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Had troubles germinating the seeds, but now they are looking fine. The worst is over i hope. My worries right now is tempature and PH levels. Its a couple of years since i last was growing, so any tips or tricks are welcome! Im using Bio bizz nutriens in this grow and ill will look forward to update when the plants get bigger.
Excuse me for my english, it is not my first language :)
I have right now in total 18 of the same strain from FastBuds, but im not sure they all gonna make it.. So please help if you can, thanks :)
What can i do to save the ones who has had a bad start? Can i save them or should i just take them out so they dont take space? For now i will just let them be and seee what happen until i found out what i can do :)
Hi there, don't stress too much this early. I have a G14 from fastbuds that lost a cotyledon on the way up and she's doing just fine. If you are running a prefertilized soil mix i would just give water. They would probably like a bit more humidity, but they will be ok in the 50% range too. Good luck, Stardawg is a real chunky monkey when it comes to the buds!
Day 7 today from sprout. They are doing great, but i have sometimes 29c in the tent and my humidy sometimes fall to right under 40% which i dont like, but the girls seems to like it. Also i lowered both lights 10 cm down.. The Led is about 70cm above, and the HPS 70cm. I may begin feeding them very soon with BioGrow and BioHeaven but only 1/4 of recommended dossage.
In the night i now have around 60% humidity, and it also helped me get my core tempature down from 28-29c to around 26-27c because my lights wasnt on 24h anymore
Fast grow from day 7 till today day 14. I have added a humidifier to help get my RH up cause it was too low. It is still not as good as i would like, but its okay. I started doing some LST and leaf tucking on Day 12 on the biggest plants and those i felt like could benefit from it. Today i lowered my lights so now my MH 600w light is down to 50cm from the canopy and the LED is at 45cm.
I also bought a Lux meter (Urceri Cloc – Lux Meter) to measure but im really confused about it after it showed that the LED puts out way more Lux than the 600MH but its supposed to be better at measuring HID light and not catch all the light from the full spectrum LED but still the LED seems to work better. You can judge yourself with the video ill post with this update. The 2 biggest plants is under the 600W bulb though, so there is alot to take in count at this moment.
Also i removed one more plant, so now the total is 16 plants and i will continue experimint with the height of the lamps. I would love some feedback 😎
Day 15: I took both lights up to 64cm.. Changed the MH bulb to a Full spectrum Bulb which gives more light to my girls
Day 20: posted new pictures, its going good until now, i just wish they were a little bigger but i have many different phenotypes it seems. When they go into flower i may add 400w more hps, but only if they will get big enough
Is my light too close since my plants dont grow vertical that much? They are more bushy right now and Lst is hard to do with them because of their height. Will it effect my yield and im already beginning to see small white pistils, isnt that too early? Thanks
Your plants don't see the need to grow stem since they get perfect light intensity as it is. Keep in mind that what matters is the amount of nodes, not vertical height. Keep up the good work, that they stretch so little makes LST trickier, but not imposible.
explained in pictures.. Day 21 is going good. Only small problems has occured like a little heat stress and so on, but its going okay, i just wish they were taller so i could work a little better on them but i got a great advise when i asked about it, so not to worry about it now, i just hope the plants will create as many nodes as possible!
day 22 - i have posted a video so you really can see the progress :)
DAY 25. Did LST on them and flushed. They are in preflower stage now
update will come during the week, peace out
This week i will flush the plants, meaning i will only give them tapwater with the right ph and with around 450-500ppm. I have overwatered some of the plants under the LED so i will let them dry almost out before giving them water next time.. I have made alot of mistakes i think in this grow but they seem to be doing okay, i have a goal of atleast 50g from each plant, so we will see if thats realistic. Please comment if you have any advise for me or any feedback, thank you and peace out
Day 29 the plants are just doing their thing and im waiting for them to dry out before i will give them water again
Day 31 Giving the plants water, they are growing quick now though i have some small problems with some deffereinces caused by overwatering i think, because i started the seeds in so big a container it was hard not to. But for my expercince autoflowers dont like to be transplanted
Will update doing the week
I will try to take some more photo or make a video, but im quite busy right now. The growing is going great, the tricomes are beginning to show itself and the buds getting bigger
Day 44:
Ive run into some problems, can anyone help me diagnose them? Its on the newest pictures i uploaded
Day 45:
Im trying to get the def to go away.. Bought some cal-mag and used Epsom salt to spray on the worst of them to see what would happen.. Its quite a nerve wrecking time this
DAY 49
Ive runned into some problems with different deficiencies but im trying to correct it.. otherwise the buds are becoming bigger and alot more crystals are beginning to come.. i think most of them have atleast 4 weeks before harvest, but maybe i will take some down before that.. Its really crowded, but im hoping to get a week with big buds now, cause they are not that big all of them.
