Gorilla Cookies Auto

I forgot to add to my first post that I added 10% worm castings to my soil mix in a 3 gal pot. So far she’s looking healthy and starting to get her second set of leaves. I’ve had it under a humidity dome and will take it off once it gets a little bigger. My light intensity is set at 65% to keep the temps up and stable. I’m running a 24/0 light cycle at a distance of 24” and averaging between 75-77 F, watering 2 tbsp of distilled water every other day to keep the coco moist and the humidity up inside the dome.

This past week I had some overwatering issues and my leaves got a lot yellow but I was able to correct the problem within a few days. Sorry, I forgot to take pics of the issue. Had to stake it with a chopstick because the leaves are so big and it was getting too heavy and starting to flop over from the weight. This really is going to be an XL, which has me a little worried because I’m growing in a 2x4. I raised my light up higher because I was starting to see some stress in the leaves curling a bit. Next big decision will be if I top it or not. I know it’s a controversial topic for autos but I keep reading how resilient this strain is so I might be successful. In any case, I’m happy with how she’s growing and am looking forward to the next few weeks.

This week she’s looking really healthy and I’m starting to see more aggressive growth. I increased to 2 cups of water when she’s dry and have noticed that has helped a lot. Not much to say this week, I think the roots have finally hit the nutrient rich medium so she should really start to take off. I plan to start LST next week.

Started LST with garden stakes this week. Slightly twisting the main stem to adjust the leaves so every branch is getting light. I also snipped off the lowest branches at day 23. I increased the amount of water given from 1 c to 3 c. because I had been underwatering. This seems to have worked well because I have been seeing explosive growth. She’s grown 4.5” this week and is very healthy. She’s 9” tall now. I don’t have much vertical space and after doing some math, I realized that she’d be touching my light or very close to it after the stretch so I decided to top at the 6th node on day 27. Still giving just water ph to 6.5 and plan to amend the soil next week.

Seen a lot of growth this week. She’s now 20” tall. Topping doesn’t seem to have stunted growth even though I topped a little late. She started showing signs of flower 3 days later so I hope it doesn’t affect yield too much. In the future I will top at 4 nodes because this didn’t seem to really solve my height concerns. I have also started to see a few issues. First, the new growth is twisting slightly however I’m starting to see bud formation so it doesn’t seem to be impacting growth too much at the moment. I think this is due to light intensity so I raised the light as high as it will go and is 17” from the canopy and turned it down from 80% to 70%. I read this could also be from too much P or K but because she’s in flower, I hope this corrects itself. Second, I have noticed some yellow tips on the lower leaves so I’m wondering if there’s some nutrient burn going on. I amended the soil with bloom and some worm castings but I noticed the tips a few days before I fed dry amendments and since they are slow release, I don’t think it’s from this feeding. She looks healthy otherwise so I’m hoping she bounces back quickly. Last, is the leaf drooping which I think is from transpiration happening too quickly so i adjusted my fan because she had grown into the air path and I hadn’t noticed. I’m also having trouble keeping the humidity in the 50s because we had some really cold dry days this week so I think I need to order a small humidifier. This is my first winter grow so I wasn’t really sure what to expect in terms of maintaining the environment. My app says the garden is flourishing in terms of conditions inside the tent so I’m not really sure if that’s true or what’s causing the issues. Since it’s an autoflower I know I don’t have much time to fix issues but FastBuds says this strain is particularly resilient and I’m hoping that holds true. So far she’s maintained steady growth in spite of these problems. I also trimmed off 4 of the largest fan leaves that were blocking prime bud sites. I have inspected her top to bottom with the jeweler’s loupe just to make sure there were no pests and I didn’t see any so there’s that positive. Other than the fixes I’ve already done, I’m not sure what else to do other than wait and see what happens next.

Adjusted the light schedule to 22/2 instead of 24/0. I did some experimenting and anything more than 2 hours of darkness tanks my temps and spikes the humidity. But in just one 2 hour sleep session, the twisting has started to correct itself and the leaves are no longer drooping. Not sure what to do about the nute burn. It’s not severe, at least not at the moment. It’s showing up on the tips of many leaves now but it’s still just the very tips. The amendments should be broken down by the end of this week and ready for uptake so if anything more is off, I’ll know soon. Then as I was sweeping up in the grow tent I found little larvae dead in the dirt. Not sure what these could be. Didn’t take a pic and probably should have. I don’t see any holes or chew marks in my leaves and I checked for pests a few days ago and didn’t see any above the medium. Whatever they are, they don’t seem to be harming the plant in any way that I can see. Watering 3 cups of water when the top inch is dry. I’m concerned about the height of the plant. I hope the stretch is over this week because I have no more vertical space and she’ll be growing into the light very soon. Bud formations look good and she’s starting to small a little bit.

The plant’s condition has been steadily improving over this past week since she started getting sleep. I did some light defoliation of the lower most leaves. They were starting to yellow and die. I tucked some of the larger leaves in the upper canopy to get more light to prime bud sites. Fed some cal-mag because I started noticing some yellowing in the veins on a few of the lower leaves. 1 tsp per gallon of water and I gave 3 cups of that water. Seeing improvement in the upper canopy leaves. They’re not drooping anymore. Just 3 more weeks to go.

I’ve been behind posting these due to a new job so I’ll try and catch up as best I can. I started having major issues this week as you can tell from the photos. I’m not sure what kind of issue this was because i couldn’t find a picture that matched my leaves online. I decided to flush because i thought I had nutrient burn from over feeding. Come to find out it was phosphorus deficiency after posting to Reddit. After I flushed I fed compost tea and that seemed to fix the issue for about a week. I think I made the tea too weak because I was worried about burning her again.

This week she looked much better due to the tea. Fed about 2.5 cups of it. Made the formula a little stronger this time. I think she’s about 2 weeks behind schedule due to the nutrient issues but the buds are slowly starting to fill out and the smell is getting a bit stronger. So far she smells very sweet. Seeing lots of purple due to some lower than ideal night temps for a few days plus the nutrient deficiencies. She’s still growing and looking better in spite of my mistakes.

I haven’t done much except try to keep her alive however possible lol I’ve been struggling a lot in mid-flower. I got some good advice and tips this past week so I tried a few things. First I brewed a tea and after straining, I mixed the solids into the top soil per the package instructions. Then I watered it in with 2.5 cups of the tea. It seems like I’m not feeding enough because she’s starting to flush what seems like earlier than she should. I think the buds have at least 2 more weeks and at this rate, the leaves will die off before she’s done. Seems like the yellowing has slowed down because I haven’t seen any new leaves yellow in a few days so I think I finally did something right. We will see in the coming weeks. Bud formation has started to pick up speed and they’re finally starting to get bigger. I’m seeing some purple/pinkish hairs and believe this is due to low temps and nute issues but they look good so far.

Lots of fading in the leaves. Did some cleanup of dead leaves and not much else this week. Just hoping she holds on for one more week because almost all her leaves have yellowed and the buds aren’t quite done yet. She’s smelling very strong, sweet and gassy.

Did a wet trim because there were a lot of dead leaves due to my mistakes. I think the buds could’ve used more time but due to the leaves dying, I harvested a little early. Amazing aroma and very very sticky. Sweet and smelling like kush with a slightly minty undertone. Didn’t get very many dense buds and I think they’re gonna end up as smalls once they’re dry. I got a nice amount to make edibles (in the smaller bowl) and only a small amount I consider suitable for smoking (in the larger bowl).