JohnnieJC3
Well-Known Member
So the title insinuates that I'm a new grower... SORRY GUYS I'm not, but I AM new to growing auto's. I recently setup my old tent that had been up in the garage rafters for a few years(2x2). I am currently using it for Veg and Auto's and this is my first run. I threw 3 freebie Auto's I've had for a long time over the years from purchases and I thought the Gorilla Glue #4, Colorado Cookies, and the OG Kush from Dinafem Auto sounded like a Winner. Well, turns out, the Dinafem "AUTO" isn't so somehow I got a photo seeds labelled as a Ruderalis crossed strain. So, I still have that OG plant vegging(I topped the crap out of it to keep it bonsai and out of the way) and the Colorado Cookies finishing up and I harvested the GG Auto this morning. I can't say enough about this GG plant. I have grown a plethora of plants over the years and I've never defoliated a plant early flower and the leave were straight greasy wet. This is when the plant didn't even have buds yet, just sticky from the start and STINKY. The GG showed sex at day 25 and started to flip at 5 inches tall(12.7cm). She ended up stretching quite a bit for how small this thing was initially. She ended up being 21 inches from soil to top. I couldn't believe what this thing turned into from being a small single node 5" plant, to a pretty nice bonsai plant. I started LST training ASAP which was very early on Day 20 maybe. Get those lateral shoots popping out as quick as possible and train all through transition phase and stretch. I ended up with an 8 headed cool little plant. The main cola is SO massive and this was grown under an old tech light, not my QB setup in the 2x4(God Bud Lemon Candy 2 plants 7 weeks bloom today). Without defoliation and the early LST, there is no way it would of turned out as good as it did. I know these lights well, anything past 10" of penetration, it's about DONE for. Anyway, I've been around lurking and what not, but haven't been active in quite awhile, so I thought I would share in these crazy times. I'm not going to get into that but, STAY HOME if you can is all I will say. Anyway, if you know me from the past, you know I can't help myself with pictures. I am still using this old dinosaur of a camera so no trickery with this ancient device(probably over 10 years old). All in all, I am happy with the Auto experiment and I have a few more left so eventually I'll run those Auto's out to. I'm going to transplant the NOT so Auto OG out of the 3 gallon smarties which is going to be a PITA, but it has to be done. I'm going to shape it once the Colorado Cookies is done, maybe a week out or so and flip that OG in a few weeks after it fills out the 2x2, shouldn't take long since it's already old and has a thick truck. NOT, the way I planned it but hey, sometimes you have to think on your feet and or out of the box. The good news is I'll be going right back into flower pretty quick so turn it around and flip that frown upside down. 
I'll get some pics up SOON. STAY Safe everyone and Keep it Green. 
I'll get some pics up SOON. STAY Safe everyone and Keep it Green. 
I can't help myself, cannabis plants are SO photogenic and I love this hobby and or lifestyle(whatever category you fall under). This will be the last "addition" to this thread. I hope to be more active here on 420mag and contribute my knowledge and help people grow the finest HERB they've ever dreamed of. I've experimented with Cannabis plants for years(first plant 17, I'm 42 currently) and I hit HIGH brix numbers indoor or OUT. I consistently hit 17-19 indoors,(17 like clockwork) and I've hit over 20 outside so I've learned SO much by playing with mixes and how far to dry them out before watering etc. I really should write a book(I still have old style grow journals. I prefer writing on paper), but out of my wheelhouse. I do have a passion and a bit of talent for writing, but not this genre and or subject. Anyway, every time I dry herb Vape the GG4 it gets the creative juices in the mind FLOWING. I see why people love this strain, it's... WELL... GLUE! Enjoy! 
