Hey @RPgrower good day to you brother 
yes from itty-bitty to monsters in a flash man it never ceases to amaze me. Hopefully you are having a great weekend my friend
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@RPgrower im with you, photos over autos. If i lived in a colder climate i might do autos outdoor. But they are fun to play with, strain sampler. I dont buy em anymore. But i still get freebies with some of my purchases. Stay cool in the shade. Lol✌
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Lol, last year I did a Medgom auto outside for a quick harvest as we went to son’s wedding in Sri Lanka in September. Except she went 222 days before finishing! Had to get my neighbours to look after her when we were gone, and then bring her back into the tent when we got home in October!
And then when she was done, I did 3 Bear Dance autos in the tent. They were listed as getting up to six foot tall, but mine started flowering after about 3 weeks, one was 9" tall at chop, other about 14, 3rd one under 2’. Think I got about 3oz off of all of them!
Gotta love autos!
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Hey yall here we are at week 1 day 10, girls are all taking off and looking beautiful 
they very in development a bit, top 2 are beasts got 3 nodes going on 4 
and the littlest 2 are at 2 nodes going on 3 
Here is the closet today
The leader of the pack is Bay burger, she is nicely developed
#2 Apple fritter slightly behind BB her leafs are not as indica of course AF is a 50/50 I was hoping she would present more indica, that is okay though 
#3 Pineapple express auto has the same basic development as Master kush, but they are completely different. PE is a 65% Sativa which she is showing her wings are spreading
#4 Master kush is definitely presenting indica with fat little leafs, but the problem is little lol 
I believe she is a miniature but will wait to see 
look perfect but smaller.
Anyway you guys hope you all are having a great Sunday out there
happy growing yall
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@Dennis62 very nice looking good my friend! I see a forest full of buds in your future 
probably the most rewarding part of the grow is watching them develop into beautiful bushy girls and they are off to a great start! I hope your doing well today!! Stay safe and cool brother 
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Looks like they’re off to a great start! Hope your day goes well 
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@Dennis62 well good Monday to you my friend. Man I tell you what for 10 days those girls are getting it . Won’t be no time you’ll have some small bushy trees and then big old buds. 
. @W.B.elpaso yeah I agree with you my friend. If it was legal here and I could grow outside I would put a few hours around the right time of the year out there. Just because they make a little faster than the photos especially outside. The photos would have a long growing season here in this Southern state of Louisiana. I also think you would have to find something like that tri shield or something you could spray on them pretty regular due to all the humidity we have here I feel like I’d removed you will be a real problem. If perhaps he was in a greenhouse and had plenty of fans blowing it would work okay. But just outside down here I’ve seen it grow so I know it will but the conditions aren’t that great . I hope you all have a good Monday and a good week
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Hey brother thanks man great to hear from you, I am curious to see Gelatos progress future is always a crap shoot lol ya just never can tell with plants until they are dry I am dealing with all new strains this grow I have
no expectations, just keep them happy and healthy, will see in 14 weeks 
my grow buddy stopped by today and he’s pumped to take Master kush or pineapple whichever doesn’t make the cut hell I can’t pick a favorite time of a grow, every stage is exciting!!! I am having a good day over here another 100+ day here but I feel so much better during the summer I don’t mind. Have a great week man holler at ya later brother @Brainsacco1
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Hey bro! I’m going to water her tomorrow & will share some pics. She will be 5 weeks into flower & is putting on a little weight, not like my past grows. Not sure if I did something wrong or if it’s just the way she wants to be lol. Do you remember when I took the main cola’s from the autos? It’s been about a month ago and the buds still smell musty like gelato does. It’s going to really suck if I lose this one also. Not sure if it’s the nutrients breaking down like you said, I don’t think the mgpm has been feeding her for quite a while because the numbers stayed pretty much the same as what I was putting in. I might have to search for the fastest strain I can get so I don’t run out if gelato doesn’t make it. All’s good here, just waiting for a tornado to pass by lol. I hope your doing well today!!
