Niccy's Gorilla Glue Auto Grow Journal: 2018

[nickeluring]

This GGA germinated on the 11th of July and has been flowering since the 22nd of August.
She was topped at node 3 on day 18, node 1 was removed, and training commenced shortly thereafter.

GGA info: Hybrid (Sat/Ind)
Indoor
Tent size: 60 x 120 x 208 cm
Light: Perfect Sun COB, 675 W
Substrate: coco
Pot size: 19 liters
Number of plants in tent: 2
Nutes: Advanced Nutrients usually at about 75% of recommended strength
Feeding: Every 3 hours during lights on

It's the plant at the back in the veg picture. It is taken on day 24 of veg.
The flowering pic is taken on day 11 of flower. It's the girl on the left.

 

[harryhampster3rd]

amazing two plants, did you mainline them?

 

[nickeluring]

Almost, but not really. They were topped and the lower node/nodes were removed, and then they've been trained to grow like a cross. They look almost like they've been mainlined. Mainlining require 2 or 3 toppings which I don't want to do on autos. With one topping, the plants can still grow massive. If I were to top them 2 more times, they would take longer to finish, and they might get small and yield less.
I'll take a couple of pics later so you can see how they've been trained and how they grow.

 

[nickeluring]

Day 19 of flowering. She's a happy girl at the moment.

 

[nickeluring]

Day 29 of flowering. The Gorilla is the one to the right on the pic with 2 plants.

 

[nickeluring]

Day 38 of flowering.

 

[TurboBucket]

Looks like there all coming along nicely.

 

[nitrox]

Thanks for the info and for sharing, much appreciated!

 

[nickeluring]

Thanks guys!
I'm a bit concerned about this beautiful lady though. In 3 days I'll move house, and I will have to pack this girl up and try to squeeze her into my car. And in my new place I'm not sure I can fit the tent, and I might have to put her on the outdoor terrace.

 

[nickeluring]

Day 58 of flowering
So, the Gorilla got to stay in the old house for a little while. I go there every 3 days to handle feeding and check on her.We've had some heat issues, and some leaves are discoloured, but I think she'll be alright. She's fattening up nicely.

 

[TriangleCheese]

Looking good pal. Nice work. I will definately go for coco on my next grow

 

[nickeluring]

Thank you. Yes, coco has worked great for me once I learnt I had to water it at a minimum once a day.

 

[nickeluring]

Day 61 of flowering. Today I started to flush her, so she's going down in 1-2 weeks.

 

[nickeluring]

This baby is pretty big, she'll give me a decent yield. The buds are massive!
However, she's full of white mildew, and today she got a good vinegar spraying. I might give her a dose of baking soda in a few days as well. I will definitely wash the buds when I harvest in about a weeks time.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Really nice results. You sure know how to train them good. I can see you have some heat issues, but as I said before I don't think it affects the yield that much as u would think.

 

[nickeluring]

Thank you. I'm still learning and try new things. I have some ideas I want to try for my next grows.
Yes, the gorilla doesn't like the heat at all. The Critical plant that was next to her was so much happier.
I think the yield will be great, but she's not as sticky as I'd like. I think that's due to the heat.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

You learn something new with every strain I believe. I had an idea that they would produce even more resin in the heat but that could be from strain to strain also.

 

[nickeluring]

Yes, when I started to grow I had no idea different strains could behave so differently.

So, I accidentally harvested a gorilla branch today. I gave her another dose of apple cider vinegar and I had to move the branches around a lot when spraying. She's got twice as much space now after I harvested the Critical plant next to her, and not so much support from the tent walls, so the heavy buds show me that gravity works. I can't be bothered with yoyos or strings now when she's only got a week to go.
Anyway, this branch hung over at the wrong direction and snapped. Luckily it was just one of the smaller branches. I was going to cob the whole plant, but I think I'll just dry this branch. I will try a bud wash and see what that'll do. Off to buy baking soda and lemon juice now...

 

[nickeluring]

Day 68: She's been flushed for a week, and today she got a third spraying of vinegar to fight the white mildew. It's working and most of it is gone, but still a bit so more vinegar...
Going to buy buckets and more ingredients for washing the buds. I'm not keen on a gorilla that smells of vinegar.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Amazing plant... She looks very heavy.