Zkittlez (or cbd lemon, still don't know) is doing really well, she seems to get a bit droopy in the morning just before lights off time, i think im still getting used to watering autoflowers, i tend to water them at night because im worried they'll dry out over night. i'm letting them both dry out though and then can start fresh.
Zkittlez is 38 days today and Gorilla Glue is 33 days old.
Gorilla Glue is picking up but is taking its time to flower, has preflowers as you can see in the pictures but shes not really doing much. more than i expected though, and maybe i will get something from her? probably nothing to write home about but doesn't really matter, i've never tried GG before so anything is something :)
Oh i've changed over to HPS lighting now, running at 400watt, still 20/4. Wanted a bit more stretching, although node spacing on zkittlez is looking really nice. She's growing around half an inch to a full inch each night, im guessing the stretch period has started :)
Crazy to think that i'm halfway there already (for zkittlez anyway)
Im actually hoping its CBD lemon and not Zkittlez, and im hoping ill be able to figure that out sooner rather than later so i can harvest before i get any amber trichomes that will degrade the cbd.
Not much of a smell yet, soon i imagine.
Oh and to people commenting, i cant reply yet as i havent received a confirmation email :-/ but to the person mentioning temps and how they should be closer together (lights on vs lights off), theres not much i can do about it unless i run a heater, which i dont want to do as my grow space is in the garage, which has been known to flood. its too dangerous. oh and its winter here :) thats why im growing autoflowers, so i can keep them warm. its only the last hour or so when it gets down to 13 degrees celcius. i checked at around 2 hours into lights off and it was 16.8 i think, somewhere around there. they havent complained about the cold so far :)
one thing i need to work on is humidity, since swapping to HPS its gone from 45-50% to 30-35%. i looked online for simple fixes and have left a pot of water in the tent, supposedly the light will eventually evaporate the water causing moisture. i also sprayed the walls of the tent with a light amount of water, which actually worked pretty well, not sure for how long though, may have to buy a small humidifier.
Hey there friend. Would you be alright with me offering some pointers? So cannabis plants LOVE heat and humidity. It is the buds that hate it. In veg we want to take advantage of this fact to help our plants grow along much quicker and more vigorously. In veg we can look for temps of 79-84 MAX with lights on & no more than 9 degrees less with lights off. If we allow for too much temperature swing between lights on and lights off while the plant is still growing vertically up to day 20 of flower, We will cause the plant to stretch ALOT which we do not want. So in veg & early flower, Keeping our temperature gaps nice and close between lights on and off is key. Utilizing humidity in our rooms during veg will also help out a lot with more rapid growth but we must introduce it properly. In our rooms we have our temperature and humidity set-points, But when we combine those 2 it forms a third set-point which is the most important & that is called VPD, Vapor pressure deficit.
I strongly recommend every new grower or old grower who has not learned it yet, To study and understand it & implement it into your room, Logging your numbers daily.
https://cerescann.com/importance-of-measuring-vpd/
For soil, We generally want to go for a PH of 6.1
This website does a GREAT job of illustrating it with a nice graph & very good detailed explanation for soil.
https://autoflowerseedshop.com/cannabis-ph-chart-guide/
As we briefly touched on before, During veg & early flower we want our temperature gap's nice and tight to avoid stretch. Why exactly our plants stretch in response to this is a genetic trigger being activated by the environmental stress essentially telling the plant the end of the season is closer than it really is. In veg & early flower the plant is still in its first stage of development which is to grow up wide and tall so when it produces seed, It can cast them out nicely. Remember, Whether we are growing our plants for seed or bud their genetic responses do not change as they gh sidedo not know any different. Once the plant has finished that first stage of growth by weeks 4-6 of flower with most strains, It is by day 20 of flower. Autoflowers you have to watch for it, But once the plant has finished this goal its new mission is to focus 100% on producing nice big flower clusters & to get very sticky so it can attract pollen to it successfully.
So once that vertical growth is finished, We actually now want to begin to expose our plants to larger temperature swings between lights on and lights off. This will help activate that genetic response and allow us to draw out the most potential from the strain utilizing the plants genetic triggers to environmental stresses at the right times. We can also take this a step further with doing light deprivation in the last 2 weeks using less light to simulate cloud cover. Very cold feed temps on the last flush is very good too. If you do not have them already, Get yourself a good PAR meter & thermal laser temp gun to monitor your plant top temperatures & optimize how much light your plants are getting. We are currently in the middle of producing a very comprehensive tutorial series for everybody to learn from & understand how to grow the highest level craft cannabis all on their own. If this interests you please check out our youtube and subscribe. The first 2 episodes are out the next one is coming in a few days. If you should ever have any questions or need any help, Please feel free to follow my profile and shoot me a DM. I will gladly help you with the pull down & make sure you get the best quality harvest possible as it is the most important step of the entire process. I really think you would benefit from our tutorial series on youtube, Our channel is linked off our main grow diaries profile. We just put up week 3 of plant life care so you got time to subscribe and catch up before the next episode is out! I look forward to seeing you over there and hearing your feedback to better help me shape the tutorials
Happy growing friend!
@LegacyMarketFarm,
Hi friend, thanks for your comment and tips, i appreciate and welcome any and all constructive criticism, tips and suggestions :)
Unfortunately there's not a lot i can do about the temperature swings at the moment, it's winter where i live and my grow space is in the garage (which is very cold and has no heating). I could run a heater/invest in temp control systems but to be honest i'm just a hobbyist grower, not too keen to spend any more money. Plus the garage has flooded before, so i don't feel comfortable running any sort of heating down there. The lights are only off for 4 hours, and the tent only gets down to the low temp of 13-14degrees Celsius for around an hour or so, i checked at about 2 hours into 'lights off' and the temp was 16.5degrees.
Node spacing seems to be pretty good so far, there's a lot of bud sites and she's (zkittlez) is growing about an inch a night.
So yeah, im fine with how it is at the moment :) and once winters over and things start to warm up a bit ill give photoperiods another go, until then its autos at 20/4 :) thanks again for your input.
@VertiGrow, thanks :) its a pretty popular strain apparently, personally its far from my favourite though, although that could be because of my stressed plant growing quite airy buds, still trying to unlock the solid nug achievement lol