Mephisto Genetics Bunch of Scary Teeth and A Few Stompers Under QB’s and Autocobs! First Autopot Grow as Well!

[R_HIDIA]

Plants that take longer likely tend to be larger, perhaps are more potent, may have more and/or better 'character' or terpenes -- So they can be worth the time, particularly if growing for yourself, for quality, variety, etc. And sometimes individual plants or strains just take that long.

Thanks for the input... excellent points to consider!

 

[R_HIDIA]

How many do you have? Are you using Airdomes? I wouldnt cut them down, but I used the 2.2 gal ones when I bought mine. I never even used the big ones, the still have plastic wrap on them. But I might use them with Soil, never for Coco...thats just way too much Coco to use on Autos. Not needed and plants do better in smaller pots of Coco than large IMO. What medium are you using?

I have 8. I found a special on 2 pot kits about a year ago and bought 4 of them. So now I have 4 47L reservoirs. Was looking to order a few more trays and the smaller pots along with a few more aqua valves so I can free myself of any hand watering after the first few weeks. No air domes in use...I have 4 of them in their packaging- originally thought I might want to run a comparison grow first before buying some for all, then I just didn’t want to bother... I’m in coco right now but I’ve been watching your organic adventures and I’m considering an attempt after my next few grows, which is probably where the 3.9 gal pots will be useful.

 

[R_HIDIA]

A little late but here are some pics

The 2x4 shot is Ghost Toof in the middle with zero training, and Forum Stomper on either side. The Forum Stompers are noticeably smaller- quite certain it was caused early on when they were getting the same feed as GT. They didn’t like it one bit!!! This is my first try with FS but based on the pheno I have I would say it’s a very light feed. The highest feed I gave them that didn’t result in some kind of protest was 0.8 EC. I find GT is a relatively light feeder too as 1.1 EC is about the happy max without negative feedback... 1.2 would give a small sign here or there...

 

[R_HIDIA]

Ok. Currently flushing the girls... roughly another week of straight water before I hide them in the dark for a couple of days... Anyways, time to self report... so I have 8 Autopots going. Again, this is my first time running Autopots so I was expecting a learning curve/growing pains... I will say I like the system and ease of use... but in the future I will not run one communal reservoir for 8 plants. I’d probably keep it to 4 plants or less per reservoir. Reason being varying phenotypes plant requirements. Out of my 8- only 3 are what I would call very nice plants... halfway through flower or perhaps a little past 5 of them started to get much lighter/paler... with everything I had going on I just hastily dismissed it as them starting their fade earlier than they others instead of an actual deficiency and really I just got lazy and didn’t want to do the work! Lol. Their buds didn’t plump up much at all after that point. Had I been running multiple reservoirs I could’ve adjusted the feed accordingly and had a much better result instead of thinking “only a few weeks left they’ll get to finish regardless” but with that said, here’s a few pics of my favourite out of the bunch

 

[slowandeasy]

Hey @R_HIDIA , you know I am a straight shooter. I wasted hundreds of dollars on Autopots a few years ago when I had my hip replacement. They worked better than nothing and was a help while recovering. But honestly, I prefer an Automated top feeding system much better and is
cheaper. I had similar issues. Decent growth in Veg, but hungry looking in flower. Personally I believe it keeps the Coco too wet. Possibly causing a pH issue. My plants went longer than usual as well. I woukd suggest using the 2 gal pots with Autos if using nutes and Coco. Vs the large ones. That might help with your issue. I feel like they extend the veg period and flower as well, making the olants go longer. That plant looks good, sorry to hear they didnt all turn out that nice. Good luckx slow
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Ok. Currently flushing the girls... roughly another week of straight water before I hide them in the dark for a couple of days... Anyways, time to self report... so I have 8 Autopots going. Again, this is my first time running Autopots so I was expecting a learning curve/growing pains... I will say I like the system and ease of use... but in the future I will not run one communal reservoir for 8 plants. I’d probably keep it to 4 plants or less per reservoir. Reason being varying phenotypes plant requirements. Out of my 8- only 3 are what I would call very nice plants... halfway through flower or perhaps a little past 5 of them started to get much lighter/paler... with everything I had going on I just hastily dismissed it as them starting their fade earlier than they others instead of an actual deficiency and really I just got lazy and didn’t want to do the work! Lol. Their buds didn’t plump up much at all after that point. Had I been running multiple reservoirs I could’ve adjusted the feed accordingly and had a much better result instead of thinking “only a few weeks left they’ll get to finish regardless” but with that said, here’s a few pics of my favourite out of the bunch View attachment 1149623View attachment 1149624
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[R_HIDIA]

Hey

Hey @R_HIDIA , you know I am a straight shooter. I wasted hundreds of dollars on Autopots a few years ago when I had my hip replacement. They worked better than nothing and was a help while recovering. But honestly, I prefer an Automated top feeding system much better and is
cheaper. I had similar issues. Decent growth in Veg, but hungry looking in flower. Personally I believe it keeps the Coco too wet. Possibly causing a pH issue. My plants went longer than usual as well. I woukd suggest using the 2 gal pots with Autos if using nutes and Coco. Vs the large ones. That might help with your issue. I feel like they extend the veg period and flower as well, making the olants go longer. That plant looks good, sorry to hear they didnt all turn out that nice. Good luckx slow
[115984167QUOTE="R_HIDIA, post: 2230447, member: 19003"]
Ok. Currently flushing the girls... roughly another week of straight water before I hide them in the dark for a couple of days... Anyways, time to self report... so I have 8 Autopots going. Again, this is my first time running Autopots so I was expecting a learning curve/growing pains... I will say I like the system and ease of use... but in the future I will not run one communal reservoir for 8 plants. I’d probably keep it to 4 plants or less per reservoir. Reason being varying phenotypes plant requirements. Out of my 8- only 3 are what I would call very nice plants... halfway through flower or perhaps a little past 5 of them started to get much lighter/paler... with everything I had going on I just hastily dismissed it as them starting their fade earlier than they others instead of an actual deficiency and really I just got lazy and didn’t want to do the work! Lol. Their buds didn’t plump up much at all after that point. Had I been running multiple reservoirs I could’ve adjusted the feed accordingly and had a much better result instead of thinking “only a few weeks left they’ll get to finish regardless” but with that said, here’s a few pics of my favourite out of the bunch View attachment 1149623View attachment 1149624

