Dutch Passion Bob's Dutch Passion Grow - Auto Night Queen and Auto White Widow do Karel's BioTabs...

[Antonio_DutchPassion]

Hey AFN Fam


Let me begin by saying this is by far the easiest grow I've done/doing so far!! I think that when the second tray is connected to the tank I can leave for several days and come back to a perfectly running tent. The only thing I would rather also be able to do remote is adjust the light and extraction fan, so I'm going to figure something out that'll allow me to do just that...
But I digress...Thank you @Antonio_DutchPassion for suggesting BioTabs!! You've made my life so much easier. The only downside is...I'm visiting the tent not as often.
No, in all seriousness...You've convinced me in that even a monkey can grow weed with BioTabs. Never thought I would get this as a result. Thank you!!

Ok, on with the grow...

Again I did some leaf tucking on my White Widow and even though she'll be all perked up in a couple of hours the shoots will have received enough light to hopefully grow through the canopy
Auto White Widow - day 20
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Really love the quality of the photo's from my new phone. AI mode rules!!
Auto White Widow - day 20
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A close-up from where I topped her...
Auto White Widow - day 20
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Auto Night Queen is making very large and thin leaves. Almost Sativa like, but her growth is very Indica staying low to the ground and starting to create a bushy structure.
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 20
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She grows so wide that her shoots don't have to fight for light as is the case with the White Widow. So no leaf tucking or topping for this lady of the night.
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 20
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Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 20
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Next up are the two younglings which are exactly half the age of the eldest ladies...
Auto Night Queen n°2 - day 10
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They are starting to take off. Previously being busy growing a sturdy root system and talking sh!t with the mycelium
Auto Night Queen n°2 - day 10
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I've started to use the leaf tips as my guideline to where I water around the plant. This way I prevented one of the two BioTabs from getting wet to soon in the grow. I think this is the way to do it with Auto's. On the BioTabs website there's a clip where Karel says to wait with the second BioTab until day 20 or so, but I foresaw the root system being damaged if I pushed that puck in there deep enough, so I put the two BioTabs in opposing corners of the pot, one being on the outside and almost in contact with the wet soil
Auto Night Queen n°3 - day 10
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Auto Night Queen n°3 - day 10
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I hope you enjoyed todays post




Regards,

Bob

Your more than welcome Bob! I knew you had it in you to get this organic show on the road!

If I can give you a tip looking at the latest post, start taking away some (fan)leaves of the biggest 2 ladies.
It is going to be cramped in there! They will continue to keep growing for a while and the two young ladies still need to get going too.
I'm not sure what the height of your 60x60cm is, but I wouldn't top the others as they would be growing even wider, try supercropping the main branch when she is a little older/stiff instead.

Plants are looking lush mate, so keep it up and keep them green

 

[Wian]

Looking good. I have been wondering about those biotabs..

 

[myotis]

Looking great Bob, keep er lit

 

[Bob's Auto's]

If I can give you a tip looking at the latest post, start taking away some (fan)leaves of the biggest 2 ladies.

I was thinking that myself, but wanted your advise first. Don't want to stunt them by removing fan leaves. I'll start slow and take a few every day
Thanks again for the follow-up mate!!!

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey guys, Antonio


So...I followed your advice mate. I removed some foliage. Nothing to extreme, but mainly the largest of the lower fan leaves and small shoots from those lower branches...

"come come, watch the horror..."

From the top it all seems ok, doesn't it...
Auto White Widow - day 25

But down below... A massacre has taken place...
Auto White Widow - day 25

Removed everything with a sterilized pair of trimming scissors...
Auto White Widow - day 25

The same happened to Night Queen n°1, but I also took the leaf below, as this still outplaced itself above Night Queen n°2
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 25

From below you can see what was removed. So many nice side shoots...Think I'll put them in a SCROG. What do you guys think?
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 25

Did some leaf tucking on n°3, n°2's side shoots aren't long enough...
Auto Night Queen n°3 - day 15

Nope, nada, no time lapse for today...This was only an update upon Antonio's suggestion to remove the bigger fanleaves. And otherwise you guys won't have one tomorrow





Regards,

Bob

 

[myotis]

Hey guys, Antonio


So...I followed your advice mate. I removed some foliage. Nothing to extreme, but mainly the largest of the lower fan leaves and small shoots from those lower branches...

"come come, watch the horror..."

