Just saw your final review. I have planted the seed today, and am even more eager to grow this champion. Thanks for the inspiring report!
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My first plant. Ever..
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5Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 3-4
Defoliation
weeks 4
70%
Soil
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
Strain
White Widow Automatic
Growing it
Easy
Resistance
Strong
What can I say besides hell yes!!!
My first grow is in the books. I spent the end of 2023 chopping her down and snipping her up. She is now kicking it in her mesh drying rack spread out amongst the four levels. She made it to 87 days from sprout (Probably could have gone a few more without issue, but I felt it was time to wrap this one up and move on to the next one)
I made so many major mistakes, but she took em all and came through with an epic harvest. I am sure if one of you experienced growers got a shot with her, you would be hauling away something special.
She smelled great the moment she entered flower, and her earthy gasoline smell built up until harvest. At the very end, I couldn't keep up and filter the smell, so I am glad she came down! (Neighbors may have had reason to complain soon!)
I haven't gotten a chance to weigh her, or smoke her. She is currently drying/curing so I will report back with the final update in a few weeks to let you guys know how much she gave in the end, and how she smokes. Thanks for joining me on this journey!
The initial review of the plant's genetics and growing process is 10/10. She was a perfect plant for a beginning and she ended up providing a harvest that will thrill my fiance, so it has been a win-win! I can't wait to get the final numbers and give her a smoke. If you are just starting out, or want a plant with some backbone I recommend grabbing some White Widow from Royal Queen Seeds!
Final update!
Ended up with 93 grams of dried nugs, and around 15 grams of larf/popcorn for edibles.
dried for 10, cured for 14. First half ounce smoked decently, but didn't have much terps showing through. I slowly brought out 14 grams at a time, and now a month after curing started the buds are smelling great, tasting fantastic, and baking my brain just the way I wanted. I am so pleased with the product and can't believe I managed to grow something like this on my first try. Can't wait until my 2nd harvest is finished, but this first one has been a near complete success!
The Outcome
Week 12
Harvest
What's on the scales?
118
gram
ounce
Bud dry weight
What's on the scales?
500
gram
ounce
Bud wet weight
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
15.47
mยฒ
ftยฒ
Grow Room size
0.59
g / watt
7.63
g / mยฒ
118
g / plant
0.06
plant / mยฒ
12.93
watt / mยฒ
Photos & Videos
- Final shot before she was chopped.
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Tastes like
Citrus
Diesel
Earthy
Feels like
31% Sativa 69% Indica
Positive effects
Euphoric
Happy
Relaxed
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Medical effects
Pain
Stress
Nutrients
I am pretty sure this stuff is the difference between my plant being small and stunted, versus the bushy beast she became. I did a terrible job from start to finish with the way I treated my plant, but she grew big and hearty and I would place a bet that this stuff played a big part at least in the veg stage. I dug a small hole in the 5 gallon pot of Fox Farms Ocean Forest Soil and layered this stuff in it. (I made sure both the bottom and sides of the whole had a layer of pellets.) Then I transplanted the seedling from the propagation chamber into the hole I had made. (The root riot cube the seedling was in fit perfectly into the hole and had pellets touching everything but the top of the cube)
The feeding schedule is not calibrated toward autos. I think the synthetic mixes aren't bad, but maybe not so great for beginners, Still I got by and they were pretty straight forward.
I think the ones that made the biggest difference are the foliate spray "Flowers Kiss" and the 3 dry powder amendments (Open Sesame, Beastie Bloomz, and Cha-Ching.) I had so many bud sites on this plant and even the middle/interior sites grew fantastic buds. Maybe it was just the genetics of the plant, but I think Flowers Kiss really made a sizeable impact.
Overall I am reasonably pleased with the nutrients I used and I will give them another round to see if my experience level helps produce an even better result.
What a way to wrap it all up. Rang in the new year with my first-ever harvest! Got the dry/cure room dialed in to about 62-64 degrees with 62% humidity. Hoping to hold that steady for a week or so, and then transfer the harvest into some grove bags for the final cure!