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Hey @R_HIDIA , you know I am a straight shooter. I wasted hundreds of dollars on Autopots a few years ago when I had my hip replacement. They worked better than nothing and was a help while recovering. But honestly, I prefer an Automated top feeding system much better and is
cheaper. I had similar issues. Decent growth in Veg, but hungry looking in flower. Personally I believe it keeps the Coco too wet. Possibly causing a pH issue. My plants went longer than usual as well. I woukd suggest using the 2 gal pots with Autos if using nutes and Coco. Vs the large ones. That might help with your issue. I feel like they extend the veg period and flower as well, making the olants go longer. That plant looks good, sorry to hear they didnt all turn out that nice. Good luckx slow
[115984167QUOTE="R_HIDIA, post: 2230447, member: 19003"]
Ok. Currently flushing the girls... roughly another week of straight water before I hide them in the dark for a couple of days... Anyways, time to self report... so I have 8 Autopots going. Again, this is my first time running Autopots so I was expecting a learning curve/growing pains... I will say I like the system and ease of use... but in the future I will not run one communal reservoir for 8 plants. I’d probably keep it to 4 plants or less per reservoir. Reason being varying phenotypes plant requirements. Out of my 8- only 3 are what I would call very nice plants... halfway through flower or perhaps a little past 5 of them started to get much lighter/paler... with everything I had going on I just hastily dismissed it as them starting their fade earlier than they others instead of an actual deficiency and really I just got lazy and didn’t want to do the work! Lol. Their buds didn’t plump up much at all after that point. Had I been running multiple reservoirs I could’ve adjusted the feed accordingly and had a much better result instead of thinking “only a few weeks left they’ll get to finish regardless” but with that said, here’s a few pics of my favourite out of the bunch View attachment 1149623View attachment 1149624

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Thanks once again for chiming in @slowandeasy i was hoping you would and at the same time I was also hoping to beat you to the punch with what you just had to say... lol. I was going to message you and ask your opinion on maybe adding 35-50% perlite in my pots as I feel like the coco just stays soaked! The other thing I was thinking is if I’d be better served to switch to promix with this system. I’m looking to source the smaller pots for my next run. I initially intended to run the system with some “modified” airpots. I zip tied the bottom inserts flush to the bottom of the pots. I figured I’d cut some orca film to surround the pots to keep light out of the feed water. See attached image

Any and all input or new ideas are welcome from all, so please feel free to join in the discussion everyone! AND... that pic is of 1of the 2 Ghost Toof I have in airpots! Lol.

 

[R_HIDIA]

So I’ve chopped 2 Ghost Toof and 2 Forum Stomper. Got another coming down today and the rest of the Ghost Toof is coming down this weekend. As previously mentioned, the FS are on the smaller side My opinion- a combination of low temps in my 2x4 and them being slightly stunted/delayed early on as they proved to be very nute sensitive
Forum Stomper

And here’s a beautiful shot of a Ghost Toof bud.

 

[slowandeasy]

Hey

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Thanks once again for chiming in @slowandeasy i was hoping you would and at the same time I was also hoping to beat you to the punch with what you just had to say... lol. I was going to message you and ask your opinion on maybe adding 35-50% perlite in my pots as I feel like the coco just stays soaked! The other thing I was thinking is if I’d be better served to switch to promix with this system. I’m looking to source the smaller pots for my next run. I initially intended to run the system with some “modified” airpots. I zip tied the bottom inserts flush to the bottom of the pots. I figured I’d cut some orca film to surround the pots to keep light out of the feed water. See attached image

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Any and all input or new ideas are welcome from all, so please feel free to join in the discussion everyone! AND... that pic is of 1of the 2 Ghost Toof I have in airpots! Lol.
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I dont care for perlite that much in my coco. I actually like hydtoton with Coco, you can layer it in or Mix together. Either way it will help to decrease soaking of Coco. Promix will stay more moist than Coco. Plus when youbadd the Hydroton it allows for more airflow for roots. Make sure to wash the Hydroton before using. Peace, slow

 

[JohnEMad]

So I’ve chopped 2 Ghost Toof and 2 Forum Stomper. Got another coming down today and the rest of the Ghost Toof is coming down this weekend. As previously mentioned, the FS are on the smaller side My opinion- a combination of low temps in my 2x4 and them being slightly stunted/delayed early on as they proved to be very nute sensitive
Forum Stomper
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And here’s a beautiful shot of a Ghost Toof bud.
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Very Nice looking plants and harvest so far.
I agree that the larger autopot size could contribute to longer grows so I have left out 3 inches of coco on top for my current grow to see if that makes a difference. I hope to have less stresses on the girls due to...me... also.