From the top it all seems ok, doesn't it...
Auto White Widow - day 25
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But down below... A massacre has taken place...
Auto White Widow - day 25
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Removed everything with a sterilized pair of trimming scissors...
Auto White Widow - day 25
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The same happened to Night Queen n°1, but I also took the leaf below, as this still outplaced itself above Night Queen n°2
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 25
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From below you can see what was removed. So many nice side shoots...Think I'll put them in a SCROG. What do you guys think?
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 25
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Did some leaf tucking on n°3, n°2's side shoots aren't long enough...
Auto Night Queen n°3 - day 15
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Nope, nada, no time lapse for today...This was only an update upon Antonio's suggestion to remove the bigger fanleaves. And otherwise you guys won't have one tomorrow





Regards,

Bob

Good job mate, did some defol last night too, gona tie them down more tonight and spread them out further to expose the inner branches more
Top work mate, you got me wanting to try bio weapons now lol
Edit::::bio-tabs lol
not bio weapons haha

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey boys and girls...look what the mailman dropped in my mailbox
And it ain't even my birthday yet!! Many, many thanks go out to Antonio for being the culprit behind this package. ♥♥ ♥

Ah...Secret santa... Three test seeds from which I know nothing about. I'm honored to be one of the selected few buddy

Love them old time genetics like Skunk, WW & NL. So this one will be grown out for sure

 

[Bob's Auto's]

So that was very nice of him for sending me those seeds, wasn't it?
For today I've got another show of force. The plants are growing like there is no tomorrow.
I now have about 25cm/10" space between the top of the WW and the bottom of the light...

Saw someone (sorry I suck with names ánd I'm a Stoner ) post a neat way to hang the light closer to the ceiling with using pulleys instead of the metal wire that came with the light. I had the same brainfart a couple of weeks ago so I ordered four of them pulleys so I could just do that... These have been waiting until now

The plants have been drinking 5L/day until now, but that is changing quite fast. I'm now at approx. 7.5L/day (guessing) for the four of 'm. But as the two smaller Night Queens start to take off that'll probably change to 10L/day, which means I'll have to start using the original tank supplied with Easy2Grow set and that moth3rF#ck3r is BIG...

Look at this monstrosity!! She's been growing non-stop at a pace I've rarely seen before and even that was wíth the use of PGR's!!
Auto White Widow - day 27

Everywhere there are pistils forming...
Auto White Widow - day 27

...more important in the main top of the plant.
Auto White Widow - day 27

Yes, after defoliating these are all bud sites you're looking at
Auto White Widow - day 27

And a long overdue time lapse. Three days at 25fps... Enjoy




Oh...touching this Night Queen while defoliating took me back 25-30 years. The smell emanating from my hands reminds me the good old days.
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 27

This one is starting to take off being just behind her sister n°4. I'm stoked I've got three of these Afghan beauties for making hasish with.
Auto Night Queen n°2 - day 17

And last but not least. Night Queen n°3. She has taken off already...growth accelerating and probably the cause of the sudden extra use of H2O...
I've been doing a daily/bi-daily leaf tucking with this one and today is no different.
Auto Night Queen n°3 - day 17

Again, hope you enjoyed your stay and have a nice day!!!

Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey growers and blowers

Another fine and problem free update from within my tent... Everyone is growing like there is no tomorrow. I did find something to do what I've not had to do with the solo's...Defoliating... I removed another handful of leaves and small shoots from underneath the top foliage.
The temperature and humidity are within spec most of the time, sometimes going as low as 21.9°C / 71.4°F and with the lights on 24/0 that's a bit of a waste of energy as the plant's aren't using the photons as efficient at those lower temperatures...

Front left: Auto White Widow, Back left: Auto Night Queen n°1, Back right: Auto Night Queen n°2, Front right: Auto Night Queen n°3

She's done stretching. If you look at the time lapse I posted in my other thread you can clearly see that...
Auto White Widow - day 29

Tried to do some LST on that lower branch. It was to big to amputate as it would have made a to big wound.
But it's to small to get some decent bud from it...So I found a good use for this branch...
I applied some freshly made STS to the top node with a Q-tip, but to prevent that top from touching anything else I manipulated the branch into that position.
All the branches of the White Widow are very easily manipulated. That's why I'm going to install the SCROG net(s).
Auto White Widow - day 29

These pictures were taken after another round of defoliating. That's why she looks so beaten up
But I guarantee you, she's up and running by now...
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 29

I removed the smallest of the shoots to reroute the available energy to the biggest bud sites. Also leaves which were growing inward were removed. This gives this lady a very slouchy look, but again all those holes in the canapy will soon be filled with fanleaves from the shoots.
Auto Night Queen n°1 - day 29

Finally the shoots were long enough so I could apply some leaf tucking. I did also remove two opposing fan leaves as to create two holes in the canopy through which the smaller shoots can grow. After tucking those leaves on Night Queen n°3 for multiple times and finally removing them I thought I'd skip that this time and go right ahead to snipping them off.
Auto Night Queen n°2 - day 19

One of the tucked leaves. Give it a couple of hours and it is standing firm and upright again... Only by twisting it around the stem and over another branch I can postpone that process.
Auto Night Queen n°2 - day 19

So I finally removed those two fanleaves which I kept tucking away. This opened up the entire canopy and brings much needed energy into the lower regions of the plant. She's reaching for the sky now.
Auto Night Queen n°3 - day 19

You gotta love good genetics, don't ya? That combined with a foolproof way of growing... Look at how healty these plants are!! ♥ ♥ ♥
Auto Night Queen n°3 - day 19

Regards,

Bob



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