointed" really doesn't cut it.

pps- Tropical Fog Forest... love this term.... think thats what I'll call it from now on...

Good for you JM, let those asshats know that their product is a piece of shit.

In other news, freaking senate bill S510 passed yesterday, so growing your own food may become a crime now. Fuck em' they'll have to shoot me first.

I have some pics of my Sagamatha plant she is 16 days from germ today.

You will notice that there is a discolored spot in pic 2. I don't think this is a problem but I really want to get ahead of it if becomes one. Thoughts? Calcium from a water droplet maybe? Other than that I think she is doing really well. She loves it when I put those CFL's close to her, for about two hours every evening she will lift those leave up trying to catch as many rays as possible. Do you guys notice the deformed leave in pic one and four? Is that normal? What causes that if it's not normal?

@ FD, I put my FB(Fast Bud) and SD#2(Speed Devil #2) in the ground yesterday in their two tiered pot so we'll see how it goes. Yours look great by the way.