Blueberry Autoflower x3 indoor

osmodiar · February 16, 2019, 1:07pm

Hi everyone!

3rd indoor grow here, using blueberry autos, 3 seeds were germinated back in January 2019. 2 of them were potted on Jan13 , the bigger plant on the right potted on the 15th.

here are the deets, following are the peeks.

Seeds: ILGM Blueberry auto
medium: growing in Commercial Miracle Gro soil, 70% with added 30% Perlite
3 Gallons Fabric pots
environment: 2x4x5 grow tent
Light: Vivosun 600W LED

Température osscilsted between 67-70 at night to 79-81 during the day.

Humidity is kept between 60-70 throughout

Planless Random LST was my method of choice to even out the canopy.
All 3 Plants showing signs of female pistils
As of now 1 of the plant has been preflowering for about 2 weeks…

I have more pics from a thé early grow but this is the latest . Any comments?

Killadruid · February 16, 2019, 2:57pm

Looking good nice training they look nice and bushy

Popz · February 17, 2019, 4:10am

Look great.
How far from the canopy is the light and do you measure the PAR levels you are getting to the plants.

Thanks

osmodiar · February 17, 2019, 11:51am

for the seedling stage my lamp was 36 inches above and then i dropped it at 20inch . The internode distance is still very small.

I do not measure the PAR. Do you see something that should be changed?

Killadruid · February 17, 2019, 2:56pm

They r looking good nice tight spacing thats a good thing they will have nice tight buds then

osmodiar · February 17, 2019, 4:12pm

thanks!! I’ll flush then switch to bloom nutes when it stops stretching (Bergman’s nutes).

Will try to update weekly or so.

Popz · February 17, 2019, 7:15pm

No, not at all.
I measure PAR and keep it at 900-1000 par at plant tops. As the plant grows I move the light up to maintain the lighting intensity.

osmodiar · February 17, 2019, 7:52pm

Gotcha! I’ll get a PAR meter soon so I can be more accurate in my light distance. right now i’m really just eyeballing it… better be lucky than good

osmodiar · February 18, 2019, 1:44am

Alright! just got home from a 4 days weekend vacation. my girl was taking care of the plant.

the lamp was at 20inch from the canopy. when i got home it was at 12 inches!!
Now it’s filling the whole width of the tent and then some. I’ll have to set up a fan to eliminate mold risk.
this pic doesn’t do it justice :

seems like the bottom left plant is flowering like crazy and is much more advanced than the other 2. oooh phenotypes!

osmodiar · February 23, 2019, 5:03pm

At this point i’m having a hard time controlling for temperature and humidity.

Before my plants grew this big, my light was producing a lot of Heat and Dryness. Now that my 2x4x5 is filled with plant material, the light rays are being absorbed and almost no heat is being created.

How can I raise the temperature of my closet to a controllable temp, while keeping the humidity levels to a reasonable 50 % (into flowering) ?

Dehumidifier? little heating unit ?

osmodiar · February 23, 2019, 5:11pm

here are pictures of the grow area.

see above for grow infos

GreenJewels · February 23, 2019, 8:10pm

The oil filled radiator style heaters work well outside of the grow tent.
If that’s an option for ya. Some heaters that blow hot air can drop RH.

osmodiar · February 26, 2019, 7:14pm

Alright! here is the most recent dilemma. I need experts opinions @raustin @blackthumbbetty @Sixpackdad @dbrn32 :

My 3 auto blueberry are now occupying a lot of space. They fill about 8sqft, but i only have one 600W Led Lamp in a 2x4x5 grow tent…

My 3 plants are at different flowering stages and i’m wondering:

Should I align them, although only 1 will be directly under the lamp: see image below
If so, which plant should i put directly beneath the lamps, the more advanced or the tallest?

or should I cluster them underneath the lamp (see picture 2 posts above) although the walls of the tent tend to compress the edges of the plant?

blackthumbbetty · February 26, 2019, 7:17pm

I’d put the shortest under the light or raise them all up to the same level. My girls are often on booster seats.

osmodiar · February 26, 2019, 7:22pm

oooh!! a booster seat, such a simple yet amazing idea!!! thx!

How about in terms of alignment. When all side by side, two of the plants are not directly under the light. If i cluster them underneath it’s more crowded but most of the plants are under the light.
Any input about that?

dbrn32 · February 26, 2019, 7:33pm

I think that’s about the best you’ll do.

osmodiar · February 26, 2019, 7:41pm

in that case I opted for cluster them under the lamp with a booster under the most advanced in flowering /shortest:

Sorry about the blurple, it’s really just to show clustering more than the plant’s colour.

osmodiar · February 26, 2019, 8:12pm

I love how the side branches are growing towards the mylar

Sixpackdad · February 27, 2019, 2:02am

When you stack them on top of each other and th foliage is dense, make sure to do close inspections for white powdery mildew. WPM likes areas with not a lot of ventilation and leaves that are touching each other. Good luck and nice grow so far.

osmodiar · February 27, 2019, 3:46pm

thanks for the info! will be on the lookout for this evil mildew.

In the meantime, look at the picture below… Is this a pollen sack? did I create Hermies? 1 of the lankiest plant (seems to have been stressed from either light or too much K+/ Phosphorus) is looking like a hermaphrodite .

Should I cull it?