Day 40:
They got recoverd from overwatering.
Leafs got darker because I gave them more nutrients, but gained early signs of slightly overfeeding ( Burnt tips on leafs).
I had to boost them to fix it because there isn't much time with autoflowers. Now i only have to adjust my nutrient feeding with just 10 to 15% and its all good.
They did stretch again, some growers love it but i think it is ugly and you will gain weak stems.
Also the fans will not reach the plants properly, which is not good.
This time it is my fault, i didnt want to let my friend take care of them while i was busy. What happend is that i could had raise my lamps again.
When your lamps are to close to the plants( its not a big deal with LED but it is with HPS) your plants will get alot of heat and they will stretch.
So the secret of smaller plants is to keep your lamps high, but not to high otherwise they don't grow proper.
But never do this alot when they are in late flowering, because your buds will foxtail, unless you love to have foxtailed buds.
I have to do something about the heat soon, because i want my buds compact and not fluffy. This will happen due lots of heat.
Also due alot of stretching and other problems, I gained a messy cantopy resulting in many problems. For noobies the room looks awesome but pro's will see that because of this,
the stems and branches are weak and everything beneeth it has no use anymore because it gets no light.
The spaces between internodes are to far away, so there will not be huge buds.
I also have to start give them cal/mag, i saw first stages of deficiency. Not a problem when you are early with spotting it.
I didn't forsee that i had to work like 60hours a week suddenly while having autoflowers on cocos in 3 liter pots and you only can water them once per 2 days and can take care of them once per 3-4 days. That is not really ideal π
Positive thing is that the buds are starting to develope π
Thats all for now
Day 42:
I have been defoliating alot to get the air between the plants. There are still some leafs and branches i want to get rid off, but i don't want them to stress out to much.
Also i have killed of 23 smaller plants to make more space for the others. This is always painfull but stupid if you don't do this.
If the plants didn't stretch that far due heat and low placed lights, this would not have been the case. I would still have alot of small nice plants.
See you guys next week!
Talk about a *full* grow, my friend! Love seeing growers taking big bites -- Clean looking set-up, plants recovering, and pre-flower on the horizon. Following along and looking forward to seeing these gals in flower ππ
One heck of an ambitious grow π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±π±best of luck π
@@@@FastbudGrower420, 137 plants haha. Where I'm going to put them? Inside the tent lol.
These are in just 3L pots, they will not grow that much, nor will I make sure they will veg a long time.
Focus will be on the main cola, not on the side branches, I will remove some of them.
Follow and see the results every week π
200cmx200cm ? Growing 120+ seeds? Will not be long before things get crowded in there and barely or extremely hard to manage, except if im missing something.
@MyselfGr, Nice but watch out with selling, its not legal everywhere.
I only smoke it all with my girlfriendπ
Here in my country people can buy it in coffeeshops for 15-25 depending on what kind of strain + quallity.
Dont give up your left arm, you need that to grow and smoke weed my friend π
@GanjaReaper, ok got to admit, im jealous, I'll give my left arm to take a selfie with all these girls.
Wish you the best.
Ps. 2kg is absolutely rewarding, where i am im pushing it for about 10 euro the gram if bought in >10g
@MyselfGr, with only 3liter pots, they will not grow that much, also i will cut away many side branches.
I have done bigger rooms with almost the same techniques, the only difference is that i'm doing it now with 3L pots instead of 7L and with autoflowers instead of phototype.
It's not a big deal, just a few hours a week besides time spend on watering the plants, which takes up most of the time.
I'm using cocos as medium so it will dry up fast, since I dont use a drip system and giving it with a garden hose,
i have to water them almost everyday and still that would only cost me 1hour ( making the feeding bucket and more).
125 seeds in total, might remove plants that are ugly or don't grow properly, So might end with like 110-120 plants.
If i'm lucky I will get like 1500-2000 grams out of this, in like 9-11 weeks maximum, which is really rewarding compaired to money and time spend.
Instead of just putting a few plants in there, make them veg for 5-7 weeks ( to fill up all the space) and flower them for 8-10 weeks.
That will cost me 13 to 17 weeks... Which results in less rounds a year...
Not to mention if one or more plants doesnt grow properly or die, your heart will break,
this will not be the case when having a lot of plants per m2.
If this doesnt work I will change it back to phototype plants with normal soil or mixed with a little bit cocos, with 7L pots, which has been proven to work.
The key is not to let them veg for weeks, you will end up with a jungle like you said. Sativa's can grow into twice or higher in size while flowering, indica's tend to stay smaller.
Autoflowers love to do their own thing, but if i'm not satisfied, ill force them into early flowering as well, which i have done many times before too.
Feel free to follow my growπ
@GanjaReaper, lo entiendo totalmente, tu grow siempre ha tenido un orden espectacular. Pero bueno, los ΓΊnicos que saben como nos gusta las cosas somos nosotros mismos π . Saludos homie
@MiyaguiOkPolilla, In my opinion inside is easier then outside. Inside you can manipulate everything, outside you can't.
Yes they are alive, but it's not putting up for my standard.
In the next diary, when i make sure i have enough time or make it more easier for someone else to take care of them, you will see what i mean.
Thanks anyways :)
Damn π nice nice and with hps i always loved the yellow color of the hps do you need a big filter to suck out the hot air in the tent? Or does it get to hot any way nice job really π
@Gefjon_Grow420, i even did 800 watts with airco lol. But in the summer i preff to make mothers to make clones. Plants in grow stage love heat and stretching is good for cutting clones :P
Or i make sure i only have my grow stage in the most hottest month.
@GanjaReaper, yeah i can imagine i used in the past a big filter to for 4 x 600w hps because in the summer I had temperature of almost 39 degree so to hot and a lot of stretching foxtails π but if you have a good big filter and an airco system it sure will work with 600w to ππ
@greenAF,
Thanks, watch my new grow in a couple of weeks. It will be even better.
I will go back to the basics, this round was just a experiment round.