My First Grow Random Auto & AK Auto

bulkdelish

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Grow No:2 Random & AK-47 Auto (start later)


last one failed i think due to lack of ventilation, heat and to much ph down…

little bugger fell on her own sword….



SET UP/ EQUIPMENT
1x grow tent 120x60x160
1x HSP 400W Light (added blue spectrum)/ with Ballist 400w with and extra-420w overdrive (will use 2wks out)
1x small pot (seedling etc)
1x large 300mm wide pot (final resting place)
1x power timer
1x extension cord
1x power board
- - - - 1x ph stick
--1x moisture meter-
5m of rope
1x oscillating fan (fresh air)
1x vent fan (hot air extraction)- - -
FEED:- bought online through 420- flower power pack (starter,grow,bloom,boost,foliar etc)
-weeks are a guide some might go longer or shorter.
wee 1: -water
week 2: water
week 3: water
week 4(1st wk bloom): <1gram go bloomn& 0.4gram foiler to 2litres water, PH'd 6.2.
week 5: <1gram bloom, .5grams foiler to 2ltr of water p6.2
week 6: 1gram bloom to 2ltr water ph 6.2
week 7: 1 gram bloom to 2ltrs water ph 6.2
week 8: 1 gram bloom, 0.2gr booster to 2ltr of water ph 6.2
week 9: 1gram bloom, 0.2gr boost to 2ltr of water ph 6.2


START:-
Still waiting on my AK auto's to arrive, -kinda works out in a sense lets me plant one after this baby gets to about 4wks old or after transplanting this-random one to its final pot. this keeps me with a harvest every month. I’m predicting roughly around 3-5 ounces every cycle. though 2oz is-a good start……..

1/1/17
- - - - Day1 -started germinating this little random sucker as my will to wait for my Ak-47 autos to arrive was dead.
i started this heaps early after new years at around 1am, i used the paper towel/ plate trick,-

3/1

3PM
checked up on the little fella and found she grew a leg (tap root), the root looked long enough to transplant into my grow mix.
i sped up the germ process by placing the little sucker onto of the coffee machines warming plate for like 20mins and stored in the pantry.

SOIL MIX
I am using my own mix for the grow medium that contains general all purpose potting soil, perlite and some coco coir.

i placed a thin layer of perlite at the bottom of the pot to help drainage and air flow. After that i mixed %50 soil, with %30 Coco and %20 perlite
though this was all guesstimates roughly….( just a thought, a little more perlite at seedling. As seedlings need a lot of air and better drainage to excel)

I transplanted the seedling using tweezers and positioned her tap root down in a finger hole barley 1in deep, i lightly covered the hole and watered with bottled water with a ph 6-till i got a reading of Moister meter of around 7-8 ( after drainage meter lowers to around 5-6)
*will use bottled water till i atlas run out!!!



I then placed her straight into the grow tent -under HSP (don’t worry has an added blues spectrum for autos) @200W with a light cycle of 18/6
checked in on her around 7pm just to check, the heat felt minimal but only threw my arm in at the pot level. haven’t had a real good look, don’t really need to-

4/1

8am
check up, -open the tent and felt minimal heat, around low 30C. -Although it was early and not sure if timer just switched on -shouldn’t really turn off-till around 10am ( new timer still working out bugs)
- - - - - - - -moisture meter was reading 4 around 5inches in, dropped to red zone closer to top soil ( could possibly wait a little longer re water). i gave hea little -drink-
just moistener her up to a reading of 5.5 -5in deep.

should start thinking/setting up air flow!!!! was thinking stick oscillating fan on lowest setting should rustle a few leaves!!
- - - - - - - also hot air extraction, need 100m piping to fit through gates

- - - 3:30pm
- -just added a fan to the mix, although the temp seemed warm but not overly hot. (forgot to check themom)
placed fan so as air blows against the sidewall of tent to prevent blowing directly on seedling when she pokes through. don’t want the little- sucker--falling over AGAIN!!!! ( last grow drooped over)
5/1
7:30-8pm-
came home to see the girl had broken the soil, but also grew about 1in high.moisture-was in the red about 2in deep 3.5, deepest at 4.5, topped up-with-water to moister reading of 5.5-6 ( green !).
-temp was 31*C
moved fan further to the other side of tent, with the fan just barely blowing on her, mind you still no hot air extraction and good reasonable-tent, maybe the poor quality might be letting heat seep through since its not very light tight.
check again same time!!!!!

