Alien x Triangle auto comparison by The Vault

Sire Killem All

Sire Killem All

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Well threw 2 alien x triangle, 1 Blue Kush and 1AK auto in 3gal pots of root organics emerald mountain. Figured need to run something along side of the aliens to compare as I have never ran autos before. Now the waiting game.......20151221_040227.jpg almost forgot about the spider plant in there. Those thing are hearty as hell it lived for 2 months rooting in a napkin in a sandwich bag on window seal, figured better put it in dirt as it was finally starting to Wilt.
 
GuyLeDuche

GuyLeDuche

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Sire Killem All said:
Well threw 2 alien x triangle, 1 Blue Kush and 1AK auto in 3gal pots of root organics emerald mountain. Figured need to run something along side of the aliens to compare as I have never ran autos before. Now the waiting game.......View attachment 3569190 almost forgot about the spider plant in there. Those thing are hearty as hell it lived for 2 months rooting in a napkin in a sandwich bag on window seal, figured better put it in dirt as it was finally starting to Wilt.
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^This reminded me, I popped a freebie auto Mazar x Northern Lights (Blimburn Seeds) with my 2 AxTs and I have to say the Mazar looks like garbage next to them lol. It just has tiny, airy buds with no frost I can see at all :( I can sure see why some people have been turned off by autos, if the Mazar was my only auto I would probably never try one again. All 3 are the same size, about 30", but the AxTs have a ton of frost and the bud size is no contest. I bet all the buds on the Mazar would struggle to add up to the cola on the best AxT, and I most likely won't want to smoke them if they don't sugar up fast lol.
 
Jack Vault

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twistedentities said:
I dried out a small bud to roll up and share with a buddy. For not even getting to jars yet, (one more day sweating stems)it burned really well. From very little water at the end, the buds are turned a slight gold color with purple hues. The taste as described by my pal is like a fruity slurpee. He was very fond of the high as well. Autos get trashed due to garbage strains and crosses but these aliens are some great smoke that I'm really looking forward to the cured product. I'm pretty hermit like with my smoke circle but the few that I do share with will love Alien. Mad props to The Vault and crew. Thank you for the opportunity to try something new without any strings. You guys have a loyal customer. I also referred some fellow growers and they can't wait to do business with y'all after they read through this thread.
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You're very welcome buddy :)

That's great news - enjoy your Alien Christmas buddy :)
 
hondagrower420

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GrowJahsGift said:
Was just curious veg / grow nutes I found isn't needed with the autos some ppl feed them in veg and it can delay flower onset. But you might've got some later finishers. Knowing you didn't feed in veg helps. How many did you start? Mine all pretty much started throwing pistils within a 48 hour block. 28-30 days. I use Promix Hp which doesn't have any starter nutes. When did you start the bloom feeds?
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I'm growing dwc. I started at .5ec and they are up to 1ec now and it looks like I might need to bump it up.

I dont have a veg or bloom nute. I feed with npk ratio of 1:2:2 through the whole grow.
 
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GrowJahsGift

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mushroom head said:
Gotta say man those are some of the most beautiful autos I've ever seen. What size are those pots? And did you start them in those pots or transplant them? Thanks
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AK is the man!
hondagrower420 said:
I mean I like it. Longer veg, bigger buds. I have the room to run them. I just never had an auto veg this long.
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Yeah can't complain there maybe you got some photos lol. Wouldn't be a bad thing. Probably just late show-ers. If they don't bud within a few more days I'd be wondering tho...
 
UniDragon

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I need some advice. First of all, I have heard/read that ro water is supposed to be better for the health of plants and is more user friendly when it comes to mixing nutes. Well, I got this bright idea to use a gallon of water to mix my nutes to test this theory. The initial ph was 7.5. So, I put in several drops of ph down and it went to 3.4! I poured that out and tried again. Again, the initial ph reading was 7.5 and then I put three drops of ph down and again my ph reading was ridiculous low, so I poured that out. Then I tried a third time and used just one drop of ph down and then my reading was 4.5. With this said, does everyone else have this experience with ro water or is it just me?

My other problem, if you can call it that, is: I went to the shop to get some nutes and other stuff. I asked my shop guy if he had any idea what bulb to put at the top of my Tron for flowering. He recommended a led light. His theory is that I would be using less electricity to produce more light. Another shop guy said that leds are still a waste of time, money and effort. This is consistent with my previous experience with leds in that I used a 90 watt ufo in my last grow with minuscule, airy, sickly buds. The ufo was used in a 2x4x7 room to grow four plants. Obviously I did something wrong or had the wrong light for that application because I am seeing pictures from people who use leds and are successful at it. So, in a very round about way (sorry I babble a lot) I guess my question is three part. One, are leds really worth it or should I stick with my flourescents and irredescents? Two, if I were to use a led at the top of my Tron what would you recommend? It would have to have a E27, not a panel. Thirdly, exactly what led bulb could I use for specifically budding/flowering? Any and all advice and recommendations would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
 
akmatanuska

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mushroom head said:
Gotta say man those are some of the most beautiful autos I've ever seen. What size are those pots? And did you start them in those pots or transplant them? Thanks
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Thanks a lot, it's very much appreciated. Can't thank The Vault enough for the opportunity. They were started in peat pellets and then put right into 3 gallon pots. I used voodoo juice to help build the root mass as quickly as I could. I must say I dried them out the past 3 days and they are frosty as hell! Will post pics tonight
 
GrowJahsGift

GrowJahsGift

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UniDragon said:
I need some advice. First of all, I have heard/read that ro water is supposed to be better for the health of plants and is more user friendly when it comes to mixing nutes. Well, I got this bright idea to use a gallon of water to mix my nutes to test this theory. The initial ph was 7.5. So, I put in several drops of ph down and it went to 3.4! I poured that out and tried again. Again, the initial ph reading was 7.5 and then I put three drops of ph down and again my ph reading was ridiculous low, so I poured that out. Then I tried a third time and used just one drop of ph down and then my reading was 4.5. With this said, does everyone else have this experience with ro water or is it just me?

My other problem, if you can call it that, is: I went to the shop to get some nutes and other stuff. I asked my shop guy if he had any idea what bulb to put at the top of my Tron for flowering. He recommended a led light. His theory is that I would be using less electricity to produce more light. Another shop guy said that leds are still a waste of time, money and effort. This is consistent with my previous experience with leds in that I used a 90 watt ufo in my last grow with minuscule, airy, sickly buds. The ufo was used in a 2x4x7 room to grow four plants. Obviously I did something wrong or had the wrong light for that application because I am seeing pictures from people who use leds and are successful at it. So, in a very round about way (sorry I babble a lot) I guess my question is three part. One, are leds really worth it or should I stick with my flourescents and irredescents? Two, if I were to use a led at the top of my Tron what would you recommend? It would have to have a E27, not a panel. Thirdly, exactly what led bulb could I use for specifically budding/flowering? Any and all advice and recommendations would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
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RO water is usually between 0-50ppm so a drop of down will change the PH big time! Next time add CalMag first to bump ppms to 150-200 then PH it will be much more stable.
 
UniDragon

UniDragon

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Ok so my ro water issue seems to be solved; thanks again GJG for your input. Does anyone have an opinion on weather I should use my 25 watt incandescent bulb for flowering in The Tron, as recommeded by the directions of The Tron vs. comvert to a led?
 
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