New to the hobby; AK49 Auto & Bubblelious Auto grow.

[pwizzle]

Looking good so far, since you've grown in the garden you should be ok.
I was gonna say looks like some nute burn on the bubble also. wasn't sure if burn or deficiency but since you said you fed I'm thinking burn.
Other than that, they look real nice for your first time. Keep it up!

 

[skatershawn]

Looking good so far, since you've grown in the garden you should be ok.
I was gonna say looks like some nute burn on the bubble also. wasn't sure if burn or deficiency but since you said you fed I'm thinking burn.
Other than that, they look real nice for your first time. Keep it up!

Thank you sir... thank you!
Yes, That's what i'll be treating it as, so i'll cut back on nutes for her and see how she takes it.
I'll get my weekly-ish updates coming also!

 

[skatershawn]

Well I'm back with another update; Day 32!
The AK49 is looking great... budding nicely and nearly 2 weeks into flowing the trichomes are showing up nicely.
As far as the bubblelicious... it doesn't seem to be budding like the AK, i know they're different strains and stuff but all i've read on the bubblelicious as told me that it flowers fairly quick. She has calyxes and pistils but i'm not noticing bud formations like on the AK and they are the same age.
Anyone have any advice on the bubble? Thanks.

I flushed the soil with distilled water on Monday and was going to let the soil dry up a bit to get some oxygen into the roots than feed them on Friday with some flowing nutes. Can't wait to see what the next two weeks has in-store.

Well here's the pictures:

AK49 Main Cola: Day 32.


AK49 Lower Bud Site: Day 32 (Can see trichomes if zoomed in).


Both side by side: Day 32.


Bubblelicious 42cm height: Day 32.


Bubblelicious Top View of Main Cola: Day 32.

 

[kaos212003]

Looking great man! I see a lot of similar traits in the Ak 49 that I am growing. Dont be afraid to feed her well. She will bud fast and she needs it. Im 37 days from seed. Shes very bushy, and tall have a lovely but sites all over the top down the stem to the bottoms as well as the main cola and standing nearly 28 inches tall 28 inches wide fills up her space completely from wall to wall and I'm bout to be losing the rest of my space in height this plant has completely shocked me considering it was supposed to veva short squat strain. here are some pics to compare.

 

[skatershawn]

That is pretty nice, and bushy. I LTS'ed mine slightly, been wanting to scrog her, but she is growing to fast for me to get the time to build a screen.
What setup are you using (Lights, soil, etc.)?

Does anyone have any info on my girl bubble??

thanks

 

[skatershawn]

A quick update!! The girls where stretching too fast I had to hurry and make a screen, with little time to make it. SOO I ended up just making one from mason thread. It's not the sturdiest but I made sure it would handle weight, and have hooks to hold it up when buds get heavy!

Both: Day 34.


also, I'm thinking the bubblelicious is missing the auto traits or something. :/

 

[skatershawn]

Another update; I just received my new microscope, and i'm trying to get use to it. It's a be hard to get a steady clear picture of anything above 75x but it's capable of getting 500x zoom. Well here's a few pics of the trichomes of my baby girl (Just the ak49).

 

[kaos212003]

It cant hurt the bubble to put it in 12&12. Just find a dark closet and set some lights and timer. Maybe it will jump start ole girl into showing some buds.

 

[skatershawn]

I took her out at her 12th hour of light to block the light two days in a row, and I noticed her stretching out and what looks to be small bud formations, but im not sure just yet. I got her all tied in to my scrog now so it makes it hard to cut her hours of light down without effecting my AK49 (which is looking greater everyday).

I figured I got 4 weeks left on the AK, so if the bubble hasn't changed by then, she'll have the whole closet to herself!

 

[Loola]

Hi, the bubble being an auto has a short life span. If you let it veg too much would that affect the flowering time? I have the auto bubble from nirvana also (day 20 from sprouting) and I am a bit worried IDK when should I put her under 12/12 to force the flowering stage

 

[cheechako]

I never switched my auto bub to 12/12. She's always been 20/4. Being a first time grower, I wasn't even sure she started to flower - I still had veg bulbs and nutrients when I finally realized that she had been flowering for at least a week.

So when it happens? I'm not sure. But if she really is an auto, it shouldn't matter as far as the lights are concerned.

 

[skatershawn]

Yes, Im starting to look deep into the bud sites and noticing ever so slightly, she is slowing forming buds; she showed pre-flowers roughly 3 weeks ago at the same time my AK49 did, and my AK is putting on a show for me, but this is what had me slightly concerned. I know they're both different strains (AK being Indica dom. and Bub. Sativa dom.) but both being auto hybrids I figured they'd bud within a week or so from each other, not three.

But i'll surely keep this thread updating as the weeks pass!

And thanks.

 

[skatershawn]

Hi, the bubble being an auto has a short life span. If you let it veg too much would that affect the flowering time? I have the auto bubble from nirvana also (day 20 from sprouting) and I am a bit worried IDK when should I put her under 12/12 to force the flowering stage

Use my thread as a time line and compare dates to photos. I know there can be a few variables that could chance things, but for the most part we have same strain. Keep your girl under 18/6 if shes auto, she'll come to her senses. Im at day 35-36 from sprout and she is only starting too form buds. She, however, showed pre-flowers roughly 3 weeks ago.

And if you are still uncertain, put her under 12/12 one or two days at about day 30; this should kick in flowering if shes having trouble. But I honestly think you'll be fine staying on the 18/6 cycle.

Best of luck with yours.

 

[kaos212003]

Why 18/6? Ive had my ak49auto on 24hr since seed. Never once has she seen the dark. She is massive. You can only share my excitement because we are growing the same impressive strain. She is now under 24hr 400watt hps.

 

[skatershawn]

well being an auto it doesn't matter much, but I like to let them rest for 6 hours, plus it cuts back on my electric bill.
I don't think i'll be losing much from the 6 hours of darkness, as long as I have everything else perfect. Plus she's growing gorgeously anyway. But yes, every morning, the first thing I do is open up the closest and give them a hard 15-20 min look over, just because this is my first grow!

 

[Loola]

Hi,

I have it on 20/4. I also want to give them a little rest. It seems better from my point of view. 1 thing tho, on the nirvana site they say Predominantly Indica not sativa like you said. I'm at thay ~25 I'll just give her 5 more days. I kept her just under 2 CFLs. 2200 lumens so maybee she developed slower becouse of that.

 

[skatershawn]

Hi,

I have it on 20/4. I also want to give them a little rest. It seems better from my point of view. 1 thing tho, on the nirvana site they say Predominantly Indica not sativa like you said. I'm at thay ~25 I'll just give her 5 more days. I kept her just under 2 CFLs. 2200 lumens so maybee she developed slower becouse of that.

The AK49 is predominantly sativa! The Bubblelicious is indica!

 

[kaos212003]

Im a favor of cfl's. If you have good lights with reflectors anyhow. You can be very creative with even the smallest of setups. Do you have pics?

 

[Loola]

Yes, you mixed them up in an earlier post. But I don't think it's important. How are the plants? i I am keeping an eye out. I want to compare my plants with yours. I am behind so far

 

[skatershawn]

Oh their growing, and the bubble is showing some nice flowers now. Slowly but surely.

Forgive me for the crappy pictures, I just ran in there in snapped these for this post.


AK49: Day 39

AK49: Day39

AK49: Day39

Bubblelicious: Day39

Bubblelicious: Day39