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My first grow -autoflower - indoor

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Strain
Quick One
Royal Queen Seeds
Growing it
Easy
Resistance
Strong
This is probably one of the best strains for first time indoor growing. Easy to grow, not too big (around 50-55 cm soil to top) but still a decent high quality harvest. Will definetly do a 2nd and 3rd grow with this strain.
The Outcome
Week 12
Harvest
What's on the scales?
36
gram
ounce
Bud dry weight
What's on the scales?
149
gram
ounce
Bud wet weight
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
0.7
ft²
Grow Room size
0.24
g / watt
51.43
g / m²
36
g / plant
1.43
plant / m²
214.29
watt / m²
Tastes like
Earthy
Nutty
Woody
Feels like
65% Sativa 35% Indica

Positive effects

Euphoric
Happy
Relaxed

Negative effects

Dry mouth

Medical effects

Stress
Reviews. Lamp
Great lamp, easy to install and adjust height. Easy to use (on/off and a brightness knob). The lamp generates some warmth, but just enough to keep the tent at a decent temperature (it never went over 25°C in the tent). My first grow developed really well with this light. Only small remark is about the timer that came with it: I noticed a few times the light would be out at moments when it should be on. The clock on the timer is a circle divided in blocks you have to push to set your chosen timing. I'm guessing some blocks might have a small space between them, making the timer think it should be off. Overall I guess the light goes out for a few minutes a few times a day, but that did not affect the (autoflower) plant. Next time I might use a digital timer or a different analogue one.
Reviews. Tent
Very happy with the small Mars Hydro tent. Easy to set up, high quality zipper, reflective material, holes to manage cables and airflow. Also came with a SOG net but haven't used that yet. I bought the tent as a package with the light and carbon filter combined, all were easy to install, no screws needed. The tent is small, but more than big enough for growing one autoflower. Very easy to access, with an extra floor cover for easy cleanup afterwards. I also used this tent for drying and it did the trick. Overall very happy I chose to invest a decent tent/lamp/filter that's both easy to use and seems to deliver a well developed plant with little hustle. It also did a great job of keeping the scent in for about 80% of the ride. The last 2 weeks of flowering you could definetly smell a cannabis smell in the room and sometimes outside. But the tent itself helps a lot in keeping scent mostly out, and to keep light from the lamp inside and outside sunlight out (while drying).
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Katsuny Katsuny
2 years ago
I harvested halfway week 12. That's 76 days after putting the seed in a wet paper towel and 74 days after putting the seedling in soil. I cut away all leaves and branches, except for a few parts to hang them easier. That generated around 149 grams wet weight. Put all of them spread over 3 lines in the Mars Hydro tent with a fan in low setting aimed at the floor, and the carbon filter on the top, hoping this would generate some airflow, without blowing at the branches directly. I let them dry for 9 days and then removed some more parts of the branch that have no use. I kept the smaller sugar leaves since they had quite some trichomes on them as well. While harvesting, wearing plastic gloves helped me from getting my hands too sticky, smelly and dirty. I know because I forgot to do the same when going from drying to curing 😰 Overall I am very happy with the entire grow. It was easy, entertaining, and I learned a lot with a very easy plant in a decent but not too refined/high end setup. Main lessons learned for a next plant: -Fill the pot almost to the top -start LST sooner, getting tops at the same heigth/better light coverage -Less water, only when the soil is dry -Humidity evolves as the plant grows. -It will take a bit longer than the 9-10w advertised, but not a lot. One thing I noticed was a perception difference in weight Vs. volume. Of course I knew my 149 grams wet would end up somewhere around 30 grams dry. Eventually ending with 36 grams is the best possible outcome I would have hoped for. But putting it all on the scale, on sight, I would've expected this volume to be around 50 grams. The 9th and 10th picture of the 5 grams and 2.8 grams on the scale illustrates this. On sight I would guess this would be 8 and 4-5 grams but it's way less in reality. I'm not complaining, I guess drying, trimming, seed kind and other stuff affects the density. And maybe I should not compare my home grown plant to what I get from experienced growers. But it was something I wanted to point out for others who are just starting to grow. Now I will start the curing process. Hoping to file a good smoke report in a few weeks. I will probably grow a second plant, also with a Quick One seed, so very curious to see if it will perform similar. Thank you for reading my first journal. It was a lot of fun growing and writing about it. Growdiaries is a great place to document my growing project and it'll come to use later when comparing to newer grows. Also a big shoutout to everyone that has liked my posts and commented. Same for the people who were quick with advice when I needed it. I enjoyed sharing this and I hope this journal may be of use to others who are doing the same thing!
