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Hi Gang, Well it took longer than I expected for the buds to get about 40% amber trichomes. I just chopped down the White Russian tonight, and the Blueberry won't be ready for at least another couple of weeks. I got a lot of buds off the White Russian, and there was a lot of smaller popcorn...

Hi Gang, We have some cool pictures to look at today. This will be the last series of grow shots for this journal, as the girls will be ready for harvest in about 5 more days. Over the last week the buds have really been packing on some weight. When I looked at them this morning they were...

Hi Guys, The Girls are on a roll, I have kept them at 2,000 PPM and a PH level of between 5.6 - 6.0 for the last week. I thought for sure that they would suffer from nute burn but they haven't. Honestly, I could probably bump up the nutes to about 3,000 PPM and they would still be loving it...

Hey Gang, Here is the latest update. We are approaching the end of week 5 and the girls have been going ballistic. They are growing like crazy and are now drinking approximately 1 Gallon of water per day, which makes it kind of challenging to keep the Ferts PPM stable. For the most part the...

Hi Guys, We're in the middle of week 4, and the girls are doing great. I am still running them at PH 5.7, but I bumped up the Ferts to 1700 PPM, and they are just loving it. This is the 4th grow I have done in Hydro when using DutchMaster Gold Ferts, and I have never had a problem with...

Update.... Hi Gang, We're on week 3, and rapidly approaching week 4. The girls were suffering a little under the T5 florous once they entered the flowering stage, so I switched out the lights to a 400w HPS. I also drained the nutrient tank and refreshed it with DutchMaster Gold Flower...

Hi its me, I am not running any CO2, but I have looked into it. My understanding is that CO2 can greatly help the growth and yields of the plants but I am not sure I can justify the cost and hassle for 3 Auto plants. As for your question on the Fert levels, I'm not sure I understand what you...

Update, Week 2 Veg.... What a difference a week makes, the girls are beginning to hit their stride in Veg mode, although technically they are entering Flower mode since they are auto-flowering plants. I have been keeping the PH at about 5.6 - 5.8, bumped up the Ferts to 880 PPM, and I have...

Update.... It's been about a week and there isn't a lot of excitement yet, but there are some interesting developments. One thing I find very exciting is the rate of growth on the plants that are healthy. If you go back and look at the pictures from last week, you will see there is...

Hi Guys, My last grow journal was quite successful, so I thought I would start another one. The difference this time is this grow journal will feature all Automatic Flowering Female plants, grown under High Output T5 Floro's instead of MH or HPS lights. This has been a topic of much debate...

Update..... Hey Gang, guess what? It's Harvest Time :mrgreen: Over the last few days the Trichomes started changing to Amber quite quickly. When I chopped down the girls the trich's were about 30% amber, that was good enough for me. I must have spent about 2 hours trimming the major buds...

Hey Doc, I'm not real sure what the yield will be, but check out my next post and maybe we can figure it out. :eyesmoke:

I'm hoping that drying the buds will take a maximum of 10 days, considering that all of the ferts have been washed out of the plants. Assuming that is true, I then plan to cure the buds for two weeks in glass jars before I would actually smoke the harvested product. The longer the buds cure...

Update.... Hi gang, Here's the latest update. The girls have been flushing with PH balanced water for the last 14 days. The buds are literally sucking up all the available nutrients within the leaves and stems. The leaves have been turning a lot of different colors from yellow, to red, to...

Hey Doc, I did not use any CO2 although it did cross my mind to try it, perhaps that would have helped with this grow. As far as lights, I am using (1) 400W HPS for flower, it is one of those Yield Master II Supreme - 6" Air-Cooled Reflectors. It is a great setup and I have been very happy...

Update.... We have Trichome shots today :-P I received my USB digital microscope and tested it out on the girls. The results are amazing compared to those cheesy pocket microscopes. The pictures are not crystal clear unfortunately, but it is a heck of a lot better being able to stabilize the...

Hi there, Good diagnosis, what you have here is a Calcium and Magnesium deficiency, the two normally occur at the same time. The calcium deficiency attacks the inner part of the leaves, and the magnesium deficiency attacks the outer part of the leaves, for a double whammy. These two...

Update..... Hi gang, well we're in the 8th week of flowering and the girls have been flushing with plain PH balanced (5.8 - 6.2) water for 7 days now. They actually kicked in with another growth spurt over the last week and started packing on some more weight, not a lot, but some. I am going...

Hi Guys, Yeah, I did cut away some of the lower branches but I waited too long, so that was my mistake. I cut some of the branches and fan leaves in about the 4th or 5th week of flowering. I should have done it earlier than that. I started seeing the red hairs around the late 6th to mid 7th...

Hey Dwizz, I totally agree, but the problem is my girls don't agree. Strawberry Smile and Bubblicious are not monster flowering plants genetically. Believe it or not the flowers I currently have on my Strawberry Smile are some of tjhe largest for that strain. As the manufacturer says "it's...