First Grow: 4 Different Auto Flowers

Day 1: Emerged out of the soil! Day 2: Day 3: Purple Punch was still dealing with shedding the seed casing. Got a nice pic of it. Day 4: Healthy leaves :) Day 5: Day 6: Started to gain height. Wedding Cake leaves look incredible. Day 7: Next set of leaves have started forming! Overall, a fun first week. Was scared of overwatering so I only watered twice this week. Obviously no added nutrients.

Day 8: Purple Punch looks very nice so far. Day 9: Day 10: Day 11: Plants are getting noticeably bigger. Day 12: Day 13: Day 14: First day of nutrients was today. Instead of the 6tsp/gal, I went on the light side. I mixed 64oz of tap water (7pH) with 1.5 tsp of Fox Farm Big Bloom. Adjusted it to 6.5pH and poured that 64oz of feed into 4 water bottles. Using 1 for each plant. During the feeding is when I first realized that the Critical Orange had a genetic issue. Instead of 3 finger leaves, it had 2 on one set of leaves. I hoped it didn't impact much. Overall, this week was relatively stress free. Humidity hovered around 55-65% this week. Plants look very green.

Day 15: No water tomorrow. Letting them dry. Humidity has spiked since we have had rain 3 days in a row. I ordered a mini dehumidifier. Day 16: Setup the mini dehumidifier. Reduced the humidity some but not as much I wanted. Still around 60% Day 17: Noticed the white spots on the Critical Orange Punch. It ended up being dried splashes from when I fed it nutrients. Day 18: 2nd day of nutrients. Just fox farm big bloom. Day 19: Day 20: Day 21: Purple Punch looks so good. Great spacing compared to the rest. Overall, this week had a few issues. But nothing I didn't expect. As a rookie with a decent amount of research, I knew the humidity problem wasn't too big of a deal at this stage. I later got it completely under control. The white spots scared me at first, but it happened again a week or two after and I wasn't phased :)

Day 22: Watered this morning. Some lower leaves are shadowed now. Day 23: Day 24: Today I gave them nutrients and started to rotate the plants clockwise each day once. Might as well try and see what happens! Day 25: Placed a Frigidaire dehumidifier in the room, outside the tent. Humidity now under complete control at 45% Day 26: Watered today. Day 27: Think I overwatered them. I see some curling on the tips of the Wedding Cake Auto especially. Day 28: Gonna do nutrients tomorrow. Overall, this week was exciting. Got the tent's humidity under control at 45-50% now. Started to do some leaf tucking, to expose the lower leaves a little more.

Day 29: Nutrients today. Did some defoliation and leaf tucking today. A lot of newer growth on the bottom, has been given more light. Day 30: Plants responded well to the defoliation. Day 31: Seems like they're going crazy. 250mL of water for each tonight. Day 32: Critical Orange Punch isn't spreading out like the other 3. Day 33: Nutrients again. Added a tiny amount of Tiger Bloom to the mix this time. Day 34: Seeing greeeeeeeeeeeen. Day 35: Watered today. Lowered the light to 24 inches today as well. Overall, this week went smooth. And I realized my plants could take some defoliation just fine!

Day 36: Watered just a little tonight. Day 37: Gave them nutrients today. Day 38: Day 39: Pistils are popping up everywhere. Plants have grown 3 inches in the last two days. Day 40: Fed them nutrients today. Day 41: Defoliated some on all 4. Watered again today. Day 42: Having to water every day now. Did some minor defoliation today. Bud Sites are popping on all 4 at this point. Overall, this week felt rewarding. All 4 plants started to flower. I was surprised at how long these autos took to start flowering. But hopefully extra veg time turns into larger yields!

