First week of preflowering under way. Started it off by trying my hand with LST. pretty happy with the results.
Unfortunately new leaves are not as green as I’d like. N-deficiency as I’ve been told. So I increased fertilizer amounts. Used 50% of recommended amount for light mix but it seems that wasn’t enough. Increased to 100 % and towards the end of first week of flowering added bloom and top max products too as recommended by biobizz. Hoping that’s enough. Will increase further slowly if necessary.
Started the plants off with 60 watts. Increased to 100 watts today with a 20/5 schedule. Could I increase to the full 150 watts already or should I give them a few days with 100? Thanks in advance for any advice. It’s my first indoor grow with this setup and I’m still learning :)
No they don’t need so much light when they are this young. When you are in mid flower you can go full light. Now they just need a little light to grow. Good luck.
You can keep the lights at 60 watts for a while 😊
I’m thinking about topping or fimming both of my automatic gelato plants now. Both are 3 weeks after I planted the seedling into their pots. Both have 4/5 nodes depending on if you count the first one.
I’m interested in some expert opinions. Yay or nay to topping? :)
Thanks!
High Chilltkroete, No you do not want to top this autoflower. You want to bend the main stem down with LST training and shape this plant by bending instead of by damaging due HST. You will get the same benefits from bending the plant in the right shape and by doing this you cut away the risks that you get from topping an autoflower.
You want to bend the plant in a shape that the buds grow on the same height and that light can reach all the leaves from the stems with the larger buds.
Happy growing buddy! 💚
My furthest plant seems to be nearing harvest. I know what I want the trichomes to look like (aiming for 70/15/15). But I’m unsure of how much time I have left. Watered with fertilizer today and am considering starting to flush with next watering. Is that about right? Thanks! :)
Well, if you know what you want them to look like, you wait until they look like that. Time will vary per plant and garden.
can't see how it progressed, but should have adjusted the things you were doing when all that damage started. could be a calcium deficiency and other things, not 100% certain. So you may need to reduce some things but it clearly wasn't getting enough Ca or something else was locking it out.
You should continue to give what a plant needs... if you want to save a little time or effort, giving water only at end with a strong enough canopy that won't limit photosynthesis too much is fine too.
Great grow man, you will just get better and better. Your basics are strong good job. Finish off strong with patience let it rippen then cure it properly. Your getting into top shelf stash territory
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