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Auto Jack - First ever grow!

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Seed-city
Custom Breeder & Strain
FL/28W
Custom
HID/150W
Custom
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 1, 6
Defoliation
weeks 10, 13
Soil
Grow medium
Strain
00seeds2 - 00 KUSH
Seed-city
Custom Breeder & Strain
Growing it
Easy
Resistance
Strong
So far I've only sampled some edibles from the popcorn buds I cropped last week. Let's just say I over egged the cake!
The Outcome
Week 13
Harvest
What's on the scales?
245
gram
ounce
Bud wet weight
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
0.5
ft²
Grow Room size
2
plant / m²
300
watt / m²
Tents
Good value tent. Is a squeeze at only 2ft square, but available space is tight.
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GreenGnome GreenGnome
a year ago
So my first grow started well, went off the rails in the middle and could have easily ended a lot worse. The seed I used was an Auto Jack which was given to me by a friend. The plant just about survived until the end dispite my attempts to frazzle it with the HPS light, poison it with high PH, and generally over water it and feed it too much Miracle-Gro and Tomatoe feed. Overall I'm happy that it produced some decent sized buds which smell devine. I'm really glad I started this diary and appreciate the support I've received along the way, the knowledge and experience I've gained will be put into my next grow. See you soon growmies.
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Grow Questions
GreenGnome
GreenGnomestarted grow question a year ago
Yellow leaves (even sugar leaves). Is this normal this stage in the grow? The buds don't appear to be fattening.
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Buds. Not fattening
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Youthman
Youthmananswered grow question a year ago
Ciao! Non penso sia una carenza, ma al contrario un burn! Controlla il pH e ppm dell'acqua di scolo e aggiornaci!
GreenGnome
GreenGnomestarted grow question a year ago
It's probably the most asked question (I guess): Do you think she's ready for harvesting.?
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Buds. Other
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gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question a year ago
Hey pal. So, wk 10 is when your fattening phase ended or thereabouts. With autos is usually 6-7 weeks of flowering (that's from pre flower to full ripen) i see, you had a light stall, by the purple under your leafs you had p issues, which made your progress take a little longer. She did recover very nicely though, so, I don't see why it should do anything than it's already done. (Slowed process) the ripening phase wasn't interrupted and she looks to have came a long way the past week. I see she is very frosty, and just by zooming in I can see she is completely cloudy, or what I can see. If it was me, I'd put her into a soft flush..(allow her to eat what's left in the pot, without adding anymore) Here's 1 of my BM on ripening.. mainly down to fems but, the process is the same, just shorter. This will help. As ripeness can play a big part in how she tastes and harshness wise and that. Have a look. It's interesting read. But, I'd defo not be giving her anything else to eat, as that girl has had her fill, now it's just about getting it the way your like your bud. https://www.edrosenthal.com/the-guru-of-ganja-blog/the-cannabis-ripening-process Good Luck buddy.
GreenGnome
GreenGnomestarted grow question a year ago
Should I increase dark period to 12 hrs (or more)? Is there any evidence this helps autos in the late flowering stage?
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Buds. Other
Techniques. Other
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question a year ago
light powers growth.. less light = less development (assuming not too much given relative to environment, of course). Only reduce hours of light if it is displaying symptoms of too much light. autos don't require a hormonal response to extended dark periods.. it will do nothing for an autoflower. photoperiods only go into bloom if the dark period is uninterrupted and long enough (10hours is when most wuold bloom, even though we use 12/12 cycles more often... just safer in case of genetic variation. 13/11 is safe too. But, if you provide "max" DLI relative to your environment and stage of plant life cycle, then it doesn't matter if it i s 12 hours or 13 hours or 18 hours of light while doing it.) Anyway, this causes a feedback loop in the plant to trigger a change to bloom phase... autos simply do it on a biological timer. no extended dark period, no hormonal feedback loop involved, therefore, no effect on an autoflower flowering/ripening. Might lose some insignificant % of yield, though... a short period of time with a little less light can't have a huge effect.
