Dutch Passion Bob's Dutch Passion Grow - Auto Trichome & Cream and Auto Mimosa Punch on BioTabs

[Bob's Auto's]

Your plants look great mate! Spot on, well executed screen of green!

Practice makes perfect right brother!

Thank you Antonio for these kind words! I can honestly say that this is by far looking to be the best grow till date.
And with reused soil from last season of all things! Just amazing...How the BioTabs nutrient line brought my soil back to life. This is Organic growing at it's finest and as if it were made for Stoners...Look at those green leaves and all achieved with plain unadulterated tapwater. Oh and no fussing around with Acid is making my missus happy. My pH pen is probably dried up by now as it hasn't been used for almost a year now

By turning the lights up to 75% my pictures start to show some glare...so for taking the pictures, I turned it down to 50%. But not for this picture
These ladies have grown substantially and are looking perfect! But I would like to make use of the gathered knowledge on AFN and ask the more advanced SCROGgers out there if I should defoliate again or let them be...I'm not sure and don't want to f#(k up a good thing...So, I've tagged some people, but if you have any input I would be grateful

Lovely...isn't she?

This is what we like to see, no?

Ok, enough bud p0rn...This is why I'm worried

I've done such a thorough job pushing everything at the right moment under the SCROG, that everything that sticks out above the netting is producing pistils. Now I do think they are all about finished stretching, so I'm not worried that they're to close to the light as there's no signs of burning or anything. But I am worried that, because of the beautiful green foliage, there will not be enough light reaching the lower parts of those bud sites...

This soil looks dry and the pots are not feeling to heavy, but have a look just a mere fingernail deep into the soil...

The plants are happy, but so is the soil...And what do we see. If you have a closer look...

Not one, but three compost worms wriggling around...These are also a big part of this Organic grow. They munch away at dead material, extrude fine readily available nutrients and keep the soil oxygenated by borrowing through it.

Because of all that foliage I had to turn up the extraction fan a bit more...

And the TS-1000 went to 75%. It was already hovering just below it, but now it's summer inside the tent

I'm running out of room for the time lapse camera. This weekend I'll try to mount it on the upper horizontal beam of the tent.
If there's any interest in a speeded up time lapse of the entire grow until now, or maybe one in the end of this grow of the entire grow, please let me know and I'll do my best to oblige. But for now this will have to do. Duration = 70 hours, speed = 25 fps. Enjoy









Regards,

Bob


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[Bob's Auto's]

Hey Friends


The end of the week has arrived and so I treated my ladies again with the Boom Boom Spray. Soaked them really guuud, both from above and below.

These ladies stretched so much that I needed to be creative in raising the TS-1000 to it's maximum height. You'll see in a moment how twisted it's hanging, but at least it's hanging level enough.

Buds are starting to get form and one can see what the near future has in stock for me...

I can't say for certain which is which, but you can see that the Amnesia in the left back corner has caught up on the other ladies...

To much light above, but I wanted you guys to see below...

...Nice and clean. And no bud sites below the netting.

I did remove a couple of smaller shoots as I found that they wouldn't produce much and as I said before and will say again, redirect the energy towards more deserving parts of the plant.

And as you can see, light enough beneath the canopy. Lights don't need to get brighter then this...Or do they....

Didn't touch the dial today, but did open a vent on the upper left side of the tent. This will create a better passage of lower resistance for the air in the lung room to get in from above and this will lower the humidity even more.

I thought I had a better picture then this, but you can see the top bar of the tent. This light can't get higher!! Thought I turned it to 75%, but seemingly I was mistaken...Oh well, a tad more can't hurt, no?
Also rehung the action camera and so you'll be able to see a final time lapse from the left corner in just a moment. This one as well, can't be hung any higher, so if plant parts start to disappear from future time lapses...I'm sorry, but it's the best I can do

Momentarily the humidity is out of whack, but this will settle down in a couple of hours after the Boom Boom Spray has been absorbed by the leaves. The temperature will also rise to about 26.8 - 27.2°C / 80.2°F - 81°F. So this will become the perfect dry and hot environment for the buds to develop.

And last but not least we arrive at todays time lapse. Duration = 50 hours, speed = 25fps. Enjoy





Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey Friends,

Just hydrated the ladies as their pots were feeling light. I added one teaspoon of Magnesium Sulfate to the 5L of water as I found that my Amnesia cross did show signs of Magnesium deficiency. The other ladies aren't showing this, but they're getting their share.
Left upper corner my Amnesia cross, right upper corner the Do-Si-Dos, right lower corner Trichome & Cream and last but not least, left lower corner...Mimosa Punch.

The amount of bud sites in the tent is just phenomenal!

