Northern Lights Auto

* 99 days from sprout to harvest (77 days of flower) * Started flowering on day 31 * 4 days germination (from planting seed to breaking soil) This run I fed her twice per day which was a change from my 1st grow in 5 gallon pots that I fed once every 48 hours. She started flowering early on at just day 31 and she was very small and stout though she ended up fattening up and producing some nice large buds. The buds weren't rocks but they were nice and dense. She had a strong, almost fruity smell throughout all of flower and the purples towards the end were beautiful. The yield was quite disappointing in the end as I had hoped for at least 56g and whilsty she smells great she's not very frosty and the high is not the strongest so she is a bit of a let down overall. I tried supplementing with Molasses as a bloom booster after reading somethings online but it did not seem to make any difference and it does seem that molasses is only beneficial in soil for the microorganisms. I also gave her a proper 2 week flush this time though it may have been for nothing as I have spoilt her somewhat by overdrying her. I dried her for 7 days at 22°C and 55-60% RH until the smaller branches snapped but not clean in half as per all online advice. It seems that 22°C is too hot for optimal drying and I would have done better had I dropped it to 18-20°C. Things I've learnt from this grow:- - You get out of coco what you put in, if you treat it like soil and irrigate once per 24/48hrs you'll do just fine...but if you treat it like hydro and feed as many times per day as possible you will get better results (fresh oxygen is brought to the roots every time you water) - 22°C is too high a temp for drying. Next time I will dry for only 5-7 days at 18°C and 60% RH and then jar (I have no idea how people are still managing 60% RH in the jar after a 2 week dry period! must be very low temps) - Whilst I do see see some slight nute burn (burnt leaf tips) from irrigating every watering as opposed to giving plain water every other watering, it definitely is optimal to irrigate every watering and makes no sense to me to give plain water ever unless flushing. - Molasses does not work as a bloom booster in coco - Dropping the evening temperature seems to add no benefit whatsoever - Better to saturate coco and just top it up regularly (I think of it like a battery and its just best to keep it charged above 70% at all times)