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So starting the diary @ week 3/4 depending.
Haven't grown in 10+ years, never tried Auto's and seemed the yields/ quality have gotten much better so thought I'd give em a try.
Light wise, went for what I used to use, after reading up more, clearly should have gone for LEDs but so is life. On the flip side ordered 1 300W CFL, and 2 arrived!
Having an issue with heat through out, not helped by the greed to get the lights closer, more small fans on route to try to help, its sitting between 28-30 which is too high, fingers crossed the additional air flow from smaller fans will sort this.
Have just been feeding water for her to use up the pot before I start with nutes, just gone with Canna bloom, again what I used to use, might be better now?
Will start the nutes next week on some as the Auto Pounder is starting to show, but no crazy signs on the leaves, again maybe there is? I'm assuming any curled leaves are due to heat?
As it's been a while going to go very small and steady adding nutes in fear of over doing.
My original plan was just to LST, which I (was) fairly experienced at....
Start relatively early (week 2?) and have all reacted well.
Some how by mistake Topped the American Pie, too much strain on the supports on a young head, luckily she has recovered. and then she pulled a head off i'd tied back too! Clearly putting too much pressure so have let some off.
Pulled back all fan leaves originally, to not cut any leaf away. Started looking around online and seen no huge negatives from others defoliating autos, so got rid of a few fan leaves that were at the bottom of the canopy, again day later seems to have reacted well.
Can Auto's Hermie? What happens to an over stressed Auto?
Have recently tilted the pots to head get more light across the canopy, nothing i've ever tried before but more light then when she grows tie her down again to extend along the whole length of the pot. Again if anyone has any experience with this, good or bad let me know
Love to know any thoughts etc from people and happy growing
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Assuming the curling leaves from heat? it's Effecting everyone EXCEPT the American Pie which has been perfect from day one which quick growth on her. Plan is to get more fans to help more the air around , any thoughts etc would be great
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Привет, братан! 👋
Да, бро, это тепловой стресс! Ей очень жарко и она тебе это демонстрирует в концах листвы, направленные вверх!
Ни о чем не беспокойся, продолжать поливать, кормить, ухаживать! Это всё из-за сумасшедшей жары, по всему Миру! Она направляет концы своей листвы вверх - ей очень жарко, бро! Потерпи, все от этого сейчас страдают! 👆
Синоптики обещали что это всё продлиться неделю....может это закончится раньше, может продлиться на долго.....
Удачи, братан! ✊😇
Still on the heat issue (apologies I clicked resolved and it wasn't) got the tent door open most of the day, as mentioned have 2 additional usb style oscillating fans on route to aim at the lights and help flow in the canopy, not sure AC unit an option.
Should I raise lights?
Yes I would raise the lights off them some, & if the temp in your tent is staying to high, if the room outside the tent is cooler try opening the vents on the tent or getting some duct working and have a fan push or pull air in at the bottom & have a fan in the top of the tent pushing the hot air out! Hope this helps friend, happy growing!✌️🏼🌱
The Auto pounder has started to show her pistils, (end of 4th week) no signs that I can see of deficiencies from the leaves but should I start a low bloom nute diet to help push bud growth anyway?
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Hey friend,
I think you're just starting to see her preflowers coming in, but regardless, still a sign that flowering is beginning. Most autos I've grown started between 4-6 weeks old. Since your leaves are a nice healthy bright green and you haven't been feeding anything yet, I'd say it's a good time to start bringing in the Bloom and Micro at a low dose, like 1/4 the recommended strength(something like 1/4 tsp per gallon) and me personally I've started to make a calmag supplement part of all my grows and seen much better results (but only maybe 1/2 tsp a gallon, once a week).
Welcome back to the grow game. I hope the auto is fun to grow.✌️
Hey guys,
Had a few days away from home, came home to find the girls looking super healthy.
3 out of 4 of the girls @ week 5 are all showing sex, candy fruit auto, which has not yet shown sex (so no nutes yet) had some discolor and also freckles on lower leaves? any ideas?
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Она выглядит отлично для начала цветения! Продолжайте выращивать, у вас всё хорошо получается! единичные пятна на одном листе - ничего опасного не означают и не несут! У вас отличная листва и новый рост! 👌
Удачи, друг! ✊😇
Week 5.
