Mephisto - Northern Cheeze Haze Auto

JakeTheGrower I've rarely dabbled into the world of Autoflowering plants - so here we go! Off to a solid start.

JakeTheGrower Into week two. So far this girl is vegging out wonderfully. Nothing in particular to note here - good plant structure. She has been tolerant of higher than ideal temperatures and strong light at this early stage in the grow tent. Light is measuring around 500 ppfd. I'm going to start some LST now that she is more established. Very similar structure to her counterpart in this tent, the Northern Cheese Haze x Strawberry Nuggets.

JakeTheGrower Week three of veg - things are looking A-Ok so far, minus what looks like a bit of over watering. I wanted to start some LST, but the garden wire I have is a bit too chunky to make it work. I may just allow the plant's natural structure to develop. Anyhow - not much to explain here - see you at Week 4!

JakeTheGrower Not sure what’s going on with this girl - she hasn’t been looking good the past two weeks. Symptoms have seemed like over watering, but I’ve been pretty light on watering and letting the medium dry out. Not sure if the grow media is giving me issues - this is my first run with this stuff. Any ideas in the comments would help! Edit: For fun I decided to consult ChatGPT for advice. It *suspects* that the soil im using is not very hot and the slow release nutes havent become available. It's thinking early nitrogen starvation/deficiency is likely. Now its making sense. I'm used to growing in Fox Farm soils which are usually quite hot, so I'm not needing to do any supplementary feeding this early. As a result, i've tried to correct the course via a light foliar spray, feeding of Gaia Green All Purpose, and a watering in an extremely diluted mix of some bottled Grow nutes.

JakeTheGrower Into week 2/3 of flower! She has definitely perked up following some corrective action taken on a previously discovered nutrient deficiency. Still trying to get her on the right track. I've introduced more organic amendments, as well as a very mild nitrogen rich watering solution. Didn't have much veg time to develop good plant structure - so im not expecting great yield - but we'll see how it goes!

JakeTheGrower Into week 6. No feeding this week. I'm thinking i'll go back in with some more dry amendments next week. Been trying to see how she stabilizes after the earlier nutrient issues. Buds are fattening up and starting to see some trichome development which is great. Onwards!

JakeTheGrower Week 7 overall - looking good. Very compact so not going to be a large yield...but developing nicely! Not much to report this week - no feeding, just regular watering. Really starting to fill out now which is nice to see. Smells amazing.

JakeTheGrower Flowering continues to go well. Hoping to see her put on some more size in the coming weeks towards harvest - especially the lower bud sites.

JakeTheGrower We're nearing the end of flower! Aromas in the tent are intense. Stay tuned for harvest - likely within the next 10 days.

JakeTheGrower Week 10 - almost harvest time - woo hoo! At this point just trying to find the optimal time to harvest. The Northern Cheese Haze flowers have matured and trichomes are cloudy. Minimal amber at this stage - which is what i'm going for. Density looks good, buds havent put on as much size as the cross with Strawberry Nuggets which im also growing concurrently (check out the diary!). Although that is expected. Excited to harvest. Will provide an update once harvested!