Ganjagrandaddy
Well-Known Member
Introduction: Hi growmies and non growing parties. I am about to embark on another auto flowering run and kicking proceedings off with two interesting strains from Exotic seeds , who I have been fortunate to grow strains of theirs previously. I chose two interesting strains for their smells and potential bud appeal. The cream cookies by Fast buds is one I bought prior to the previous run but never got the chance to germinate then. I like the look of them from a while back and I am looking forward to their end result. I am hoping to get a good sized group of plants that fill their individual spaces with long podgy colas. I am also going to be germinating the next group of autos to follow on from this initial group at week 1 flowering. This should give enough space and lighting to get them into their late veg stage by the harvest of the 1st group. I did similar in the last run with more random spacing so felt that I needed a game plan here at least. I have 3 Fast Buds Gorilla Cookies and 3 Classic Northern Lights ready for group 2 already and am considering running some of the new exotic X Mimosa Lemon beans from the dirty, pollen releasing , ballsack that decided to attempt seeding my previous virgins with she/he's filthy love dust !!!. I suspect the Lemon Mimosa who had the most male profile while growing and is the oddest plant I have ever grown !!. The resulting seeding hit all of the strains it seems with only 2 being at an annoying /loss level. I now have approx 100 seeds from the different harvests ( All autos inc mum/dad thing!). I am hoping that they will follow suit and be viable auto crosses for my ever growing seed breeding Program( unsolicited fumbles !!). inwant to drop a couple in each time I germinate the next batch in the perpetual cycle and hope to keep the run going for at least 4 harvests 4-5weeks apart, before a break back to photperiods again. (have some great photo genetics to run !). This run is only just outside of being perpetual as I did germinate the seeds as I harvested the last crop. I needed to change the diary to be more descriptive of the strains and breeders being done but also to generate some traffic again hopefully. I have missed the interactions of 420 and the great members here. Hoping to rekindle some fires along the way and start some new ones too. Any comments or advice is more than welcome during this journey and I invite you to post pics of your grows if you feel the need to.( not precious here and love a community spirit. ). Any questions or queries will be answered as best I can and I don't intend to waffle either !. lol
Grow space: 6ftx6ft floor space with apex attic roof to 7ft. Headroom allows approx 5ft max height. I have "adapted" a cheap grow tent to fit the space but it is by no means airtight but thankfully is lightproof.
I run a tower fan ( prefer the circulation current and have a dehumidifier for the flowering cycle and have recently bought a vicks vaporiser that provides the perfect Rh for vegging in this room. ( thanks for the tip @InTheShed .perfect)
I am also using an exhale bag to cope with the high temps that are now here in the uk and have the room in the 30°c area !. I have a 6 inch intake fan bringing fresh ( warm!) air in and a 6 inch exhaust fan and filter.
Having spent decades in photoperiod growing with Hps lighting , I converted to L e.d about 18 months ago and have been learning to use them ever since. I have also done a perpetual auto grow of around 200 days with great numbers on the harvests and felt I have learnt a few lessons on auto growing during it. I am finding the auto grows are a lot of simple fun if you dont expect mega yields ( 5oz +) and with a little l.s.t , are willing to work with me on shaping their structures.
Medium: 2x60L Fabric pots 8x30L Fabric pots.
ECOTHRIVE L.o.s. 70%
coco coir 25%
perlite 5%
Feed: Living soil amendments(L.o.s) from Ecothrive-charge and Life cycle.
Greenleaf Megacrop.
Shogun Silicon, Sumo boost(Flowering Booster), PK Warrior 9/18 ( flowering booster )and Dragon Force ( finisher)
Lighting: Mars hydro Sp3000 and Tsl2000
strains: Exotic seeds
3x Purple Gorilla Auto
4x Banana Mash Auto
Fast Buds
1.5 x Cream cookie
Ganjagrandaddy beans
1x(Exotic seeds) Mango cream X (Expert seeds) Mimosa lemon.
1x Mimosa Lemon X Exotic ?.
