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She’s growing like a monster..so far ;)..added a few staples so the light can hit the bottom. Will probably remove and not do LST anymore to compare to other LST grow.
Decided to let this one grow all natural…my first christmas tree ;)…she’s growing great loving the nutrients and humidity..I do notice when the humidity goes down they grow slower but if you maintain it 60-65% you’ll see growth every few hours…it’s crazy!
Flowering stage has begun, I added tiger bloom about 3 teaspoons, with autoflower I have read not to follow the fox farm schedule of twice a week and to do only once a week. I decided to do only one tablespoon of big bloom instead of the general 3 tablespoons only cuz I’m running out and want to save some for my strawberry banana ;)..Still growing with no LST but some fan leaves were so massive I decided to do some pruning and they snapped right off..so they fulfilled their purpose. I’m excited to see her finish. She is my tallest and strongest plant! I have another the same age and she’s not even half this size…cool to see how they grow differently but hoping for more consistency my next grow.
Also I did get light burn from keeping the light 12 in so I moved it up to 18 in.
She is far superior than my other two criticals. Bud sites slowly fattening up, and seeing new pistil growth daily…pungent sour smell starting to take over the tent and room…perhaps a filter purchase in the near future to conceal the stench. Pushed the grow lights as high as I could..leaves were starting to curl inwards.
Nothing but frosty buds...growing great no complaints here, I do have an issue with the temp right now, it has been pretty humid so the room my tent is in is just scorching even with a fan and its made it hot in the tent. I did get a carbon inline duct fan and filter but it doesn't appear to help with temps...only helping to bring down the stench, my house doesn't smell like sour skunk anymore :P
I have a feeling she'll be done soon, I got a trichome reader and the trichomes are milky but still a little translucent. Some amber forming in the center buds but not the other ones yet. I'm thinking 1-2 weeks left? Buds aren't fattening like I hoped but this is my first grow, I'm not gonna be too hard on myself yet.
Last week was a wreck! The zipper to my tent broke, so I tried to move my tent into my closet..my impatience caused the closet door to fall on all 3 of my critical autoflowers. I basically lost half of each plant. I managed to snag a few frosty buds for drying from my most mature plant..17 grams..not sure how it will smoke half the trichomes were still glassy and it didn’t have enough time to become dense. It’s giving mids hahaha…Moving forward I am letting the rest finish out. I wont make that mistake ever again lol. I am checking on these trichomes daily and they haven't reached that snowy, milky phase yet. It's getting there but still a bunch of glassy trichomes as well and minimal amber. I think it'll finish in it's regular flowering speed at week 10 or week 11! Buds starting to dense up which makes me :)
A huge part of me wanted to toss everything out and start fresh but it's my first grow, I have to see it through even if I lost half of my yield. The first few grows will be learning experiences for me and then I can focus more on bigger buds and massive harvests :P .
Trichome photos are of my second critical plant that is gonna go for another 1-2 weeks…Today I harvested my most mature critical plant with my third still 3 weeks behind…She gave me 82 grams on top of the 17g harvested when I damaged my plant accidentally. That’s about 3.5 oz which when dried will probably be roughly 1.5 oz. I am loving the way the buds look and I did harvest her with mostly milky trichomes and very minimal amber..would’ve waited longer but I saw my trichomes frying off my top buds..my grow lights aren’t dimmable..heat was too much and the plant was super tall…so now I’m thinking about adding a flower tent with just one 1000w that’s adjustable! Learning a lot and loving this journey! Next post will be my harvest of my second critical and that’ll be a wrap on this diary!
Hey guys sorry that the photos are so blurry but one of my plants appears to have milky try combs but she still has a few white pistols all around her judging by these photos I posted do you think she is ready for harvest or should I wait another week or two?
You have a little bit more to go. I know this part is really exciting but give it a bit more time (can't say exactly but definitely 1 week, might be more like 2/3) it will be worth it. Wait till you at least start seeing some amber trichomes, then harvest (I recommend 20% amber trichomes).
Good luck with the rest of your grow and enjoy the yield.
Having a hard time deciding when to chop her..my second critical..Milky trichomes but not a single amber on the calyxes…the buds have definitely gone through a burst..becoming thicker and dense..some buds falling over so I tied the base with string for support.
This week so many white pistils have popped out and sites like reddit or roll it up are telling me some strains have white hairs up until harvest while others claim more time is needed.
I think I can wait one more week but after that I’m over it!
Week 11..white pistils popping out all over the place and still only milky trichomes on the buds. How much longer would you wait to harvest? I think I can wait one more week but I feel like even then she won’t be ready.
hey fellow grower. I guess the best tip is to follow your instinct, because you are right at least 2 weeks more, maybe 3. But to stop guessing check trichomes(60-100x zoom) and check buds not leaves or sugar leaves, usually first harvest is considered if everything is more or less milky.. but you will get head high mostly... then if you wait a bit more and you get 10-20% amber and the rest is milky... then harvest for the best combo head/body high... if you will wait even more you will get lots of amber, then you will get mostly a downer body stone... whatever you prefer... and nothing happens in an hour, so you actually have days to decide to chop her or not, when it looks good to you... good luck and best harvest 👍
Slight amber on sugar leaves..cloudy trichomes on the calyxes…going to harvest in 1-2 weeks most likely 1 because I’m ready for my next grow already! She’s getting so dense that all the colas are falling over..need to invest in some support sticks the string tying wasn’t helping at this point. She smells so fruity! And Im finally seeing the leaves slowly flushing out..wish I had the patience to wait for the full flush, I just might wait..already made it this far..we shall see!
Easy grow..great strain for beginners..My rating is 10/10 I can’t go back and change it. All my plants were lush and thriving and the high is one I want to feel again and again. Will be keeping this in the rotation.
Week 13! We made it to harvest! The buds are looking gorgeous..bright green super crystally from that 48 hours of darkness prior..and oh so many hints of purple all thanks to my efforts of cooling down temps at night. Smelling absolutely dank right after drying which was a nice teaser for me when I get to finally smoke her! I have two plants chopped one is still drying and I’ll probably add one more photo because it had one fat cola that needs to be shared LOL! Unfortunately this plant was 6 grams short of giving me 2 full ounces but i’m still learning and they weren’t trained at all and I’m happy with the result! I think the plant still hanging will give me an ounce or less..it was my corner plant that didn’t get much tending. What a fun strain to grow will update on the smoke eventually!
@Seedsman, I appreciate your input! I was thinking to push it another week. Week 13 I’ll aim to harvest :) surprised to see no amber on the buds still, but they are becoming more frequent on the sugar leaves !
Yeah, I completely agree, don't toss out a first grow, see it through whatever as you'll still enjoy the bud even if you know you could have done a little better. Even the slowest and smallest plants will still produce something you can dry and cure.
Good luck with this and the next grows :)
@eurorack, Thank you! I do have one small plant that’s gonna give me nothing but you’re right it’ll give me something at least! Happy growing to you too :)
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