Number of seeds dropped 10 Number of seeds sprouted 4
Number of days from sprout 106
Number of days flowering 63
Lights on temp/RH 75°F/55% (16/8)
Lights off 60°F/65%
Watering/feeding frequency: Autopots .
She’s getting closer but the trichomes are still half clear, hopefully by weeks end.
Update for 09/21/2025
Number of seeds dropped: 5
Number of seeds sprouted: 4 (05/26)
Number of days from sprout: 119
Number of days since flowers identified: #1 thru #3 = harvested, #4 = 73
Lights on temp/rh: 78-82/45% // DLI = 40 (+, -) 18/6 schedule
Watering/feeding frequency: Drench to drought (almost), about every 4th day now. Using Soil Revival or Micos on alternating waterings and a little molasses once in a while. #4 has been top dressed 3 times in her life, last time was 3 wks ago tomorrow.
Grower comments: Into her 10th week of flower and still a ways to go. She seemed stalled for a bit, but I think she was just packing it on and I wasn’t noticing the gradual change. I made a comment early in her bud development that this lady didn’t have very good bud structure compared to her sisters, and I wasn’t giving her much hope early on, but she turned out to surprise me and I think has turned into the best of the 4. Her buds are plump and solid, a real pleasant piney like smell with a hint of fruit…to me anyway, but I’ve never been good at describing scents. Pistils are about 40% brown if that, so it’s still going to be a while.
Happy growing, y’all!!
About the same shots and angles as last week.
September 23 update
Number of seeds dropped: 5
Number of seeds sprouted: 3
Number of days from sprout: 120
Number of days since flowers identified: 92 inside
Lights on temp/RH: 12/12 85F/45-50 (1)
Watering/feeding frequency: 3-4+ times/week
Nutrients/Amendments: All organic, soil, micos, roadside organics, molasses, fish powder, other good stuff…
Grower comments
I chopped the indoor plant today after about 90 days in flower and 120 days from sprout. It hasn’t really changed in the last week to ten days, trichs are mostly cloudy, some amber here and there and still some clear on lower buds, tops are all cloudy with some amber.
The buds are big and dense and they smell great.
number of seeds dropped 10
Number of seed sprouted 2
Number of days from sprout-83/54
Number of days since flowers identified- 46/31
Lights on temp: 80/85
Watering/feeding every 1.5-2 days.
Leafs on the first plant are all dying now. Still got at least two weeks left I would say maybe longer
number of seeds dropped-2
Number of seed sprouted 2
Number of days from sprout-83
Number of days since flowers identified- 45
Lights on temp/rh 60-88 35-60%
Watering/feeding every 1.5-2 days
Nutrients: advanced Nutrients pH perfect
Ppm 2500
Comments
Number of seeds dropped 10 Number of seeds sprouted 4
Number of days from sprout 113
Number of days flowering 70
Lights on temp/RH 75°F/55% (16/8)
Lights off 60°F/65%
Watering/feeding frequency: Autopots .
Before
Halfway through…
Harvest 27 / 28 Sept
She had a couple of large thick buds that I found fuzz starting on so I decided to harvest. Started the chop/wash/chill last night, finished it today. Although there were some struggles this grow, she turned out to be big and sweet, the whole house smells like candy 
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Update for 09/28/2025
Number of seeds dropped: 5
Number of seeds sprouted: 4 (05/26)
Number of days from sprout: 126
Number of days since flowers identified: #1 thru #3 = harvested, #4 = 80 (chopped today)
Lights on temp/rh: 78-82/45% // DLI = 40 (+, -) 18/6 schedule
Watering/feeding frequency:
Drench to drought (almost), about every 4th day now. Using Soil Revival or Micos +on alternating waterings and a little molasses once in a while. #4 was top dressed 3 times in her life.
Grower comments: Harvested the last one today. She really packed on some weight there at the end and her smell is strong and pleasant. I’m very pleased with the way this #4 turned out. I think it went longer than any auto I’ve grown so far, I’ll have to look back in my records.
