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Shakin' off the rust

Moved some of the ladies to a new spot, way more sun over here, like 14 hrs of direct sun. Should help to get things moving along.
Feels weird just letting them grow naturally. Still feeding quite light, 0.8ec at ph 6.2.20240609_154433.jpg

The cheese is probably the standout at the moment. Looks decent.20240609_154101.jpg

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At the risk of praising a product only to have it crap out days later as sometimes happens, gotta say, I'm surprised these Bluelabs are still kickin. Had this pair for shit, probably close to 8 or 9 years now and they still work great. I did soak the ph probe in kcl storage solution for a couple days to refresh it, and I hit the ppm electrodes with a gentle scrub using a wet paper towel and ceramabrite glass stovetop cleaner. But they both still read fast and accurate. Crazy honestly. They've both been sitting in a box in storage the last 2 or 3 years.20240609_170142.jpg
 
Again, the cheese looks like the standout among these youngins. Buddy I got them from said they were his favourite of the bunch, and the tastiest. Fingers crossed. These ones get a bit better weather to start out with.
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The newer generation is looking nice, better weather for them for sure.20240626_093629.jpg20240626_093633.jpg

Plants are under cover, rain forecast for the next couple days. 20240626_094239.jpg

Starting to get some bud development on the cheese and lemon pie.

Cheese. Can you spot the little prick leafhopper?20240626_093740.jpg20240626_093730.jpg

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Any thoughts on defoliating autoflowers? I'm not looking to Schwazz or anything but I'd really like to thin this cheese plant out a bit. Don't wanna fuck it up tho.
 
Dirtbag said:
Any thoughts on defoliating autoflowers? I'm not looking to Schwazz or anything but I'd really like to thin this cheese plant out a bit. Don't wanna fuck it up tho.
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I would leave the top 4 or 5 big fans on the main stem on and take all the big fans down below that off. Just don't go too crazy autos are sensitive shits.
 
GoodShit97 said:
I would leave the top 4 or 5 big fans on the main stem on and take all the big fans down below that off. Just don't go too crazy autos are sensitive shits.
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I think I'll probably just let them rip on autopilot and see what happens. I have a couple multiples so might try a defol of one plant just to see what it does. But they're still stretching and growing like crazy, I don't really want to get in their way and fuck it up. I think even though that cheese is super bushy now, as the stems stretch out it should breathe a bit better and not look so congested. The thing is fucking dense with foliage and bud sites.

One thing I really like about these autos is the damn stalks are crazy sturdy. Doubt I'll need to stake them, they're stiffer than a hangover boner.

2nd thing I really like about these autos, fucking flowering in June lol... bizarre dude.
 
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Aqua Man said:
Holy shit… look what the cat dragged in.

Good to see you growing again man
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Good to be growing again man! Even if it is this outdoor auto stuff haha. Whatever. Priorities have changed over the years, it's a just for fun grow now.
Though I have to say, some of the plants are looking pretty feckin noice for tiny little ladies.
 
It's seems like the sun might be the ultimate growlight hahaha. I haven't given many fucks about the feed, mostly using a bit of floranova grow and mag pro every third watering or so, doesn't seem to make much difference either way. They are hap hap happy. Haven't even bothered to ph the solution in a month.. just mix it up to about 1 ec and let it fly.

Nice little guerilla garden back here.

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Real curious to see how these ones do when they get flowering. They had a WAY better start with the weather. 5 gallon pots for scale20240630_115340.jpg20240630_115331.jpg
 
Dirtbag said:
Good to be growing again man! Even if it is this outdoor auto stuff haha. Whatever. Priorities have changed over the years, it's a just for fun grow now.
Though I have to say, some of the plants are looking pretty feckin noice for tiny little ladies.
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You make a good point maybe ill try an auto or 2 just for fun later this year. I just don’t have the time and grow space to do what i have in the past
 
Aqua Man said:
You make a good point maybe ill try an auto or 2 just for fun later this year. I just don’t have the time and grow space to do what i have in the past
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I've kinda shit on autos over the years, but where I live, photos don't do well outdoors and I must say I like growing plants outside. It's a lot fuckin easier and less expensive lol.
 
Dirtbag said:
I've kinda shit on autos over the years, but where I live, photos don't do well outdoors and I must say I like growing plants outside. It's a lot fuckin easier and less expensive lol.
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Yeah me too but only because i was balls to the wall and every % of THC increase and yield was my goal.
 
Plants are doing a thing. Nothing to write home about, but they're plants and I'm happy to have them. Even if they end up as a brownie ingredient.

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This early cheese is looking about halfway through flower. Hard to get a pic that shows the bud under the sun.20240714_145524.jpg

The cheese I planted 3 weeks later is almost twice the size, and looks the best of the bunch. About a week into flower

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Everyday here has been warm and sunny for the past few weeks, perfect temps around 26-27c, low humidity of around 25% and UV index of 8, or very high. Perfect weather for flowering. Regardless how this turns out I'm enjoying having buds developing outdoors in great weather instead of Sept/Oct and worrying about budrot etc.

Plants have taken around a gallon of water per day each with minimal to non existent runoff. Have really just been feeding if they look hungry and lower fans go pale. Recently started feeding each watering.
Tested runoff for the first time today, went in at 1ec and came out at 0.9 ec, was nice to see.
A few of them look to be around 3 weeks from harvest, the rest about 5 or 6 weeks. The 5 or 6 week till harvest plants look really nice compared to the ones started early, so a lesson was learned there. Don't start autos until the weather is perfect.
 
Morning ladies...
The cheese are the biggest by far, smell nothing like cheese though and have kind of a sweet hash smell which I don't mind. Not overpowering. The ultra mass smells very sharp and astringent, piney, and is the second biggest. The lemon pie smells the best, kushy with a hint of lemon, unfortunately those 2 plants were shocked bad in the bad weather and never fully recovered. Lots of 3 bladed leaves, loose, foxtailed and underdeveloped buds, many with no stigmas at all. Weird looking mutant plants. They're on the back right behind the big cheese.

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Got a little overcast today, pics are a bit clearer. Probably 3 or 4 weeks left on this one. Smells very hashy.20240722_150834.jpg

The lemon pie weirdo. This is the same stage of growth, about week 5 of flower. Teenie weenie buds, that are fuckin caked in stinky frost. Something clearly pissed these plants off.20240722_150930.jpg20240722_150942.jpg

These 2 are gonna be heavy hitters I think, for week 2 or 3 in flower, they are stacking very nicely and have a great funk and light coat of frost near the buds already. They're either cheese or ultra mass. Or both.20240722_151607.jpg20240722_150809.jpg
 
Dirtbag said:
The lemon pie weirdo. This is the same stage of growth, about week 5 of flower. Teenie weenie buds, that are fuckin caked in stinky frost. Something clearly pissed these plants off.
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Weirdest fkn plants ive ever seen man, that's wild. My autos are just small this year
 
Dirtbag said:
I can see why you would ask, but no it just has wicked huge bracts and calyxs. I thought the same thing and broke a few open, no seeds. Most of the flowers don't even have hairs. Super oddball.
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It just looked like seeds to me?
Calyx's usually form under buds and seeds form in/ on the bud.
The location screamed seeds to me.
What an odd plant. 👊
 
steamroller said:
It just looked like seeds to me?
Calyx's usually form under buds and seeds form in/ on the bud.
The location screamed seeds to me.
What an odd plant. 👊
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I hear ya, but no seeds. I just checked again and the flowers are all super soft and empty. It's just a bona-fide mutant.
 
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