Quick One First Grow

@FritzTheCat, I think he means don't use any nutrients at all (no cal mag), and try to get some RO (reverse Osmosis) water instead of distilled. That will be the best for flushing as there is almost no tds/ppm in RO water. Also, I would flush for 10 days, not 1 week, if possible.

@GrowDutch, You mean with 22L of distilled water per plant (11l, pots) or should I use a small amount of CalMag in there?

@FritzTheCat, Haha I LOVE coming back to diaries and seeing the progression 😍 It looks like you really pulled it through on this one. Those are some hefty size colas you got going on. Its fantastic for a first grow. Be sure to enter it into the newbie of the month when its done ;)

@HighTV, Was just remembering this comment. My first harvest is now dried (7 days) and I'm going into curing.. Having a little vape of my my first dried bud. Ha ha. It's soooo gooooood. Love to everyone here. Omg. Yes. You are correct. It's surreal but fine fine fine!

@FritzTheCat, Your going to be amazed at how surreal it feels the first time 😄 Nothing like smoking your own grow for the first time!

@FritzTheCat, Awesome, keep me updated. Hope it helps :)

@@@ThePanda, Haha, I couldn't resist meddling after seeing your grow. I've lowered my 300w to 30cm. Temp should be no problem. Though it is now up a bit. I gave them a little more water tonight. About 150ml each. Let's see what they do.

@FritzTheCat, Judging by the pictures i think maybe its distance to lamp being your issue? My plants tend to grow very tight and bushy, even mainly sativa strains (only in veg tho). Maybe try reducing the distance and see how that works out. After all it might be genetics :D

@GrowDutch, They're in the grow tent. Dark. Carbon filter and extractor on a 15mins/hr timer. Passive intake. Smell not so bad now. Will take a week I think. I've got IKEA jars and humidity sachets for curing. 😊

Now I'm laughing my @ss off :p I just love the way how you described the harvest, made me a little bit jealous though :) How are you drying the buds if I may ask?

@GrowDutch, Smell was beautiful and bountiful. I was freaking out a bit. I burned toast in the rest of the apartment to disguise the smell. I was listening to ambient music and munching a few fan leaves as I went to stay chilled. Afterwards I opened all the widows and blasted a high power fan.

@rien, I'm with you. Climate control seems to take the most time for me. Moving fans, lights, opening and closing windows and doors. That and sifting through contradictory information on the net. All the best. 🕊️

I think my closet space is not enough for three plants, next time I'm gonna try with one single plant (I have northern lights auto and white widow auto to try out) since my third is suffering a little and I'm having problems with my temps cause it's freezing outside :/

@rien Thanks. Me too. Plan to chop Wednesday/Thursday coming. Will post updates. I got lucky with one plant ripening nicely despite my lockout problem. I definitely underestimated how bad my tap water was and how important pH is. The other two plants are still struggling to the finish line. How are you getting on? I had the feeling you need more light. 🌿

@FritzTheCat, Thanks for the reply man that's great to know, I know what you mean about living with the smells and not noticing them, done a grow of female seeds lemon kush, a few years back now but heard the neighbours talking about it just before I was going to put them into flower, and just couldn't risk it so had to do the terrible thing before they went into flower and give them the chop :(. Keep up the great work man 👆

@PannDanggDiddlyAngg, I think you'll be ok. This is definitely a low odor strain. These things are always relative though. I wouldn't describe it as skunky at all. I got more of a fruity smell...very pleasant, but def. a light cannabis smell. I think there's no such thing as a "no smell" strain. I'm still a beginner though so take everything I report with caution. The smell was mostly in full bloom. I didn't use my carbon filter until flowering was well underway. The carbon filter (not a big one) worked very well in this small apartment, but I still needed to air the bedroom where I was growing daily. In full bloom there was still a light aroma in the room, so that I wouldn't have invited the uninitiated or an officer of the law into the place. Noise and heat were bigger problems for me though. I had three plants in two foot square. Another thing is that you get used to the smell, and although I thought there was no smell at all some days, my girlfriend would come in the front door and say wow...you need to air this place. It was a bit nerve wracking with the Stasi neighbors. That's about it. I'm really happy with my harvest. It works. I'm going to try some more from RQS in the spring. Good luck 🕊️

OMFG... Whiskey infused with Cannabis (

@GrowDutch, Thanks, LOL. If santa ever gets here after your place. Hmm cannabis shortbread? Cannabis whisky? Keep in touch!

