Super Hash & Northern Delights Auto

Started off rough as I planted the seed in jiffy peat pellets rather than their final pot (5gal smart pot) which I have read is recommended with auto-flowering seeds, regardless, I have successful germination in both with the jiffy pellets; planted 06/15 and sprouted 06/18. next is weening the pellets into gradual direct sunlight each day, so far 1 hour in the morning and then 5pm-sunset update noticed some webs around my seedling and what looks to be a spider mite under one of my leaves...so disappointing this early, moved locations update 6/23 transplant into 5 gal fabric pots filled with Fox Farm Ocean Forrest mix, almost half perlite and vermiculite for a lighter soil mixture, still gets 1 hr direct sun and couple hours direct evening sun, watering a bit more frequently due to heat advisory in FL, hoping 100 degrees will not kill my seedlings!! ipdate so far the neem oil spritz at night has worked, no more spider webs !! great growth

growing pretty darn fast, had to spray neem oil a few times caught a few pests, nothing major...introducing more direct sun time in the morning and evening hours added cal-mag in water feed (will only do once a week) and added a basil companion plant 7/5/20 gets direct sun 10am-12pm 3pm-sundown pH of water is 7, still waiting on a reliable soil pH tester

Reacting well to the first feed of cal-mag nutrients, noticing new growth on northern delights plant as I removed a baby caterpillar who nested and was eating new growth from stem early into her life...hopefully recovering, you can tell the leaves are halfway cut off from being eaten when growth was incoming. trying to keep plants in direct sun 24/7 but too nervous with Florida heat and uv index. still keep them out of sun 12pm-3pm, watering about 20oz each plant every night with neem oil spray update 7/12 been keeping them out in the sun and rain, letting them go natural, they seem big enough to handle all the elements and if I notice heat stress or leaf burn I will reassess, still seeing the leaf miners make their scars, continuing with neem

7/16 start of week 4, very thick stems, might be getting a bit top-heavy might wrap stem to a stick, dunno yet, otherwise plant is healthy lots of rain last night on its second weekly dose of cal-mag 7/19 measured the ladies out of curiosity auto hash tallest at 21 inches. good temps and sunshine this week, no heat flashes and plenty of rain almost every day 7/22 25 inches for super hash, stem is a bit leany, been turning plant with wind when I can to help straighten naturally, nutrients tomorrow night

watering per usual, lately mother nature has been doing that job so I don't have to, but occasionally I do, watching them grow at least an inch each day, spray neem oil a couple of days out of the week. 7/29 nutrients, noticed they are drinking more water! about 1 gal a day depending on rain, been cutting off a few dead leaves from the bottom of super hash this week...also having to inspect daily for critters, noticed some webbing and it will be a fairly normal-sized spider that I scrape off, not spider mite i don't think

lots of yellowing of the bottom leaves, ph soil tester came in the mail and tested 6.5 for my soil, not sure why so much yellowing of leaves end of week six, lots of cutting dead yellowing leaves, not too much at once to not stress them, besides that good growth, seeing some orange hairs

8/7 per usual 8/9 yikes, what a storm last night, had to move my plants a few more times then I would've liked to due to winds and rain all day and night. ran out to see my northern delights completely knocked over flat on the ground, mother nature hit me where it really hurts last night, anyways no severe damage to either plant, soaking up the sun as I type this. 8/10 plant elevators came in, huge thanks to @Professor_Daank for pointing out extra drainage with these handy things. 8/13 came back from the beach for a few days and gee the girls really suffered, not much I did besides water, talk to them, and cut some dead leaves in the morning

Officially flowering! orange hairs! still cutting dead leaves little by little to not stress them. watering nights and mornings, no more neem oil for the rest of the way super hash is at 53 inches and northern delights still is at 37 inches still watering daily, gave nutrients 8/14, and topped a little soil to each pot 8/15 8/19 noticed roots coming out of my fabric pots! wow these autoflowers grew big...super hash is at 56 inches and northern delights seems to have stopped at 37

8/21 Storms all yesterday and last night, got some sun today until about 3pm more rain...thank god for fabric pots! hopefully won't have to worry about overwatering too much. Lots of trichome production around bud sites and more orange hairs 8/24 storm winds 17mph...seems strong enough to handle it 8/26 gave some nutrients today, lots of sun and heat lately, more noticeable trichome and orange hair production and fattening of buds, smell is strong and northern delights seems to have a darker color green and bushier overall then the super hash, guess that just comes down to genetics.

8/28 good weather, lower humidity, looking to get some bloom nutes this weekend just something high in phosphorus and potassium to really give her the extra boost before harvest.....more yellowing and falling of lower veg leaves on super hash 8/30 gave her first feed of miracle grow bloom booster, a bunch of rain today

9/5 same old same old, lots of sunshine, less rain this week. been watering in the mornings until I see some run off....getting chunky and frosty this week, sweet smell too, not too strong only if you get close 9/6 nutrients, buds are getting chunkier 9/7 Decided to whip out a macro and really inspect those trichomes, they look pretty clear to me, will check throughout the week and update 9/8 started flushing, only water from now on, every morning water till run-off 9/10 end of week 11, new flowering on the bottom of super hash, looks like at least another week till harvest

9/12 day of harvest due to bud rot in some areas on BOTH plants, cut out affected areas as best as I could but will be harvesting early

Was a great experience growing with grow diaries thank you all, I have much to learn from for my upcoming diaries.