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The 3 seedlings are on Day 8
I planted all 3 seeds straight into small square pots, using BioBizz light mix soil.
Only feeding with tap water and BioBizz Alg-a-Mic, around 2-3 ml per litre.
18/6 cycle, currently in a cupboard under the stairs, using a 130w CFL, cool white light (6400k).
Will place the plants under a Mars 48 Reflector 240W full spectrum led grow light at week 2 or 3.
Day 14:
Topped all 3 yesterday, at day 13. All 3 growing lovely lush green colours, and several nodes by end of week two. Feeding only BioBizz Alg-a-Mic and Grow.
Day 19 from seed, all 3 plants had been topped a week ago, and this would have added an extra week to the grow cycle. They're looking good on the whole, size wise they've stayed fairly short, but are really beginning to grow through the recent topping, and I have seen new growth since they were topped.
So far so good, have updated with a pic, and have also changed my lighting for the time being, due to the noise the bigger LED Panels were making, and the CFL's are 2 x 46w Red Spectrum, and 4 x 28w Dual Spectrum LED bulbs. 😍
Day 23 from seed. The plants are smelling musky / earthy, and the odour is noticeable, but is not overpowering around my grow space.
Day 27 & 28 from seed, 18/6 light cycle, I have switched to CFL's and some lower powered LED bulbs, 4 x 28w Dual Spec, and the CFL's are 2 x 46w Warm lights, and 1 x 23w Warm light.
Only feeding BioBizz Organic Nutes.. Alg-a-Mic, Grow and Bloom, and now also some
Plant Magic Magne Cal+ 😍
Day 30
Plants are looking healthier, and continuing to feed the same nutes and strengths with PH @ 6.5.
Day 32:
Everything looking sweet, and so far so good..
Since adding the Plant Magic Magne Cal+ and PH adjusting water levels to approximately 6.5, my plants seem to have really taken a turn for the better, in terms of overall growth, appearance, and flower production.
They're beginning to bloom nicely, they're only small plants, I kept my containers small, so I am not expecting huge yields with these 3 NL's, but I will attempt to increase bud production during this final flowering stage by continuing to use and adjust the BioBizz organic nutrients 😍
Day 37
I decided to re-pot all 3 plants, into slightly larger containers, so they've got more room to increase bud production (fingers crossed), it's been around 3-4 days since re-potting, and I'm sure this has triggered some slight increase in the way the buds are gradually developing.
Two of the NL's are head and shoulders taller than the third plant, which is considerably shorter, and more indica like, with much larger and fuller buds. I think this is due to me topping her, she is considerably larger in regards to her bud development, compared to her taller sisters.
Now, I originally mentioned 3 weeks or so back, that I'd topped all 3 plants, but it looks more like a case of FIM.... at least for the two taller girls, they've almost reached the top of my 100cm in height tent, so I'm hoping re-potting would have stunted the, taller two plants, causing a stop in further vertical growth.
On the whole, a successful grow so far, and I am not massively concerned about huge yields, (would of course be nice..) but I'd be far happier with more of a quality smoke. 😋
Day 40 not a huge amount to update, other than I'm really enjoying this grow and all 3 plants appear fine and healthy 😇
Update: Friday 15 Dec
Firstly, apologises for the lack of updates over the last 3 weeks. I had broken my smartphone and had been awaiting delivery of the new one, as it was my only source for a camera. So unfortunately was unable to provide photos of how she looked prior to harvest.
So have received my new camera phone, and here are some photos 😎 I had to harvest 1 of my 3 NL autos, as she was definately good and ready, and she was the shorter, of the 3 NL's but grew big fat potent buds, when harvested she weighed 40.57 grams, however after 7 days drying, this became 15.7 grams lol....
Oh well I still have two NL autos under the lights, they are the taller of the three girls, and look as though they will need a little longer.
I will update with pics for these two remaining Northern Lights, autoflowering plants shortly 😎
Sunday 17 December 2017
Update: Here are my two x Northern Lights autos, currently at Day 63, they look as though they could go a lot longer and are around 65cm to 75cm in height., so am just patiently allowing things to take shape, however one was topped, and the other has a larger single central cola.. and is a lot more fuller ..but overall, things are looking fine 😊
This strain was quite easy to grow, their was little care given, other than the usual watering and feeding, and keeping PH levels within the correct range, and I just let it do its thing.
I harvested this plant at Day 68, however have yet to test, as it's currently hanging to dry in a tent. I will provide a fuller report once it's been dried and cured. I did not check the wet weight, but will provide dry weight once ready.
The breeder suggests a 50-60 day finish from seed. This was my same experience, I planted 3 seeds, and the first one I harvested was very short and stocky looking plant, with big buds, and that plant was ready quite quick.
The other two however, they looked like elegant tall sativa like ladies, and took longer to grow. I harvested one of them at Day 68, and will allow the other a bit longer, will provide pictures of the last NL shortly.
Update: Tues 26 Dec 2017.
Day 71 from seed. This is my final Northern Lights (auto) and has been flushed, and I will likely harvest in next couple of days or so.
P.S - The plant in the background is Dinafem Blue Kush (auto) which I am not really creating a diary on. 😎
This looks like it was a KILLER grow. I see some experience shining through here. Nice job! I am attempting my first "topless" SCROG (trying to bend instead) with 6 different strains right now, of which one is Northern Lights. It would be cool if you would follow the grow - Zannabis7
Update: 29 Oct 17.
All 3 NL plants topped today. They was showing 3-4 nodes, and healthy growth, so I have topped and we shall see what develops from here.. I will update with a pic later 😉
Update: 28 Oct 17.
My 3 x NL autos are 12 days into the grow cycle, and appear to be healthy and happy :)
Feeding only plain tap water (stored in bottle first for 24 hours) and BioBizz Alg-a-Mic.
Current lighting is a Mars LED 48 Reflector Panel.
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My 3 seedlings are doing great at 10 days old. Some noticeable growth in the last two days, between day 8 and 10.
During the past hour, I've moved them back under a 240w LED Mars 48 Reflector sharing with my Black Domina plants, as the 6 BD clones have now taken this space.
Once flowering begins, around week 3-4, they will either be remain in a SOG style grow, alongside my Black Domina clones, or in a grow space of their own, under their own LED light. Either a 240w or 300w Full Spectrum LED.
If I do decide for the sheer sake of convenience to place them with the Black Domina clones, which also share the same sized square pots, I would have to put them in a 12/12 Cycle with the Black Domina clones.
This will of course reduce yield, hence my reluctance, but I will decide which route to take once the newly taken black domina clones have sprung to life.
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