Jon’s 3 Autoflower - 3 Pounds Attempt Grow

[Rexer]

I’m sitting on a ton of Watermelon WeddingCake right now. So if one does end up not working or gets killed or compromised I’d rather it was the WWC.

Hey Jon
Yup, that right there makes it an easy solution.
Save the XXL versions for next round with the water pot. Use the WWC for now....at least that's what I'd do. And for pretty much the exact same reasons.

 

[Jon]

Hey Jon
Yup, that right there makes it an easy solution.
Save the XXL versions for next round with the water pot. Use the WWC for now....at least that's what I'd do. And for pretty much the exact same reasons.

Oh they’re both XXLs. Now way to get 3 lbs without them

 

[Rexer]

Oh they’re both XXLs. Now way to get 3 lbs without them

Now you're making me jealous. I want some XXLs

 

[Jon]

Now you're making me jealous. I want some XXLs

There are those who would disagree. And maybe with the right strain you could do it with a regular auto. The Pineapple Express comes to mind as a potential candidate there - that plant was insane with both size and side branching and also stretches a ton. But I would think it’s rarer. I’m kinda banking on it actually. Lmao!

Won’t Canada let you order seeds from Europe?

 

[Rexer]

There are those who would disagree. And maybe with the right strain you could do it with a regular auto. The Pineapple Express comes to mind as a potential candidate there - that plant was insane with both size and side branching and also stretches a ton. But I would think it’s rarer. I’m kinda banking on it actually. Lmao!

I'll have to remember that and see if I can get any Pineapple Express.

Won’t Canada let you order seeds from Europe?

Legally? Nope. And any caught goes to the same department that issues your grow license (which I have). So for me, I'd rather play by the rules, put in more legwork hunting down good beans and have zero worries about legally growing close to 25 plants(if I want)

I'm looking right now about ordering some clones that can hit 32%
That looks like prime candidates for a first indoor photo grow for me.
Wish I had the cash now

 

[Vegan4life]

There are those who would disagree. And maybe with the right strain you could do it with a regular auto. The Pineapple Express comes to mind as a potential candidate there - that plant was insane with both size and side branching and also stretches a ton. But I would think it’s rarer. I’m kinda banking on it actually. Lmao!

Won’t Canada let you order seeds from Europe?

I got a freebie seed from North Atlantic Seed Co. I grew it beginning of this year, it was Orange cookies Auto, it went over 110 days, it yielded just over 8 ounces dry cured bud. GC just re-sent my XXL Auto order out today, hopefully they will arrive this time as they sent it to correct address this time.

 

[Costanza]

Now you're making me jealous. I want some XXLs

That's what she said

 

[Costanza]

Nice choice of strains, I didnt know they made xl autos.

 

[Jon]

I got a freebie seed from North Atlantic Seed Co. I grew it beginning of this year, it was Orange cookies Auto, it went over 110 days, it yielded just over 8 ounces dry cured bud. GC just re-sent my XXL Auto order out today, hopefully they will arrive this time as they sent it to correct address this time.

Yup NASC freebies, even the ones when you don’t know the breeder, usually turn out okay or better, rarely a dud. I love NASC.

 

[Jon]

Nice choice of strains, I didnt know they made xl autos.

There are tons of XL autos by many breeders. Only Growers Choice, as far as I’ve been able to find, offers the XXLs that I’m growing. And they only have six strains of XXL last I checked. I’ve grown half of them now with this new auto grow.

 

[Jon]

Banana Sherbet
Day 30!

Ok, one month in today. Still no sign of pistils. It’s about time, I think, to begin to see the first “pre-pistils,” as I refer to them. Those are the pistils that shoot out first in various spots, often lower, that can trick you with autos sometimes into thinking the plant is going into flower when it’s not. The real pistils come in bunches and only shortly precede the beginning of the stretch. In a perfect world, lol. Also in a perfect world I get at least 12 more days before we start stretching. That would be the long end of the range Growers Choice says this plant will stay in veg, and what I hope for. Obviously with an auto scrog or any auto, the longer the veg always the better, bigger plant.

So here she is today. You can see I have a ring of sorts going and spreading out a la @Rexer style. There is also a shoot for the middle squares already and more coming. The tops are continuing their inexorable way towards the edge, at which point I suppose there may be a decision to make about which way to take them. We are going to lose at least one side of the first node, the other side may make the screen. Everything else is staying and will easily be up there. If I saw this in someone else’s journal, and knew their deal, I’d be telling them, sweet, looks like you’ll be able to fill the screen. I hope you guys see the same thing.

There’s also a picture of a dead dragonfly who met his maker in the corner next the my timer. Lmao.

Thank you for your interest and for visiting my journal. Everyone loves a good train wreck, right?

 

[Rexer]

Banana Sherbet
Day 30!

