My Critical love-affair, and other adventures.

[Bud Wiser]

Bringing her outdoors now.

 

 

Ok, centre image .. who's the biggest?

Critical+ 2.0 autoflower. 

There's a mixed bag there, autos on the left, photos (mainly) on the right .. early days.

I'm more involved with the autos at this stage .. every minute counts, the clocks ticking with these .. fast is good.

[flighty]

Bout time you started a thread in this section

 

How you going on the digging front? Many holes sorted yet? 

[Asha605]

Looking good Mr @Bud Wiser....like always! 

[Dinafem-Mark]

You always to a terrific job with your indoor grows so let's see what you can do this outdoor grow season 

 

Going of past grows we are in for a treat 

 

Best of luck for your 2018 outdoor adventure. 

 

We will be along for the ride and watching with interest 

 

Good luck brother

 

All the best 

 

Mark..

[Bud Wiser]

What a difference a week makes ... now on day eleven / twelve.

I start them off in a weak solution of GT Formulex, then slowly add seaweed extract solution and GT Green Fuse (root stimulator) ... 24 hr light under flouro tubes, as close to the seedlings as possible. I've used Wilco seed & cutting 'compost', quite sandy, so I added 30% perlite to aid root aeration.

 

 

Time for a re-pot, and although this breaks with current modern thinking, I want several re-pots .. what I lose in seconds now with mild root-shock, I'll gain in laps later on .. like Lewis Hamilton's tyre changes! It's the mycorrhizal inoculant I want deep in the main rootball when it gets going, so I'm 'layering'.

 

 

To help re-pot more easily, I 'size' the hole up by using the seedling in it's container and pack the soil/medium around it before removing the seedling from the container, then it just plops right in, and gives better myco coverage too ...

 

 

So, here are the main contenders .. Critical+ 2.0 Auto, OG Kush Auto .. and some other weeds by that HSO company!

(De Haze auto, LC Skunk auto) .. and a Black Bubba auto, from a friend.

 

 

And some more in this lot too ...

 

 

More when it gets interesting again.

 

 

Edit: the dates on the sides of the pots refer to the 'dropped-in-water' date (in brackets) and the 'break soil' birth date.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Bud Wiser

[flighty]

Looking good @Bud Wiser

 

Those black bubba have got some serious vigour, mine are the biggest out of the autos! 

[jadenugs]

Great start mate, nice healthy roots

Good luck for the grow.

[Bud Wiser]

On 03/05/2018 at 2:34 PM, beezee said:

Looking good @Bud Wiser

 

Those black bubba have got some serious vigour, mine are the biggest out of the autos! 

Thanks man, I must get some info off Stick with these ... I just went for it, blind. 

They're regs though, right?

 

The most vigorous for me's changing every day .. yesterday it was the C+2 auto, today it's the OG Kush auto.

And the HSO gear's hot on the Dinafem's tails.

[flighty]

I can tell you what they are mate

 

Black dragon x (dinafem) bubba Kush

 

Black dragon is the same as duurty dragon but a different pheno was selected. 

 

They are regs, but I plan on reversing one this year

[Bud Wiser]

Dinafem line-up, between 15 and 19 days old.

 

 

2 x Critical+ Photoperiods on the left.

2 x OG Kush Autos in the centre.

2 x Critical+ 2.0 Autos on the right.

 

That OG Kush at the back already needed re-potting again .. so into the grow pit she went ...

 

 

One of the Critical+ 2's was also ready for a plant-out ... this one's going in the home garden ...

 

 

Fingers crossed this decent weather keeps up.

 

[inapond13]

Looking great again @Bud Wiser can't wait to see your results again this year.  Was just wondering, what training methods are you planning to implement this season with your Auto's in the greenhouse?  And when are you going to start?

[Bud Wiser]

5 hours ago, inapond13 said:

Looking great again @Bud Wiser can't wait to see your results again this year.  Was just wondering, what training methods are you planning to implement this season with your Auto's in the greenhouse?  And when are you going to start?

Same as last year, I'm hoping I've selected the right strains for the job this year, I need stretchy plants with good side-branching ... I'll start probably in the next few days, the OG Kush auto's steaming ahead, and I need to start bending that meristem over soon .. apical-dominance-shifting takes time, too much too soon and they snap. 

[inapond13]

Great stuff Bud, I look forward to seeing the progress...

[Bud Wiser]

The first Critical+ 2.0 auto went into the ground ... the second's going into an Airpot.

Re-potted only on Sunday just gone .. 4 days ago .. ready to go again ..

 

 

I've prepped the hole with more mycorrhizal inoculant (background) ... final resting place .. a 20 litre Airpot.

I'm using a mix of 60% Plagron Lightmix, 30% Coco Coir and 10% added perlite.

For nutrients, as mentioned (I think) I'm using Greenleaf Megacrop single-application nutrients .. the concentration increases throughout the grow, although I will add PK supplements, calmag and blackstrap molasses when the time comes.

 

I did three today ..

 

 

The remainder as and when ...

 

 

On 09/05/2018 at 3:14 PM, inapond13 said:

Looking great again @Bud Wiser can't wait to see your results again this year.  Was just wondering, what training methods are you planning to implement this season with your Auto's in the greenhouse?  And when are you going to start?

 

No sooner said ....

 

 

I'll explain what I'm doing here .. plants contain auxins (a chemical found in the shoot tips and roots) that promote stem elongation and inhibit the growth of lateral buds (maintains apical dominance) .. so, by tying down the meristem so that the top shoot's eventually below the secondary and tertiary shoots, the auxin production moves to these, forcing the plant to think that the apical dominance has shifted and the main meristem is no longer the dominant force. This gives you 5 colas, not one! I read about people topping and super-cropping autos which to my mind is counter-productive .. don't do it, you'll lose any benefits you've gained, over the long term.

 

[inapond13]

All looking superb.  Hope this sunshine keeps shining...