Dang nice looking auto Van
Stanks Go Perpetual In 2018!
So now that flowering is here will you lollipop that plant and get rid of a lot of that underbrush? Such a pretty auto. I have only the one strain of auto, the Train Wreck auto which I made all the fem seeds from last year. Granted I grow them in small pots (1 gal.) but they are WAY smaller then that girly monster. I am anxious to see how it stretches and how the buds stack up.
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Well I am going to let it hopefully stretch a little bit first. Its so tight under there right now I can't hardly get the snips in there to cut anything. I figure I will just let her stretch and I will continue to pluck the random fan leaves until her stretch is over.
Then yes, I will clear some of the lower stuff.
Then yes, I will clear some of the lower stuff.
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Thanks brother.....she is turning out better than I anticipated!
Gotta love it when a good plan comes together.
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Stankberry #1 Flip Day 15 (Day 7 with Hairs)
Here is the monster. I think she is finally slowing down on her stretch. She is still creeping towards the light but at least its a creep and not a sprint anymore. She is sitting about 9" below the light (manufacturer says you can run them as close as 6 inches) so I have a few more inches before I have to adjust the light. She is standing about 38" tall from the top of the pot.
She got a healthy dose of ACT on Thursday night and her deficiency seems to have subsided for now. The spotting on the bigger fan leaves seems to have stopped. I will continue to add Cal Mag and Silica to her ACT for a few more weeks. She will get top dressed again with some ground malted barley and EWC on her next watering cycle.
She is starting to get some interesting smells to her. I can't pinpoint the aroma but I like it!
Here is the monster. I think she is finally slowing down on her stretch. She is still creeping towards the light but at least its a creep and not a sprint anymore. She is sitting about 9" below the light (manufacturer says you can run them as close as 6 inches) so I have a few more inches before I have to adjust the light. She is standing about 38" tall from the top of the pot.
She got a healthy dose of ACT on Thursday night and her deficiency seems to have subsided for now. The spotting on the bigger fan leaves seems to have stopped. I will continue to add Cal Mag and Silica to her ACT for a few more weeks. She will get top dressed again with some ground malted barley and EWC on her next watering cycle.
She is starting to get some interesting smells to her. I can't pinpoint the aroma but I like it!
Looks like she’s leaning towards the ATF side, hopefully she develops some berry aroma and taste.
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The leaves have leaned towards the ATF side from the get go. But she doesn't smell like either plant yet. I am hoping she will yield like the ATF and take on the smell of the blueberry and will combine the pain relief effects of both! Hell who am I kidding....its just cool as shit to be growing out a homemade strain! Makes me want to drop some DTF seeds!
Lol I feel ya on the one!
Once again amazing info on this thread Van, thanks for having it all in one place! Plants look great and JH is bushy as all get out 
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Just wanted to toss out that autos will flower in any light/dark cycle, but more light = bigger buds. That's why auto growers run 20/4 or 24/0, not because we like huge electric bills!
.Just wanted to toss out that autos will flower in any light/dark cycle, but more light = bigger buds. That's why auto growers run 20/4 or 24/0, not because we like huge electric bills!
MiOutdoorsman
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The garden looks great! With all the talk on soil, have you ever tried Vic's or subcool supersoil recipe? I had a couple of runs with it. It was kinda hot for some autos. But regs really did well on it
Kismet
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Ok I know I'm suuuuper late to the party, but with the new site I only get alerts for recently viewed post ok!
Would you run into any issues or deficiencies using regular dirt or regular bag soil? My dirt is riddled with earthworms but don't wanna wait a full run to use my old soil...
Ok back to reading the other pages! Great info in this journal guys
Kismet
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idk man if your indoors you don't want any wildlife in your soil
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What do you mean?
Conradino23
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You're right I mixed it up with epsom salts... dunno why. I never actually used gypsum. I usually use lithothamnium, which is a form of powdered alga.
If you got calcium and magnesium ratio right, then it's most likely low base saturation, which means you need to up the amount to get around 15-20% of total weight.
It's sth you can dial in for the next cycle for sure. Lowering potassium helps a lot to get it right.
This is one of the clones I mentioned earlier that I use to make seeds. It's home is an under the counter microwave oven box lined on the inside with one mylar blanket. The light is a 100 watt LED purchased off eBay for $33 and change with free shipping. It's sitting on an old table so I don't have to bend over to tend to it. It is right at 2 weeks into flowering and I've been spraying that one branch now for 20 days. I expect to start seeing female pollen sacks anytime now.
BTW: That Stankberry is a winner. What a nice plant. Now if you could only find a brother plant of this lady and he would volunteer to give up some pollen and you were to dab some here and there on the girl you would be a step closer to a stabilized new strain.
BTW: That Stankberry is a winner. What a nice plant. Now if you could only find a brother plant of this lady and he would volunteer to give up some pollen and you were to dab some here and there on the girl you would be a step closer to a stabilized new strain.
Pjs420
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Things are looking great van! That auto is a beast, and that stankberry has got some legs on her! Keeping up with this journal is a part time job though..
Happy Easter Van...looks like your having fun over here! Have a great day with your people sir!
Coloradokid19
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Happy Easter Van! That stankberry looks awesome, few more weeks and she’ll be filled out nicely and packing that weight on!
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No worries brother. I figured you might have had it mixed up with Epsom when you were talking about the Mag. I just didn't want any other growers to get put off from using it in soil.
I think my ratios are pretty good, generally try to keep it around 7:1 or 8:1, just need to increase it a bit I think.
Happy Easter to you and yours Conradino!