Ordered one of those too, I'm waiting for it next week

@rien, Same. I just got one of those handheld microscopes (Carson mm300). Now in Week 8. I've got lots of Trichomes showing up already. Some even have a milky tinge, though it's hard to judge with shaky hands and strange lighting. Nothing amber yet.

I think for now I'm being really lucky, I've never grown anything before except parsley lol and my grow is really just three plants in a closet and lots of luck. Good luck to you too, I'm waiting to see the results

@rien, Interesting. I thought that meant flowering would begin during weeks 5 or 6. I've read frequently that they exaggerate a bit. i.e. If harvest is between 8 and 14 weeks they'll put 9 on the data sheet. I reckon 10 is most likely from looking at all the other grows here. Your grow looks a bit more stable than mine. Leaves look healthy. Good luck. We're entering the end game my friend.🌿🌼

@FritzTheCat,yeah i know in wich situaton you are. doing one mistake and you entered a chain reaction. given to much nutes... flushing and here we are in a overwatering/ lockout situation i had similar in spring that year. i ended up tranplanting my autoflower. but it was worse than your situation. But one think it will take weeks to mend/ solve / mildering the situation. Bt i cant promise that everything ends well. not getting good stuff has to do with an PH.... plants need a PH range to absorb the nutrients, and if you dont have the PH your plants cant absorb the nutes. But a salvation of those different problems is diffivult, Maybe helps you one sentence" less is more now" A plant can handle less nutrients and less water. but to much of those makes her very sick i will follow up to look how it goes on... Happy growing

@Mrs_Larimar, Thanks. I now know where I stand but I'm faced with a dilemma. I flushed last week with 300ppm mixture of distilled and tap. I now realize I should have just used distilled. I plan to just use distilled/calmag/nutes for watering from now on. Should I flush again using distilled so soon after the last time? I'm feeling a bit of time pressure with this short life autoflower, it takes 4 or 5 days to dry out afterwards. Worried that they're not going to get enough good stuff. The patchy leaves are really only on one side of one of the three plants.

If i was in your position, ill do both. A quick flush and lower your N. You can get away with just lowering your N but it may take longer to recover. Hard to ruled out wind burn as well as the 2 causes pretty much the same symptoms and i don't really know your setup.

@Boriking_PR, I fear that's right. Should I flush or just tone down the newts? (Quite a sentence) Not all of the plants have this though. Sure it's not wind damage?

@HighTV, Thanks it's been a real pleasure. All the best to you and yours.

@GrowDutch, Thanks for helping guys. I understand about the value of flushing at the end it's just that I read that 0 ppm water can cause problems and that you should add a small amount of nutes to buffer the solution even when flushing, although I would think that the soil itself would be enough of a buffer. So much to learn. 🕊️

@BeefWellingtons, Thanks. I think you're right.

@Mrs_Larimar, Thanks again, but the question is do I flush with distilled, or just go straight to better feeding. I think tonight I will make up a 100ppm water (distilled with a bit of 24hr water) and add some nutrients. If the lockout starts to appear in the other plants too I'll flush them all properly with distilled water. The flowers are growing anyway and I've got at least 3 weeks left I hope. If I get 5g per plant I'll be thrilled. The street stuff where I am has Lead, Sugar, Hairspray and god knows what else. What I don't understand is if I use distilled water with CalMag+, do the biobizz nutrients supply enough Nitrogen etc.? It's amazing how sensitive this process is. I've grown amazing geraniums, roses, herbs and veg here with nothing but 480 tap water and a bit of cheap fertilizer. Time will tell. ✌️🌿

@iMeus, Thanks! Your comment just made my night! 🌿

@rien, Thanks. Week 4 update will be nice. Stay tuned. I've started LST on 2 plants and I'm leaving the third alone. Had some great growth this week. The first couple of weeks were really nerve wracking, like with all babies, but similarly, as they grow they get robust. I feel a bit more relaxed now that they look like decent green plants. I wish you luck, cool and calm. 🌱

@@ThePanda, Thanks,, That makes sense. We have really hard water, I was lowering it by mixing in a fair bit of distilled. I think I was overdoing it. I remeasured and found the tap water to be dead on 7. I'll try using it straight and I've upped the nutrients a bit as well. Cheers.