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Both seeds popped ok, transplanted them in solo cups on day 3.
Day 5 had a grow increase by 0.5cms to 2cms. Had a problem with high temperature during day 4 which has possibly stunted growth a little. I'm going to leave watering the medium for a day or 2 to help encourage root growth and I'll be doing a foliar spray 1/8 of the recommended nutes instead.
Can anyone tell me why my autos seem to be growing so slowly? They're on day 6 now and the true serrated leaves are taking their time to come through, as far as I'm aware everything is good. The soil ph, the light distant (50cm) 600w mh, the temp 24-26 degrees and the humidity.
Turned the lights to 24/0 just to keep the temperature up all the time as occasionally the nighttime temperatures were dropping too low.
Hoping by the end of this week they'll really start to kick off growing after they've established a root system 👍
Day 12: as you can see in the pictures the root system is huge compared to the plant. I like to use clear solo cups so you can watch the root system develop nicely. Hopefully the plants should explode soon! I will be transplanting when my pots arrive.
Lemon 1 has been moved into a bigger pot (15L) I've also decided to move her into the conservatory and give her natural sunlight now.
I'm waiting on pots and medium to arrive so I can transplant Lemon 2.
Lemon 2 is still in the tent under 24hrs of light for the time being.
Update - lemon 2 is now out of the tent and in the conservatory.
Lemon 1 is considerably bigger than lemon 2. I'm hoping lemon 2 might catch up a bit but whether that will happen or not i don't know. I've tied lemon 2 down just for a bit of training to encourage the smaller side branches to grow up.
Both look happy, healthy and enjoying the sun!
Day 24 my new tent came so I've moved them in there where I can control the environment and hopefully get a better grow!
On my on my lemon 1 should I defoliate any more leaves before she's goes into flower to help with light penetration and should I do anything with lemon 2? She's tied down but should I defoliate anything although she is quite small.
No you should not. A smart move would be to bend her with a wire or a rope to promote secondaries growth aka LST.
Here you have 3 sets of true leaves which are all important for the photosynthesis, a defo will stunt her
I think Lemon 1 is starting to flower and lemon 2 isn't but I'm not really too sure. I'll ask the question to see what answer I get.
Both lemons seem to be doing alright!
Also I found a maggot like bug eating inside the leaves of lemon 1, I've attached pics of what damage it did.
It is not flowering but the plants are showing sex , it means that they are not ready to get into flowering but from now the plants will increase their growth speed , vertical growth will be boosted during that stretch phase then once they will get the final heigt they will start to induce flowering.
Sometimes the plants from a same strain can flower at the same moments while some individuals are more quick r slow to respond
hey there, you're right about that, but i'm sure you can fix it. Basically it's showing symptoms of stress , you can see this with the purple stems. This one is also overwatered, this you can see with the puffy space between the leafs. The overwatering caused stress at the root level, probably some kind of water mold. Just dont water one more day than you think you should. Following a strict wet dry cycle will fix this problem very quickly. Hope this helps ! 🚀
Hi @Twalker92 The plant is thus drooping because the substrate is too full, the roots need oxygen to grow and feed. 2L of watering per day is too much for the plant. 750Ml is enough every 2 days. Let the substrate almost dry between waterings and control the watering by the weight of the pot, the substrate when it is dry is very light and when it is wet it is very heavy. good luck mate 👍
So I'm leaving lemon one as untrained and I've performed lst on lemon 2. Lemon 2's side branches gave grown through nicely making a good few bud sites. I'm not sure whether to leave lemon 2 as she is or perform more lst, when I bent to branches that I could down it didn't make much difference.
I've also cut down the nutes as I think i was over feeding.
Edit: I carried out some more lst on lemon 2, it was pretty awkward as she's so bushy but I got it done. I also got rid of some tiny bud sites down by the main stem or the plant and cleared up some damaged/dying leaves
On lemon 2 should I perform more lst? I looked at bending down what branches I'd be able to and it didn't make too much of a difference in regarding to how bushy she is and also the branches are starting to get quite rigid now. Thanks.
