Hey AFN,
Once again, sorry for my hiatus. I just started a new job, so growing has sadly taken the back burner. The Auto Glueberry OG is now complete and was chopped on day 75. I'm sure if I would lave let her go another week or two she could have been a lot more plump, but I am super anxious to drop my Mephisto Genetics Stilton Special into my hydro setup. Currently the Stilton Special is in a rockwool cube waiting to poke it's head put.
All in all, I was extremely satisfied with the Auto Glueberry OG and was easily the largest indoor plant I've grown to date. Honestly, even though I gave the plant the entire room to grow in, and a 1000W fixture (MH and HPS), she out grew my space really limiting the production on the lower buds. Even green taping the falling branches just provided a short term solution so the branches wouldn't break. Next time I grow a strain known to get so large, I will cage the plant indoors (hmmm... Auto Ultimate maybe). I'm so used to training in smart pots that when growing in a bucket the training options seem so limited. If anyone has a better training technique for growing massive indoor plants in hydro, I would REALLY appreciate an explanation on how you keep the growth under control while also maximizing the number of tops being produced (in automatic strains of course). I've seen crazy dual PVC screen setups which seem to work very well, which may end up being the best option. But, I'll let it up to the experts on here as to the correct way to train indoor monsters (@912GreenSkell , @HemiSync , @IzzyTheGrower , @Slowmo , @Slater , @sanguine , @pop22 , @Fairlynew , @Ripper , @hippy71 , @A-Train , @witchyhour , @Hansbricks , @Sensi Jay).
Statistics:
Weight of dried top quality bud being kept for my personal stash: 190.9g (6.74 oz)
Weight of dried trim and under buds not worth trimming: 234.53g (8.27 oz)
Total: 190.9g (top shelf bud) + 234.53g (popcorn) = 425.43g (15.01 oz)
All of the extremely frosty trim (which is all of the trim I have) will be turned into BHO. (I'm just too lazy to trim popcorn bud and larf)
I'll provide a smoke report once the buds have had an adequate time to cure. Sampled a small bud last night (rolled into a joint), and the smell, taste, and potency are out of this world. This really shouldn't come as a surprise to me since I've never had a bad experience growing anything from Dutch Passion ( @DutchPassionTony ).P:
Pictures on harvest day (75 days) and pictures of my plants hang drying:
Hang drying in the garage (8 days):
Weight of the top 3 main colas:
Outdoor Plants (128 days old):
And finally... my precious outdoor angel. Started with 3 cotyledons, then began shooting out 3 branches from each node, and is now putting out at least 4+ branches at each node. The mutation this plant has (Go Time: Jinxproof Genetics/TGA Genetics) is insane. She has so many tops I can barely keep up with this plant's training! Easily the largest plant I have ever grown and stretch has yet to begin. I wonder what my next training technique will be given that the plants are now outgrowing their second cages!
Cheers and thanks for following along! Next adventure, Mephisto's Stilton Special (@mephisto ) in hydro.
Also, just ordered the entire Illuminatos [HASHTAG]#3[/HASHTAG] collection from Mephisto. I cannot wait to see the gems which come out of these crosses.
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so much awesome...
... love your back garden, wish mine look like that.Seriously that is one hell of an auto to be proud of, can't wait tot see the back garden explode into the stretch