Day52
Switched LED lights to a more red spectrum and switched from dualspectrum on the HPS to Superbloom hps instead for the last weeks.. I started flushing two of them so i can give more room to the others
Peace out and remember to see the video :D
Hello growers, can someone try to tell me if im doing things right atm, after the problems ive runned into in week 7? What would be the smartest thing for me to do? Also in your opinion how long time do i have left before its harvest time? I dont have a microscope to check
Hi @TheGreenFingers! It seems you're giving too much nutrients, a 2.2 EC for an autoflower is almost like a death penalty. What nutrient schedule are you following? You should have stopped BioGrow a few weeks ago (after the stretch has ended) and your EC should never go above 1.4~1.6, otherwise you have serious risks of nutrients-burn & salt-buildups. Is your EC-meter correctly calibrated? I've been using BioBizz for a while and had great results following this schedule: http://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/Untitled124.png. As you can see, you should be giving 4ml of BioBloom + 4ml of TopMax + 3ml of BioHeaven, and this is the 'nutrient peak week' but the EC should be lower than 1.6. In this scenario I would flush the medium before getting back on track with this nutrient schedule. Now about the harvest, a magnifier will tell you better than us, but you still have a few weeks to go. Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊
Im Flushing some of them right now.. They seem to have different grow cycles with some finishing faster than others, but the last two i harvested could also have used a week or two more, but why not cut it down and give some more space to the biggest ones and have some good morning medicin to wake up on :)
Peace out, there will be more harvest in the coming weeks maybe days
took 2 down early, to give the others some more space and air cirkulation. I dont have the dry weight yet, but these were the 2 smallest of the 16, and i will guess i got about 50g or 2 ounce dry when its done drying and curing for a bit
ook 2 down early, to give the others some more space and air cirkulation. I made mistakes but im a little dissapointed in the outcome but i did harvest early and should have given them 2 weeks more but didnt had the space.. i used 400w LED over 8 plants so that means i used 50 watt on each roughly😎 I have 14 back which will go a little longer i think
Took this one down yesterday.. I already tried the others and they were great, but they still need to dry a bit and then cure :) I cant write any Harvests anymore in this diary for some reason, so just know i got around 40g-80g per plant and i didnt do my best job.. This grow have been good, but looking forward to try photoperiods! Check out my other grow :)
Peace out!
8/10 - Got around 50g per plant, very frosty and compact too for an autoflower. Wanted to share the final product and the whole journey in once. Hope you like it.
BTW:
why can i only make one harvest when i dont harvest all the same time? And ive seen others be able to harvest week after week.
Peace & Love
Thanks to both who answered my concern, im new to this site and i pushed "Select answer" , but both tips were great and wish i still could see both. Thanks!
Btw, Im using BioBizz LightMix with some coco mixed in it :)
My temps are in the night around 20-21c now and the humidy goes up to 67% in that time, when my light is on, 20hours a day, its around 25-27c .. I have alot of fresh air coming into my tent and a good airflow. Today is day 8 or 9 and i gave them 0.5 ML pr. L water of Biogrow and 1ML of BioHeaven pr. L water, and gave each plant about 0.5L water each.
hey man you want to lower those lights even more although the HPS is probably fine as it's so strong at this stage. You can lower your LEDs to around two feet no problem . 🚀
@Mrs_Larimar,
Thanks for your input. :) I only use 600w MH right now at a distance at 80cm.. The other ones are 1000W LED, but not actually 1000W, more like 350-400W. And yeah you right, i could just give them what u say, but i dont think im stressing them too much by what im doing right now :) I think they can handle it, because think of how many Lux they would recieve outdoors in the real sun. I dont see signs of burns or anything so i will try to give them as many Lux as possible so my growth will continue this fast.
My humidity on the other hand i think is a problem too. I will buy a humidifier when i get the money. I just spended alot to start up again :) But until now i dont think it has effected the growth :)
Thanks for the tips and your concerns :)
@Scandinavia, i have some general concerns
Its alot wattage that "pretzels" down on your babies. in that stage the girls need 200-300 watt at all.
and no they dont like the low humidity
pls think about using a reduced wattage until they are about 3 weeks old and buy and humifider. your girls will be grateful
after 3-4 weeks you can blast your 1000watt on them.
A lot of not so experienced growers totally undersetaminate the first weeks of the girls. Its a sensiteve time and they need lower Wattage to develop well. and a good humidity (around 70 percent) too
Congratulations on your harvest my friend. Your buds look amazing and this grow clearly shows that you put in the hard work over the last several months. I wish you the best in smoking these buds and hope you have even better success in your next grow. Cheers!
@SensiSmellYahLater,
thanks so much for the kind words! Its nice someone recognize the effort. Thank you bro, and i hope you will have the same succes or better :) Peace and love to you
About your harvest question it's simple , you are allowed to put only one harvested week by strain so if you are growing 10 plant of the same strain you can only review the strain but not each plant independently ! I hope it helps 😁
How long away am i to flushing the plants? I dont think it will be done on day 64 as i was advised.. But i need to plan the flushing, so when do people know when to flush?
Thanks man! Do you know the best tempature for your Stardawg in this early phase? i try to keep it at around 27C but sometimes it get a little hotter than that.. Is it okay or should i try to lower it? :) And i heard that Stardawg likes a bit high PPM.. I have just used tap water with the right PH, is that fine? My PPM is usually around 500ppm
Scandinavia
