Whiplash OG-Auto Flower (Greenthumb Seeds)

Hello,
Dr Greenthumb has just released a new Auto Flower and I will be journaling its first public run.
I started 5 seeds and they have all sprouted and broken soil today.

I have never run an auto flower indoors before this, so it's all new to me.

My plan...
Promix
5 gallon pots
Jacks Classic Hydro 3-2-1
2000 Watts HPS
Not sure if I should do 18 or 20 hours of light.(willing to hear suggestions)

They are currently under T5 lights running 24 hours but will soon get transferred to the other room under the big lights.

Whiplash OG is said to have dense, large buds like OG but on a two foot tall frame, unlike OG.
That sounds promising to me. I like the idea of a small plant with a lot of weight in buds as it sounds much more manageable.
Here they are....

A week and a day after they broke soil, I transplanted them into 1 gallon pots and moved them under a 1000 watt MH. I will be switching to HPS after a little veg time.

Here they are ......

Day 31 from seed....

Transplanted into 5 gallon pots on the 9th. (Pic from the 10th)
Two days later I see lots of pistils. These babies are in flower.
I only hope with the late transplant that I didn't stunt the growth in any way.
I'll get another shot of them today or tomorrow to show the pistil formation.

One week after transplant and a total of 37 days from seed. They are all about 10-12 inches tall now and hopefully will double in size.

Looking good Doc!

How many days from seed to harvest?

Hobbes said:

Looking good Doc!

How many days from seed to harvest?

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I believe it's 90 days.

Good to see you still journaling doc..

These fuckers are little badasses.
They want more calcium than I gave them and one of them has suffered for it. The others show signs of slight deficiencies but I think they are on the right track now.

There seems to be 2 distinct phenotypes.
One has lots of pistils and the other has some purplish colors to them. The purple one seems to have very dense buds already and the pistilate pheno is still fattening up.
The purple one has an orange type smell to it, while the others have a hint of gunpowder smell to them.
I really love that gunpowder taste and smell.
They are currently 65 days from breaking soil and that should put the finish time of 90 days from seed due in early February.
Can't wait!

About 2.5 weeks from 90 days.
It looks like two or three of them will come down early. All the purple ones are ahead of the others and I don';t like amber trichs so they will come down today or tomorrow.

The others will be done by the 90 day mark but the one in the first picture may take a bit longer. Its really taking off in the last couple weeks and looks like it still has a way to go. We'll see.

The little one in the 2nd picture must have dwarfed from the last transplant. Right after that transplant, I was worried they might all be like that but I got lucky.

It was the first one to look finished.....should have a sample to taste in a few days.

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Looking good Doc!

How do you find the volume of bud compared to a relatively close photoperiod?

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Hello Doc,
What did you use to boost your calcium?

Hobbes said:

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Looking good Doc!

How do you find the volume of bud compared to a relatively close photoperiod?

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Not bad at all.
At least one of them looks like its going to give bang for the buck and the others aren't bad either.

phpatrick said:

Hello Doc,
What did you use to boost your calcium?

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Shit.....can't remember the name of the product but I think its techaflora. I'll check later.

These 2 came down today.
2 others came down last week and are now dry and ready to sample.

The green one has thick buds all the way down to the bottom of plant. I was pleasantly surprised.

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Impressively thick colas!

What do you estimate their weight?

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Hobbes said:

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Impressively thick colas!

What do you estimate their weight?

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Good question.
I'd guess of the ones I took down, the best one is approximately 4 oz's.
Not bad for a 2 foot tall plant.

The one that is still up will be more....maybe 6ish.

This is the pride of the litter.
Yesterday was day 90 and it looks like it probably has another week to go.
I could take it down now as the trichs are all pretty cloudy but I will let it go just a bit longer as I'm in no rush.

Pretty Impressive!

It's looking really nice and will be coming down this weekend.