but I didn't really know that autos and root depth had any relationship.
I heard the words about a year ago and had to kick those tires myself. The tires verify the words.
I believe that autos switch to bloom when the roots hit the bottom of the grow container.
In my pure perlite world designed specifically to get those roots going fast, this plays out poorly. The roots grow way too fast and the plant switches to bloom well before it develops the mass I want.
Here's my recent 'tire'.... a 5 gallon pot with an auto bean popped in place.
As you can see, she's WAY short and very small. This strain (SSDC) grows into a monster in dirt, but transitions to bloom way too soon in perlite.
I disappeared for some fun at the beach for a few days.
Great minds were thinkin alike that weekend.
Hope things are good over your ways. Just letting ya know we even changed the sand in the filter this year... Just in time for ya to take a dip....Long time?
We've got a summer trip to socal planned for this summer to catch up with family. Not sure I can squeeze the sweetie into a side trip up north, but I know I'd sure enjoy some time in PDX and PacCity.
Where are your hiding Tead?
My biggest complaint about da Swamp would be mosquitoes, I've never seen more mosquitoes than around the bowl. I can remember shrimp trawling in the middle of the night, and watching the moon "disappear" in the clouds of mosquitoes as we stirred up the grasses. Still not as scary as hooking a net on a cypress knot and having to get into the water to detangle or cut it loose. Ya can't catch many shrimp trawling in a circle! When the water surface comes to life with dozens of water moccasins, I'd make like Jesus and almost walk on water to get back into the trawler. Ahhhh .. the swamps of LA.
Peace,
Keith
I wanna do a float down the Bouge Chitto.... but the thought of the snakes puts the kybosh on such ideas.
We had a really good freeze this year, skeeters have yet to rebound to normal numbers... very nice.
The termite hatch hit the other night. Big lights at a nearby b-ball court were big balls of flying critters. A surreal sight we see every year right around Jazzfest.
I grew up camping and playing in the mountains of OR.... I sure miss seeing mountains. The swamps are just not so welcoming.
Did you ever run into those swamp hydro pots? There's a passive hydro setup you run in the swamp waters.
441.1 grams. I'll get pics up this weekend.
Wait... 441?
That's 15oz!
Dude.... I get 2.
Hmmm....
It's enough to get me re-thinking my world some. I mean, if I could pull 15oz vs 2oz and only double the grow time.....
Yes... rethinking.
More problem tenants to get rid of maybe. It’s so much work restoring the finish on the bathtub again after.
They have been driving me nuts lately. I'm almost at the point that I need to hire someone. As an added bonus, the sweetie and I have been shopping 6 and 8 unit properties lately rather than our normal 2fer.
Garden shots....
Veg
Bloom
