The Art of The Auto

i really wanted more males for breeding, i popped 5 beans and got 4 girls lol but hey i love my girls

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as promised pics away from the light show

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nice work Joker
I like the looks of this plant as well as the early tric formation on the leaves
that can only mean good things in the end.

So what are your feeding regiments?
and how much are you adding to the water?
Always like to talk about the methods of our madness

\|/Joker420\|/ said:

i really wanted more males for breeding, i popped 5 beans and got 4 girls lol but hey i love my girls

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not a bad ratio at all my man, i say knock one of them up or harvest the pollen from that male

the really skinny one(pic2) with all the crystals on it has been pollinated from top to bottom, and the others have on the lower bud sights...i juss meant i wanted more males so i could do a little more selective parenting haha.

and i didnt start nuting them until day 20 or so, but they get
tiger bloom
Humboldt snow ( potassium supplement)
and molasses.

2night they got watered with a bit of blood meal since the nitrogen is lacking some wat.
i would say out of 4 girls i have atleast 2 phenos.
got 5more beans ill be poping soon to

you guys are freakin' me out with the speed of the pages being added onto this thread, forty plus in what three days? when you publishing this book hey? lol

Haha I heard that ironhead.. Hey looking good joker are those JDs disel ryders.?

XxK2xX said:

Haha I heard that ironhead.. Hey looking good joker are those JDs disel ryders.?

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thats a big 10-4

"So i figured that i would give something a try that i knew kept another form of life alive for quite some time in water. This was the little tabs from Wal-mart you can get for your portable Minnow bucket Yes they sell little tablets that you can place in the water to keep O levels at peak for any reason, whether it be minnows, or in my case high levels of O for a special root system."

I grow in a hydro system (Emily's Garden from Hydrofarm). It's a passive system (wick) and I use distilled water (only a 2 gallon res., so I use about 3 gallons a week with top offs). I add hydrogen peroxide to my water to increase the amount of oxygen in the water for healthier roots and also to keep bacteria down. Do you think those tabs would be better than the peroxide? I am on my very first grow and have messed up A LOT!! Killed like six seedlings before finally getting my act together. I now have 5 healthy plants. I hope to continue this trend of actually nurtuting my plants instead of killing them, so any advice would be great!
Love this thread, by the way! I am placing my first order for Autos in the a.m. I'm planning to buy Kannabia's Automatica BCN Diesel and also Short Stuff Onyx and/or Mi5. Any thoughts on these strains??

mossys said:

Agh..don't say things like that..you will get all white puppies
(I blame LadyD m8..I know those whites were nothing to do with you...)

JM..did you try your vodka m8....?

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I tried a little with my tea... but its only been a day or so... didn't do much.... other than insipre me to make more canna-chocolate... which I did... and canna-tea... which I did... I got really stoned erarlier... and actually think theres a little residual buzz still! lol I used 2gs of KM to my cup of tea.... and then 4 blocks of butter to my choco... whew!

Well, I guess I gotta be a responsible parent here and go flush my girls...

JM

The usual suspects....


for those reading through this thread later on... my plants have phosphorus toxicity... evident in the leaves in the streaking... autos are very sensitive to over-nuting!

They are currently being flushed at the reccomended 2 gallons of water for every 1 gallon of pot dirt.

FD: Looks like just a couple were closer to the "tipping point" than the rest... some are just barely showing signs and some are full-blown indicative.


On another note... curious if the tap root hitting bottom triggers flowering.. Then why is this plant not flowering? Cuz the tap definetly hit the bottom... How long from hitting bottom to flowering signs?
Also, notice the root coming through the side drain hole in the pot on photo num 4 in the second set...
she says:
(in a Cartman voice) "I'm so seriously pissed off right naw! I'm gonna grow right through to China!"






and of course a progressive video to day 23


[video=youtube;y0JLKqH30Ks]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0JLKqH30Ks[/video]



last 2 photos was trying to give a higher quality photo... but it got chopped down anyway... so nm


also... after a full flush, I added 1/4 tsp FF Root Drench and 1/2 tsp molasses to 1.5 gal water and watered in to keep the fungi at full capcity

J

FullD....see these...the Only crosses in my grow I'm disappointed about.....

These are from the Original Crown Heads..the accelerated budder...
I wanted a couple of non-af's to try to pick up the trait...
and what did I get....
More bloody AF's...

By..some people are just unlucky that way..eh...?.......

BTW..that means I have Black Line AF's out in F1..f2 (bx) and f3..all in the same grow cupboard..
gives a good guide on what you are rolling In..
or losing..as you go.

nah i mean keep the male to collect his stuff an pollinate females later

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T..yeah..not 100% proof m8..
but I'm thinking it is not a disaster if you get a bit of accidental spillage..

Bag him up...get one of the PAPER bags that they wrap bread in.
(Plastic is no good..)
put the bag on him..tie the bottom...and remove any growth below it..so everything is in the bag.

Then...if you want to pollenate ONE girl...slip the same bag straight back over her head.

Good Luck....

