Pj's Zkittlez & Knows Candy Auto Grow

[PjMac]

Welcome to the show! Let's see if it will be a good one.

Let's get the paperwork outta the way first so we can have some fun with this.

1 each Zkittles Auto (f) and Knows Candy Auto (f) started in their final home.

3 gallon fabric bags filled with ~2 gallons of 60/40 Twice as Big/Perlite each.

Shining down are a SF1000 and a PB1000.

The air is being drawn outside by a 6" fan and in house air circulation is provided by a four inch desk fan.

I keep the room mid-upper 70's at night and low 80's during the day. I gave up trying to control humidity it is what it is.

8/21 was their first feeding day. Watered in 1/2 gallon each with 4ml/gallon AN micro and bloom.

Today is 2 weeks

I'd love to say which is which, but I forgot to lable the pots I believe to one on the left is Zkittlez because the one on the right is starting off like the Knows Candy did last time, and the left is starting smaller like Zkittlez did last time. What fun is it without a mystery to solve??

Welcome to my grow room. Share, ask, tell, shoot the shit... We all got the same goal

 

[Bill284]

Welcome to the show! Let's see if it will be a good one.

Let's get the paperwork outta the way first so we can have some fun with this.

1 each Zkittles Auto (f) and Knows Candy Auto (f) started in their final home.

3 gallon fabric bags filled with ~2 gallons of 60/40 Twice as Big/Perlite each.

Shining down are a SF1000 and a PB1000.

The air is being drawn outside by a 6" fan and in house air circulation is provided by a four inch desk fan.

I keep the room mid-upper 70's at night and low 80's during the day. I gave up trying to control humidity it is what it is.

8/21 was their first feeding day. Watered in 1/2 gallon each with 4ml/gallon AN micro and bloom.

Today is 2 weeks

I'd love to say which is which, but I forgot to lable the pots I believe to one on the left is Zkittlez because the one on the right is starting off like the Knows Candy did last time, and the left is starting smaller like Zkittlez did last time. What fun is it without a mystery to solve??

Welcome to my grow room. Share, ask, tell, shoot the shit... We all got the same goal

Beautiful Ladies my friend.
Hope you are having a great day.
I'm going to follow along if that's OK.
Just a thought, you are wasting the most valuable real estate in your tent.
Your pots are only half full.
That's root space going to waste.
That effects your final harvest.
Potting is important, has to be done correctly.
There are pictorials in my Heavens Shores thread that could help you.
Take care.




Stay safe
Bill284

 

[PjMac]

Thanks Bill. That is most excellent advice. I would be happy to have you along!

I know what you mean about the real estate. I grew a Zkittlez Auto in an 8 gallon bed. It grew to be 36" tall and I had to run trellis to hold some of the colas up.

A friend of mine grows autos in 2 gallon pots with amazing results. I'm gathering supplies for my new beds, so I wanted to try it out and see how it goes for me. I only had the 3 gallon pots. You'll see in the pics below that I have rolled the edges over. Can't get good air flow in a capped cup lol.

That dynomyco is some great stuff. I use this

I like that it's powdered and you get alot. I dig a small hole in my moistened soil and dust some myco inside. I mix some it with the soil from the hole as well. I throw in a pinch more for good measure when I punch the hole to drop the seed in.

Thursday was water day. I had to reschedule for yesterday because I did not set the water out to dechlorinate on Wednesday.

In the pic below, you can see that one is growing slower. That makes me believe even more that it is the Zkittlez.

At 2 weeks I peel off the cotys and snip the one finger leaves.

The KC on the right is growing at a fine rate, so I went ahead and removed two upper fan leaves

 

[Bill284]

Thanks Bill. That is most excellent advice. I would be happy to have you along!

I know what you mean about the real estate. I grew a Zkittlez Auto in an 8 gallon bed. It grew to be 36" tall and I had to run trellis to hold some of the colas up.

A friend of mine grows autos in 2 gallon pots with amazing results. I'm gathering supplies for my new beds, so I wanted to try it out and see how it goes for me. I only had the 3 gallon pots. You'll see in the pics below that I have rolled the edges over. Can't get good air flow in a capped cup lol.

That dynomyco is some great stuff. I use this

I like that it's powdered and you get alot. I dig a small hole in my moistened soil and dust some myco inside. I mix some it with the soil from the hole as well. I throw in a pinch more for good measure when I punch the hole to drop the seed in.

Thursday was water day. I had to reschedule for yesterday because I did not set the water out to dechlorinate on Wednesday.

