What's up my fellow Cannabis Lovers and Enthusiasts!? It's time to welcome you all back to another edition of:
After a small hiatus due to some personal business opportunities, I'm finally back with another "After Hours" Update! Specifically, solely about the [Toasted Tangerine F2] Feminized Autoflowering Tester Beans created by @bifbeans Breeder "Macronut"!
In the last update, we had moved all of our babies into the new(ish) tent under a 600w Metal Halide Bulb, and I was attempting to find a proper distance from the canopy! After a lot of back and forth, I decided to go ahead and keep it at around head height - right about 5 and a half feet or maybe a little more!
Picking right back up on December 6th, I went ahead and gave both of these babies three cups worth of the 10mL per gallon solution of the Fox Farms Grow Big Liquid Nutrients, being careful to not feed them too much or overwater them!
The amount of growth these babies have made in such a short amount of time is truly outstanding to witness, and if you've never grown autos, I definitely recommend trying at least once to witness it for yourself!
Since the buckets were pretty well dry on December 7th, I gave them another two cups worth of 10mL solution, to attempt to get them into full nutrient feedings! I'm facing my feeding schedule on the weight of the buckets themselves, and not on how dry the soil is itself!
I decided to go ahead and attempt to top my plants for the first time; well, one of them at least! Since the smaller of the two (which I call TT1) is still pretty small, I went ahead and let this baby go all natural!
However, the other [Toasted Tangerine] tester (which I call TT2) was stretching out really well underneath the 600w light and grew up to the 5th node, so I went ahead and pinched off the top with my fingers and hoped for the best!
I gave them both a drink of water on December 9th, just that way they didn't get over nuted on the last two feedings, and also to try to follow the Fox Farm feeding schedule, which alternates between nutrients and water!
I only gave the TT1 plant 2 cups of water, but I ended up giving the TT2 plant just a little more, right around 2 1/4 cups of water!
When I checked on the plants on the 14th, I noticed that the TT2 plant started showing heavy stigma growth on the pistils, only 21 days after popping from the soil! I also started to notice a very stinky, citrus-like diesel smell coming from TT1, although there were no signs of stigmas or pistils!
Since the buckets were getting a little light again I went ahead and gave the TT1 plant 2 cups of the 10mL solution of Grow Big and diluted it with another 1 cup water!
I only gave 2 cups worth of the same 10mL solution, and while I know I'll eventually have to bump up the amount I feed these plants, they seem to be doing well on their current feeding schedule for the time being!
Since the plants have gotten so much bigger I decided it's time to go ahead and up the amount of nutrients that I give them per feeding! So, on December 16th, I gave the TT1 plant 2 cups worth of a 15mL per gallon solution of Grow Big; which was increased from last dosage by 5 mL per gallon.
I also ended up giving the TT2 plant 4 cups worth of the same 15mL solution; not only increasing the amount of nutrients but also increasing the total amount of water during the feeding! I really only did this because of how well it has been responding to the feedings so far, and it's almost twice as big!
There was a lot starting to happen around the house, but I noticed on the 19th that the buckets for these girls were getting extremely light! So, I gave the TT1 plant a little less than 1/2 gallon worth of the 15mL Grow Big solution! This was a huge jump, but it looked liked this specific plant was starting to suffer from deficiencies!
As for the TT2 plant, I went ahead and gave her 1/2 gallon worth of the 15mL Grow Big solution! This one is definitely getting a lot bigger, and looks really healthy in my opinion.
I hope that the jump in water wasn't too much, but I also figured that it may just take a few more days for them to dry out, and with Christmas coming up quick, I knew I wouldn't be able to spend as much time in the tent as I wanted!
After a discussion with @bifbeans breeder Macronut, he had informed me that he fed nutrients to his AutoFlowering plants during every feeding, so I decided to mimic his methods in an attempt to see how the plants responded!
On December 21st, I only sprinkled The leftovers of my nutrient solution because the soil still looked pretty moist. The TT2 plant seems to be sucking up all the moisture in it's bucket so I gave it another 1/2 gallon worth of a 10mL solution of Fox Farms Tiger Bloom Liquid Nutrients, mixed with a little bit of the 15mL Grow Big solution!
Since our plants are starting to show signs of flower, I went ahead and decided so start using a flowering nutrient as well! Keep in mind it's only been 33 days since they popped from the soil! I honestly can't believe how quickly AutoFlowering plants grow, and how cool it is to watch them do their thing!!
But, sadly, we'll go ahead and end this post on December 23rd, which is when I switched to the 1000w HPS bulb and raised it to around 6 foot in height or so, giving the plants an early Christmas present!
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The smaller TT1 plant looks like it's starting to fill out a little bit more finally, although, it still looks like it's suffering from a deficiency of some sort! Hopefully I can get this figured out soon!
The TT2 plant is still looking good, and it has more than doubled in height since I topped it! Was definitely boosts my confidence a little bit in regards to topping so hopefully on the next run I'll be able to get them mainlined or either topped a few more times!
Also, I know that everyone had more important things going on, including myself! 🤣 However, since @canna-curate was the only person to vote what would happen to the Lemon Kush Feminized plant from ISC, it looks like I will be attempting to take cuttings for clones before switching it into Flower! Thank you for the awesome suggestion!! 💚 (Guess I need to start doing some more research too!)
Thanks for stopping by and giving this a read! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years! Don't forget to tune-in next week for another "After Hours" Update! Stay Trippy, My Little Hippies! ✌️💚
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