Day 43: The budsites on the Purple Punch auto are starting to look fantastic. Day 44: Fed them nutrients today. Day 45: They're looking nice! Day 46: I've been defoliating the last few days to clear up the budsites, allowing the lower sites to get more light. Day 47: Instead of doing two major waters per week, I've been watering them about 1 water bottle (500mL) per plant, every day or so. The Purple Punch is now 26 inches tall from the topsoil. It has gained 2 inches of height in a day. Day 48: Gave them nutes today. Time for the tiger bloom to make em go crazy. The other 3 plants aside from the Purple Punch are now about 18 inches tall. Day 49: Let's get it! 7th week down. Here we come #8 Overall, this week went smooth. My tent is filling up great. I did some heavy defoliation over the last few days of this week. I started to have the occasional leaf start to die at the bottom of plants. So I wanted to give the plants better airflow and light penetration.

Day 50: They're getting bushy!!! Day 51: Gave them nutrients tonight. Day 52: Day 53: Purple Punch showing out. Day 54: They received nutrients today. Day 55: Just waiting for the other 3 to go crazy with pistils. They have a ton, but they're not surrounding the entire budsites yet. Day 56: Purple Punch is up to 36 inches tall. Overall, this week was the week of the stretch. Extremely noticeable stretch for all of them. Purple Punch had a few 2-3 inch growth days. Northern Lights and Wedding Cake are catching up to the Purple Punch towards the end of the week.

Day 57: Gave them nutrients today. They're looking so good today. Day 58: Sheeeeeeshhhhh Day 59: Purple Punch is 41.5 inches tall now. I bought some blackstrap unsulphured molasses powder, and a product called Flower Fuel. They will be here soon. Day 60: Molasses Powder comes tomorrow. Day 61: Gave them my normal nutrient mix along with 2 tsp molasses powder (1tsp of powder per liter), and a sprinkle of flower fuel. I mix 64 fluid oz of water with those amounts, and give each plant 16 fluid oz of nutrient mix. So 2tsp powder TOTAL. Day 62: They seemed to respond well to the molasses. Day 63: Overall, this week was exciting. My plants are all gaining height quickly. Heights (measured Day 62) :Purple Punch 42", Northern Lights 32", Wedding Cake 31", and Critical Orange Punch 21"

Day 64: Gave them nutrients today. My other 3 are now starting to explode with Pistils like my Purple Punch did a couple weeks ago. Day 65: Day 66: Purple Punch is so big, I can't even see the plant behind it lol. Day 67: Gave them nutrients. The tent is FILLING uppppppp. Day 68: Purple Punch nugs are noticeably fattening up lately. Day 69: Arrived at Trichome City. Day 70: Overall, this week was a long week. The closer these get to completion, it seems like time is slowing down for me! The anticipationnnnnnnnn.

Day 71: Gave them nutrients today. Starting to reduce how much nutrient mix I give to the Purple Punch. Day 72: Plants are all maturing at a good pace last few days. Looking fatter and fatter. Day 73: Orange hairs have appeared on my Purple Punch. Pistils starting to turn orange. Day 74: Day 75: Purple Punch is swelling up. Northern Lights is rapidly changing. Gave them nutrients again today. Day 76: Day 77: Trichomes are stacking on the Purple Punch like crazy. Overall, this week was a quick one. Fed them twice, saw significant changes in the maturity of all 4. Expecting the Purple Punch to be done in 2-3 weeks??

Day 78: We're going crazy this week! Day 79: Crystals visible to the eye are now on the Northern Lights. Day 80: Fed the three nutes today (Purple Punch is on water only now). Day 81: Trichomes are looking mostly clear, some cloudy. Day 82: Day 83: Gave them some nutrients. Some amber trichomes have shown themselves. Thinking harvest might be in 7-10 days. Day 84: Overall, this week went smooth. Purchased a 30-120x microscope/jewelers loupe type device to check my trichomes.

Day 85: Day 86: Day 87: Day 88: Purple Punch harvest sooooonnn Day 89: Day 90 Day 91: Overall, this week was great.

Day 92: Gave the 3 nutes today. Day 93: Purple Punch moved to the 2nd tent. Day 94: Day 95: Day 96: Purple Punch chopped down. Day 97 Day 98: Overall, this week was amazing. First harvest of a plant ever!