NorthernCosmos' First Indoor Soil Auto Grow: 2019

[NorthernCosmos]

Aye! The stash gives peace of mind

I'm about to drop another Amnesia and White Widow - I need a comparison grow with known seeds and back to proper humidity to confirm that it's the low humidity that stunts the current plants in the tent (BCN, AK420, Anesia and White Widow). After that I'd like to try a few other strains.

The goal is to get a photo grow going alongside the autos, but it would interrupt the current "production line", so I'll wait until I have spare cash for that flowering tent. In the mean time, the autos are keeping me happy

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Love the stash you built up Cosmos.

Photos are so much more stable in their way of growing than autos in my experience. But autos are also great, specialy outdoors here in our countries.

 

[StoneOtter]

Aye! The stash gives peace of mind

I'm about to drop another Amnesia and White Widow - I need a comparison grow with known seeds and back to proper humidity to confirm that it's the low humidity that stunts the current plants in the tent (BCN, AK420, Anesia and White Widow). After that I'd like to try a few other strains.

The goal is to get a photo grow going alongside the autos, but it would interrupt the current "production line", so I'll wait until I have spare cash for that flowering tent. In the mean time, the autos are keeping me happy

There's always something to upgrade to. Two good picks there. I don't remember smoking either of them but did smoke white widow once. Hehe

 

[InTheShed]

Great harvest pics NC! Such an organized bunch of trays you would make any OCD grower proud.

I love to see jars all stacked and ready for what's next!

 

[NorthernCosmos]

It's day 74 for the seniors (chop time in around 10 days) and day 30 for the juniors. Tiny plants all around... I've arranged a makeshift evaporative humidifier that manages to keep the tent humidity at 24%. Negotiations are underway for the purchase of a rather nice used evaporative humidifier.

There are now new seeds on their way, so I may hold off starting more plants until they have arrived. With those and the previous ones, I can choose between a dozen strains

Oh, and I bought a can of molasses today, and they all got a little of that with their nutes to make the microbes happy

Barbarella the BCN Critical:

Abigail the AK420:

A mohawk has developed on Abigail:

It looks so empty now... The makeshift humidifier with blue towel wick can be seen. The plants are small, but the seniors have some nice dense colas going:

 

[CraZysWeeD]

That mohawk looks awesome!

Loads of thricomes on both Barbarella and Abigail!

Nice going Cosmos!

 

[InTheShed]

Great to hear that the stork is bringing new seeds!

 

[NorthernCosmos]

Another scary thing happening here... NANNNERS

I started a thread in the FAQ sub forum to get more visibility:

Nanners or what?

The last few days these banana like things gave started protruding from the buds on my AK420 Auto. They are unlike anything I've seen in shape and colour. Are they "nanners"? If so, how should I proceed with this plant (it shares tent with several others)?

www.420magazine.com

I'll link the pics here for completeness:

 

[InTheShed]

Those are most definitely nanners! If you're lucky they won't have any pollen in them, because there are still plenty of white pistils around to produce seeds. Have you taken off all the ones you can find? Is there pollen? Pollen looks like white or pale yellow dust.

How long from harvest is it?

 

[CraZysWeeD]

More experiencing nanners/hermies than me then. Never seen anything like than on my plants but guess they hide pretty well.

Hope you get them out in time Cosmos!

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Is that the Mohawk?

 

[NorthernCosmos]

Those are most definitely nanners! If you're lucky they won't have any pollen in them, because there are still plenty of white pistils around to produce seeds. Have you taken off all the ones you can find? Is there pollen? Pollen looks like white or pale yellow dust.

How long from harvest is it?

I've been rubbing some paper and chopsticks on them to see if anything came loose - no pollen to be seen through a magnifier.

It's a week away from the chop, but if it's recommended I'll throw it out and put it in the dark box for harvesting in a couple of days.

More experiencing nanners/hermies than me then. Never seen anything like than on my plants but guess they hide pretty well.

I only became aware of them today - it's three days since the last feeding and inspection, so they've come to prominence in that period.

Is that the Mohawk?

No, but it's the same plant. The Mohawk cola has grown up and gotten itself more a respectable haircut now

 

[InTheShed]

I'd pluck them with a tweezers and tap them on some white paper and see what you get. If they're empty, I'd say keep plucking until you would normally harvest.

 

[NorthernCosmos]

I tried plucking a few, and dayum, I think I got a little bit of pollen - not much though, as in a single chili flower has more pollen than I got from a bit of nanner plucking.

I'll do my best, but there are hundreds of them, and many are seated deep in the colas, so plucking it clean is not really possible. I'm thinking one more feeding in three days, then out of the tent and into the dark box for chopping on Monday. But if the spotting of pollen is alarming, I can take it out of the tent right now.

What will the nanners do to the smoekability of the buds?

 

[InTheShed]

Nothing at all. Treat them like any other bud after harvest. And do what makes you feel most comfortable!

 

[CraZysWeeD]

I found 3 seeds in a top cola from the last Glue harvest but I always thought this lowered the potency of the plant? This one is more sticky and glue than any other one I had and potency is through the roof as well, or more couch lock maybe.

My advice is if you don't feel like plucking all those nanners just chop her down. Chop chop!

 

[InTheShed]

Fully seeded plants won't have the potency of sensimilla ("without seeds") because the plant puts its energy into producing seeds. A few seeds in a bud won't effect the THC production the same way.

 

[NorthernCosmos]

It's chop day! Barbarella the BCN Critical and Abigail the AK420 have been harvested. The buds are very trichy and dense

This was another case of premature harvesting, with lots of new growth and especially so on the lower and somewhat shadowed small colas. The plants could easily have gone a week or two more, but nanners...

Now the tent is almost empty, but not for long!

 

[NorthernCosmos]

OK... here's the three stage post harvest plan:

1. Put four Northern Light Auto seeds in water to germinate
2. Light up and relax
3. Plant seeds in soil tomorrow

 

[InTheShed]

Congrats on the harvest NC! Looks like some nice buds, and an early harvest is better than one filled with seeds.

OK... here's the three stage post harvest plan:

1. Put four Northern Light Auto seeds in water to germinate
2. Light up and relax
3. Plant seeds in soil tomorrow

Gotta love a man with a plan! Here's to tap roots by morning