4x autos South Africa outdoor hydro - Bulkseedbank; Runtz Gluntz, Bruce Banner #5, Hells Bells OG, Extra Mintz

Hardtested Pic - day 14 since germination (day 19 from seed) * 6h sunlight + 10h LED house light 22W 6400k * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Pics - day 23 since germination (day 28 from seed) Extra Mintz auto Stem too thick and stiff to bend, LST abandoned. 32cm tall and no side branching yet. Hells Bells OG auto Cracked/popped main stem LST suspended * 6h sunlight (when available) + 10h LED house light 22W 6400k * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Pics - day 29 since germination (day 34 from seed) * All 4x are showing pistils (26/27 days) Extra Mintz auto 58cm tall still no side branching Hells Bells OG auto LST resumed Up to day 27 - 6h sunlight + 10h LED house light 22W 6400k Day 28 onward moved outside permanently 7 hours direct sun + balance of 5h shade * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Pics - day 36 since germination (day 41 from seed) Extra Mintz auto Culled - no side branching * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Pics - day 42 since germination (day 47 from seed) Hells Bells OG auto still in pre-flower no buds yet In flower : Runtz Gluntz auto Bruce Banner #5 auto NB. These plants will be pollinated with an in-house auto male * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Pics - day 49/50 since germination (day 54/55 from seed) * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Pics day 57/58 since germination (day 62/63 from seed) * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Pics day 64/65 since germination (day 69/70 from seed) * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Rough weather to deal with this week.. savage winds and temps down to 5 and 6 degrees C. PM has also arrived. Got a bit heavy-handed with pollination, particularly on the Runtz which is pretty much all seeds. Pics day 70/72 since germination (day 75/77 from seed) * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Runtz Gluntz got the chop day 75 (mostly.. kept one branch going). A bushy plant with an overload of small thin buds and many leaves. PM took hold rapidly and severely curtailed any hopes of getting the best out of this plant. Banner #5 has handled the PM a little better and there is some reasonable bud formation but as with the Runtz plant, she has not adapted well to the adversity. Hells Bells is taking quite a bit longer than the other two and is producing better buds and has a higher resistance to the PM onslaught. This plant has never really presented as a picture of good health and was expected to fare the worst of the lot yet turned out best. In comparison, the other two had an impressive veg. stage and flourished until late flower. NB. Comments apply to the individual plants grown here on the east coast (South Africa); outdoors during mid-winter, using an unmonitored (no water testing/adjustments) hybrid bio-active DWC setup. They are not representative of their strains grown in a controlled and ideal environment. Pics day 75/77 since germination (day 80/82 from seed) * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Banner #5 ready for harvest. Leaves removed to reveal the goods (see pics). Turned out quite well and much better than expected a week back, Runtz Gluntz (as mentioned in week 11) was chopped a tad early with one branch spared to demonstrate the small thin buds and overload of leaves (see pic) Pics day 80 since germination (day 85 from seed) * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week

Hardtested Hells Bells OG auto ready for harvest. Proper trim jail nightmare.. much the same as the Runtz plant. Pics day 98 since germination (day 103 from seed) * Day/night temps reflect min/max for the week