Ok, one month in today. Still no sign of pistils. It’s about time, I think, to begin to see the first “pre-pistils,” as I refer to them. Those are the pistils that shoot out first in various spots, often lower, that can trick you with autos sometimes into thinking the plant is going into flower when it’s not. The real pistils come in bunches and only shortly precede the beginning of the stretch. In a perfect world, lol. Also in a perfect world I get at least 12 more days before we start stretching. That would be the long end of the range Growers Choice says this plant will stay in veg, and what I hope for. Obviously with an auto scrog or any auto, the longer the veg always the better, bigger plant.

So here she is today. You can see I have a ring of sorts going and spreading out a la @Rexer style. There is also a shoot for the middle squares already and more coming. The tops are continuing their inexorable way towards the edge, at which point I suppose there may be a decision to make about which way to take them. We are going to lose at least one side of the first node, the other side may make the screen. Everything else is staying and will easily be up there. If I saw this in someone else’s journal, and knew their deal, I’d be telling them, sweet, looks like you’ll be able to fill the screen. I hope you guys see the same thing.

There’s also a picture of a dead dragonfly who met his maker in the corner next the my timer. Lmao.

Thank you for your interest and for visiting my journal. Everyone loves a good train wreck, right?

Oh for sure that nets gonna get filled

Don't forget, even in flower there is a slight stretch.

What's her current lighting schedule?

I think you've got the scrog method down. Fill it. Then snip away the undesiriables (small stuff that will amount to nothing).

I have a really hard time visualizing others scrog nets, but in case your not sure on which way to go I added some terrible arrows. Though I'm quite confident that you got this.

 

[Jon]

Oh for sure that nets gonna get filled

Don't forget, even in flower there is a slight stretch.

What's her current lighting schedule?

I think you've got the scrog method down. Fill it. Then snip away the undesiriables (small stuff that will amount to nothing).

I have a really hard time visualizing others scrog nets, but in case your not sure on which way to go I added some terrible arrows. Though I'm quite confident that you got this.

Thanks so much @Rexer, that’s very helpful. I was thinking pretty much exactly that, there’s simply no other way. A 3x3 feels so small at the end of the day. Makes the big tent feel cavernous. Lol! And thanks for the confirmation, I’m feeling pretty confident at this point but we’ll see. Plenty of time to F it all up. Her lighting schedule is simple: I go 24 hours a day in veg, always, be it autos or photos. The light is never off. When I see flower starting in earnest I switch to 20/4. Right now the top middle is getting about 800 ppfd.

 

[Rexer]

Thanks so much @Rexer, that’s very helpful. I was thinking pretty much exactly that, there’s simply no other way. A 3x3 feels so small at the end of the day. Makes the big tent feel cavernous. Lol! And thanks for the confirmation, I’m feeling pretty confident at this point but we’ll see. Plenty of time to F it all up.

Bah your doing awesome, and trust me- ive snapped a main branch off once at this stage. Still had an amazing haul of frosty buds.
in a 3x3, i dont know how high she will go past the net, but im confident that shell fill it (from what i see), and that the net will get you more buds.

Her lighting schedule is simple: I go 24 hours a day in veg, always, be it autos or photos. The light is never off. When I see flower starting in earnest I switch to 20/4. Right now the top middle is getting about 800 ppfd.

Beautiful
That's exactly how I do it as well. Blast them as long and hard as they can handle

 

[Jon]

Banana Sherbet

Getting excited now! Here’s the first second node branch to hit the screen. Yay! Were this a photo that node would already be gone, but given the auto time constants I thought it prudent to see if the 2nd node branches would make the screen. Oh yeah they are!

 

[Jon]

Bah your doing awesome, and trust me- ive snapped a main branch off once at this stage. Still had an amazing haul of frosty buds.
in a 3x3, i dont know how high she will go past the net, but im confident that shell fill it (from what i see), and that the net will get you more buds.

Beautiful
That's exactly how I do it as well. Blast them as long and hard as they can handle

Thank you for your continued support! And yeah, filling a 3x3 with one plant is cake, scrog or otherwise. I honestly can’t fathom putting more than one plant in that space.

 

[Costanza]

Thank you for your continued support! And yeah, filling a 3x3 with one plant is cake, scrog or otherwise. I honestly can’t fathom putting more than one plant in that space.

now you know my pain with the 4 photos in the 4x4 scrog last grow. I still have nightmares about the defoliation

 

[Jon]

now you know my pain with the 4 photos in the 4x4 scrog last grow. I still have nightmares about the defoliation

 

[Jon]

Fulvia
Friday Bud Porn

This is one of my favorite Fulvia buds. I liked it so much I took a chance on letting it dry as it was versus breaking it down to smaller buds, hoping it wouldn’t bud rot on me. It didn’t!!! Now it’s dry and stable and I present her here for your viewing pleasure. All three pictures are the same bud. Just different lighting on the first two as a cloud came over. Enjoy, you junkies.

Edit: Sorry this was for the other journal. I’ll recreate there but leave this anyway just for fun.

 

[Jon]

Banana Sherbet

Any of you guys going from “no chance” to “small chance” yet? I’m not sure I’m yet to “small chance.”