johnnyg
Blueberry and Purple Lemonade
Winter 23/24
Autos are a perfect fit for my grow room this time of year. 20/4 light cycle adds just enough heat to make a grow possible this time of year. Running Kind K5 wifi 1000, 4x4x10’ grow tent, 1 exhaust fan with carbon scrubber, 2 small circulation fans, 2 - 2’x4’ heat pads, and new for this grow an AutoPot 4Pot XL System Pro, hand blended organic soil comprised of; purple cow crafter’s blend, nectar for the gods #4, bat guano, sea kelp, crab powder, bone meal, worm castings, bunny poo, Mykos, high phosphate fruit bat guano, mineralized phosphate powder. Goals for this grow are to test and become familiar with the AutoPot watering system, to test my custom blend of soil, to increase flavor and aroma by use of a living organic soil, to harvest 1lbs or more.
Pink Lemonade & Blueberry Auto
Day 115 (Week 17)
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Day: 115
Done
Learning to Fly by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Final jarring of the last two plants, net for grow was 243.4gm, far less than my goal even though I ended up with 3 plants instead of 4. I’m still struggling with aroma and flavor. I had intense aroma from the blueberry about 3-4 wks prior to harvest. I waited to harvest once I had about 10% amber trichomes, at harvest the aroma was completely gone. For the AutoPot system I had put about 3 gallons of compost tea in the tank and subsequently used molasses as well in the tank maybe 3 times. Even though I used their Easy2Flow I still ended up with some sort of build up that completely plugged the system about halfway through the flower cycle… that was a pain to clean during the grow. I’ve tried a little from both of the Pink Lemonade plants and am happy with the high, I’ve yet to try the blueberry… maybe tonight. Getting things cleaned up and ready for the next grow.
8 months ago
Day: 109
Harvest
Long Time Gone by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic. Harvested Pink lemonade with purple phenotype March 20, the rest was harvested March 25. First harvested is now in jars, the rest has a few more days to go.
9 months ago
OHIGHOGrows Have you tried grove bags yet. No burping required. Just dry, trim, and bag it up for a few weeks. I’m an old school grower and tried them recently and now my wife gets her mason jars back. No more getting busy and forgetting to burp the jars. I made sealed buckets with air forced into them for a long time as well. 10-20 minutes a day for 3 weeks. Worked phenomenally. Now after trying the grove bags I’m sold. Reusable and you don’t have to touch it after bagging it. Huge time saver!
johnnyg I’ve not heard of those so thanks and I’ll check em out.
OHIGHOGrows Soooo much easier. Great for long term storage as well.
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Day: 100
Autoflower
I Shot the Sheriff by Eric Clapton, Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash. In the past week; water only, harvested one of the Pink lemonades (RF), fresh look under microscope show the other two are ready for harvest… maybe tomorrow.
9 months ago
@eaegifts 🔥🔥🔥
Day: 94
Autoflower
Itchycoo Park by Small Faces, Goodbye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd. Pics are from last night, fed worm tea in past week, flushed and cleaned AutoPot system, will start harvesting this week as time permits.
9 months ago
@eaegifts Wow! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Day: 87
Autoflower
Shapes of Things by The Yardbirds, For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield. In the past week; AutoPot using about .5 gallons/day, noticed a strong blueberry aroma when pinching a small sugar leaf between fingers, pruned yellowing and dry leaves and leaves to increase light to bud sites, flushed AutoPot system, cleaned aqua valves, fed 1 gal worm tea with bat guano, crab powder, kelp, molasses. Getting closer…
9 months ago
imafricanwinter I love the natural feed method 😍💎💎💎
johnnyg Me too, just finished making the next batch of dirt for my next grow.
Day: 79
Autoflower
Black Magic Woman by Santana, Drift Away by Dobie Gray. Brewed and started feeding compost tea with crab powder, bat guano, and kelp. Under the microscope no amber and very few cloudy trichomes. Normal yellowing from bottom up.
10 months ago
Day: 75
Autoflower
Signs by Five Man Electrical Band, You're No Good by Linda Ronstadt. Been on the road since last post. Fully on AutoPot, using about a gallon/day, so Dan easily handle a week. The custom organic soil is truly looking like a water only.
10 months ago
adderz 🔥🔥
Day: 69
Autoflower
Catch Us If You Can by The Dave Clark Five, Rock And Roll Part II by Gary Glitter. Mid week update since I’ll be gone for the next week, water only this week since I was seeing a little nute burn. Otherwise looking great. And the tunes just keep coming; I Found Love (When I Found You) by Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
10 months ago
Day: 66
Autoflower
For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield, Your Mama Don't Dance by Loggins & Messina. In this past week the AutoPot has used 4.75 gallons of water plus hand watered with 3 gallons of worm tea comprised of worm castings, crab powder, and bat guano. Adjusted light height, also fed 3 gallons compost tea with crab powder and bat guano. Buds are looking good, love the colors.
10 months ago
ganjasaur3 Dang! She’s a beauty!
johnnyg Some of the coolest looking flowers I’ve grown. Love those colors. Thanks for stopping by.
