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love_2_grow This will be another Bio Tabs grow, but I’m using an AutoPot with an airbase and an airdrome this round. Like last time, when I used the Bio Tabs system, I’m choosing the “water-only” strategy. I started by mixing the substrate: 50% organic light soil and 50% perlite. I put a bit of this base mix to the side and added 75 grams of Startrex and 75 grams of Silicium Flash. This mixture went into the pot, with a smaller pot in the center with just the base mix. This is to avoid a substrate that is too hot for the seedlings. After the pot was ready, I transplanted the seeding into the pot, using a bit of Mycotrex to dust the roots. As a final touch, I watered in some Bactrex and Orgatrex, and added a humidity dome to help maintain the humidity. That was all I did this week. There’s not much else to do now in the beginning.

love_2_grow The second week passed without much fuss. I watered her once and installed a humidifier to bump up the humidity. I will hand water her for another week or two before turning on the AutoPot system That was it.

love_2_grow There's not much to report this week, as I ignored the plant most of the week due to travel and having guests. I haven't turned on the AutoPot yet, but I will next week.

love_2_grow The fourth week of veg has passed, and she is doing great. She is lush, vibrant, and as happy as she can be. I turned on the AutoPot so now she is just cruising along. I'm not training her like I usually do, so there will be no LST or topping. Instead, I am doing leaf-tucking only. I watched some Autopotamus videos, and he turns out HUGE autos, using only leaf-tucking. I'm not expecting a giant plant, as the tent and light are small, but I'm curious to see how it will work out.

love_2_grow This was the final week of veg, as she has started to flower. Even though it is early in flower, I still had to install the carbon filter as she started stinking up the apartment. I am excited to see how her terp profile will develop. I keep leaf tucking several times per day, and it does help to manage the canopy, but the main stem still has an evident apical dominance. Besides the tucking, I'm not doing much as I'm using an AutoPot, although I manually watered her once with Bactrex and Orgatrex.

love_2_grow We are now in flower, and to celebrate the fact, I shaved her bush. I just cleaned up the lower canopy a bit to promote better airflow. I start to see leaves with necrosis, but I have no idea why. It looks almost like senescence, but we are way too early for that. Other than that, there's not much to report, as the grow is pretty much running by itself.

love_2_grow I'm not sure what is going on with her as the leaf necrosis is progressing. Honestly, it looks like a regular senescence, but it's early for that, as we're only at the end of the second week of flower. I have had plants in the past that started senescing early, so... I have added another Bio Tab to the soil, as well as hand-watered Orgatrex and Bactrex. Let's see if that will help. She got a couple of neighbors in the tent as I moved in the seedlings from my no-budget grow. I'll leave them here for a week or two before transplanting them into their final pots.

love_2_grow Another uneventful week. All I did was to brew some PK Booster Compost Tea and feed her.

love_2_grow Another easy week in the bag. All I did was give her some Bio PK 5-8. She has amazing terps - sweet, candy-like with a hint of gas. It is one of the nicest-smelling autos I've grown to date.

love_2_grow Another week has passed without much fuss. Growing with AutoPots is hands-off, which is perfect for someone as lazy as I am. However, I brewed and fed her some Bio Tabs PK Booster Compost Tea to help her bulk up in these last weeks. I'm increasingly convinced that the leaf discolorations I observed earlier were simply the first signs of senescence. The only other thing I did this week was to remove the sidelight LED strips and place them underneath the plant to provide under-canopy lighting. Will it actually do anything? Maybe. Maybe not. But hey, I might as well give it a go. I reckon we have another couple of weeks to go before she gets the chop.

love_2_grow Yet another uneventful week. All I did was feed her some PK booster. We're on the homestretch and are getting close to the chop. I scouted the trichomes, and I'm starting to see a few amber here and there. I'm going to Berlin for a few days to visit the Mary Jane fair and plan to cut her when I'm back home.