Herbies Auto Run

xchdave Not too much to comment on this week, just letting the plants do their thing, humidity has dropped to 50% I'm the tent. Increased light from 15% to 20%

xchdave Increased the amount of water to 1.3l every two days, increased light to 30% Will top dress end of week 3 with 4-4-4 and 2-8-4 50/50 ratio and worm castings

xchdave End of week 3, growth exploded this week, coming to the end of this week we've been hit with some really hot weather. This resulted in 2 days the tent was sitting at about 30c. Ended up buying a portable ac, which has helped getting the temps on a couple degrees. Today I also top dressed with 1/4 cup herbi 4-4-4, 1/4 cup herbi 2-8-4 and 1 cup worm castings. Also began lst by tying down main stem The purple juice #1 looks like it may be going into flower already

xchdave Continued lst this week, just tying main stem down until side branches catch up and leaf tucking to expose new sites. The purple juice looks to be in flower which I'm a little guttered about, they're not going to yield very much. Been giving 1L of water every 2 or 3 days and will top dress again start of week 6.

xchdave Purple juice is well into flower, gelato #1 and Godzilla cookies just starting to stretch, gelato #2 is going to be the biggest plant, as I low stressed trained and he was a week behind he effectively got trained a week earlier in life, so perhaps I should of trained earlier than I did. Put the dehumidifier in lung room this week as humidity was getting up to 70%, it's now at 50-55. These will get a top dress in a couple days before next watering, will be 2-8-4 and worm castings Defoliated a few leaves that were blocking some prime bud sites

xchdave Did some light defoliation a few times during the week, Godzilla cookies was looking a bit sad yesterday before watering but seems to have perked up a bit. Gelato 2 I'm not sure if it's flowering yet? It was a week behind but now is going to be the biggest plant in the tent. Purple juice although they're small, seem to be stacking nicely

xchdave Purple juice, although the smallest plants look to be stacking well and frosting up!! Can see some purple starting to come through on one of them Gelato #1 is stacking well, gelato 2 is only a week behind in age yet is a good two weeks behind as it's just starting to flower now. And is the biggest plant in the tent Godzilla cookies is the second biggest in the tent, this plant has such a sturdy structure They will get a top dress next watering

xchdave The week we top dressed with 2-8-4 and worm castings, defoliated a bit more and put the purple juice and gelato #1 on blocks to even out the height difference. Safe to say I probably stunted the purple juice and gelato #1 Probably too little water at the beginning. I probably should have watered the pots before planting the seed, But for first time with autos I'm pretty happy. The purple juice has started to smell like juicey grapes. Although yield isn't going to be impressive hopefully the quality is there.

xchdave Purple juice getting close to

xchdave Purple juice 1 put on alot of weight this week, it's buds are getting really fat! Purple juice 2 has got alot of purple coming through the last few days Will most likely chop these before the next update. Godzilla cookies is stacking well and received a top dress last watering. Gelato #1 is starting to get frosty Gelato #2 is an absolute beast of a plant, with weeks to go I'm excited to see how much she'll yield

xchdave This week I harvested purple juice #2. All was well until I found some bananas.. purple juice #1 also had bananas. I decided to chop gelato 1 and Godzilla cookies as I fear the whole tent may be pollenated.. they could of gone another week. super disappointed and not sure why they hermied. Lesson learnt that I should be more vigilant in checking during flower. Hopefully still get some good weed out of it. The seedlings are our next run, these are a long lost hippie strain, they bred themselves and I have no idea of the lineage, weather it's indica, sativa or hybrid.. it was bag seed that I stored years ago, since then I know the hippies who grew/bred it have lost this strain so super interested to see how it goes in the tent. They are regular seeds so roughly half will be males that'll need to be identified and taken out of tent (something I've never done) Gelato 2 will get the chop shortly and my next update will be the harvest update after the dry. Follow me if you're interested in the next grow 😊

xchdave These 2 plants were easy to grow, however they remained very small plants. Purple juice 1 yielded 55g and purple juice 2 63g of dry bud Both plants are covered in trichomes and the buds smell amazing. However both plants hermied on me in late flower, potentially seeding my other girls in the tent. I may of pushed them a bit far and perhaps should of harvested a week earlier. The smell is an unreal grape smell, never smelt buds like this before, can't wait for cure to see how she tastes

xchdave Final week for gelato 2 she's a gorgeous big plant with fat buds everywhere, so happy with how she's come out. She's going to get the chop and hang up to dry

xchdave This plant was a trooper right through the grow, has thick stems and nice node spacing. Those thick stems have rewarded us with some dense buds, coming in at 3.5oz for the 1 plant which I'm happy with. She's now in jars curing

xchdave Gelato one yielded 2.5oz while gelato no2 yielded a massive 5.5oz Can't wait for the cure on these buds. All up this run I have 14oz curing, not bad from 5 autos and 12weeks from seed.