2nd batch will be Fast buds Northern lights x3 and the new Gorilla cookies x3 2x GGD Cross seeds (tester runs) and another Mimosa Lemon to see of the mega yield was a fluke (5oz+!) and also see if the pheno i got was a freaky one ( pollen sack release too!).
Methods: I will be using Low stress training (L.S.T) , Topping ,F.i.m ( not explaining the abbreviation !.) and keeping them spread out with airflow using Defoliation and removing the lower nodes to promote more focused bud development.
The beginning and to date: I began germination on 19th May and had a 100% germ. Seeds went direct into grow trays with store bought potting compost and into the propagator alongside the previous plants harvesting. After 3 days , all had started to show themselves above the soil and I then put 3 of my X seeds in for curiosity and they popped too after 3 more days !. A great start to the run . 1 of the Cream cookies was not really playing ball and had real problems shedding the husk , it had fell from the effort amd just laid itself on top of the soil with the tap root end drying out. I managed to get the husk off and decided to throw it in the soil again and see what happened. It did reroot but took a few days and shares a pot now with one of my cross seeds!. I never thought it would make it. ( spoiler alert , it didn't!!)
At day 7 , I put the seedlings into their final pots and under the sp3000 . I would have liked to have got them into their pots sooner but didn't have the time to. They have been settling into their pots and I have begun their training , toppings and f.i.m sessions.
The Purple monkey are a little ahead of the banana mash in terms of veg development and are now starting to show the female hairs at their bracts on 2 of them already.
I am at day 21 veg as of today so this feels very quick to show already but their size is already fairly good before any stretching. I have pegged them into their respective positions for flowering now and have hopefully got all of the mains into their own space for max production. It is a very happy and vigorous strain so far and very impressive veg growth.
Banana Mash are slowly getting bigger but nowhere near the growth rate of the monkeys. one of them was a mutant from the off and jas continued to follow ots fate it seems. I am sure @Dutchman1990 would love this freak to play with ( hi buddy..) .
The 3 X seeds are all doing well but way behind the others at this point by about a week at least. The poor 2nd cream cookie did not survive in the pot alongside the much bigger X seed and had drown in the waterings sadly so back to 10 plants now. Her sister is doing good though and has now started her lst too.
The pots are drying on the top few inches within a few days due to the heat here so i am keeping them slightly damp to help the L.o.s stay active and happy. I am adding the mc at 6g per 10L along with silicon and occasional calmag to support the growth towards flowering . there are no signs of any deficiency or burn so far and the green on the leaves is becoming a familiar solent green all over. So rare we have it we are off on new run. I hope you join me on occasion for a wander and chat as this moves forward and if I miss you on the invites , I apologise now ... No pressure ever and please take my invitation as a welcome to my new home on 420 where you can take a load off and have a giggle too.. The following pic dump is of the past three weeks and bought up to date. This epic sized entry can now become a normal diary now its caught up. Enjoy the pics.
Invites too @Listersmeghead , @DonkeyDick @InTheShed @Backlipslide @Trala @ProfessorFlora @Mars Hydro@013 @Tokin Roll @DeeBoy @the universe of future friends.
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Grow space: 6ftx6ft floor space with apex attic roof to 7ft. Headroom allows approx 5ft max height. I have "adapted" a cheap grow tent to fit the space but it is by no means airtight but thankfully is lightproof.
I run a tower fan ( prefer the circulation current and have a dehumidifier for the flowering cycle and have recently bought a vicks vaporiser that provides the perfect Rh for vegging in this room. ( thanks for the tip @InTheShed .perfect)
I am also using an exhale bag to cope with the high temps that are now here in the uk and have the room in the 30°c area !. I have a 6 inch intake fan bringing fresh ( warm!) air in and a 6 inch exhaust fan and filter.
Having spent decades in photoperiod growing with Hps lighting , I converted to L e.d about 18 months ago and have been learning to use them ever since. I have also done a perpetual auto grow of around 200 days with great numbers on the harvests and felt I have learnt a few lessons on auto growing during it. I am finding the auto grows are a lot of simple fun if you dont expect mega yields ( 5oz +) and with a little l.s.t , are willing to work with me on shaping their structures.
