The Art of The Auto

[John Mondello]

thanks for the warning on that FD... hadn't tested this... will def double note for next tb addition!

J

 

[Harry Bald Sack]

This depends on several things. JM talked about the soil. The medium is important as to when you need to add it. Most of us grow organic, general compo till sex and then add ferts as we go. It depends on the strain as well some like them early some like them late. It depends on what they want so you have to listen to them and see what they need.

Something to note. IF using FF line, watch the TB it has a hell of a pH drop in it. I tested some tap water to get an idea. I get 7.0 out of the tap and i added the suggested dose to the water and checked it an hr later. I did not buffer the water. Tested an hour later it hit 6.0 thats serious. Word of caution to soil guys. If you are using a medium like compo or FFOF or anything that has a greater "hold" to it, be careful on the induction of TB be damn sure that you test it after you let it bubble a little. It could drop you 1 point on the scale and that locks out some needed elements.

I just checked and adjusted the ph for the recommend dosage of my big bud before I fed the girls and that shit initially clocked in at 4.8. I am guessing that most of the bloom nutes out there are quite acidic. I am going to have to track down that dude that said he just got some BB and wanted info on it. I think its a good rule of thumb to ph anything that you give to your babies.

 

[BuddhaThai]

Holy Crap FullD!
I just got your pm from over at the other forum (where I'm know as Ty), referring me over here. This is a huge thread! Need to kick back with a smoke to prepare to read through this monster! Hahaha!

 

[FullDuplex]

Holy Crap FullD!
I just got your pm from over at the other forum (where I'm know as Ty), referring me over here. This is a huge thread! Need to kick back with a smoke to prepare to read through this monster! Hahaha!

lol glad you made it over, sit back and give it a good read. There is a ton of info as well as pics.
Glad to have ya here hope to see some ladies soon.

FD

 

[GrOwMeSoMeNuGs]

I have been lurking on this thread for a bit so I will throw up these pics of my Blue Himalaya Diesels on day 47....

My "stuff": 400w hps 3x3x6.5 tent, using Technaflora nutes schedule at 2/3rds strength every third watering and snowstorm ultra every watering, gravity will be used on 2 consecutive waterings somewhere around day 60. plan on chopping all on day 70 as of now although I might just pick up a scope because I have one I feel will be an EARLY bloomer. Anyways I will quit my high ramblings... thats a one gallon jug on the left....heres the pics!

 

[ddayvault]

holy shit p1lmao

 

[Harry Bald Sack]

I have been lurking on this thread for a bit so I will throw up these pics of my Blue Himalaya Diesels on day 47....

My "stuff": 400w hps 3x3x6.5 tent, using Technaflora nutes schedule at 2/3rds strength every third watering and snowstorm ultra every watering, gravity will be used on 2 consecutive waterings somewhere around day 60. plan on chopping all on day 70 as of now although I might just pick up a scope because I have one I feel will be an EARLY bloomer. Anyways I will quit my high ramblings... thats a one gallon jug on the left....heres the pics!

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Nicey nice! Those look real chunkky there. I have been trying to figure out what strains that I want to run with next and BHD has been on my top 5 for a while now and it very well could have just jumped into the top 3.

 

[GrOwMeSoMeNuGs]

holy shit p1lmao

Whats funny or "weird" I call that plant the "Hand grenade" but that is one big ass clump of buds... its now about the size of a youth football.... but even when you are close it appears to be one big ass football sized hunk o weed!

like I said best reference in the pic is that 1 gallon picture set directly next to my pots... input?

 

[GrOwMeSoMeNuGs]

Nicey nice! Those look real chunkky there. I have been trying to figure out what strains that I want to run with next and BHD has been on my top 5 for a while now and it very well could have just jumped into the top 3.

I take it I am doing something right lol

 

[mossys]

Morning muggles.....

I Think you lot talk even more than me...
could that even be Possible....

I've had a quick thread dive and eveything is looking great....
might get back later.
One of the Mothers has been taken to hospital in the UK..
so we are running through phone calls and updates...
and just waiting to see if we need to get a flight.

(where I'm know as Ty),

Ty..as in Ty_Catcha..(sp)......?

 

[John Mondello]

mossy... sorry to hear about "one of the mothers"

n mornin!

 

[43Hitman]

Can anyone give me some insight on LST'ing an Auto? Basically my plan was to wait until it was about 5 inches tall, then tie her down.

 

[John Mondello]

LST stands for Low Stress Training and is another form of supercropping, many times referred to as LST super cropping. This technique involves bending and tying the plants branches to manipulate the plant into a more preferred growth shape. This method of training works very well for indoor growers who need to illuminate their plants using overhead lights. Since light intensity greatly diminishes with increased distance (Inverse-square law) LSTing can be used to keep all growth tips (meristem) at the same distance from the light and can achieve optimal light exposure. LST can be used in conjunction with topping, since topping increases axial growth (side shoots). Topping is often done a few weeks before beginning LSTing. LSTing works by changing the distribution of hormones, more specifically Auxins, in the plant.

wikipedia blip on it if that helps any

 

[John Mondello]

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/6834-how-lst-low-stress-training.html

there we go.. thats what i was looking for..as well as this...
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[FullDuplex]

One of the Mothers has been taken to hospital in the UK..
so we are running through phone calls and updates...
and just waiting to see if we need to get a flight.

My thoughts are with you my friend. karma sent that everything is ok and checks out
this is always a hard thing, especially this time of year.

Were here for ya my friend.

Ty..as in Ty_Catcha..(sp)......?

and yep thats him he messaged me last night to find us

 

[teflondummy]

So, it is twelve hours later and two blue himalaya diesel seeds have cracked open and been potted. I need to find something to reign in the odor. I have been letting it run wild and I think I need to get a handle on it. I should also say that I live in a one bedroom apartment in the nice end of town. my front door is about 75 feet from the rental office. Whatever solution I find needs to be cheap. Even though I haven't had to buy weed in a month or two I am tapped out after Christmas

 

[teflondummy]

In the my two cents department, I would say that I keep any training to a minimum. I may spread branches apart or pull them back in with pipe cleaners or something similar. they make a foam covered wire for training. It will hold its shape and lets me form a plant a little as it grows. I guess it is just my preference and it suits my space. I have to ask you Hitman, why do you feel like you need to LST at around five inches? What size is your space? Usually I let them show me their phenotype first and then if they need sculpting they get it.

 

[dargo]

watch out for hermies if your HBD are fem beans.

good karma sent your way mossy

Is that hisser I see in the house

 

[Medical Grade]

My Himalayan blue diesel hermied.. Oh and this thread is getting ReDANKulously huge!

 

[dargo]

@ mossy

loads of pages ago just after I said I was going to knock soil growing indoors on the head you sujested some basic compost? I think, I get lost in this thread. what did you reccomend to me

I started 6 bad betty x nirvana skys which are going in hempy buckets, but I got other stuff I wouldnt mind going in soil if I could only find your recomended soil/compost??