The creation of that many leaflets requires some extra Magnesium and although I could have used the Silicium Flash to remedy this issue, I don't feel the plants require a new dose of all the elements inside when some extra Magnesium will do the trick.
She might also be showing signs I let her dry out to much.
Amnesia Something something - Day 45

This Trichome & Cream isn't showing any of this and is happily pushing out pistils.
Auto Trichome & Cream - Day 45

I'm trying to show it, but those bud sites are going down into the canopy until we reach the SCROG netting.
Auto Trichome & Cream - Day 45

Another example of the many leaflets that are forming in the creation the bud sites. After a couple of days these leaflets gain their color, but you can understand the plant is strugling a bit to keep up.
Auto Mimosa Punch - Day 45

Again, the amount of pistils being pushed out is staggering!! And we're only at day 45
Auto Mimosa Punch - Day 45

Auto Mimosa Punch - Day 45

Auto Trichome & Cream - Day 45

Finally the Do-Si-Dos girl has stopped stretching and luckily I've placed the shoots on the circumference of the tent, but you can see they are freakin' close the the light...

No time lapse for today, but I do hope you enjoyed todays post



Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey Friends,

Time for another update from within the tent...
The addition of the Magnesium Sulfate to the water sure did the trick. My Amnesia cross has perked up quite a bit and so I added another half teaspoon of the white crystal together with a teaspoon of Bactrex and 20ml Orgatrex to todays water. I only gave about half of the 5L as the first droplets already started to appear in the tray below. Vegetative growth is surely over guys...The ladies are focusing themselves on posterity and this process surely is way slower then growing leaves and branches...
I chose to speed up todays time lapse to 60fps as this give a better understanding of bud growth and in particular the pistils. The disadvantage is that you guys will have to wait longer as I need more footage to create a time lapse of the same duration. This one took about 84 hours of pictures and takes up about 6GB of space on my hard drive.. Please enjoy





After watering I cleaned up beneath the SCROG.
Nice and tighty...No dead leaves anywhere...Removed some of the dying leaves from below the foliage.

Buds everywhere you look...

Happy plants...But most of all...Buds!!!!

All buds from the top to the bottom of the canopy!!!

Already some frost on the main cola of the Mimosa Punch...Man this smell is wonderful and sweet!!!

Humidity is at a low, even after watering the pots. And I didn't even change anything on the lights or extraction fan.

Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey AFN Fam

This little tent is packed with them four lovely ladies...And lovely they are!! Have a look for yourself.

After watching them for several minutes and checking out all them flowers, it was time to clean up beneath the foliage...

I removed about a handful of old leaves and small shoots that started to appear between the branches. These little leeches are best removed as fast as possible so all the plants energy can go to the shoots that will produce

But you most likely came here for the budp0rn, so as not to disapoint...

Pushed the light a tad more. I've got the feeling that I'm approaching the limit of what these ladies can take underneath this artificial sun.

The extraction fan is still at the same speed...though

And this results in the following values. A humidity below 60%...Something to dream of inside the greenhouse, lol

Todays time lapse has been sped up again to 60fps and I think all the following time lapses will be the same as flowering sets in, everything slows down to a snails pace. Duration = 57 hours. Please enjoy





Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey Friends

So today it was time to feed the ladies again, but the Amnesia in back is having some issues with the fact that I've been overwatering her. So even though her pot is feeling light I didn't give her anything. I'll see what she'll do in the coming days and decide then.

The other three ladies are doing magnificent and are pushing out so many pistils I decided to add 25ml Bio PK 5-8 to the 5L of water alongside a teaspoon of the Bactrex.

Both the Mimosa Punch and Trichome & Cream got about 750ml and the Do-si-dos got about 500ml. This is quite a bit less then the week before and done with the overwatering of the Amnesia in the back of my head.

The buds are starting to take shape and do look very promising, knowing they still have a month to go

This is the Amnesia... Even though she's looking not so fresh, she's also pushing out those pistils like crazy!

The entire canopy is filled with these buds...

Nomnom...

It's getting colder, but not that cold that I'm worried. I'm mainly happy that the humidity is staying that low.

Today's time lapse is at 60fps and is about 48 hours. Enjoy!





Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey Friends

After four days of letting the soil dry out a bit and leaving the tent alone I came back to this. Several leaves have started to wilt and fall off.
When all them old leaves were removed, I checked the soil and could go deep before I came into contact with darker soil. It was time to give them some water, Bactrex and a dash of Bio PK 5-8. It's actually the remainder of the 5L I made last weekend and must have given them 250-300ml per plant.

The difference between last week and today amazing if you compare the buds in time. Expansion is really taking in effect

The Amnesia could be having more lightstress than the others, she is situated very close to the light and it wouldn't surprise me if you are hitting well above 1000PPFD there, the clawing leaves and the dark veins with more lightgreen blades could be a sign of too many photons hitting her (as well as a bit of overwatering). With a high probability of the combination of the two.

