Wow, I had completely forgotten about this thread I had started. Since CobShop's section is up again, let me update a bit what's been going on since last time in this 2x2x4 tent using a single 3500K Autocob.
The tent still is functioning bellow optimal conditions (just one autocob, cold temps, low DLI, as little nutes as possible, etc). I harvested one plant since last time I posted here (Royal Bluematic), and have a photo strain going on that will be flipped into 12/12 in a few days (Black D.O.G). Hopefully next run will be with an authentic autoflowering strain.
I have 4 more autocobs and an Anthelion PCB, but haven't used them... I still find using just one autocob quite nice and satisfying for my needs. I have two mothers of the photos (supposedly Auto AK and authentic Black D.O.G.) i've grown here under the single autocob so in the future (after I've had a few satisfying auto runs) i plan to use them to do several test runs with clones taken from them... some runs using another Autocob and others using just one Autocob again but adding the Anthelion PCB to see the differences.
The Royal Bluematic was harvested after 142 days since the seed was put in moist paper towels; a bit over three months of flowering time which had to be induced by switching to 12/12. The final 45 days of the flowering phase were spent under the single 3500k Autocob at 18/6, but most of her life was spent next to a window with 12/12 of indirect sunlight. She foxtalied toward the end. Not the best yields for such a long grow but really nice, chatty high with a wide range of flavors, from cookie dough to sweet sweet berries aftertastes.
Here are some pics from Bluematic's harvest day
And the Black D.O.G has has been in veg in the tent for a bit over 2 months. She was topped for an 8 colas manifold, but suffered unwanted additional tops and cracks... now has 5 colas and the canopy is a bit uneven for what i had expected. But she's a nice, healthy, little bush. She sits 22 inches bellow the single autocob today, each cola is 6 inches tall and some branches are taller than them. She will be flipped into 12/12 by monday or tuesday. I still use MC v1 with sporadic CalMag Pro, and plan to keep it that way during flowering. I do have Bud Explosion at hand but hope not to fall into temptation hehehe.
Here are some pics of her taken this morning (
Day 70 counting from the day the seed was put in moist paper)