I will get a dry weight posted as soon as I can. The 500 Grams wet weight is not correct. (I didn't have a scale handy to weigh the wet buds, so the final weight will be a surprise!) I am going to estimate roughly 3 ounces, but I may be off. I can't imagine it will be much less just based on my experience with dried ounces, but I have never seen a wet plant dried/cured so this will be fun!
Her main cola was about the size and thickness of a 17-ounce ice sparkling water bottle. She had a few other side colas that got close to the same size, so she produced well. Even the little popcorn buds near the bottom were extremely sticky and should serve well in some cannabutter or syrup.
My next two plants are in their root riot cubes and hopefully will be germinated within the next 48 hours! Once they sprout I will get photos and a dairies for them! Thank you to everyone who voted. The two seeds to win were:
Sherbet and Royal Creamatic. So keep an eye out for their progress! (Hopefully, banzai little seeds!)
Final weight: 92 grams of dried bud. 15 grams of trim and popcorn buds for edibles. So 107 grams of usable product. I am thrilled! Now I need to pull this again with two plants and then I will be in business!
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Grow Questions
Shishiostarted grow question 5 months ago
I posted three photos in Week 9 of my diary showing a drastic progression of some ailment. The issue has accelerated and I fear it will kill the plant before harvest. PH 6.4 watering about 64 oz every 4 days RH 39, Temp 67-73 Night/Day. around 35-45 DLI at 18H. What should I do?
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Leaves. Curl up
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Leaves. Color - Mottling
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m0useanswered grow question 5 months ago
Looks like your medium is locking out things from not enough runoff and to much salts, Foxfarms also advises you to feed at a concentrations that will 100% cause issues down the road, They do this because they want you to buy more of their product. Best if you invest into the EC pen and dilute your solutions EC down to the desired amount to prevent this. Run off is key in preventing buildup.
Everything else looks on point, RH, Temps, Light schedule and DLI.
Good Luck!
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Sejanus21commentedweek 129 days ago
Inganjawetrustcommentedweek 85 months ago
Good luck with the new hobby ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
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Inganjawetrustcommented5 months ago
@Shishio,
Yeah first grows are like your first child , hard not to get stressed out and over think ever little thing.
But just like having kids , things get easier and less stressful as you go ๐
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Shishiocommented5 months ago
@Inganjawetrust, thank you! It's been a blast so far, but man can it be stressful!
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Lemonhazelovercommentedweek 55 months ago
She looks so healty, happy growing and good luck buddy โ๏ธ
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Lemonhazelovercommented5 months ago
@Shishio,๐
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Shishiocommented5 months ago
@Lemonhazelover, Appreciate it! It's all her. She has been a dream first plant. Has demanded very little and let me really dig in and just make mistakes to hopefully learn from! (And still seems to be doing well despite it all!)
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Adkguerrilla44commentedweek 10a month ago
Wow dude amazing job very professionally done looks like anything you would see in a dispo nicely done man ill be watchin out for your upcoming diaries...now if we can just get ya away from the fox farm lol
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NewLevelHydroponiccommentedweek 95 months ago
And your using fox farm there feeding charts off and with auto whatever they say to give give them like a half and with autos bc that feeding charts is for general use not cannabis went threw it myself that was the first thing I grabbed a couple years ago when I started good luck
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Shishiocommented5 months ago
@NewLevelHydroponic, Sounds like the consensus has been a bit too heavy on the nutrients, VPD was a bit too high, and the plant is reaching its natural end as it is. I will switch to simply giving her 6.5 PH water and let her flush and finish. To answer your previous question. The issue is mainly happening on the upper most leaves, but it seems to be hitting the whole plant. (Lower and inner leaves show much less mottling, yellowing, and curling if any)
Thanks for taking the time to reply!
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RallosZekcommentedweek 55 months ago
Great lookin' plant there.
Question: how's the lighting going? I have the same setup, and starting my 2nd grow (first one was meh).
I noticed around week 3 veg you turned it up. What %? And what were your adjustments to your lighting now that you're in Flower?