In the pic below, you can see that one is growing slower. That makes me believe even more that it is the Zkittlez.

At 2 weeks I peel off the cotys and snip the one finger leaves.

The KC on the right is growing at a fine rate, so I went ahead and removed two upper fan leaves

I like to up pot and cover the roots in @DYNOMYCO Bokashi and frass.
But either way it's heartbreaking because that has a direct result on your harvest.
Take care.




Stay safe
Bill284

 

[PjMac]

Day 19

Plants are happy

I removed the upper fan leafs on little bit today. Big girl is.... getting big. Both are showing sex

That's all for now. Have a great day!

 

[PjMac]

And I'm sorry if I came off in a way. I don't mean to. But when I try to explain things, it always seems to end up awkward as fuck by accident. I'm new and don't know how to interact with the other kids yet. I'm high and don't want to ramble but what I'm trying to say is I know this grow ain't perfect. I don't grow this way. I'm trying something. For autos, I am literally one inch from an acceptable soil depth. Three inches from from an ideal depth. I respect you opinion Bill... you have the miles to prove you've earned the salt, but I'm not thinking that one inch is going to hurt my yield so much that it needs pointed out twice. I may fuck this grow up, but I doubt one inch of soil depth is going to make or break me. I still appreciate you for stopping by and hope you stick around, but let's not throw bad vibes at my grow before we see how it turns out please.

 

[Bill284]

And I'm sorry if I came off in a way. I don't mean to. But when I try to explain things, it always seems to end up awkward as fuck by accident. I'm new and don't know how to interact with the other kids yet. I'm high and don't want to ramble but what I'm trying to say is I know this grow ain't perfect. I don't grow this way. I'm trying something. For autos, I am literally one inch from an acceptable soil depth. Three inches from from an ideal depth. I respect you opinion Bill... you have the miles to prove you've earned the salt, but I'm not thinking that one inch is going to hurt my yield so much that it needs pointed out twice. I may fuck this grow up, but I doubt one inch of soil depth is going to make or break me. I still appreciate you for stopping by and hope you stick around, but let's not throw bad vibes at my grow before we see how it turns out please.

I'm so sorry, I didn't realize I pointed it out twice.
I hope I didn't sound pushy or offend you.
I just try and help who I can.
I talk to so many people I get confused on who I have said what to I apologize.
No ill will meant, just want you to have a good grow.
Hope your having a wonderful day my friend.




Stay safe
Bill284

 

[Listersmeghead]

Day 19

Plants are happy

I removed the upper fan leafs on little bit today. Big girl is.... getting big. Both are showing sex

That's all for now. Have a great day!

Hiya pjMac.
Your plants look amazing for 19 days.
The one on the right is going to be huge.
Nice.

 

[AutoNautPsychoFlower]

And I'm sorry if I came off in a way. I don't mean to. But when I try to explain things, it always seems to end up awkward as fuck by accident. I'm new and don't know how to interact with the other kids yet. I'm high and don't want to ramble but what I'm trying to say is I know this grow ain't perfect. I don't grow this way. I'm trying something. For autos, I am literally one inch from an acceptable soil depth. Three inches from from an ideal depth. I respect you opinion Bill... you have the miles to prove you've earned the salt, but I'm not thinking that one inch is going to hurt my yield so much that it needs pointed out twice. I may fuck this grow up, but I doubt one inch of soil depth is going to make or break me. I still appreciate you for stopping by and hope you stick around, but let's not throw bad vibes at my grow before we see how it turns out please.

heya PJ!
Girls are looking great and I bet your grow is going to be absolutely amazing.
Theres a lot of work being done with autos on this site, amazing things that you arent suppose to be able to do etc. lol.
Hey who is your seedbank by the way?

If there is one thing you can count on this site its that Bill always has the kindest no bad vibes of intentions. Truly he's probably the sweetest, most ego less, grower Ive encountered on any forum.

I have massive social anxiety, on the spectrum etc. Awkwardness happens in new situations, its natural.
Welcome to this special place for special plants and the peoples that grow them

 

[PjMac]

I'm so sorry, I didn't realize I pointed it out twice.
I hope I didn't sound pushy or offend you.
I just try and help who I can.
I talk to so many people I get confused on who I have said what to I apologize.
No ill will meant, just want you to have a good grow.
Hope your having a wonderful day my friend.




Stay safe
Bill284

Not offended in any way. No I'll will. Just love in here.