Ok so had to change the nutrient line as my canna boost hasn't arrived and I don't want to start mixing up nutrient lines.
So lemon 1 is is still going alright, nothing really to report there.
Lemon 2 is so bushy and looks a bit untidy, I've done some lst but it's limited to what I can do and I have taken away some lower bud sites that weren't getting any light.
I'm not sure about removing leaves though, I've tried to make sure all bud sites get light but tucking leaves away.
I keep on asking this question a lot but with my lemon 2 the bushy one should I leave her as she is and tuck leaves away allowing light to bud sites or do you think I should do some defoliating as there are just so many leaves!
Hi!
I've read that defoliating autos can be risky business 'cos you want to minimize any stress to autos but if you pluck 2-3 leaves that should not be a bad thing.
You can take the biggest leafs of to get more light penetration and if you have lots of leaves laying of top of each other that can promote powdery mildew and mold etc so I suggest that pluck also some leaves for better air flow in the bush. Just slowly and its looking good like it is too!
Bonjour, Non ne t'inquiète pas. Tes bourgeons vont grossir, la floraison n'est pas econre fini. Mets bien les nutriments qu'elle a besoin pour developper ses bourgeons ! Bonne floraison man 😊
This week had been plain sailing really, nothing much has happened, I'm just waiting for the buds to hopefully pile on some weight.
Lemon 2 is so leafy, I'm just going to leave her because I don't know where to start with trimming.
Changing the feeding schedule to just micro and bloom for weeks 9-10.
I am a new but by what I read your bud sites may not be getting enough air flow I am growing all Autos right now and it's important for them to have enough light and air flow so if you're too nervous to bend and do a little LST you can defoliate I have and my plant responded just fine take a look at my diary I am up to week 9 it is an outdoor grow which is a little different but the concept of the plant the same.
I think lemon 1 might be ready to harvest and lemon 2 isn't too far behind?
I wasn't expecting lemon 1 to be ready so soon.
Started to flush after receiving advice from some members 👍
Ok little update I've decided to carry on giving lemon 2 nutes as she's still throwing out white pistols and her buds are still too small to start flushing. I'm hoping she packs on some bud size soon or I'm going to have loads of popcorn nugs
Is Lemon 1 ready to harvest? If you can tell from the pictures she has some amber trichomes. I haven't flushed because this is sooner than expected, what should I do?
Lemon 2 is mostly cloudy, should I start to flush her?
Hey :-) Look with a microscope 👌If the trichome heads are about 70% milky and 30% clear, you can start with the flush. If the trichomes are about 70% milky and 30% amber, it is a very good time to harvest 👍🙏🏻 but do not pay attention to the leaves of the trichomes on the buds 👍
Im going to harvest lemon 1 very soon, she's been getting flushes for a week now.
Lemon 2 is still throwing out white pistols
So at 72 days I harvested lemon 1, she's a fairly small auto but the yield seems alright.
Lemon 2 is still going and will be for a little while I think.
Is what I've done with lemon 2 alright? I've trimmed the whole plant and hung it that way to allow for a longer drying period and how do I tell it time for curing?
if hanging, i'd do the whole limbs, it'll be slow enough, unless you are i a desert or something extreme.. tundra too. if they are all well spaced and not resting on each other, it'll be fine.. you don't have to do anything.. just observe if it takes too long and careful of microbial growth as always.
the smaller stems will snap, that's generally the time to cure. try to smoke a joint, and if it keeps going out, it's not dried yet. not in a cigar wrap.. those will stay lit when too wet.
The grow was easy considering it one of my first!
I've learnt a lot from this first experience and I'm hoping in my next grow I can get some even bigger better plants now.
Just need to dry and cure the buds before trying them out!
Just some larf... probably what you think - just wasn't impacted by light as much so it didn't impact the color over time as much etc..
that stuff has a higher surfact to volume ratio -- increases bubble hash yield immensely! I don't even keep much of my trim anymore, lol. i just grow ~100g of larf+well-coated trim per 30"x30" bloom space. ~20+ grams of hash + plenty of nugs, yum.
Twalker92