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Shishiocommented5 months ago
@RallosZek, I have been playing around with my lighting this last week now that she is really flowering. At first I raised the lights about 30 inches above the plant for vegand ran them at max, but I was having some heat and VPD issues as she entered flower so I dropped the lights down to about 22 inches above the plant and lowered the intensity to 80%. (Getting around 40-60 DLI between the main cola and the rest.) I am also running a 19/5 cycle since that has helped keep the environment stable.) I am going to re-assess the lights after Thanksgiving to see if I can find the sweet spot for her final weeks of flowering.
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stevejack3commentedweek 55 months ago
Great start - enjoy! โฎ๏ธ
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Shishiocommented5 months ago
@stevejack3, Thank you! It's been quite a ride so far, but it certainly has been fun!
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Jamescommentedweek 05 months ago
Happy growing and good luck!!!
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Shishiocommented5 months ago
@James, Thank you so much! It's been a blast so far! Big fan of your White Widow genetics, they are extremely hardy. I have done everything I can to kill her and she just keeps coming back stronger. (Not on purpose of course!)
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Sejanus21commentedweek 55 months ago
Good job!
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Shishiocommented5 months ago
@Sejanus21, Thank you!
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Sejanus21commentedweek 124 months ago
Congratulations! That is an epic harvest for a first time. Enjoy!
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BarneyRumble420commentedweek 124 months ago
Great work man looks killer ๐๐ฟ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ค
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Ganjagrandaddycommentedweek 124 months ago
A great result for a maiden grow Bro. Nice work. just a thought , but that is a lot of products to use and autos are very happy with lesser feeds in my exp ideally the less is better than a huge combo of broken down elements. there are some very good nutes that contain everything needed in a couple of bottles/powders. The "industry " side of our hobby is a greedy market with so many breaking down complete feeds into smaller elements then add water to create a bottled "supplement" when in reality they just added water to the separated elements and sold them separately. I.e They buy a complete product , break it down into elements, add water, fancy bottle, great ad campaign and release it as an additional product to a range. We end up buying 5 or 6 products that would have been contained in 1 complete powdered product. I.e Megacrop, which has everything needed for the entire grow and is increased/decreased in strength to meet the plants stage of growth. Autos are great for ease and simplicity but the control and choices we get from natural ,feminised growing will be the a great one to try to. Using simple training and methods is great fun to see what these amazing plants can handle and produce too. All in all a great 1st grow amd don't be too gutted at the drop in end bud weight , a couple of oz per plant is a decent return on auto's. I love a good mess about with training , feeds and even creating my own hybrid strains has been fun. pop over to my diaries anytime and have a look around , I love lst,hst,training ect.. and have a decent mix of strains , techniques, mistakes that may help answer any curiosity about trying something different as you gain experience. The diaries here have been a great inspiration for me to try all sorts with more confidence. Good luck on the finished results.
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AcidBurn_40commentedweek 124 months ago
Sehr schรถne Arbeit viel Spaร beim verkosten ๐
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smoker420commentedweek 124 months ago
Great job nice frosty buds i grew there photoperiod widow was crazy sativa high not smoekd anything like it
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Dabkingcommentedweek 114 months ago
Good luck with your grow. ๐
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Inganjawetrustcommentedweek 114 months ago
She's come a long way, very nice work ๐
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Adkguerrilla44commentedweek 104 months ago
Grow the royal cheese!!
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NewLevelHydroponiccommentedweek 95 months ago
Then flush it it's your last weeks of harvest you shouldn't be giving any nutrients it should only be ph plain water for the last two weeks
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NewLevelHydroponiccommentedweek 95 months ago
And it's a 12 weeks from seed to harvest the yellowing leaves could just your at the end of the flowering stage they do that alot especially with auto the leaves turn yellow curl even sometimes fall off because you at the end of the flowering stage and it's using it last of everything to fatten up them bud but that pic was at 10 weeks don't give it anymore nutrients your buds gonna taste real harsh
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Sejanus21commentedweek 95 months ago
That looks like the correct strategy. The buds are already looking very nice.
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