Day: 59
Autoflower
We're An American Band by Grand Funk Railroad, The World Is A Ghetto by War. In this past week; finally saw the expected growth spurt after last week’s compost tea about 4 days longer to see results from the tea. System is consuming about 1.5 gallons per day for the 3 plants, brewed and feed worm tea with bat guano, and crab powder. Blueberry in the rear left corner is finally showing flower.
10 months ago
remasteredvanity Those colors are beautiful
johnnyg Yes, very cool colors starting to come out.
Day: 52
Autoflower
Spill the Wine by Eric Burdon & War, We Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals. Since the last update; raised lights, 6 days ago deployed trellis and pushed back the two Pink Lemonades nice spread now, feed 3 gallons compost tea, started minor trimming to increase light to bud sites, AutoPot system is using about .6 gallons per day.
a year ago
Day: 44
Autoflower
Playing in the grow room: Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross, been gone on business trip for 10 days, totally amazed at the growth. Lots to do this week. I’m sold on the AutoPot system and my custom blend organic soil. Renegade by Styx, Dream On by Aerosmith, all time fav Seagull by Bad Company.
a year ago
Day: 34
Autoflower
Playing in the grow room; Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills & Nash, S.O.B. by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. Since last post topped all 3, verified ph @ 6.5 in tank, the AutoPot is consuming about a ½ gal/day for the 3 plants, turned on AirDomes. Headed out of town for maybe 5-14 days, it will be interesting to see them after being gone.
a year ago
Day: 30
Autoflower
Playing in the grow room: All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, Feelin' Alright? by Traffic. Flushed reservoir, flushed pots, filled with water and easy2flow. Looking great.
a year ago
Day: 28
Autoflower
Playing in the grow room; Dreams I'll Never See by Molly Hatchet, Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band. Progress has picked up significantly, such a fun time to watch em grow! Since last post the AutoPot has used 3 gallons, Easy2Flow @ 4ml/gallon, molasses @ 20ml/gallon.
a year ago
Day: 25
Autoflower
Activated AutoPot system. Drained 2 gallons rather quickly. Playing in the grow room My Maria by B.W. Stevenson, Seagull by Bad Company.
a year ago
Day: 23
Autoflower
In the past week, primed and tested, including a purge of the Autopot system. Added a stirrer for the reservoir, have the reservoir filled with 4 gallons of water, easy2flow, and blackstrap unsulfured molasses. I’ll activate the system in the next few days. Playing in the grow room; Sleeping on the Blacktop by Colter Wall, Outlaw State of Mind by Chris Stapleton.
a year ago
Day: 16
Autoflower
First pic is of the Blueberry, next two are the replacements Purple Lemonade that just popped above ground today. Playing in the grow room: Hey, Hey, What Can I Do by Led Zeppelin, The Day Begins by The Moody Blues. Will continue to hand water for another 10 days, at that time I’ll turn on the AutoPot system. I’ll be able to turn off the fourth pot that has no plant.
a year ago
johnnyg lol if only…
Day: 16
Autoflower
Last to shed the shell. Playing in the grow room: That's All by Genesis, Lonely Is The Night (Remastered) by Billy Squier. Lightly watered.
a year ago
Day: 12
Autoflower
Final replacement beans in the soil this morning. Playing in the grow room: Ain't Too Proud to Beg by The Temptations, The Weight by The Band.
a year ago
cookredeyed The weight is my all time favorite song!
johnnyg Hahaha only the best of the best for my girls. Ok, so I’m just an old hippy that grows weed. Glad you like my music choice.
cookredeyed Cheers to old hippies!! I’m sure your plants would love some Blaze Foley played for them!🤣 I’m thinking of hooking up some speakers to my tents!
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Day: 11
Autoflower
Playing in the grow room: Wild Mountain Honey by Steve Miller Band, Long Tall Sally by Little Richard. I messed up. I have two seeds that popped above soil, one is looking good as shown in today’s pictures, the other is struggling and wilted pretty severely. I think this is from my custom soil blend being too rich for young starts. The other two show no signs. So, I made a hole about a gallon in size and filled with the commercial potting soil I’ve been using as a small buffer for the new seeds to start in. I’m planting 2 Purple Lemonades since they have about a 2 week shorter flower period than the blueberry. The other I’m keeping is the berry bomb but I’m not expecting it to do anything.
a year ago
Day: 6
Autoflower
1st bean to pop, this is the fastest I’ve had poke its little head out. Previously was 7 days. Playing in the grow Get It Right Next Time by Gerry Rafferty, King of Pain by The Police.
a year ago
Day: 3
Autoflower
Planted beans to soil. Playing in the grow room Ramble On by Led Zeppelin, Born On the Bayou by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
a year ago
johnnyg Thanks leftie. Your light sounds great, I’ll have to get a look at one of those.
johnnyg Sorry to hear that. Fortunately I’ve not run into that here, but then I tend to keep to myself. I’ve been considering some other platform for this as I can see no way to export and save my grow journals here. I’ve written to the developer for that and a couple of other things… time will tell. Happy Holidays
Day: 0
Autoflower
Soaking the seeds.
a year ago