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Grow Questions
Katsuny
Katsunystarted grow question 2 years ago
Should I worry about the length of the plant at this time? I'm now halfway week 5 and it's about 25cm, but it's hard to believe this will still double in size in the next 2 weeks, assuming lenght growth will stop or slow once flowering starts.
Solved
Plant. Too short
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
First of all, if you're expecting to get a harvest in a month, you're going to be disappointed ... the plant would need to be in full flower right now to expect a harvest inside of four weeks. Second, don't believe the hype generated by seed sellers as to the time it takes to get a harvest - they want to sell seeds and advertising a fast harvest only serves that purpose.... most will tell you that their estimates are the BEST you can expect but that generally you'll need to be growing quite a bit longer. That being said, you've got a good looking plant here. I'm surprised she's not drinking more but she doesn't look like that's an issue... Once she goes into flower, she will start to stretch and she'll get a lot taller. Height is not an issue - I've grown plants that only got to be 21" and others that got close to 5-feet.. different strains, different conditions - it all makes a difference but genetics plays the biggest part here. Your lights seem to be much too far away - bring them down... no further away than 24" ... when she goes into flower, you're going to want them to sit about 18" above the canopy.... Good luck...
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James
Jamescommentedweek 122 years ago
Awesome job!! Send me a PM!!!
GrowWithFlow
GrowWithFlowcommentedweek 112 years ago
Amazing Job . Genau muss so muss sie aussehen wenn sie fertig ist . Alle Blätter Gelb wie im Herbst . Perfekt .
Katsuny
Katsunycommented2 years ago
@GrowWithFlow, Thanks, I'm really curious how much yield I'll get out of this plant. Planning to harvest later this week and hopefully smoke it in a few weeks after drying and curing.
James
Jamescommentedweek 122 years ago
Awesome job!! Send me a PM!!!
Canna96
Canna96commentedweek 112 years ago
Very nice first grow brother, mine was larfy AF....
Growpotkin
Growpotkincommentedweek 52 years ago
Good luck! Growing weed is super fun. Your grow looks fabulous so far!
Herbz_Unkraut
Herbz_Unkrautcommentedweek 22 years ago
happy growing & good luck! 🌱🌿
Growladyeastmidlands
Growladyeastmidlandscommentedweek 42 years ago
Hi when you say decent yeald next month do you mean your planning to flower ot next month ie 4 more weeks on veg ? As your Flowering time is probably 10 weeks and then 2 weeks stretch as well so your not going to have anything to yead intill Ruffly end April beginning on may buy if you want big yealds the veg time is a big factor on the yeald same as the environment but happy growing and good luck
Growladyeastmidlands
Growladyeastmidlandscommented2 years ago
@Katsuny, you do know that the Flowering time is just the Flowering time alone and not start to finish yes? If they been Flowering about 2 weeks then you will have about 7/8 weeks left to go yet they don't mean 10weeks from seeds to harvest happy growing
Growladyeastmidlands
Growladyeastmidlandscommented2 years ago
@Katsuny, you do know that the Flowering time is just the weeks to flower not that the whole thing is 10 weeks total yes ? 10weeks alone so around 8/9weeks to go the veg time has been quite quick but the grow time is always 8/12 weeks just to flower them and harvest is not brilliant for autos but goof luck
Katsuny
Katsunycommented2 years ago
@Growladyeastmidlands,Thanks! Honestly I don't have a solid planning here. The seeds are advertised as 6 weeks to flowering and 9-10 weeks to harvest. I'm now near the end of week 6 and flowering has started. I'm keeping in mind this might take more then advertised, but since it's an autoflower I don't expect it to last it too much longer.
NoobBeNoobin
NoobBeNoobincommentedweek 122 years ago
I'm super excited to see how my quick ones turn out after seeing your diary, great job mate! Saw you mentioned issues with the timer, I had similar problems with my mechanical timer. Bought a four pack of Tapo WiFi plugs from Amazon, smart plugs are well worth the investment for us indoor growers 😉 Good luck with your next grows!
Katsuny
Katsunycommented2 years ago
@NoobBeNoobin, Yeah, it's definetly an issue, but I suspect it's never more than a few minutes and it hasn't affected the growth much. But if I ever do a non-autoflower I will try a different timer to avoid confusing the plant.
Sejanus21
Sejanus21commentedweek 12a year ago
Thanks for the detailed report. I am shortly before harvesting and your report is helping me a lot.