New Grower G'Day from OZ. 1st time grower here going to use the Auto-Pot Hydro System

[Smeghead]

Here's some more bud porn.....

 

[wwwillie]

Oh man, oh man... Look at those beauties!! And to think you were worried about them.
Nice job my friend, really nice!

 

[Smeghead]

Oh man, oh man... Look at those beauties!! And to think you were worried about them.
Nice job my friend, really nice!

Thanks Willie but I only have a 33% success rate, 2 Auto Green Poisons failed to launch. Only the 60 Day Wonder survived. Wish I had a quality ph meter before starting out.

Here's a few more bud porn pics which I went artsy fartsy with my new Samsung Smart Camera. Can't compete with your pics tho, you have the knack!

 

[Duggy]

We learn as we grow... Looking good bro. Will be easier next time round..."AFN smoke out"

 

[Smeghead]

Thanks Duggy, your's & Hazy's autopot grows inspired me to use the system. It's a really good system to use. I have the airdomes now so I'll use that next grow and I learned a lot from your journals. Wasn't able to turn the system until week 4 or 5. I was using tap water and coco nutes until I had a good ph meter but when I did turn it on it was easy and self watering.

I got my boveda today and a cvault so I started the cleanse today by doing a res change to 5.8ph water. I might not mess with molasses. Gotta let this res bubble for a day let the gal drink the rest of the tray and turn the system back on and let it fill with plain water. Maybe i'll do a hand watering with res water and molasses.

Got some more bud porn to post and some yellowing leaf pics to post just to show the stage I'm taking her at.

 

[SkatterBrayne]

Coming along nicely. I would consider letting her go another week or so before flushing, though. The top buds are getting there, but the bottoms still could use more time. Remember, the buds are going to shrink considerably when they dry.

I run in coco as well. You should start to dial down the strength of your feeds in these final weeks, but increase your watering frequency to try and get the most out of them on this final stretch.

Im 2 weeks away from harvest, feeding 40% strength nutes 3x a day. If I only water twice, the pots are super dry each time I go to water them.

Just some food for thought. Keep it up, glad you got the ship back on track!

 

[Smeghead]

Coming along nicely. I would consider letting her go another week or so before flushing, though. The top buds are getting there, but the bottoms still could use more time. Remember, the buds are going to shrink considerably when they dry.

I run in coco as well. You should start to dial down the strength of your feeds in these final weeks, but increase your watering frequency to try and get the most out of them on this final stretch. Shit, I need to add some nutes soon before leaves start to die from lack of nutrition.

Im 2 weeks away from harvest, feeding 40% strength nutes 3x a day. If I only water twice, the pots are super dry each time I go to water them.

Just some food for thought. Keep it up, glad you got the ship back on track!

Already started the cleanse a few days ago with a fresh res of PH water. Should I add nutes to the rez again now and let it go one more week? Should I clip off the buds that have already lost all their fan leaves? One side on the bottom is bare of fan leaves, the other side still has alot of green. I took a fan leaf off the top bud that was stilll green on the bottom but the top was yellow and brown spotted, I felt like it could have gone a few more days. Some bud leaf tips are starting to yellow now.

Also, should I take that top cola off when it's ready or take it all at the same time?

Should I start clipping off some frosted sugar leaves now for shake or let them go yellow and die off?

ETA: Just put in 1.5ml of bloom nutes and 5ml of cal mag in my 5L plain PH water rez I have brewing to keep her going longer. "Fat bottom girls make the rockin world go round!"

Here's a few more fancy schmancy pics.

 

[SkatterBrayne]

Yeah its no worries that you started a flush. It may have even been a good thing, to rid the coco of salt buildup. That shit accumulates like you wouldn't believe. Maybe feed them a light 30% manufacturer dosage twice a day from here on out. She may start to lose some color, but that's fine since harvest is approaching anyway. I would reccomend doing this for the next 7 days, and see how things are progressing. Then you can decide if you want to flush, or give her another week.It is strain dependant, but I think shes got a bit more swell left in her.

I also wouldn't trim any of the leaves or buds while she's alive during this stage. The stress may set back bud development. Let them wither, and remove them once they are dead. Just make sure that no completely dead leaves manage to get swallowed up by the growing buds, as that could lead to bud rot.

 

[Smeghead]

Funny story but the wife and I had to sleep on the grow room futon last week because the temps were over 100f and the ac is running in the grow room. Spent 4 days living with the plant. And sharing the ac with it.

 

[Smeghead]

Yeah its no worries that you started a flush. It may have even been a good thing, to rid the coco of salt buildup. That shit accumulates like you wouldn't believe. Maybe feed them a light 30% manufacturer dosage twice a day from here on out. She may start to lose some color, but that's fine since harvest is approaching anyway. I would reccomend doing this for the next 7 days, and see how things are progressing. Then you can decide if you want to flush, or give her another week.It is strain dependant, but I think shes got a bit more swell left in her.

I also wouldn't trim any of the leaves or buds while she's alive during this stage. The stress may set back bud development. Let them wither, and remove them once they are dead. Just make sure that no completely dead leaves manage to get swallowed up by the growing buds, as that could lead to bud rot.

I've been sampling buds since I was on leave the last 2 weeks. One branch is bare except for the main terminal bud. I smoked up all the little trash buds, lol.