Auto with very rough start

Nitrifier

3d ago

Mix Leyendas - Punto rojo / Punto morado

Delirium

Local flower soil

Substrate

Greenhouse

Room Type

Transplantation

weeks 1-2, 4

LST

weeks 11

12-12

weeks 7-13

Defoliation

weeks 8, 10, 12

4 liters

Pot Size

Start at 13 Week

Auto with very rough start. Week 0 - Probably excellent seeds. But unfortunately in the hands of a rookie

Auto with very rough start. Week 0 - 3 seeds planted. Starting growing by the window. This caused stretching early.

Auto with very rough start. Week 0 - A couple of days go by and the seed in the middle seems hopeless.

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Nitrifier Very lousy setup: by the window, random soil for flowers, tap water with pH 8.1 used for watering (unbeknownst to me at the time).

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Used method

Paper Towel

Germination Method

1/2

18 hrs

Light Schedule

No Smell

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

0.5 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier Started to note the slow growth compared to other blogs and experiences

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Used techniques

Transplantation

Technique

Auto with very rough start. Week 2 - Middle plant eliminated.

Auto with very rough start. Week 2 - Moving into a bigger pot with drainage

1/2

18 hrs

Light Schedule

No Smell

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

1 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier Not much progress… very few hours of direct light per day. Individual pots were now used

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Used techniques

Transplantation

Technique

18 hrs

Light Schedule

Weak

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

1 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier Completely stunt growth. Up to this point, no nutrients were ever added. And tap water (no chlorine) with high pH (8.1) was being used, probably shutting down access to all nutrients.

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1/2

18 hrs

Light Schedule

7.0

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier pH in the water was regulated and nutrients started being added (common mix from local flower shop). Finally some development was noticed. But still way behind.

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Used techniques

Transplantation

Technique

Auto with very rough start. Week 5 - I stopped rotating them all the time (which was an effort to straighten the top)

Auto with very rough start. Week 5 - These are still some skinny sticks deprived from sunlight

1/2

18 hrs

Light Schedule

7.0

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier If I understand correctly, an auto should start flowering no matter what after 5 weeks or so. But these plants have had it so rough that I don’t see any indication of bud formation

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1/4

18 hrs

Light Schedule

6.8

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier No sings of flowering yet. Maybe I messed up this auto with the rough initial conditions. This week they received a nutrient solution made by myself including NPK levels (for transition) and silicon. The 18hr light cycle has been an estimate of what they’ve been getting naturally.

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Grow Questions

Nitrifierstarted grow question 2mo ago

They say an auto is programmed to flower after a given number of weeks. Clearly that’s not my case. Who has experienced an auto with delayed flowering and what are the reasons?

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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 2mo ago

It is the case. If they don't flip to flower on their own without giving them extended non-interrupted darkness, then it is either a mispackaged product (a photoperiod) or they didn't follow the basic procedure to breed autoflower seeds. 6 weeks is most likely not an autoflower if you don't see signs of flowering yet. Some "XL" autos are bred to maximize traits that prolong vege phase so you get a bigger plant. These plants are relatively healthy, so i doubt stress is related. If they don't show pistils at terminal buds in th enext week or so, starting giving it 12h of uninterrupted darkness. You likely have a photoperiod that was mispackaged or the breeder fucked up something else in the process. Can only speculate.

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60 cm

Height

12 hrs

Light Schedule

6.2

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier Got a greenhouse tent, and a lamp. I made sure all this week they got a 12:12 light regime to see if flowering can happen any earlier (I will travel in a bit over a month). They look overall healthy, though I don’t have the experience to judge if flowering has really begun.

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Used techniques

12-12

Technique

1/4

75 cm

Height

12 hrs

Light Schedule

6.2

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier Ventilation and smell control was improved. Unfortunately weather has been colder this week (15-24C). Now fearing that my light is not enough, hence some leaves were trimmed.

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Used techniques

Defoliation

Technique

12-12

Technique

1/2

85 cm

Height

12 hrs

Light Schedule

6.2

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier Not much flower development. Significant stretch though. Leaf clawing and burning suggest nitrogen burn, which makes sense since I’ve been feeding transition nutrients instead of bloom.

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Used techniques

12-12

Technique

1/2

95 cm

Height

12 hrs

Light Schedule

6.3

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

Nitrifier Very slow flowering… or maybe I started counting too early. Kept working on making silver interior walls, investing in a better lamp, and keeping invasive bugs away.

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Used techniques

12-12

Technique

Defoliation

Technique

1/2

105 cm

Height

12 hrs

Light Schedule

6.3

Normal

Smell

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

40 cm

Lamp Distance

Nitrifier One of the two plants is getting ahead, so I will focus on that one (the other one seems a week or so behind). I got a thermometer/hydrometer, humidity is around 35%, while temperature ranges from 14-25 throughout the week.

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Used techniques

12-12

Technique

LST

Technique

1/2

105 cm

Height

12 hrs

Light Schedule

6.3

Strong

Smell

40 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

40 cm

Lamp Distance

Nitrifier Gears are turning

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Used techniques

12-12

Technique

Defoliation

Technique

1/6

105 cm

Height

12 hrs

Light Schedule

6.3

Strong

Smell

40 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

4 liters

Pot Size

40 cm

Lamp Distance

Nitrifier No defoliation at all. Just witnessing development. Still adding nutrients. I’m going on a trip of 5 days and I fear my plants won’t get enough darkness (something is going on with my LED lamp, the timer, and the electrical setup)

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Used techniques

12-12

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