New Grower 1st time Auto Grow - DP Blackberry Kush & Blueberry

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Week 6. I thought they were done stretching, the Blueberry however is at about 4ft tall and is just about touching my light that is already all the way up. It has also started to herm on the bottom branches only, I cut them off and moved her to the back corner of my tent. My 2 Blackberries are all done growing up and are starting to fill out. Getting nice crystals starting. I'm keeping an eye on the Blueberry, if it starts to herm more, I'm pulling it, I already put another seed into germ in case. It showed such promise about week 3 and 4, It was short and stocky, but now it's just tall and lanky with spindly buds.
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Week 7. Blueberry is now almost touching the top of my tent! My light is as far up as it can go and the top of the Blueberry is 6 inches above the light! I put in 2 CFL's aimed at the upper growth that was no longer receiving any light. I'm seriously considering topping her at this point. My 2 Blackberry's are chugging along wonderfully, nice frosty bud sites and starting to smell amazing! The Blueberry is showing purple buds and sugar leaves, I haven't seen anymore pollen sacs since I removed the others, but it is definitely looking like it's not gonna be a heavy yielder at this point.

 

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Update, I ended up pulling the 1 Blueberry, after 2 weeks it showed no more bud growth and kept on herming, long lanky skimpy flowers, I did however pop another and it's currently in week 1. I also upgraded to a Mars Hydro TS 1000w, I'm leaving my Bestva in for my seedling

 

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Week 8. It's Christmas eve and my babies are looking frosty!

 

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Week 9. Kinda late, but I got the Rona and have been laid up the past week, thankfully it's like a bad cold. Anyway feeling better now so here's an update. Plants are ripening up nice, leaves are turning colors, however neither of these 2 Blackberries turned purple for me, which is strange because my tent drops into the 60s at night. Only have been giving pure water now and will be watching them closely the next few days. I've already had 3 branches snap due to bud weight, and the were tied up already, they snapped right below the tie.

 

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Update: The one plant I harvested yielded 2oz of dry bud, its going in to cure now. Smells like fresh berries and smoke tastes like Grape Ape I've had before.

 

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Week 10: Harvested Blackberry #2 today, this one went an extra week, and it's a beast, can't wait to weigh her!

 

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So my second Blackberry is dry and trimmed and weighed in at 2oz on the nose! I thought for sure it would hit 3oz just by the shear size of the buds at harvest. I've sampled the 1st plant that's had about 4 days of cure time, and it's tasting great, high is super relaxing, definitely a nighttime smoke for sure!

 

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So after I pulled the lone Blueberry that hermied on me, I popped another Blue, and she's currently in week 4. This one is looking like it's gonna be a shorter pheno than the first which hit the 6 foot mark at week 7. She is at 1ft right now in week 4 and already has pistils.