First Grow! Orange Sherbet Auto

Not to late, you can switch your light whenever you want with autos, most people do it week 4 or 5 or when its in flower from my experience. Some growers do 24/0 for the first three-four weeks and then switch to 20/4 or 18/6. Sometimes down to 12/12 but I think that's unneeded. I do 18/6 all grow as I use dry amendments, the soil microbes needs to breakdown first before the plants can benefit from it so its a bit slower. There's a 55+ page form on this exact subject from auto-flower networks website, most people use 20/4 now according to their survey. https://www.autoflower.net/forums/threads/whats-the-best-lighting-cycle-for-autos-24-0-20-4-or-18-6.3691/ However it is important to note it depends on the phenotype and strain your growing and also the type of feed your giving. It's not good for the plant to be under 24/0 for it entire life, plants need rest, all living things need a downtime. If you are using liquid nutrients and hydro setup 20/4 is good, or 24/0 for a short period of time is also ok during veg week 1-4. The issue comes down to the plant up taking nutrients to keep the growing process going. Liquid = faster | dry = slower Also hydro costs are an issue as well, yields don't seem to be crazy higher for 24/0 vs 20/4 compared to cost of hydro and plants yield and if I remember correctly some people on that form said 18/6 yields a bit lower in yield but quality of the bud is higher. Best of luck

Seedlings don’t need super bright lights at the beginning friend. But she looks fine man. And yes you have to stop comparing your grow to other grows. Read your plant and treat her the way she needs to be treated. She’ll be fine though, weed is resilient. No stress friend 🤙

Autos... They start their feed from sprout at 200 ppm 0.4 ec. 400 ppm 0.8 ec is the start for photos. 400 is to high for autos to start and being at 533 ppm is to high for this stage of their life. Roots weren't ready for that high a ppm from the start. So right now they should be at 300 to 350 max. Your roots should recover and start pulling nutrients back up and into the plant. Everything else is fine. Once you see some good growth increase 100 ppm every week until you reach 600 to 650 ppm. That's about their limit and your getting close to that already.

@Capo420 nah mate not pests just some tearing in a leaf and the other pic is just a small leaf anomaly absolutely nothing to worry about there But the plants do look a little underfed

When in doubt flush them out with more solution till you get your desired PH. Your in hydro and this is a nice and easy way to fix it. Coco also tends to do this, buffer build up. I would flush with PH'd water and a week solution of calmg 1ml/l Will help fix any cation exchange sites that may have opened up as its degrades throughout the grow. Follow though with your scheduled nutrients when you hit your PH mark. Good Luck!

I would let your PH come up to aorund 6.2-6.3 now that your in flower. Try that and see if it stops it from reoccurring. Try not to remove the leaves as they will be an indicator if it is improving. or getting worse. Some spotting is ok in the transition to bloom. Best Of Luck!

Your in the clear, that's just a swollen calyx, it has pistils emerging from it. I did the same thing my first grow and had a mini panic. A sack will not be as fuzzy and tends to point down a bit and be attached by a little stem. My OG Kuch grow got sacks, but also was a 100% male. growdiaries.com/diaries/49742-dinafem-og-kush-autoflowering-grow-journal-by-m0use/week/256650 Happy Growing!