I followed your advise and super cropped the branches of the highest tops. That way I had more maneuverability with the tops. I'm still going to wait a bit longer before I remove those leaves, unless you say they could be harmful to the plant if I leave them on?

Again an attempt to show the entire bud site from the top of the foliage right through down to the bottom, but light and dark play games with my phone.
They sure look perty ♥ ♥ ♥

A better attempt...

They sure look like troll heads don't they

Have a look at those pistils. No signs that production is slowing down on them...

I did the same super cropping on these long branches, making it easier to get them where they have to be.

The time lapse of today is from last Saturday until now. I sped up the fps as to show bud production at it's finest. Just amazing how they are expanding...
Speed = 120fps, duration = 115 hours. Please enjoy







Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey friends


I cut the knot and went to work 'schwazzing' in the tent...Brrr.....What an awful feeling I get while plucking those leaves.
I removed quite some leaves, maybe not enough for a 'full' schwazzing...

...But still enough to open that canopy up and get some light and energy to where it needs to be...
Also supercropped the hell out of all those lengthy ladies so they are now mostly in line with the other shoots.
Oh, and I finally adjusted that stupid usb cable so it wouldn't be in the time lapse anymore

Do-Si-Dos Auto

Do-Si-Dos Auto

Auto Mimosa Punch

Auto Mimosa Punch

Auto Trichome & Cream

Auto Trichome & Cream

The Amnesia Something something got the worst of it all. While supercropping I split her main stem. But, that main shoot has been shoved down quite a bit, so I'm not worried.

I guess undressing these ladies made it hot and steamy inside the tent as humidity has spiked since. I do think this will drop down again and level out to 55% or lower, but we'll have to see that tomorrow.

Today's time lapse...Duration 73 hours, speed = 25fps. Enjoy






Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey guys

Today I went to take a look and liked what I saw. The foliage has spread it's wings and filled most places. But I still had open spots. So I supercropped the tops that were sticking out and layed them flat on top of the SCROG netting. The spread is optimal now and there aren't any tops to close to the light anymore. Have a look for yourselves

Ok, in the back is one that slipt the net. Next time my friend

With all the rough handeling I damaged the first side shoot on my Amnesia Something somthing.
It was hanging on to a thread. So I gave ducktape yet another use...

I'm not going to bore you guys with a time lapse of 3 seconds, so we'll keep that for the next post
I cán show you the before and after the super cropping as the time lapse camera captured that...

What do you think? A nice flat canopy!!

Humidity is a bit on the high side, but then it's cold and rainy outside and I can only go as low as the humidity inhouse can give me. We did ventilate the house today as during the afternoon the sun came out and the warmth did everyone in the family smile. All of a sudden I saw socks flying around
But lets stay with the tent...for the tent I adjusted the extraction fan's knob to a higher setting. But didn't raise the lights just yet. With all the damage I've done in the last two days I want them to recuperate for a couple of days before I start to bombard them with even more light. Let's see how high we can go with this TS-1000 from my buddy @Marshydro

Oh, before I forget. I've started a new DIY thread on monitoring (nutrients, environment, power conumption), controlling and maybe even automating the entire setup.
If there are people with programming skills, engineering skills, have access to a working 3D printer or can make/design double sided circuit boards. Let's talk and connect. I've got an amazing idea. Done about 50-60% of the coding. Amateurish...must admit, but it compiles.
So if you are interested in making something OpenSource and free for the world to use and have time to spare. Send me a DM, please no chat's as I have disabled this function...


Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey AFN fam

We're in the final parts of this grow...These ladies aren't drinking that much anymore, so I decided to top dress the soil with four teaspoons per pot with the PK Booster Compost Tee...This way I can get the necessary nutrients and bacteria into the soil without overwatering it.

I worked the topdressing into the first few cm's/inch's and then watered that in with about 250-300ml/pot with the mix I made last week.
Just amazing how they go from 1-1,5L water/day to 250ml every three days...

Above the canopy you can hardly notice the fact that they have stopped drinking as much, as bud formation is taking on immense proportions!!

As you can see the color of the leaves, more ladies are showing signs of lightburn. This is a catch-22 for me, as I need the heat from the light to keep my tent in the right temperature range. The way I see it I can do one of two things...Either install a timer and let the lights run 18/6 and accept that there will be 6 hours of cold (17°C/62°F) or reduce the output of the light to around 50-60%. What would you guys do ( @Antonio_DutchPassion, @Vapo, @420autoflower ) knowing that these ladies still have about three weeks to go?

Time for some bud p0rn...

Yummy!!!

Frosty a f#(k

The time lapse of today...Duration = 62 hours, speed = 60fps. Enjoy







Regards,

Bob