And i blame Lady D all the time LOL j/k
i still think i have the curse of the white knight

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Colour karma sent...

nice one fd, we love that breed, the puppies are to cute

I like the black white and tan jacks the most or jacks x yorkshire terrier or jacks x pugs (jugs)
I got 2 bitchs, a short smooth coat and a long rough coated, both black white and tan. I could talk puppies all night lol

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Yeah..me too...I miss having them around...they make you laugh out loud.

I got a few alpine strawberry plants in my hps cab, there all flowering nicely. il take some photos tommorrow. i loves my strawberrys

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so do I...
You Never guess what they have growing in a near the beach..
a full field of Peas....they are about 12 inchs tall...drives me nuts every morning.
Normal winter crops over here are artichokes and broad beans...
this is the first time I have seen peas.

I'll be studying guerilla tactics as they start to pod....

you should build yourself a Darginator!

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A Darginator..I Love it..every home should have one....

I live in spain so i got some spanish organic nutes N 9-1-1 and bloom 2-4-4 im thinking of getting new nutes for blooming tomorrow,what is a good one that this place carries so i can pick it up lajuertadejuanvaldes.com . The soil is just a big bag that i picked up at a flower shop mixed with some allmix.

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Me too SpeedDevil...that is why I am on plain compo.
I have had Massive variation in the local Brands of compo's too..
I did trails last season..
so now I stick to a branded one I know...

morning mossy! glad to see you'll be studying your gorilla tactics!

Morning JM.....
hey..
if I saw your girls guerilla...I'd probably stop and sniff...

But a Field of Peas is like sitting an alcoholic on the rim of a vat of whiskey..and seeing how long it takes to fall in...

Inevitible...

(psst....Mossy ......come real close to the screen that ultra indy one IS a girl)

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Bloody marvelous my M8........
I hope she is a Beast..

14 days on the nose so far i have 2 fem's (ICU) and 1 male (BB)

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Good news to...although..fancy being a male called Bad Betty..he will get a complex...
Do you think we should call the males Bad Barrys..?

Got a tric trait for you to watch if you want the Cross out on ICU#2
White Russian and JEM make a good cross.

My soil has to be on point.
They made it to sex with nothing but water and some sea weed kelp
i have had a few in the past need nutes as early as 5 days in

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This is what the universal does for me..
germ to just before sex..
then I'll give them a tickle with veg fert 50%

It's good when it comes together.

AND that its not to hot to produce a ton of males as a result.
the ratio so far speaks for it self. Hope it stays this way fingers crossed (prays to ganja goddess)

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Yup..makes a burnt offering to the ganja goddess with you......

Also i have noticed that there has been something similar in all the auto males i have seen

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I Think I know what you are gonna say..so I won't spoil it..although hey......
But..
I think I have 1 exception

when you publishing this book hey?

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Pssttt..............................................lean in..here is a Tip on the AF book......

PESTER FullD....

Oh mossy... do the pease make you so excited you pea yourself?

I hear ya.. its one of my favs too... its one of the first crops to come up and be available to eat in the garden while I'm planting everything else!

Mine never..ever make it off the patio..unless they are already IN my belly.
Back soon m8...I'm just about up to looking at you girls..

Well...I'm gutted for you about the damage...I just Hate doing something like that myself..
But...
the test of a Real Good girl is to shrug off the damage that both us and mother nature throws at them...
so..hey...
experience.

But..I still gotta say they are looking delightful...
every day..you see more and more girl and less and less grow space..
You Must be getting excited now.

Looks like just a couple were closer to the "tipping point" than the rest... some are just barely showing signs and some are full-blown indicative

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Maybe...not a definite..
But...
the ones directly under the light would be warmer and have a higher transpiration rate..so the would draw it up faster.

Plus...having the damage may put a slight stop on them...
so that could be delaying sex..slightly..
while you correct the damage.

I have a Team Mission for You....
if you are willing to Accept...

To Help everyone watching this thread...
would you Please sacrifice One of your plants on the next grow..

by growing one in a pot of Plain compo..start to finish....?

If you do not want to accept...this message will self-destruct in 5 seconds...

(Please sit back from the screen..health & safety can get a bit pissy about explosions..)

PESTER FullD....

'm down!

pssst Full D... Mossy... lean a lil closer to the screen....
are ya listenin' ?

in a whisper... "Autos are so damn sensitive to nutrients!"

FullD...NICE little Breeding Pod.....

"So i figured that i would give something a try that i knew kept another form of life alive for quite some time in water. This was the little tabs from Wal-mart you can get for your portable Minnow bucket Yes they sell little tablets that you can place in the water to keep O levels at peak for any reason, whether it be minnows, or in my case high levels of O for a special root system."

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FullD told me about that one....
I did have a look when I was back in the UK but couldn't see any...so I haven't tried it.
But ask him when he comes in..

have messed up A LOT!! Killed like six seedlings before finally getting my act together. I now have 5 healthy plants. I hope to continue this trend of actually nurtuting my plants instead of killing them, so any advice would be great!

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We ALL do...I killed all my first set of AF's..so you are still ahead of the game.