no mo' 'mershy

BG 17wks, GG4 9 wks, JR 6 wks, VL 5 wks, GG4.2 3 wks, GLS1 1wk

Here's the weekly panorama. Left to right: GG4 auto, 2x Gold Leaf auto S1 babies, BubbleGum fem, GG4 auto, Jelly Rancher fem, Vanilla Latte auto. Sorry about the colors, I forgot to turn off the QB's:
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From oldest to youngest, here's the details. Bubble Gum fem is 120 days old. More roots than soil now, and water runs right through the root ball, so she's getting fed every day as if in coco:
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Gold Leaf auto #2 got the axe on day 83. She was rinsed in distilled water (where the dehumidifier drains into a bucket in the laundry sink). She's been hanging for 3 days now. She hung nude in front of a fan for a few hours to get rid of the rinse water, in a paper bag now. I open or close the bag to keep RH around 60-62. Green weight was 206 grams. Maybe on oz or 2 of dry bud after final trim? I almost ordered a wedryer, but they wanted to charge me $28 shipping.
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GG4 auto is 65 days old. The rootball doesn't hold much water any more, so feeding every day til runoff, as if in coco:
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Jelly Rancher fem is 43. I flipped the lights 5 days ago for the whole grow room, from 18/6 to 13/11 to see if she'll flower. I hope it doesn't slow down the autos too much:
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Vanilla Latte auto freebie is looking vigorous at 35 days old. As space opened up from the GL harvest, she moved from 65w to 100w this week, and got her branches spread out to even up the canopy. She should be about to flower:
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GG4 auto #2 is is 24 days old. She's my first coco grow. She's getting fed twice daily til 10-20% runoff (about 2/3 liter). I'm using N.Haze's schedule for General Hydroponics Flora series (coco-coir-flora-series-schedule). She got topped on day 19. Fuck, I missed, there are 2 branches growing out of where I topped her. Oh well, maybe 10 branches will be better than 8. Here's today:
GG4.2_day24.jpg Here she is getting topped above node4 on day 19: GG4auto.2_day19_untopped.jpg GG4auto.2_day19_topping.jpg GG4auto.2_day19_topped.jpg

I sprouted 2 seeds from the first Gold Leaf Auto, father unknown. I'm calling them Gold Leaf Auto S1. In coco. The first leaves are looking funky on the last one, might be a mutant, or maybe I abused her rubbing the membrane off the cotyledon so it could open:
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That's it for this week. Thanks for the support and encouragement. That's you @420Forever, @Fermented_Fruitz, @Mañ'O'Green, @Mossy, @RastaDaniel, @Kyote, @elcoloan, @ShadyGrove, @CrookDog, @LoveDaAutos, @mdabber, @PlatinumGrows, @mohawk warrior, and all the AFN live stoners.
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I like your grow room. Envious of the space. LOL I hope you don't mind me asking into topping when I am ready. I think I want 2 more plants under my belt. I need Indica now. Critical Purple I am thinking. They are the first seeds I bought.
 
I got my info on topping autoflowers from a thread on AFN:

Critical Purple sounds like it should be on my menu!

I think my grow room was originally a stairwell. It was a 4'x4' extension of the basement into a 30" crawlspace. Here's what it looked like:
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My GG is in what I call week 2 of cure. Taste is still evolving. The smell is pleasant until you crack a bud open then it fills the room. I may be imagining this but the smell after immediately grinding gives me a buzz. :) Good Luck. I'm taking a little taste of the Tangerine Dream. It will be longer in the pot by 2 weeks maybe. 9 weeks now.
 
...how is your side project grow room going?
I've made only some small improvements to the grow room. I have a big list of more stuff left to do. The biggest items are fixing the side of the house so the rats don't get in this winter, and sealing up leaks so I can filter intake air. Winter is coming. But today I took some African refugee kids canoeing and busted some concrete at my sister's house instead. So many things to do in retirement.
 
Bubblegum looking good in the corner...
I guess somebody sent me the wrong seeds. She doesn't smell like Bubble Gum at all, but a strong smell of coffee. Really smells good. I wish I knew what she is, but definitely not auto and not bubblegum. It was 3 freebies from GrowersChoice, so I still have 2 more to try.
 
I've made only some small improvements to the grow room. I have a big list of more stuff left to do. The biggest items are fixing the side of the house so the rats don't get in this winter, and sealing up leaks so I can filter intake air. Winter is coming. But today I took some African refugee kids canoeing and busted some concrete at my sister's house instead. So many things to do in retirement.

Sounds like solid project, only thing that keeps rats out is concrete wall.
 
Sounds like solid project, only thing that keeps rats out is concrete wall.
I used cement stucco over galvanized steel stucco mesh. It looks like concrete, but it's only 2cm thick. I don't think they can get through it.
 

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Hi Mara. Bannana Kush is on sale at ILGM. Buy 10 get 10. I went for it. It is a 60-40 Indica. My GG was a 50-50. It has been my favorite for my first 3 grows. Banana Kush will be next at 27% THC potential. This pic is the current LSD #2 I have of four growing. The most surprising thing about my current LSD grow is no LST and it is ambering up nicely. Previous grows left me doubtful of when to harvest. One of them, LSD #3 did not grow for over a month. Today it is filling out nicely. It will flower soon. I have begun feeding less and finding I have much fewer issues. Anyway, I hope you are well and continuing your successes.
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What a gorgeous plant! I've topped or LST'd all mine so they would fit under my little 100w lights.
My first GG4 is a wonderful smoke. Looking forward to the 2nd, maybe in a month.
Thanks for the tip on Banana Kush, but I don't think I'll need any more seeds until I grow this drawer-ful.
 
What a gorgeous plant! I've topped or LST'd all mine so they would fit under my little 100w lights.
My first GG4 is a wonderful smoke. Looking forward to the 2nd, maybe in a month.
Thanks for the tip on Banana Kush, but I don't think I'll need any more seeds until I grow this drawer-ful.
You are probably right about the drawer full. I have close to 60 feminized seeds I have hesitated on growing while I learn more from the autos. But, once I have my inventory up to par I will start on those. LOL

Sounds weird, but I am setting up to grow Hibiscus as well indoors from seed. Hoping selling those finances more seeds. ;)
 
I'm growing my 2nd photo mixed in with my autos, so everybody's on 12/12 for another month or so. The autos don't seem to mind.

What kind of hibiscus is that, the ornamentals? I brew hibiscus flowers in my herb tea, and the Dominican restaurants sell it as a sweet cold drink (hibiscus is 'flor de jamaica' in Spanish).
 

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