My VERY first AUTOFLOWER grow!

Tishhhhhh Day 9 and we are coming along. She has her first set of true leaves and her second set is starting to spread. So far it’s been pretty low maintenance. I have been watering her every other day with 60 ml of distilled water with 1 teaspoon of vitality added in. I also increased the light intensity. Not sure the percent as the controller just says 4 but the PPFD reading is at 329-330. Can’t wait til she needs me to tend to her more!

Tishhhhhh So week 2 has been pretty laid back. She is putting on more fan leaves but it’s mostly just me watering at this point. I have been giving her about a liter and a half of water with 1 ml of silica and vitality every 3 days, I’ll bypass a day if the soil still appears moist. I did add some green rush grow at a 1/4 of the recommended dose as I started her in happy frog. She appears to be ok with it so far. I switched my controller to veg so it reduced the amount of humidity she receives. It has been staying around 60% rh.

Tishhhhhh So week 3 has been eventful. I topped her at the 6th node, and began some lst, nothing too crazy, just bending the main stem to the right so the lower leaves could get some light. She bounced back up in a couple of hours so I added a second clip to keep her to the right. A couple of days later she had some nice growth so I added some more clips to open up the center of the canopy. I had to bring up the lights, I started noticing the leaves were starting to taco and turn a real light green. They started getting darker a day after raising the light. I have been watering with 1/4 tsp of Green Rush nutrients(grow) and adding silica, calcium mag, fish shit and seaweed extract. I also add EW castings to the topsoil and mix in with some plant biotics. I ph to 6.3. The next time I water it will be just ph’d water no nutes. My controller has been keeping my grow tent vpd between 0.8 and 1.2. The temperature been coasting around 80 when the lights are on and 74-76 when they are off. RH has been around 70-71. I am very proud of myself so far on this first run, she looks healthy, no deficiencies, go me!!!

Tishhhhhh Week 4 was eventful. I noticed some curling on some of the upper leaves. Reached out to a mentor who suggested I might be over feeding and to flush the next couple of times I water. I watered her with about 2L of 5.8ph distilled water and now I am awaiting the results. I hope I didn’t stunt my girl but I’m trusting the process.

Tishhhhhh Starting to see lots of growth! Her pistils are starting to grow like crazy and I’m just over here excited to see it. I found out the curling leaves were due to over feeding so I was flushing her with 5.8ph water for a couple of waterings. She seems to have bounced back. Let me know if she looks ok. It’s my first grow so I’m not really sure.

Tishhhhhh Noticing pistils starting to form at the nodes. I would guess this girl has moved into her early flowering stage! I am trying to keep my tent managed with my controller that has been keeping the vpd ideal even though the humidity has been a lil higher than I would like. I do have an inline fan and some oscillating fans so hoping those will suffice. I did feed with some beefy buds from Green Rush nutrients but will be hitting with just water for the next couple of feedings to avoid nute burn.

Tishhhhhh She’s growing pistils daily and she is just a beautiful beast to look at! I’m proud to have made it this far with no issues! I must say this is a forgiving strain because I know I have been fumbling these waterings. I have been using the weigh method where I lift the pots to determine if she is dry. I have been watering her about every 3 days now and this has helped me to avoid overwatering but I’m sure she has been under watered as well. I have been struggling with getting a handle on these nutes and even watering 3/4 times with ph 5.8 before adding nutes the run off appears to always be high. I don’t know if she is being nice or really just adjusting to survive at this point because she doesn’t appear to have any deficiencies. All of her leaves are green and lush and the curling has stopped. I will continue to flush and try to bring the EC down some more but other than that I can’t be happier with her progress.

Tishhhhhh Hey everyone, So I hit a bump in the road on this journey to a successful harvest. I have been struggling with my EC levels for about a two weeks now. I was flushing but I was doing it incorrectly. After a couple of days at the YouTube University I realized I wasn’t flushing with enough water to bring the EC down to a suitable level. My leaves were trying to tell me but as a first time Canna grower I wasn’t knowledgeable enough to understand their message. I did some defoliation and removed most of the yellowing leaves and continued to flush with about 2 gallons of 5.8 ph water each watering. I have been avoiding nutes as my EC reading was 4.6! Hey if anyone has suggestions, I’m open to them! Happy growing! 🌱

Tishhhhhh So I can see she is starting to fatten up nicely. She smells absolutely AMAZING!! Just wow! 😊🌱 So proud of myself to have made it this far. Still seeing some discoloration in some of the leaves but we pushing forward!

Tishhhhhh Made a mistake and cut the top of a bud off trying to defoliate. 😔 Other than that she looks and smells amazing in to me, even with the leaves turning colors. I looked up some YouTube vids that said I should expect some leave color change so I’m guessing she is doing ok.

Tishhhhhh What a journey!! Super happy to have made it this far. It was definitely a learning experience but I am already thinking about my next grow! This strain was forgiving to a first time Canna grower!