Feminised auto/normal mashup 2nd grow

Hello Peeps,

2nd grow and I have stepped it up in terms of setup since my last ghetto style grow. Purchased a tent, digital ballast 600watt, carbon filter and extractor.

2 x Speed Devil (Auto)
2 x Big Devil (Auto)
2 x Fast Bud (Auto)

The remaining 3 are freebies from attitude which are non auto's, this is from a total of 5 that I had, unsure of what the strain is as they got mixed up during germination but they are feminised. :eyesmoke:

The intention is to grow the auto's until harvest at a light schedule of 20/4. When they have gone through that process the normal plants should have vegged and then switch the light schedule to 12/12 until harvest, may even possibly take some cuttings during veg to save on ongoing seed costs. Will try and keep the journal updated with pics and comments. Have added pics of current plants in week 2. Some are coming along well and showing good growth, one is a bit stunted and I have recently moved in tent in effort to aid this. Also have one that seems to have leaves pointing north but cannot find if this is a bad sign. All feedback gratefully received.

Peace
 

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Quick trip to the hydro shop which is always a bad call for the bank account. Went to pick up a new bulb as was not sure that the one that came with kit was dual spec and a ice extension as I wanted to lower light. Anyway first time to this hydro store and turns out it was decent in terms of gear and pricing so ended up with a parabolic reflector for 40 quid with a 4 metre cable. Took a while to setup but looks the part currently.
 

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Pic update. Now in week 3 and got all seems well. Thinking I am going to have to invest in another fan as still not happy with temps. The ghetto is not exactly doing to job but will suffice in the short term. Anyway start of flowering for 3 of the plants so I can safely assume they are autos, still waiting on the other 3 to show there true colours but no signs of males or hermies so a happy bunny thus far.

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Update: 4 1/2 Weeks from pop.

Would appear that I have a total of 5 Autos and 4 Non auto fems.

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Update: 6 weeks from pop

Pics of the Autos in the main as they are the closest to harvest. 3 Autos are well into flowering, pretty small in height but bud is now forming together and feels resin filled and tight (Close up pics of trinches). The remaining 2 are larger in size but only just forming buds. Still don't know how to differentiate breed currently due to the previously referred to "hazy incident" but happy to keep maintain by eye.

Non autos doing well, maybe a couple of feet in size if not more. From what I have read will increase in size during flowering so I am looking forward to see how big I can get them when they get the tent to themselves.

Currently feeding about 2/3 times a week, leaves droop I feed. Pretty low level neuts as I prefer to keep things natural but about 5ml in a watering can that goes around approx three plants, each plant that gets a complete run off. Biobizz for veg and bloom is split by plant type currently.

 

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Cheers dude I am proper eager to try as the bud is sticky as hell but I have promised myself a proper crop, dry and cure. Just bought a loupe to check trenches as despite journal I am pretty sure I have screwed the dates.
 

jhowdy17

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those buds looks nice brother, job well done so far. how are your temps sitting in there right now? and how big is the tent?

i have a 4x4x6.5 ft tent with a Quantum 600 watt digital as well, and i keep mine right at 78 F with a 440 CFM inline fan pulling the air out and thru a carbon filter...only cost me 80 dollars on amazon, and was the best thing i bought for my tent.

itll be cool to see those non fem mystery seeds turn out haha
 
Cheers Dude. I won't lie temps have been an issue. Despite the warning I bought the parabolic and I should have gone for cooled, basically it does create a bit of a heat trap but I normally get temps of around 80f. What helped reduce this was the fact that the carbon filter I had collapsed and dropped onto one of my plants, bad times, basically lost a 3rd of one of the autos but i meant the shaft that held my filter and fan was no longer available. I dropped the fan down to the tent floor and the duct still runs to the same hole since then the temps have been good. No carbon filter attached though so the house has a bit of a aroma but nothing that would arouse suspicion. Tent is 1.2mx1.2mx2.0m sorry for being a metric mother f*cker. The "normals" I talk of are fems just not autos but they are the tallest of all and looking pretty healthy.
 
Week 8 and a couple of days.

Got the scope and am checking trinches but all still clear. Think 3 of the plants have approx 1 week. Pretty tiny and one got fuked by the carbon filter falling and maybe a few consumer nibbles, in the interests of science of course.

Buds are nice and dense and feel sticky as hell but not an abundance of crystals. Here are pics as they stand.
 

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Here are another couple of what I believe are auto's they are showing they want to flower but are not. The plan is to drop the light schedule to 18/6 for a week to see if this induces flower. If after a couple of weeks I will just drop to 12/12 and flower them with the phenos Autonf1.jpgAutonf2.jpg
 
and finally the phenos which depending on what happens to the autos that are not flowering will be vegging for a while longer. Both these and the non flowering are of a decent size about 2 and a bit feet.


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