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O I forgot to share something! I was once a man trapped in a woman’s body, but then I was born stay frosty brother
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Hey brother that is what I was just saying, there is nothing wrong with the structure being different than past grows, every seed has so many strains to make up the 55/45 mix, no two plants are the same, you did nothing wrong sorry to hear that the bud smells musty , I am a little unsure if that is smell curing? Have you smoked it? Well I have musty smelling closet because it’s wet organic stuff its supposed to smell like that. I see the numbers as being that she is consuming nutes at the same rate as you are putting in and that is fine. Ppms of 1200 are good during flower, only have a couple weeks to go there is no way to screw up now, water and wait fastest strains are a new type using the Ruderalis or auto genes, it is not a auto, it needs hours of light change to flower, It is called a Early version, it uses the fast progress from flip to harvest taking less time. 6.5 weeks of flower. I loved the ones I have tried. Depending on how long you veg of course. You are going to be in a 4x4 and growing multiple plants, next grow should give you more than enough to get from one grow to the next Hope that tornado stays away from you my friend confused about the riddle, but sounds very interesting I got some changes in my life and I am something different after dieing and being born. Life is a trip. Have a great day my friend. @Brainsacco1
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I apologize for not keeping up with the watering schedule I have been doing, this will be the 4th time wetting the root zone according to the size of the plant every 3 days I use my 16oz cup as a gage, I don’t expect my plants roots to search for moisture, I give them a moist environment for the roots to explore in, as my plants grow I increase the rings I pour around using the drip line or tips of the leafs in diameter, so its moist from the stalk to the drip line. Here’s the closet today
Todays watering the one in back right only took 1 16oz cup of water to wet around her, but the other 3 took 1 16oz widening the circle and one 16oz cup pouring around the stalk as all 3 are taller roots are going deeper. But they are cool for another 3 days growing like weeds lol anyway yall hope everyone is having a good start to your week. Happy growing yall
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Hello Mr. D! I tried some of the auto last night and it was pretty damn good it is gg4 & tastes like my last grow with no funny taste from the musty smell. I am more worried about potential health problems from smoking mold than the taste. I checked it out with the loop & didn’t see anything off, so I’ll smoke it:grin: I’ll check out the early version & maybe have some on hand just in case I had to clean up the yard today because a bunch of stuff got tossed around but no serious damage was done, thank God we might lose half of the banana tree, one of the fruiting branches got snapped & was laying on the ground, so I propped it back up & we’ll hope for the best. This page is acting stupid, I usually have to go back & read your last post because my memory is not so good anymore lol, but it won’t let me do that so if I miss something I apologize I haven’t done any okay Angelo for a while because I didn’t see any changes. She is still consuming the same amount of water and I’m keeping the ppms the same but will start to flush soon because the GH floranova bloom calls for it & her pistols are about 1/4 brown, reddish. She doesn’t smell very good but she’s loaded with trichromes! Here’s a few pics, I wish this camera was a little better 
I hope your doing well today & you have a great week
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@Dennis62 your little ones are looking awesome I see a full closet in your future buddy! Here’s a picture of the banana tree.
I’m done for today on this site it’s starting to get irritating lol.
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Thats a cool plant. I grew a gelato auto from ilgm, it did great til i decided to test my light boundaries. I fried it bout week 5 of flowering. Yours looks great. It was my first indoor run. I learned its alot different than the great outdoors. Anyhow, heres an update on my autos,
whiskey zulu-left
Banana kush-right
31 days from sprout.
@Dennis62 hope your having a good day, and getting some of this rain im getting today.
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@W.B.elpaso thank you brother this is my first photo & I’m digging it for sure. I’ve been growing autos for about 3 years.I really like the mgpm as a medium, she has been very healthy since she sprouted & Dennis is an awesome teacher! Your girls are looking great are you keeping the node spacing large on purpose? Not trying to be critical just curious.
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Not really, but ya maybe. Im trying to get them as big as i can before flowering starts. They are going outside real soon. Kind of an experiment. If i do decide to grow some autos outdoors next season, im trying to find out best time and how to start them. I wanna be sure i can get a good yield before im committed.