*so far so good, she has already out grown #1 buy atlas 3-4 days.
seedling leaves (cotyledon) have already folded back, and the first razors starting to spring up an outward. leaves are nice and green, on - - - - - - - - - --the paler side though.

6/1
8:20pm
today she has grown another 2in, though she looks like she is stretching for light so turned up HSP to 400W.
temp was 30*degrees, possibly higher now its 400w
moisture meter read at 1in deep 3, 3-4 in deep was around 5, topped up water to a reading of 7 3in deep.

*she is well advanced then last grow, though still seems to search for light, very thin & long. Although seed leaves are almost gone and the razor gang-are on the move
-Might lower light to half the distance…….
9/1
9am
she is very stretched this morning, looks like a giant knocked over S. the first razor leaves have quadrupled in size from a pinky finger nail to the size-of half my thumb. looks really green good saturation of colour.
Lowered the light to half the distance, and left it on all day instead of 18/6.-
moisture was at around 2 lowest ever. topped up to a reading of 5/5.5
If she grew tall i would say she would reach 5inches, stem looks thin hopefully will fatten up now light is lowered.
10/1
11:30
--today she looks pretty much the same a little less bendy but still quite stretched.
top up with water as she was pretty dry around 1.2-2 moisture reading, topped up to 6-7. water was ph’d to just under 6 say 5.8
the temp was in the mid to high 30’s ( guessing 38 or 39) as the light was on 24hrs last night/ today, switched backed to 18/6 as of 2pm today.

ps. my ak autos arrived today, might give them -week or two before i give-
them a go, keep my cycle going...

3pm
after a little research and some youtube vids later, i have decided to lower the HSP to 300w to control tent temps. I’m sure at this early stage 300w-should be sufficient enough to lower temps to optimum range around 25-30, highest of around 32 degrees and lowest around 22 degrees.
Also inserted a pen and used rolled up tin foil to help keep the stem up right.-
Added drip tray and filled with bottled water this will add humidity and extra moisture.


12/1
- - - 4:30pm
-no noticable change at all, still seems long but strong enough to stand-just!!!. all leaves look nice and green, fingers crossed it the calm before-the bloom….
also added another level of high ( brick) distance between light now just-over 1Ft, pumping 300w
added somewhat of of an exhaust set up. sat my tube fan which is just-to big for the outlet opening, and open the pull string tubing open just a-little this should pull something out of the tent. the temps are still around-35C.
top soil still feels damp so I’m just going to leave it ( ill be gone for two-days), just added some water to the catch tray mainly for -air moisture.

can’t wait for this thing to blossom and continue for grow.




16/1
11:30
Noticeably bigger has grown another two set of razor leaves, still looks thin and stretchy, might be the strain never know…
she was pretty dry so topped up with water, i sense i might have been over watering a little or premature at the start.
now the heat wave has gone for now the temps are back below 34C, I’ve fixed my extraction fan so tempts should stay solid around high 20’s and low 30’s,-
i add a tiny sprinkle of shirleys No:17 which has a NPK ratio of 9.4.6, lets see how this goes

21/1-
10am
- - - - - - 3 WEEKS have gone and she looks strong. nice green, good sets of leaves coming through,-
Finally got set up an intake out take air system, got a small 100mm fan for the intake, and got some fan i pulled apart for extraction.
tempts are now around 24C when the lights are off, and around mid to low 30’s when lights are full. started pumping out 400w at the girl now.
she didn’t really need a watering but she was light and kinda felt dry, my feed is now 2ml of my notes into 2L or water for this week. next weeks-
i will pump to 3ml. ph’d water to around 6.0 - 6.2… humidity around 50%


26/1
finally ckecked in again. Its been just over 3weeks since I planted my random auto, my 420 bought AK auto was germated on Saturday ( so been just uner a week old)

Random;
Looking good showing signs of to much nutes or to much light maybe both…
Gave her a flush of bottled phd water, raised the light to just over 2’ as light was my main concern
I gave her a feed of nutes 2ml to around 1.8 lt of water PH”d to 6.2, some say that was ok some say to much so flushed her anywasy and diluted the aready mix nutes with another litre of water.

