Auto Seeds HIJACK - GOTY Battle 4.20.20 by Only1Sky

[Only1Sky]

Greetings folks. Participating in the Auto Seeds Grower of the Year 2. Leg beginning 4.20! with two HiJack plants, courtesy of the good folks at AutoSeeds. Grew a couple of these gals in this year's first GOTY contest, but that was in 2-litre soda bottles. I was so impressed with the strain that I wanted to run it again in normal sized containers so I could get a more substantial outcome.

My kit for this grow is:
Gorilla Grow tent: 4x4x8
Lights: AutoCobs from CobShop; 1 each 3500K and 1 shared 2700k
6" intake fan, 6" exhaust fan, two interior circulation fans
Analog humidifier with Inkbird Controller
Two 3-Gallon RainScience Grow Bags
Medium: Coco/Hydroton @ 60/40 mix
Nutrients: Greenleaf Nutrients

Pretty routine (and successful) launch for phase 1: getting from seed to sprout.
Here's the program so far.
1. 12 hours soaking in a shot glass
2. 24 hours in a damp paper towel (in black plastic envelop on top of router) - both seeds opened and grew tap root.
3. 36 hours in a root starter plug (in a humidity tray on a heat mat under dual T5 bulbs) - both seeds sprouted.
4. 12 hours later both seeds planted in a temporary home: 3" peat pot.

 

[Only1Sky]

Day 11: Settling in to their 3-gallon RainScience Grow Bags. Light feeding with diluted MegaCrop. Daily misting with Kelp Foliar.

Day 14: Not much action above ground. Just getting their roots cranked up.

Day 21: 3 weeks and now we're starting to see some growth.

 

[Only1Sky]

Day 29: Topped both of these gals 3 days ago; they took it well. :smoking: Chose #1 as the contestant plant for the Competition/Battle. Feed program now includes Sweet Candy, Kelp Extract, and cal-mag supplement, in addition the the MegaCrop now at full strength.

 

[Only1Sky]

Day 37. Both plants doing well. Here are front and top views of each, 1st the competition plant, #1 at 21" height.

And then her sister, Hijack #2 at 18.5".

 

[Autoseeds.com]

Great Journal here @Only1Sky - really looking forward to seeing these great girls perform.

 

[Only1Sky]

Day 46. Both plants started flower development 6 days ago. #1 is now 32" in height, #2 trailing a bit behind at 28".

 

[Only1Sky]

Day 51. The girls sharing space together in their tent.

 

[Only1Sky]

Day 59. The stretch continues a bit: #1 is 33.5" and #2 is 30". And the flowers are putting on some bulk. Here are front, back and top views of #1.

And now Front, back and top views of #2

 

[St. Tom]

looking great sky how r u finding the coco /clay mix do you find it makes a difference

 

[Only1Sky]

Day 68. Stretch stopped at the previously reported heights. Bud chunking is going real well; in fact, we're getting pretty close to the finish line. The gals are now off of their Greenleaf/MegaCrop feeding, and on to a finishing program that consists of a day of GreenPlant Dense followed by a 3 feedings of Herculean Harvest, then the cycle repeats. Here's some photos of the competition plant, #1.