GreenGnome
GreenGnomestarted grow question a year ago
Week 7 saw yellowing of leaves start, things got worst by week 9 with all leaves turning yellow. I'm starting to suspect that the plant has died and that the trichomes are not going to mature any further due to this - do I crop now?
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Plant. Other
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iLoveGoodWeed
iLoveGoodWeedanswered grow question a year ago
Havrest her ASAP mate as all the leaves are yellow the plant is dying
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Myrcene_Dream
Myrcene_Dreamweek 0
Good luck with your grow!
KingSalomonsWeed
KingSalomonsWeedweek 9
Sieht nach überdüngung aus. Die Knospen werden mit der Zeit Dicker. Ich würde nur noch Wasser empfehlen mit ganz wenig Dünger.
GreenGnome
GreenGnome
@KingSalomonsWeed, Thanks for the replies, I've flushed again two days after first flush. PH is looking better: 7, I've applied a weak tomato feed after the flush. I will stick to just water from now. Maybe a few more flushes as well.
KingSalomonsWeed
KingSalomonsWeed
@GreenGnome, Hallo, gib ihnen noch Wasser die letzten 3 Wochen. Dann bekommst du noch sauberes weed.
GreenGnome
GreenGnome
@KingSalomonsWeed, Should I just continue with another flush, I'm concerned I'll be taking away nutrients that the plant wasn't absorbing whilst PH was so high?
DEEGREEN
DEEGREENweek 9
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GreenGnome
GreenGnomeweek 9
Thank you to all who have taken time to reply. I need to get better at editing the diary! The pot is around 6litres and the HPS light is 300mm from the top of the plant. Light schedule is 19/5. The main problem seems to be the type of pot I used and the lack of appreciating the importance of PH. The pot had recessed drain holes which effectively trapped all the silty runoff inside the lower 2" of the pot along with all the nutrients I've given the plant (mirical Grow for veg and tomato food for flowering). Any run off that made it out of the pot sat around in a small dish below the pot. To remedy I installed a large plastic tray covering whole of tent base and drilled holes at the base of the plant pot. A couple of flushes have now been performed and now the PH is better (7). I've given her a very weak feed of tomato food, but will probably stick to water from now on. Any tips on how frequently I should flush would be appreciated. Thanks.
KingSalomonsWeed
KingSalomonsWeedweek 12
Hallo, deine Trichs photos sind toll. Sie brauch aber noch etwas Zeit. Wenn du ihr helfen möchtest kannst du ihr alle gelben Blätter abmachen. Hat 2 zwei Vorteile: Nimmt keine Energie mehr weg, Nährstoffe und es kommt mehr Licht an die Pflanze. Einfach eng am Stiel abschneiden.
KingSalomonsWeed
KingSalomonsWeed
@GreenGnome, ja, sie ist dann kurz vor der Ernte. Es freut mich sehr zu hören das dir das Ergebnis gefällt. So growe ich auch. Und auf deine Ernte bin ich schon gespannt, die sieht richtig gut aus.
GreenGnome
GreenGnome
@KingSalomonsWeed, I greatly appreciate your guidance during this grow. I've followed your advice and given her a 'hair cut'. She's had only plain water for the last 3 weeks and she smells amazing! I've noticed that she's been drinking less water this week - is that normal?
GreenGnome
GreenGnomeweek 13
Well I got tired of waiting for the trichomes to change to all cloudy plus 10-20% Amber. For the last two weeks it wasn't really changing and also wasn't taking much water at all. It held up well to the abuse I handed it. From over watering and over feeding, to burning the top with the light and the bottom with high PH, it thankfully provided me with some half decent buds. I'll update with weights after the dry. Thanks to everyone who posted or answered my stupid questions! I can go into my next grow with some very valuable experience and advice. Thank you.