Other than that she looks nice and green and growing good nodes and starting to push stems at node sites.


AK-47 Auto
Only day 6 of seedling, but looking good, had the shell of the seed constrict the srpout so let poped it of with my fingers….. and poped her straight into the grow tent
Updated Yesterday at 09:08 PM by bulkdelish (recently bought new nutrients through 420 and needed to adjust)
Phots are from a week ago till Thursday 26th

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Here's some updated photos of the AK auto I bought from 420 30/1/17

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Here's some updated photos of the AK auto I bought from 420 30/1/17

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Anther update for my grow, I'm Into around the 35th day...

Random Auto: shes growing in Leaps and bounds since transplanting her (into 300mm pot), and topping her about 7 days ago, the nute burn has subsided since the larger pot I believe. I had funny webs and little spiders about a week ago, but no signs of spider mites, today's check up and there were no problems.

AK Auto: she's about 2 weeks old , just letting her run her course for at least another week or two...


Below pics are of the Random Auto

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My First Grow Random Auto & AK Auto

UPDATE

My grow is about to enter its 6th week since seed.


This morning I topped her again on both shoots from the previous topping ( about week and a half between) this will be my last topping, due to my chosen schedule for this one, things can change....
Still feeding her half nutes, have so for about 2weeks, since she's a thirsty girl I might up he strength next week to 3/4 strength.
The smell is coming more apparent this week, might have to invest in a carbon filter....

Starting LSTing her two days ago you will see my attempt in the pic hahahaha.....

All in all she's coming along nicely, having a major heat wave so hopefully she hasn't been stunted to bad....

AK AUTO
she's into her third week, gave some nutes, was probably early showing signs of nutrient burn. Just laid back of the feed and gave straight water. Going to buy her final resting place (300m pot) this week end....

RANDOM AUTO (freebie)

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First topping
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AK AUTO
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Just a check in/ get some info!!!

So now my set up is pretty much complete (depending on the stench)
120x60x150 mm (just under a m2)
400w HPS (added blue spec)
300mm 3 gal pots
2x 4" inline fans (one new, one old)
Both used as intake out take

Soil= %50 soil, %30 coco %20 perlite
Feed is flower power grow, bloom, starter, boost.

Quick questions!!

1 should it be ok to just drop the induction fan just lower some noise, would I still get enough pressures in my tent and enough fresh air for my plants...

2 would a carbon filter reduce my proficiency??? I'm thinking yes and no, yes it will but my tent is to small to have a major impact....



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Update on my grow

Well it turns the Random Auto isn't so Auto!! But oh well, just lets me have my first go at photo. I had already started my Auto before I knew.

So now I'm going to clip her hair then give her a couple days and scale her back again, then beg her Auto for a mint until the auto shows buds....

Have changed the feeding schedule to the grow at 2/3 the strength, she's seems to want more,
I added 2ml of ultra boost +6 from the good earth people, it's a bio fertiliser with micro nutes, that help with utilising the Available nutrients so lowers salt build ups. And helps with heat and drought condition growing...

Every watering is ph 5.8
Around ec 1.2
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AK auto
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My First Grow Random Auto & AK Auto

Up date pics after. I was advised to prune her a bit more, took anything around the size of a cookie off.

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The AK auto

She's coming along nicely after the initial nutrient burn...
got her jumping up and down between 1/4 to 1/2 nutes, of grow, just so she's not lazy in my opinion
Then I will do the same between the grow and bloom.
Nice modes I think, wouldn't of minded if they were a little tighter togerther but oh well..
Can see some nice little hair coming through..
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Just waiting my WW auto's to come and my inventory is half stocked/tie me over for a while...


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So I decided to top my auto AK this arvo... after constant self doubt/optimism for nearly week, I got stoned and had a few beers and let my inner self decide.

I've marked it on the plant, but it's a pic from a couple days. It has grown another inch or so.

Didn't want to take a pic with HPS on....

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I'll be sacrificing a few bowls to the gods
Over the coming days, hope she springs back meaner....


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Have finally got my quality ph pen today, so late in the grow as well...