Medium: 2x60L Fabric pots 8x30L Fabric pots.
ECOTHRIVE L.o.s. 70%
coco coir 25%
perlite 5%
Feed: Living soil amendments(L.o.s) from Ecothrive-charge and Life cycle.
Greenleaf Megacrop.
Shogun Silicon, Sumo boost(Flowering Booster), PK Warrior 9/18 ( flowering booster )and Dragon Force ( finisher)
Lighting: Mars hydro Sp3000 and Tsl2000
strains: Exotic seeds
3x Purple Gorilla Auto
4x Banana Mash Auto
Fast Buds
1.5 x Cream cookie
Ganjagrandaddy beans
1x(Exotic seeds) Mango cream X (Expert seeds) Mimosa lemon.
1x Mimosa Lemon X Exotic ?.
2nd batch will be Fast buds Northern lights x3 and the new Gorilla cookies x3 2x GGD Cross seeds (tester runs) and another Mimosa Lemon to see of the mega yield was a fluke (5oz+!) and also see if the pheno i got was a freaky one ( pollen sack release too!).
Methods: I will be using Low stress training (L.S.T) , Topping ,F.i.m ( not explaining the abbreviation !.) and keeping them spread out with airflow using Defoliation and removing the lower nodes to promote more focused bud development.
The beginning and to date: I began germination on 19th May and had a 100% germ. Seeds went direct into grow trays with store bought potting compost and into the propagator alongside the previous plants harvesting. After 3 days , all had started to show themselves above the soil and I then put 3 of my X seeds in for curiosity and they popped too after 3 more days !. A great start to the run . 1 of the Cream cookies was not really playing ball and had real problems shedding the husk , it had fell from the effort amd just laid itself on top of the soil with the tap root end drying out. I managed to get the husk off and decided to throw it in the soil again and see what happened. It did reroot but took a few days and shares a pot now with one of my cross seeds!. I never thought it would make it. ( spoiler alert , it didn't!!)
At day 7 , I put the seedlings into their final pots and under the sp3000 . I would have liked to have got them into their pots sooner but didn't have the time to. They have been settling into their pots and I have begun their training , toppings and f.i.m sessions.
The Purple monkey are a little ahead of the banana mash in terms of veg development and are now starting to show the female hairs at their bracts on 2 of them already.
I am at day 21 veg as of today so this feels very quick to show already but their size is already fairly good before any stretching. I have pegged them into their respective positions for flowering now and have hopefully got all of the mains into their own space for max production. It is a very happy and vigorous strain so far and very impressive veg growth.
Banana Mash are slowly getting bigger but nowhere near the growth rate of the monkeys. one of them was a mutant from the off and jas continued to follow ots fate it seems. I am sure @Dutchman1990 would love this freak to play with ( hi buddy..) .
The 3 X seeds are all doing well but way behind the others at this point by about a week at least. The poor 2nd cream cookie did not survive in the pot alongside the much bigger X seed and had drown in the waterings sadly so back to 10 plants now. Her sister is doing good though and has now started her lst too.
The pots are drying on the top few inches within a few days due to the heat here so i am keeping them slightly damp to help the L.o.s stay active and happy. I am adding the mc at 6g per 10L along with silicon and occasional calmag to support the growth towards flowering . there are no signs of any deficiency or burn so far and the green on the leaves is becoming a familiar solent green all over. So rare we have it we are off on new run. I hope you join me on occasion for a wander and chat as this moves forward and if I miss you on the invites , I apologise now ... No pressure ever and please take my invitation as a welcome to my new home on 420 where you can take a load off and have a giggle too.. The following pic dump is of the past three weeks and bought up to date. This epic sized entry can now become a normal diary now its caught up. Enjoy the pics.
Invites too @Listersmeghead , @DonkeyDick @InTheShed @Backlipslide @Trala @ProfessorFlora @Mars Hydro@013 @Tokin Roll @DeeBoy @the universe of future friends.
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