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Hey brother glad to hear the gg4 was awesome 
so happy to hear your safe today and only a little damage my friend I love living here in Northern Nevada, No crazy weather most of the time yes some times I have problems after spending a bunch of time typing it won’t do anything when I hit reply or too much time, I figured out what to do start at top right of the post and touch and hold and drag down so it highlights the whole post then click copy, then after you copy post you can throw away the one that was giving you problems, and open a new post touch and hold till it shows you a banner that says paste, and you post should appear scroll down and hit reply and it should work I also have learned to make sure that there is a space before and after any emojie or they turn to type? Hey buddy she is still building nicely so don’t worry about flushing yet, I see mostly white pistols which is typical for 5 weeks into flower, but yes she is starting to turn orange but you have lots of time, well she’s a 55/45 so she can take anywhere from 7 to 10 weeks of flower to mature. Man I love the flash picture! It really shows off her tricomes 
Well I can’t thank you enough for all the compliments my friend I appreciate you I am pretty pleased with the girls progress and I am pretty sure pineapple is going to be #3 Master kush is a miniature, my buddy will get a couple ounces from her Hey you know the method is the watering schedule more than it is with the miracle grow potting mix, any well draining mediums can work with the way I never allow my root zone to “dry” out, BUT I REPEAT WELL DRAINING MEDIUMS. It foxfarm ocean forest etc. And @W.B.elpaso @Brainsacco1 I have grown a dozen different autos and in every grow and you can look, you can not tell which plants in the closet is a auto or photos!!! I have never had a finicky auto, because I give them a moist environment for the roots to explore. No shocking the plant as most people think drying out is a good thing, YES AND NO yes but you don’t need to dry too much!!! Too much of a good thing is dangerous 
Know your medium, develop a good watering plan and these frickin plants will grow like weeds I will reiterate that oxygen is invasive it finds its way into every crack and crevice and the plants are built to take advantage of its surface roots which are just below the top soil, just like plants in the wild to chase a wet dry cycle too much is not healthy. But I always consider what I do as a form of hydro and I recommend to everyone that you find a type of hydro or coco and or peat with a good nutrient line. I been around awhile and see that people growing in Soil has the worst problems, not saying some people have it down pat, but Most people don’t know what soil is or how to water it. I know my miracle grow potting mix has NO compost or organic mulch, it is peat moss wood chips and some coco and perlite. More like coco than soil, I treat it as such, I do have time released nutes to think about. But enough of my soap box 
lol Man I got more to say but running short on time. Hope you guys are having a great day out there and I will holler at you later today 
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Hey yall here we are at week 2 tomorrow, day 13 and the girls are doing great today, everyone is happy and healthy And it is apparent Master kush is a miniature, a perfectly healthy normal looking plant, but all her growth is tiny compared to the other plants, and that means flowers would be small. So she is going to my buddy in the near future, hes got room and he’ll get a couple ounces of pinky finger tip sized nuggets he’ll be happy I am keeping the light at 15" above the canopies to keep the node spacing fairly tight. Anyway here is the closet today
Here is the leader of the pack Bay burger, she is a nice indica dominant strain, very healthy and vibrant, she is at 5 nodes going on 6 and her branches are coming out nicely. Not the tallest but the best developed. 4 inches tall.
Next is Apple fritter very healthy and doing great, her leafs are showing a fairly sativa look, and she is taller by an inch I will have to keep an eye on her. She is at a full 4 nodes going on 5 and her branches are coming out but not going gang busters but okay 5 inches tall
Here’s Pineapple express auto #3 and doing great too, but not handling the dry climate as well as the others, but I am sure she will be fine, a little ruffling on the edges of her leafs. I had her in front of the tower fan till just the other day and was pretty wind burn. She is barely on 4 nodes 5 is still too tiny to see, but she has the best developing branches!!! Also 4 inches tall.
Here is Master kush healthy and vibrant just small, at 3 nodes going on 4 and developing branches, but zoom in and see how tiny they are. She is only 3 inches tall.
Okay as you can see my leafs are as wide as the pots in 3 out 4 plants So tomorrow when I water again I will be wetting the outer edge of the pots with a couple 16oz cups wetting the last dry ring of medium, and one 16oz cup pouring around the stalk, I may get a little run off, as there is only 9" deep of potting mix. But I will be sure that there is damp medium full pot now, and I have not looked yet but I should have roots showing thru the drain holes soon 
All their stalks are stiffened and starting to thicken nicely, soon I will be able to take the crutches out, but will see when. I am going to be adding a 2nd light and spreading the girls out getting their position in the closet Anyway yall things are progressing nicely here and all is well I hope you guys are having a great week, and happy hump day Happy growing yall till next time
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