My ph stick I have been using was reading me 5.8 but the ph pen I just today read low 3's
I'm not sure what's going as the plants don't seem to be sick or anything that I know.

But I'm going to ph the water now with my new pen, since I just Calibrated it. If I see an uptake then man my ph was all sorts!!!.

It's weird I tested run off a few weeks ago (with the old stick and it was 6.8) lets see the how the new one goes...stats and topping pics to come..

I've been told my random bean could be either northern lights or critical cheese....


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My First Grow Random Auto & AK Auto

I ph'd my run off with my new ph pen and the run off was at 6.5.
I've been ,well trying to ph the feed and water to 5.8. So it seems my ph might of been luckily closer to what I was measuring than I thought....

Random bean (possibly northern lights Fem)
She's around 55 days from seed
Roughly a week away from flipping to flower
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AK AUTO

Pics of from yesterday 3days after topping
She's 3weeks old

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Update on the topping for the AK Auto

She's had a bit of growth spurt the last couple days, kicked back on well...

Although I must of cracked one of the leaves stems while I was LST'ing them horizontally oops, I just plucked it....
She seems a little droopy overall...

Pics are before I counter weighted her leaves horizontally with folded up pipe cleaners, hopefully they stay heavy enough to keep her down!!

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I have been sitting on the girls for a couple weeks just going through the processes!!!!

The random bean (could be northernlights/critical)

Just been vegging out while the auto AK gets over its head being chopped off!
Hasn't had no signs of deficiencies past weeks, although my ph was jumping around due to my cheap stick, now I've got a proper pen readings are rock solid when I mix it right!!!
Feeding her around 800-900 ppm ( minus 150ppm for water)flower power grow about half strength every day ph'd 5.8 ( I dip around 5.7 to 5.9)
Runoff yesterday was 6.5

Temps are: lights on around 30celsius to highest 32.5c
Lights off hovers around 24-26 depending of outside temps

Before pruning
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See here she's recovering from me stretching her to far and cracking the stem, oops I guess
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Gave her another defoliation this morning before she gets flipped in the next couple of weeks depending externals!!!

Side views
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Top view
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UPDATE....

I just flipped the girls over to 12/12 for flower...
I'll be flowering for 8weeks, depending on the photo strains progress, but the auto will be done by then...

My random bean. Northern lights or critical
Has been such a pleasure to grow thus far, there's been no real issues. Though looking back now she did have some types of nute deficiencies through out but minor symptoms, be more detail in my debrief if I get around to it....


AK Auto

She's coming along nicely after being topped... took her around 5days to spring back. I accidentally broke one of her main fan leaves trying to get her to grow horizontal to the dirt which slowed her down more...
She hasn't really drank in the last few days roughly 4, I haven't had to water her as she is heavy as still only been moistening the top of the medium.

This will be a test run Auto for the 12/12 flowering period, just to see first hand what yields I'll get compared to next run that will be all 19/5. I'll have ak autos and white widow autos going next....


PICS COMING SOON!!!!!!!


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Here's my pics of the girls... the AK STILL WONT DRINK but Has sprung on well...

Random bean (northern lights or critical)
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Here's my AK AUTO
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UPDATE!!

So the girls are coming along nicely they just started week 4 of flowering.
The humidity here is ridiculous as we have had a couple of weeks of constant down pours, so my humidity is high 85% - 90%. Heading down to buy a dehumidifier. Temps have been ideal now the summer is cooling off, temps around 24c too of 32c lights on...

I have lollipoped my random bean and took off most the tiny popcorn bud sites...

The AK Auto has stopped drinking again, this time I know why. She hates being bashed, I accidentally kinda took off a tiny pop corn bud just to see how she would go and now she's drowning her self...
She will bounce back quick and strong like last time...

Here's some pics

AK Auto
Is that a hermi???


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The random been ( either critical/ northern lights)
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Quick pic update

Northern lights
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Ak47 Auto
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Any knowledge of how long I have to go would be awesome....

Hers some some early semi dried buds
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So far it seems to be a real head high, your eyes get glazed over and then it creeps up on you.... doesn't last all that long..
But they are super early buds, no flush or 48hrs of darkness....


So I have to AK47 Auto in complete darkness, haven't fed it water for 3days.... am I on the right track...
 
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