My 2nd Grow, but 1st Time Growing Autos

lol I knew someone would ask me about those. They are plastic shelves that break down. A lot of people use them in their garages. A guy on my street threw his away one day and I stopped as I was leaving my neighborhood and grabbed it! I've been using it in my utility room, but then when I purchased the new 5 x 5, I knew I needed to get my fabric pots off the ground, and it just happened to be the size I was wanting to do. I wanted to leave a little room on the right and left sides so I could get in their to water and train my plants without difficulty. Those shelves just happened to be the exact size that I needed.

I broken them down and cut the legs so they would only be 5 inches tall and I could easily slip my drain pans under the whole thing.

This is pretty much what they are: http://a.co/d/31qHQ9Y

 

Yes. It works very well.

I don’t like putting my pots on the floor. If you water to runoff, fabric pots will sometimes wick up the runoff and it’s hard to see how much flows through your pots. Plus I feel like you get better oxygen flow to the roots when they’re elevated like that instead of on the floor.

In my other tent I used these stackable metal shelves. They work good too.





“Tyranny anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.” — someone awesome

 

I wish I had more of these Jack Herer Autos. I think I'll pick up some more of these beans. This is a great little auto! I can tell the colas are going to be nice and dense.

 

Aaaaaaaaand here is the rest of my Jack Herer (photos). I've never grown a strain (auto or photo) that sugared up so fast during flower. She is really frosty. I've been using Flower Fuel for the first time, as well as using a dehumidifier for the first time. The combination of both is definitely a game changer.

This will be the last time I take my plants through flower with the lights I'm currently using (HLG-260 and a 240 watt QB light that I built). I ordered 8x QB-132's in 3500K as well as 2x of the new Elite V2s. I'm hoping it will be what I need to take things to the next level. I haven't decided what drivers I'm going to use just yet. I still need to buy materials to build a substrate.

 

Just a quick shot of my new grow space. I am extremely impressed with how these plants are vegging under this new T5 light. I've only vegged under LED before, so this is a nice change. One thing I have noticed is that the T5 runs a little warmer than my LED grow lights do, and I have to open up the tent during the hottest part of the day in order for more cool air to circulate, otherwise temps can get higher than 85. I will say that I'm seeing the most rapid growth when temps are in the low 80's, so I'm okay with them staying there as long as I don't see any kind of heat stress or anything. I did raise the light a little higher than I originally wanted to, but that's okay cause I'll probably get some stretch which is what I want.

 

I guess I didn't have super high hopes for this Jack Herer auto from GYO genetics. I shop for seeds on GYO's website, and I have grown their genetics before, but you typically don't associate GYO with great strains. But the more I grow GYO's genetics, the more impressed I am. I wish I had germinated more of these beans, but I only had one. I can't wait for her to finish so I can provide a smoke report.

 

My jacks are putting on some weight finally. Some of the colas are really starting to get thicker and denser. No airy fluffy stuff.

I got all my water ready for the week. I am so glad I got my dehumidifier, because it gives me a water source. I was spending quite a bit on water filters and/or gallons of RO water. Since I'm growing in supersoil, it's best to find a clean water source that is already in the correct pH range. In order to do that with my tap water, I've been going through Zero Water filters like crazy especially since I added another huge tent. So, after I got my dehumidifer, I get 5 gallons of 10-15ppm super clean condensate every 28-30 hours. You can't use the water like that because there is literally nothing in the water. So, if you try to adjust pH after adding anything to the water (Recharge, Flower Fuel, Mammoth P, etc.), it's difficult to control the pH because there is nothing in the water to buffer the pH. So what I do is fill my 1-gallon jugs with 60% dehumidifier condensate and 40% tap water that has been sitting out for 24 hours or more. The minerals in the tap water give me the pH buffer I need to modify pH while keeping the ppm very low. It has saved me hundreds of dollars in water filters and RO water in gallon jugs! I know that some of you will say this is a horrible idea, but I've been doing this for almost 2 months now and it is working awesome.

 

Awwww man that's a GREAT idea! I think I'll pickup a couple of those bigger jugs.

 

JACK HERER AUTO UPDATE

I am very excited to harvest this plant. Again, short and fat...one of these days, I'm going to grow an actual TALL plant. Oh well. Anyway, she looks beautiful, and I'm checking the trichomes every day. She still has some clear ones, and at 82 days total, I think she still has another week maybe. The breeder says that she has an 8-10 week flowering cycle. So, I'm at the low end of that now (30ish days of veg + 8 weeks of flower = 86 days). Basically, she should be ripe between 86 days and 100 days. Once I see some consistent amber-colored trichomes, I'll cut her down.

She does have some amber trichomes, but there are still a good amount of clear trichomes. I often see amber colored trichomes near the top of the plant that is closest to the light....almost like they have been "cooked" a little bit. I need to see amber colored trichomes down towards the lower part of the buds before I chop.

 

JACK HERER PHOTO UPDATE

I thought I had more time until my Jack Herer photoperiod grow is completed. I thought I had like 4 weeks left, but I really only have like 2 left. So, I have started to slowly cut nitrogen out of the feeding schedule, and I'll be switching to bloom booster (liquid KoolBloom 0-10-10) and some CaliMagiC. I've never cut nitrogen towards the end of flower, so this should be a good experiment. I'll only be doing this on the mother, of course, because the 6x clones are in supersoil so I can't really give them any nutrients. They have everything they need until they finish.

They bud sites are really looking good, but need to fatten up considerably in my opinion. They better, anyway.