 

[PjMac]

heya PJ!
Girls are looking great and I bet your grow is going to be absolutely amazing.
Theres a lot of work being done with autos on this site, amazing things that you arent suppose to be able to do etc. lol.
Hey who is your seedbank by the way?

If there is one thing you can count on this site its that Bill always has the kindest no bad vibes of intentions. Truly he's probably the sweetest, most ego less, grower Ive encountered on any forum.

I have massive social anxiety, on the spectrum etc. Awkwardness happens in new situations, its natural.
Welcome to this special place for special plants and the peoples that grow them

I got them from Fast Buds (?) thru North Atlantic.

 

[PjMac]

Day 20 is water/feed day. 8ml/gallon of micro and bloom to runoff on each.

The side growth has reacted to the light pruning very well. Big girl is enthusiastic. She is flexing on the light hard. I had it at 18 inches, but she will settle for nothing less than 16" (that's the SF1000).

 

[AutoNautPsychoFlower]

I got them from Fast Buds (?) thru North Atlantic.

Oh cool! Im wanting to try their Cherry Cola really bad. Just harvested some Strawberry Banana from them, smells super wicked!

 

[PjMac]

Oh cool! Im wanting to try their Cherry Cola really bad. Just harvested some Strawberry Banana from them, smells super wicked!

I'm pretty happy with what I got from them. I had ordered the three Zkittlez Autos and they sent two of the Knows Candy and a photo that I can't remember right now free with them.

This is my second attempt with the KC. They are F1 seeds, and I think I got a bad one. The first was growing huge fast until i accidentally killed it. This one is small and has some odd leaf development here and there.

Oh... That reminds me...

I was wrong before. The one on the right is def the Zkittlez. It's growing exactly like it's sister from the last cycle. I didn't start the nutrients soon enough last time which led to a little malnutrition stress, but I was happy with the harvest. I have one of the Zkittlez left, but I'm going to run a photo or two after this.

 

[PjMac]

Day 24

Water day. Just plain water until a little runoff. ZK is exploding and stretching 2" every day. KC is lazy. She may surprise me.

ZK

And KC

 

[Bill284]

Day 24

Water day. Just plain water until a little runoff. ZK is exploding and stretching 2" every day. KC is lazy. She may surprise me.

ZK

And KC

Girls are beautiful this morning my friend, but they hungry.
They should be much darker green.
Are you feeding?
Love your racks BTW.
Lots of airflow.
Hope your enjoying your weekend.




Stay safe
Bill284

 

[PjMac]

Girls are beautiful this morning my friend, but they hungry.
They should be much darker green.
Are you feeding?
Love your racks BTW.
Lots of airflow.
Hope your enjoying your weekend.




Stay safe
Bill284

Thank you Bill. The racks make watering so much easier. I have little wash pans that slide right underneath to catch runoff.

I fed Tuesday with half strength AN micro and bloom. I haven't been using the grow because I'm cautious of the MG soil. I water real slow and can hear the snap crackle pop of the slow release granules. I will up the dosage in a couple days when it's water time again.

Would you suggest adding the grow to my mix? Maybe 1/2 strength?

 

[Bill284]

Thank you Bill. The racks make watering so much easier. I have little wash pans that slide right underneath to catch runoff.

I fed Tuesday with half strength AN micro and bloom. I haven't been using the grow because I'm cautious of the MG soil. I water real slow and can hear the snap crackle pop of the slow release granules. I will up the dosage in a couple days when it's water time again.

Would you suggest adding the grow to my mix? Maybe 1/2 strength?

I'm a firm believer in full strength nutrients.
Especially if you don’t have experience feeding them as required by stage.
In veg they need all their nitrogen.
They make leaves and foliage which requires nitrogen to grow properly.
That explains the lighter color green.
I'd follow the schedule week by week until you learn to read the girls and feed them accordingly.

I like to feed feed feed and then feed some more.
Worst case scenario you get a couple burnt tips, no harm.
Take charge of your garden.
Talk soon.




Stay safe
Bill284

 

[PjMac]

Day 25
Trimmed a few fans from KC to open up light to the side growth.

My cheap ass phone in the grow room is making these look lighter green than they are. Here's one of the cut fans on my couch with flash for reference

 

[Bill284]

Day 25
Trimmed a few fans from KC to open up light to the side growth.

My cheap ass phone in the grow room is making these look lighter green than they are. Here's one of the cut fans on my couch with flash for reference

Colors perfect.
Keep up the good work my friend.




Stay safe
Bill284