Teetee's Dutch Threesome - TD BAM and AU

[teetee]

no problem mate, those are sizeable buds! I bet they STINK!

[ledbud]

STINK crazy bro.
i love the smell. LOL

[teetee]

Day 91

I have a busy tent at the moment..... 3 seedlings at day 5 and 2 mature plants, close to getting the chop.

TD is currently in day 4 flush with plain EC 0 rainwater. I plan to harvest her on day 94 after a week's flush, and I'm keeping a close look out for any bud-rot.

Here she is from the side window....

Plenty of solid bud.....

AU is still flowering, she is absolutely huge.....

Here's her left side with the main cola.....

and the right side....

there's a good few sizable colas there....

Back to that main cola - here's a closer look......

and from the side window....

She's browning off but there's plenty of white pistils still popping through, so I think she has a few more weeks in her yet.
She's on a light feed EC 0.9 made up of EC 0.6 base nutrients, some Cal Mag, Roots Excellurator Drip Clean and Bud XL.

Thanks for looking in, more later on in the week when I harvest TD.

[ledbud]

lovely bro, AU always get big, you need bigger tent man.

[teetee]

Dutch Passion call Auto Ultimate an XXL plant, I have a pack of Think Big.... also an XXL.... but she goes for 3 weeks longer....

I may have to get that tent!

[ledbud]

we using 2.4x2.4m tall tent, well worth the money to get tall tent.
8′ x 8′ x 6′ 11″ (w/ ext. 7′ 11″) Gorilla Grow Tent, the plants just love it.

[teetee]

Hi peeps, it's been a while since I posted on this thread, I've been concentrating on my new girls, but I though I should finish this journal, cos this has been a great grow.

I took TD down officially on day 92 but I finished her off on day 96. I kept falling asleep while trimming her.

By day 104, the AU was finally on the flush, and I took these final pictures. This is an Auto and she takes up most of a 1.4m2 wide, 2m high tent!

Her main body is thick with bud...

Here's the right side....

.... and this is her left side......

the main cola is over half a metre in length!

and her other side colas aren't too bad either....

and here's a final bud.....

TD came in at 8.38 ounces or 238g.... I'm well pleased, and a test smoke of 1 week cured was devastating..... gonna leave the rest for a month before having some more.... can't wait!

The BAM is lovely gear, so tasty and very potent. Shame she only delivered half of what TD has given me.

Never mind, the AU is gonna be a big weight, maybe not as much as the previous monsters, but will be a good 'un all the same.....

The final weights are in, Auto Ultimate is dried and curing in jars with 62% Boveda packs, as are the Think Different and Blue Automazar.

Previous Auto Ultimates have brought in 18.69oz and 21.24oz respectively, they were truly exceptional, and although this time she was slightly smaller, she was still a beast, giving me a grand weight of 14.28 ounces (or 404.8g).

Altogether this grow (my 6th) has been my second best in terms of weight (totalling 25.6oz), but probably the best in terms of quality. Certainly the BAM and TD are excellent smokes, better than my previous attempts. Taste, aroma, and strength are all improved, so we are very happy (and stoned).

The store cupboard looks very healthy right now, and with the current grow well underway and looking good, I am pretty chuffed.

Thanks for all the support during this grow, I wish you all the best of growing karma!

[ledbud]

great grow bro, you only get better with every grow.
you give them lots of love and they will love you back.
well done teetee bro.

[teetee]

cheers Bro, I had Master growers to learn from

plus, without having anything to do with LED Hydroponics, I gotta say how good the LEDs are....

The original Helios 6 just kicks ass, it's kinda out of date now, but when I first used it, 2-3 years ago, I was getting nothing but shit on other forums about how crap LEDs are, and how they are such a rip off. It's (still) a great light for growing top notch bud - I find it has a wider field of light compared to the Photon 126 but a couple of inches less penetration. Both LEDs seemed to give better trichome production on the final buds compared to HPS..... but I'm no expert (or employee)!

I've used both LED and HPS/MH, and in terms of heat production and energy used, LEDs win every time. Plus there's the option of changing heights or angles, which is hard to do with conventional lighting.

I'm in dire need of replacement LED chips for my 2 Helios 2's, the Daiquiri Lime really could use some side lighting, and I'm sure I could have broken my Auto Ultimate record on this grow had I pulled my finger out earlier and contacted the company for spares. Totally my fault for being such a procrastinating stoner.

I'm on the verge of getting a couple of Skylines, those together with the Photons would be just mental.

In the meantime, onwards and upwards - you might say I treat them well, but I seem to attend to them less and less each grow, I used to really fuss over them, now I can't even be arsed to wipe the floor!

[ledbud]

i always get shit from hps growers bro. HPS are good but they get to hot in summer and use much more power.
helios works nice but super Helios are much better, i like photon better then helios
skyline i just love it so silent and white lights easy to see plants but its a bit heavy compere to helios.
the fans on helios and photons get to me sometimes, they not that loud but when you have few units they buzz buzzz.
you love the skyline bro. i just ordered 2 more big ones.
did M not send you helios chips.