New Grower Seedsman - Speed Bud Auto Fem

[Mike20132]

My first grow went pretty long - I think around 100 days. The yield was impressive to me (~100g), mostly because it was my first grow - but also in spite of all the problems I had along the way.

Now that I am at least a little smarter, I figured I'd give these a go. On the tin, after 8 weeks I should be taking blade to stem, but then that's what they said about the Low Ryder 2 that ran nearly 14 weeks.

The hope is that they finish before the ghastly humid summer settles in for good.

Strain: Speed Bud Auto Feminised.

Germination: 2018-03-07

Anticipated Harvest: 2018-05-10

Medium: DWC

Nutrients: Advanced Nutrients Grow/Bloom/Micro (1/4 - 1/2 strength)

Water Source: Distilled

pH: 5.5 <-> 6.0

Lighting: Viparspectra V600 (20/4)

Environment: 27C, 30%RH (target)

I will try to update this at least once a week!

 

[Mike20132]

Week 0:

Plain distilled water, 5.5 pH.

 

[AutoWonders]

On the tin, after 8 weeks I should be taking blade to stem, but then that's what they said about the Low Ryder 2 that ran nearly 14 weeks.

Breeders and vendors often times leave us with deficient grow information. It really frustrates me and is a pet peeve that they can't seem to manage something as simple as consistency of information. Many growers add a couple of weeks to the published grow times.

 

[Mike20132]

Breeders and vendors often times leave us with deficient grow information. It really frustrates me and is a pet peeve that they can't seem to manage something as simple as consistency of information. Many growers add a couple of weeks to the published grow times.

I've seen a few reviews floating around that seem to agree with the 8 week grow. Time will tell, I suppose.

 

[Mike20132]

Quick update...

Before today, I had no way to regulate the humidity in the grow tent, but that wasn't an issue on my last grow as ambient was between 30 and 50, and to me that was good enough. (Yes, I know better now)

The ambient RH here has been below 15% now for nearly a week (since germination, actually) and now that I've removed the cover off the seedling, the humidity was just way too low.

So I picked up a Honeywell model HEV620B. Its evaporative, and I am only using distilled water, so the sponge should stay relatively clean for a long time. The cool part is that I can set it to a particular target RH, and I will be damned if it hasn't stayed +/- 1 percentage point of the setting. Right now it's going through a lot of water, and I think that is due mainly to the tent exhaust fan compelling the humidifier to also pump up the moisture content in the rest of the room. Hopefully that settles down - or the ambient RH gets back to normal soon.

I guess the point of this post is to heap praise on the stability of the RH level based solely on this things built in hygrometer. This while the tent is exhausting into a room with a 12% RH. I even adjusted the speed of the exhaust fan, and after any adjustment, the humidity always settles back to a nice steady level. Even at the highest speed I see myself using with the fan.

It's not small, vertically, at about 25 inches, but the 9x10 inch horizontal footprint is actually pretty manageable, all things considered. Oh, and you can refill it by just pouring water into the open-top tank on the front.

I have to say I am impressed.

 

[Mike20132]

Week 1. Moderate growth for 10 days from germination.

Temps 75-85 F (24-29 C)
RH 50% +/- 3 points

Looks a tad pale, so might be a wee bit late in starting nutes. Started feeding today:

AN Micro/Grow/Bloom 0.25ml/L, AN VooDoo and B-52, 0.5ml/L

 

[Mike20132]

Small update.. Just two days later, and the growth is starting to accelerate nicely. The leaves are looking better now that they are getting some food.

 

[bushmasterar15]

 

[Mike20132]

Another quick update.

Day 14 - Still feeding very low level of nutes. The growth is progressing nicely. Not sure when (or if) to start LST.

Also just popped another bean... Not sure where I got it, and its only descriptive text is "Diesel." It claims to be a femmed auto, so time will tell. As soon as it peeks about above ground, I'll start another journal for it.

 

[Mike20132]

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