Autoflower variety grow

Hi guys. Ive never done a grow journal before so bear with me here. Ive got a grow going now which is diesel ryder. i pollinated one of my three females so i would have a little more seed supply after theyre done. i also have 5 lowboldt (yumboldt autoflower) 3 lowryder 2, and 1 easy ryder seeds, all feminized, germinated and planted already, just waiting to sprout.
Using a 400 watt hps from htgsupply.com. growing in 2.5 gallon square pots.
started seeds in paper towels wetted and then put them in sandwich bags on top of my tv box to keep them warm. then i used fox farm ocean forest as a growing medium an i started them in 16 oz red party cups with the bottoms cut out and then placed in 18 oz party cups so i could pull the 16 oz cup out of the bigger cup to see when the roots were outgrowing the cups. with the diesel ryder, before they showed sex i put them into the 2.5 gallon pots by just placing the red 16oz cups right on top of the soil and adding soil around the cup to hold it into place. I was using miracle grow all purpose plant food for a little and then switched to alaska mor-bloom which i think is organic. its 0-10-10. the diesel ryders have a month left minus a day. im going to use the mor-bloom plus blackstrap molasses for another 2 weeks or so then just the molasses on every feed to flush the nutes. i included 2 pics of the diesel ryder ladies. mary jane is the one who is pregnant. i used the best looking male and female to make seeds. i will be adding pics once a week once the lowboldt and lr2 and all those sprout. also i wil be ordering 5 fem ak47 seeds on friday and then 12 short term amnesia and 12 mini thunderf*ck seeds when theyre back in stock on dutchbreed.com. sorry for the bad quality of pics, i used my cell phone to snap em. u cant really see it in the pics, but theres a lot of buddage there.

first pic is mary jane, the biggest preggo female.
second pic is ellen. very short and bushy diesel ryder. i didnt pollinate her but she may have caught some pollen being in the same room.
pic three is just so you guys have an idea of my setup. a 400watt hps hanging in my closet with a box fan on the ground for air circulation and lowering heat.
pic 4 is the plants from the side. mary jane is about 9 inches tall. and ellen is about 5 inches. both of the plants have 29 days left and i hope they fatten up a lot during the last days of their lives.

questions, comments, advice, and pics of your autoflowering plants are more than welcome!!!

sounds a like fun grow

thanks man, i hope it will be. ive wanted to try the lowboldt for a while. no grow journals on the web that i could find so i took the dive. ive heard about sag's autoflowers not autoflowering but then again i read somewhere that people were ordering sagarmathas feminized yumboldt and they would autoflower so hopefully my lowboldts will autoflower. tried double diesel ryder before and they WERE NOT autoflowering.

subscribed! good luck!

mmmmmmmmmmmm, sounds like fun

hey thanks for stopping in guys. just fed the diesel ryders molasses for the first time and it seems like the buds fattened up a lot. maybe just a coincidence but maybe it does help. i really like the dutchbreed autos. anyone ever order from them before?

cool grow... gotta love molasses.

thanks phreaky, yeah i never used it before but decided it cant hurt.

2 out of the 3 lowryder 2 seeds sprouted today. will post pics when the easy ryder and lowbolt pop the soil as well as more pics of my diesel ryder which has white hairs and buds everywhere. only 26 days left on the diesel.

yes get some blackstrap molasses.add 1 1 /2 tblsp to a gal. every time you water. should fatten her up nicely.

ive been putting 2 tablespoon fulls into a gallon of water. anyone have any opinions? i have 26 days left to go. should i keep putting bloom nutes in the water or just start flushing now.

I never go over 1 tbs of molasses/gal, ive wondered how two would go... keep nuting for two more weeks I say, with molasses every watering.

phreakygoat said:

I never go over 1 tbs of molasses/gal, ive wondered how two would go... keep nuting for two more weeks I say, with molasses every watering.

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dude your mendocino purps plant was huge! youre so lucky to live in california. im in pittsburgh, making a trip out to cali this winter and hopefully moving out after im done with college. do they sell seeds in dispensaries? i know some of them sell clones.

one or two do sell seeds (one's in Berkeley, ones in SF). but clones are superior in every way. i fondly remember when my giant purps was just a tiny, very healthy clone. then i literally chopped/topped it in half, with results you can obviously see.
A cali warning: people are assholes in california, in our own special way!

phreakygoat said:

one or two do sell seeds (one's in Berkeley, ones in SF). but clones are superior in every way. i fondly remember when my giant purps was just a tiny, very healthy clone. then i literally chopped/topped it in half, with results you can obviously see.
A cali warning: people are assholes in california, in our own special way!

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yeah i would always top regular strains but i dont think the autos would do to well with topping. haha. dude im originally from very close to nyc which is why im a fan of diesel, i have put up with a lot of aholes, cali shouldnt be bad. more people just need to hit the peace pipe and chill.

im really upset, none of the yumboldts sprouted. i pulled some soil back and saw the seed and the taproot was mushy and when i squeezed the seed it popped and smelled rotten almost. same thing with one of the lowryder 2's and the easy ryder. i dont know what i did wrong, i soaked them in a cup for 24 hours and they all cracked and then put them into paper towels and when the taproot was growing out of the seed i planted them in 16 ounce party cups half miracle grow moisture control soil, and half perlite. any clues on what i messed up on? i have 2 of the lowryder 2's goin real good and going to order some ak 47 regular auto seeds and try to make a ton more auto seeds so i will have a sea of green of diesel ryder and ak 47. but for now im real bummed.

pics of the seedy diesel ryder pic 1 is the main cola but theres a few other heads to her which you can see in the second pic

sxf0516 said:

pics of the seedy diesel ryder pic 1 is the main cola but theres a few other heads to her which you can see in the second pic

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DUDE!!! that looks like my plant when it was at like 5 weeks looks so damn similar how tall is that?

atxbudgrower said:

DUDE!!! that looks like my plant when it was at like 5 weeks looks so damn similar how tall is that?

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its only 10 inches tall which i think is a bit wierd for it being under a 400 watt hps i have kept the light pretty close to them though. hope i get some cool phenotypes with the seeds im producing. were your seeds mature at least? and where can i see some pics of your trees right before or after they were chopped?