This grow-off has been a great experience and a lot fun. I’ve gained a boatload of knowledge following the wide range of growing techniques and how the different phenos grew with each. It’s been great! Thank you @dbrn32 & @Olaf.ILGM, all the ILGM folks that made this happen and all that participated.
Y’all grew some wicked plants!!!
Sorry again for the poor picture quality.
I know it’s only supposed to be 1 update a week but last night she got the chop I didn’t weigh anything gonna wait for dry.
Harvested second plant today… Pictures were somehow deleted from phone or didn’t save. Will take total weight and pictures after everything is cured in 17ish days.
Final update was 390g from Bertha and Chia was 225g.
Both dry weight. Was a wild grow for sure, was not sure Bertha was ever going to finish 
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Both smoke different have different smell and taste and effects. But both are enjoyable.
The plant from the tent is in for a final sweat before going in the grove bags. I noticed some areas of what looked like white fibrous webbing, and white puffs of dust when broken into, I assume that’s a fungus of some sort, maybe WPM, didn’t get any pics of it. Final weight is 2.5 oz, but that doesn’t include the 1+ oz that was tossed.
The smell is great, sweet with piney undertones. Haven’t smoked any yet, will give a full smoke report later 
number of seeds dropped 10
Number of seed sprouted 2
Number of days from sprout-97/68
Number of days since flowers identified- 60/45
Lights on temp: 80/85
Watering/feeding every 1.5-2 days.
This will probably be my last update because my one plant is almost ready for harvest the trichomes are turning milky now there’s still a lot of clear ones but they are turning milky I’m waiting so start seeing some ambers and milky and I’ll be cutting it down.
No smoke report yet will update when I smoke some.
Alright ladies and gents, everyone that checked in claims to be finished. Congrats and thank you for participating!
If you participated in this grow please make a final post in this thread highlighting your grow from start to finish. I’ll let you freestyle the commentary but please share anything you especially liked or disliked about your experience and keep pictures limited to 3 or 4.
I’ll give you a few days to do this and probably put a poll up this weekend. Maybe do something a little different this time with 3 grows going, but I’ll make sure everyone gets an opportunity to vote on something.
Thanks again!
Well this was a fun grow I will admit that. I have never grown autos before I always do feminized seeds because I like to take my time and stress train them and everything granted I’m still a newbie but I think this auto turned out really good. I got a total of 4 ounces dried. They are in cure bags right now it was definitely a challenge for me because like I said I have never done autos so I wasn’t used to what they were doing lol they grew so fast that at one point I didn’t catch it in time that my grow light was turned up to high and it burnt the plant but she pulled through in the end. Once again huge shout out to @dbrn32 for making this grow happen and sending us seeds to try out.
So my final update on this purple kush auto grow off,
What my setup was, 4x4 Tent with a spider farmer SE 7000 , 750w light, 6in carbon filter exhaust system, 1 cloth 5 gallon pot and a plastic bottom feed 3 gallon pot, then up potted to 5 gallon fabric bag., medium is Promix organic garden mix. Nutrients advanced Nutrients pH perfect, bud candy, big bud, overdrive, CalMag.
What I liked: once the seeds took they couldn’t be stopped, very large thick dense colas. Very wonderful smells and very sticky
What I didn’t like: she didn’t ever seem to want to finish, as in the normal tell signs that we are getting close, trichomes only ever got 5-10% amber at most. Was mainly cloudy.
And a single nug dried and cured.
I enjoyed growing this strain once things in my immediate life got under control.
I hope this is what you were asking for.
Realy enjoyed this learning experience
Got 4 oz dried
Trained one and let the other just do its thing thanks @dbrn32 @Olaf.ILGM and ILGM hope to share more of my future with this amazing community 
YAL KEEP’EM GREEN
First I’d like to thank our generous host I💜GM and @Olaf.ILGM & @dbrn32 for making these grow off’s happen.
I set out to grow two Purple Kush Auto plants, which I ended up referring to as the “Older” and the "Younger”, in a 2’x4’ tent using Autopots, coco 50/50 perlite, and Megacrop. The start was tough, my own mistakes caused the difficulty in sprouting, forcing me to drop 10 seeds just to get my two main girls established.
