I’m beginning to think my setup doesn’t lend itself to fast flowering autos. Everything I’ve run wants to veg for a long time, including this Sour Crack which they claim finishes in 55-60 days or something along those lines. 
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Did some light defol on the bottom part… some leaves were touching the mulch and starting to look rough around the edges as a result. Started pushing the branches out to spread her canopy and just can’t believe the structure/branching of this plant. The node spacing is fairly tight, but the sheer volume of side branches coming from every single node is ridiculous. I probably should be pruning but I don’t even know where to start because it seems like everything is capable of becoming a cola of its own.
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What kind of light schedule are you running man? Currently I’m finishing a Twenty20 auto under 12/12 after weeks in 18/6 damn thing just wouldn’t progress into flower but now almost done
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I’m tempted to hit it with a shorter light schedule… I like 24/0 for a lot of reasons but long veg times aren’t necessarily my favorite when the goal was a fast finisher lol
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How long has it been total since sprout?
35 days above ground
Oh that’s not too bad I bet she transitions pretty soon. Nice lush growth what kind of light btw?
For sure- I think last round went to about day 45 or so before she took off into flower, but that was the old school mango haze. Much more sativa leaning so I expected it. I should check back to see how long it was.
It’s a kingbrite 240w quantum board that I run much lower than max. Has the IR/UV and Samsung diodes with meanwell driver. Basically at the time it was component-wise equivalent to some of the spiderfarmer quantum boards but a hell of a lot cheaper.
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Oh yeah I’m kind of a LED junkie so definitely aware of those… from Alibaba? Good deal that’s for sure and those babies work well
Ya - I want to say the shipping was a significant chunk of the price too lol. But still cheaper than spiderfarmer by a lot and has worked non-stop for years at this point. Very happy with kingbrite
Continuing with the push-and-spread training on the canopy… finally starting to get some bud formation as well, here on day 39 or so.
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Left for the long holiday weekend and came back to a happy looking plant. Starting to see some frost develop, and she chugged through about 3-4 gallons while I was gone.
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Chunky stalk man nice looking plant
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Thanks man- I don’t know what it is but I love seeing knuckles on the stalk. Its like the plant is on roids 
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All organic right? That’s a hell of an auto so far and you have me rethinking ab running a big girl in large container. Normally I do small single cola in my veg area
Yeah this is 20 gallons organic. It’s definitely a commitment but I think it’s worth it. Having come from smaller pots of organic soil, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where I’d go back to that. Maybe if I had to move the plants regularly or something? Or a sea of green grow maybe… but it’s just a lot of additional maintenance and upkeep to make organics work in those smaller sizes, at least it was for me.
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I’ve enjoyed reading this journal! Yours is the first I’ve seen the type of growing you’re doing (one giant pot of living soil in a very small tent). You get quite the jungle! So I’d say your commitment is paying off nicely. 
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Thank you for the kind words. I needed some encouragement today so truly, I appreciate it.
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