First grow ever

Firstgrowever The first few days for this Auto Skywalker Haze were quite eventful, as you can see in the photos. She emerged with 'helmet head' (stuck seed shell) and a stubborn inner membrane that wouldn't let the cotyledons open. I had to perform delicate surgery to free her. This early battle caused some initial stretching while she was trapped and searching for light. To correct this, I buried the excess stem, a technique that worked perfectly. Despite the stressful beginning, she has recovered with incredible vigor. She is looking very healthy and strong now. The first set of true leaves is already well-developed, and the second set of leaves is already starting to emerge from the center node. Looking forward to seeing how she develops in Week 2!

Firstgrowever I think i misswater her, i think these spots might be pH problems and the light was too close, took it away to 200 ppfd (was close to 300). Well, i corrected it and will be watching for more problems. I knew first grower problems exist, but damn, well, at least she is growing :)

Firstgrowever Started LST, kind of afraid of straining her too much as its my first grow. She is healthy for what i can see, hopping to see how she reacts to very small LST

Firstgrowever Well, another week goes by and she keeps growing but looks like she's late compared to other month old flowers i see in this site. Furthermore, I think I'm doing LST wrong as it looks like i just turned the top a little bit.

Firstgrowever Well, fifth week is done and to me she looks just fine. She started pre-flowering, just begun showing its pistils. One thing that kept me on my toes was the yellowing of the first leaves, the first pair just got completelly yellow and the next one is kind of yellowing, some advice ? I'm trying not to stress her too much as it's my first grow and people told me that auto flowers are more sensible to stress. Said that, i'm using a scrog net to kinda separate the "tops".

Firstgrowever Another week another problem, right ? Well, she is kinda recovering from a defficiency due soil salinization (been watering with low runoff, last runoff the pH was 5.15, so i'm ajusting it a little higher than usual) but i'm correcting it and hopping shes allright, she looks like shes getting better as new leaves are bright green and sher growing her tops fine :)

Firstgrowever I feel like she's always struggling in these last weeks, but at least she's not dying :)

Firstgrowever Well, she's still alive and kicking! My Carolina Soil lost all of its buffer capacity and the pH dropped down to 5.0. She is definitely a survivor, but taking a beating — paying the price with a lot of her leaves yellowing and dying off. The buds are still fattening up, though! Like we would say in portuguese "Life ain't a strawberry" :)