Auto Seeds eprotege Pink Runtz Auto, Girlscout Cookies Auto Grow

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Watered all 3 plants with a gallon of clear water at 6.0-6.2 pH. I know that's a ridiculous amount considering they were just watered a couple of days ago, but I really wanted to keep the soil moist. The bases on all 3 are just about full.

Thus far, gotta say that I'm impressed with the genetics.

Girl scout cookies:

Pink runtz at 8 days:

CBD Haze at 8 days. Don't judge me for the water on the leaves. My hand slipped with the sprayer:

 

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All 3 plants are doing great! The Girlscout Cookies is taking off with the other 2 close behind.

Girlscout Cookies

Pink Runtz

CBD Haze

 

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I missed a few days. The plants are doing awesome!

Watered all three plants. Noted some burned tips on the leaves coming out on the Girlscout Cookies. The CBD fan leaves all had their tips burned. The Pink Runtz, on the other hand, didn't and also seemed to be filling in the yellow in the leaves it had a few days ago.

I interpreted all these signs as the CBD and GSC don't want any nutrition today, but the Pink Runtz seems to be responding.

I gave the 2 picky ones 2000ml each of clear pH-adjusted water. The other, I gave 2000ml with 1tsp of FF Big Bloom and 1/2 tsp of Grow Big.

After that, I split a gallon of pH-adjusted water in the bases of the three plants. I'll see how they are tomorrow.

Also of note, I trimmed the first node leaves from the cbd plant. They were basically laying on the ground and I didn't want mold.

Girl scout cookies at 18 days:

Pink Runtz at 18 days:

CBD Haze at 18 days:

 

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Missed an update earlier in the week because my pc was in the shop.

Plants look good. Some stretch occurred and light burn again. Ugh! It's not bad, though. They're getting pretty stinky now.

Watered all three plants with 2000ml of clear pH-adjusted water. Then added at least 2000ml to the base of each. I also removed all lower leaves that were interfering with watering. They were mostly touching the soil which I don't like anyways. They certainly weren't getting any light.

All three plants are doing well. The CBD is just about to start flowering. Pink Runtz has stretched past Girl Scout Cookies. She still looks about a day behind developmentally from GSC. GSC looks like she's about to start putting out flowers.

I moved the light about 3" higher than it needed to be in anticipation of more stretch.

I'm noticing some nute burn on GSC, it might be sensitive. Pink Runtz appears to be sensitive to DLI.

Girl scout Cookies at day 26:

Pink Runtz at Day 26:

CBD Haze at Day 26:

 

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It's been a while. Between not feeling good enough to post to feeling to good to find to post, it's been a busy week.

Watered all three plants.

Girl Scout Cookies got a gallon of clear water. Pink Runtz and CBD Haze each got a gallon with tsp each of Bembe and Boomerang.

They're all 3 doing pretty well. Mistakes have been made. Some nute burn. Some light burn. Earlier this week, I realized I had let things get dry. This is officially my last grow with 3 5-gallon pots. These things stuff the tent so full, I can't get to everywhere I'd like. And watering is taking forever!

Girlscout Cookies at 33 days

Pink Runtz at 33 days

CBD Haze at 33 days:

 

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Noted a few days ago the plants were looking perhaps a bit bleached. Turns out, they were. I finally traced it back to nute lock, but I had been careful about that. Then it hit me like a facepalm: my pH meter must be out of calibration. I tested it in a buffered solution of 7.0 pH and it read 7.9. UGH!
It's not a catastrophe... yet.

Watered with water with FF Big Bloom (a nice and gentle nutrient) pH-adjusted to 6.9-7.0 with a carefully calibrated pH meter.
Girl scout cookies. About to flower.

Pink Runtz, flowering:

CBD Haze in flower:

 

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Watered each plant with a gallon of clear pH-adjusted water. They're still not turning the corner.

I was very careful with the pH meter. It's very finicky. So far, the best results have come from measuring the pH in one, then storing even if for a few minutes in the cap with the storage solution and powering it off. It MUST be calibrated often, like every 10 or so uses. I'm very likely at this point to just purchase the cheap-ass one from Amazon I had before. It might not have been quite as "accurate", but it was consistent.

Here's the latest pics of the plants. It's obvious they're still fading.

Addendum: I figured out why they're continuing to fade: too much light. Not too bright, but too many hours. The clue was how Girl Scout Cookies still hasn't started flowering. I deduced that it needs a bit of night just like a lot of autoflowers out there. I had to get a ladder to check the timer and some dumb ass (me) set it to override the timer and just leave the lights on 24 hours a day. OMG! I can't believer how stupid I feel right now. I debated in not telling anyone out of embarrassment, but then decided that this was information others might find useful.

Girl Scout Cookies

 

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The plants are finally starting to look better. The dropping of leaves has stopped and some green is coming back.

Girl Scout Cookies got a gallon of water with FF Big Bloom pH-adjusted to 6.5 (I think. I still don't trust this pH meter). It still hasn't started flowering, but I can see the pre-flower still trying to come out.

Pink Runtz got Big Bloom, Bembe, Tiger Bloom and Flower Fuel. It's pH was 6.1 with all those nutrients. It's flowering, but slowly.

CBD Haze has stopped curling its leaves in protest. It got the same treatment as Pink Runtz today. It's pH was measured at 6.0, but I don't trust that meter. I'm ordering a new one today.

Girl Scout Cookies

Pink runtz

CBD Haze

 

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This is the pic of all 3 plants together. Just this week, it's sprouted a whole node 4" above the last.