First Grow - BSK_Auto

Hey @Eryan I have ran girls in a critical point and as you are going to see Cannabis is very resistant, generally is hard to kill :) . In my solution I suggested to have a look on the water practices, to make ensure, and make sure, because of the looks, if your pratices are on point that is the important thing. 👋 You have to feel and find the balance based on your current plant state, in time that becomes natural. In my case i have to water every other day, i feel the vase weight and top with my finger, if i'm uncertain I use a soil meter to check, you can also have a look on that is like an antena you stick in the soil. Generally speaking to have a good root mass is what what will regulate that too, for that I suggested the use of the bennies, that is nice to use thru out the grow. The PH bonces also are not ideal, in my opinion, and that kind of deformed leafs some rustiness i have got in the past when not ph'ing properly. Autos do not like to be transplanted, there are a few that do it, I just don't like stress during the grow, that is very personal, stress = less time to grow with autos or during flower, basically with the photosensitive you choose the time to flip, and you can play around and let them recover. For the pots, you will find much easier with the Air or smart pots, saves a lot of problems like root bond and is easier to water(more frequent too), growth is faster too. Solid color vases are Ideal too. As for the N toxicity, i don't think so, they get very dark sometimes with plastic look. At EC 1.4 is hard to burn. Good luck happy growing! Cheers

@Eryan, You'll need a small microscope to see trichomes properly. Many growers purchase 60x scope which can be found fairly cheap on the web. There is loads of reading on the net about when they are ripe, when to harvest ectect by looking at trich colour. Some of your bud will mature at the time the plant is still budding hard, so its subjective still. I think you'll have a good gut feeling when it is done by following the timeline, growth/stunting. Try to time in a great flush and fade ( the hardest part to do as a new grower, myself included)

@Hellhazard, yeah that's what I would like think too, that it's still a ways off. That's why I gave the worm tea and other nutes, because I'm not sure those fan leaves yellowing and the necrosis is natural at this point. However, looking at the trichomes I'm not so sure that there are still 3 weeks or more to go. Still hard for me to tell since this is my first grow, but they look cloudy to me. Just kind of in wait and see mode at this point. Cutting the tops of those buds is supposed to make the cut buds produce more trichomes, not the rest of the plant. I remove only a few millimeters of material, so I feel it's less drastic than removing the popcorn sites. But unsure about messing with it too much either, so that's why I did it just on three sites. www.youtube.com/watch https://www.cnnbs.nl/maak-wiettoppen-harder-dikkermet-simpele-handeling/

@Eryan, LED's in my opinion is a good way 2 go when & if you decide to grow again.I use LED's & they've always been good to me & my girls.I 2 plan on breeding & creating my own strains one day.Working in the marijuana industry has become a passion of mine.

@DaGrowQueen, Thanks for your comments 😊 I don't plan on getting any other lights at the moment until I've finished certain other things in my life :P But, if everything else goes well then maybe a year or so from now I will be using LEDs. Yield at this point is not very important to me anyways since I maybe use 2g of bud a month , I'm in no way a heavy user 😂 It's more about the quality for me, and also that it's just cool to watch a plant like this grow. Making my own seeds eventually also seems interesting.

@MadMama, Thank you 😊 Yeah I chose this as my first as well because of the looks and size. I just wish there was a regular feminized version so I could grow a huge aromatic black bush. The smell is definitely amazing, matches up with what you said in your last journal about the strain :) I will be growing it again for sure if the high is good enough...then maybe try and cross it with another strain to get the autoflowering out but keep the color + taste.

@Hellhazard, Yeah I've definitely noticed that with yours, also when one looks at the stretch. Phenotypes eh. Pretty sure you'll get a lot more yield though 😉 Although half of that is to do with me probably stunting this one. Yeah she was switching between lemon and lavender in the last couple of weeks, but now it's mainly a sweet fruit / lavender scent when one rubs a few of the trichomes.

@Hellhazard, yeah but you also see a lot of the ambers, right? I also thought it was strange they don't seem to be yellowing and then turning amber, but eh whatever. Prefer a more cerebral high anyways 😄 And I kind of want to know too, but at the same time not really 😬 After drying I'll be sanitizing everything with rubbing alcohol.

@Hellhazard, Yeah seems like I did. The color didn't really start to come out though until after a week of flowering. So maybe the same happens to yours still.

@@Athos, thanks for your advice. I think you're right in conjunction with the other answers about a calcium deficiency, see the comments for Day 26 and a recently uploaded photo showing what seems to be progression of the rust spots. The soil mix is Atami Bio-Growmix, the plant has been in there for about 1 and a half weeks now. https://www.hydroponics.eu/atami-organicmix-soil-20l~9201.html I guess it actually is a good idea to add some more nutrients though soon, perhaps calcium indeed because the soil is only fertilized for the first 3 weeks or so 😅

@Hellhazard, Thanks for the advice. I hope she turns bloody too 😄 Good luck with your bush, the stem on that thing is amazing :)