Family Photo
To maximize growth and encourage a longer vegetative period, I ran a staged lighting plan, starting at 24/0 until I wanted them to transition and reducing it down to 16/8 at the end. I also dropped the nighttime temps during late flowering to 60°F to try and pull out that purple color. These plants absolutely crushed the stereotype that autos are small.
Younger at 10 weeks flower
The Younger Plant was a total overachiever, growing right up to and then 4 inches above the lights and drinking over a gallon a day even late in flower.
I did run into some drama, though. I managed to successfully knock out a mid-stage spider mite invasion using Lost Coast Plant Therapy.
I also had to fix some light nutrient burn and manage the fallout after the Autopot reservoir was left off accidentally, which caused a dry spell. The Younger one showed some stress near the end with foxtailing that resembled a bulking more than elongated spires.
My harvest was staggered because the Younger one was planted 3 weeks after her big sister due to failures to launch. The Older Plant came down first at 99 days and has a savory sandalwood-like aroma. The Younger Plant finished much later at 113 days, after 70 days of flowering, smelling amazing, super sweet and candy-like. I ended up having to chop the Younger one quickly because I found some fuzzy mold waiting for Amber to show up, so I rushed the process, gave it a good wash and an accelerated dry schedule just to be safe.
In the end, the yields were incredible. The Older Plant finished with a final dry weight of 199 grams, and the Younger Plant finished at 564 grams dry. A total of 763 grams from the two—a true “citation-sized harvest” that proved good genes and a balanced environment in a coco/Autopot system combined with some luck will produce massive autoflowers.
Smoke Report: Purple Kush Auto (The Citation Cut)
The total haul of 763 grams was split between two ladies, and let me tell you, their personalities shine through in the smoke. This isn’t just weed, it’s an endurance test for your endocannabinoid system. Take a moment, repeatedly inhale this level 4 biohazard, and declare common sense to be grossly overrated.
The older one, the one that smelled like a spice rack, also smoked like it. The taste is pure classic woodsy Kush on the inhale, like you’re smoking a seasoned oak barrel full of weed, with a sneaky little apologetic hint of sweetness on the exhale.
The high hits quick like an unscheduled stop on the stoner bus. There’s no waiting, you’re straight up stoned, immediately. While your motivation is technically still intact, the higher the dose, the stronger this high-grade industrial adhesive gets. If your not careful it will super-glue your ASSpirations to the couch before you can even decide what show to watch.
The younger one, the one that made my whole house smell like weed & candy, is the smooth operator. She tastes exactly as she smells… pure, pleasant, sweet, fruity candy on the inhale and the exhale. It’s a delightful, non-threatening flavor that totally belies the destruction she is about to unleash on your mind. It tastes so good you’ll have to remember it’s weed or you will be gobsmacked into the middle of next week. Yea, it’ll be Thursday at 4:20 pm before you realize your life is missing a week.
Regardless of which one you sample, the bus ride is the same, starting with the classic side effects: you’re instantly wrestling with dry eyes and a dry mouth like you just barely escaped a scirocco driven sandstorm in the Saraha desert. That quickly transitions into the deep contemplative stage until your brain says “I’m out” leaving you quietly staring into the deep abyss only to suddenly shout, “Hey, is that a Cheeto?” You’ll be excited to know the 5 second rule is suspended while you’re perusing the abyss, so go ahead and indulge, you’ve earned that Cheeto!
And finally, the munchies. This is where both strains truly achieve peak spiritual temptation. They immediately work in tandem to convince you that you haven’t eaten for a month. You will find yourself holding the refrigerator door open with one hand while eating a cold corn dog with the other, all while desperately searching for something else to eat.
Soon it starts whispering lies in your ear, like a tiny, green, manipulative dank angel: “That whole pizza has zero calories, plus mixing it with apple pie makes it an anti-inflammatory…” And, like any good cannibbler, you will believe the lies, confess them tomorrow, and immediately start planning your next culinary sin. Hmm, Southern fried pickles & Okra ice cream!
Pound and a half, great haul. Loved the smoke report too. Congrats!