Great improvements from last week, few breakages but nothing major and 3 girls in flower.
To deal with the heat issue I added 2 additional small fans by the lights and set the stronger previous fan up as an extractor at the top to take the hot air out, doesn't actually seemed to have helped with the temps but all the girls seem to be much happier for it, so guessing the additional air flow has helped anyway.
The tipped pots idea seems to be working really well, if anything too well! ha and may also help with air to the bottom of the pot.
1) Super Lemon Haze - Week 4 - Again pushed the LST a little too much on her main stem, had a half snap, was a little worried to push it further and see how she'd respond to HST so just put her back and added a few match stick supports, so far she's healing well. Obviously will have an effect on the LST going forward but hopefully can still keep her low enough.
Still just on water at present. 1L per feeding, every day/every other day.
2) Candy Fruit - Week 5 - last of the '5 weeks' to show sex but definitely very close, some issues with her leaves (as noted in question below, but told not to worry) Otherwise she going great and finally starting to get some growth on her.
Still just on water at present. 1L per feeding, every day/every other day. Will start from now moving onto the grow nutes.
3) American Pie - Week 5 - the favorite of the group, still looks great, no signs of any stress or heat issues. Has responded to the accidental Topping very well. Again getting greedy pulled one of her thick bud shoots too much and she started to peel off, have taken off restraints and she seems to be recovering, because of this haven't topped up her LST so unfortunatly getting a little tall at the back. once she's healed will try to pin down as much as possible. Loads of hairs all over, great smell, literally everything they say not to do to autos has happened to her and she has never had any decrease in growth etc Love her, wish every strain was like miss AP ha
On 20ml - 1L grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
4) Auto No.1 - Week 5 - On the nutes and she has grown through the roof! Came home to find she had grown into the bulb, yet somehow not gotten burnt (luckily) hairs all over her, again the back guys are getting a little high so hopefully can tie down rather than have to raise the lights.
On 10ml - 1L grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
5) Gorilla Glue - Week 4 - The giant cabbage just keeps going! Her trunk is huge! And fan leaves to match. unfortunatly she is in the 'bad corner' where the Oscillating fan is so gets a little wind burn, have put card in the way to help block the real 'bad' spot. Going to do some hard deforestation to her this week, went a lot less on the others and she seems so hardy already be interesting to see how much she can take. Shame to get rid of those monster fan leaves tho.
Still just on water at present. 1L per feeding, every day/every other day.
6) Auto Pounder - Week 5 - Really hit some stretch this week, covered in hairs, smells great. Only issue is I'm running out of places to tie her down! and pouring over into other pots stealing cheeky light - again could raise the lights but really want to try to get those nugs as tense as possible. Responding amazingly from day 1 to the LST. She's never liked the heat but is responding to stronger nutes amazingly :)
On 20ml - 1L grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
So all coming on very well over all, my only problem is light space as the they all start stretching out, will try to keep everything pinned down as much as possible before I except defeat and raise the lights.
thanks for checking in and happy growing :)
Always love to know your thoughts
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Week 6.
Some good and some bad.
Have been on a daily battle to tie down all the various heads as they stretch up for light in the canopy, almost daily, in the hope I can leave the light where it is. Away for one night and they beat me to it, various burns on a few of the girls, only one on a bud head which was tragic, so have accepted defeat and raised the lights ever so slightly and rearranged the room to try to give the max light and minimal overcrowding, assuming I might be getting additional stretching due to over crowding as well as a flower stretch, any thoughts welcome.
(dreaming of an LED set up with space underneath that doesn't cause stretching!)
Other than that they all seem to be going from strength to strength with 5/6 starting to flower or flowering now.
1) American Pie - 6 Weeks - Healed well and going strong, starting to smell fantastic. Again few burnt ends where she flew too close to the sun but tired her back down and did minor defoliation to any leaves that were looking weak near the bottom.
On 10ml - 1L grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
2) Auto #1 - 6 Weeks - She will not be tamed, came back to find a few heads touching the light for too long, burnt to hell, have taken off and tired her back down, moved her round to a spot where she has a bit more space under the lights other than that she starting to look good
On 10ml - 1L grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
3) Auto Pounder @ 6 Weeks - Still the biggest in the pack, so many heads stretching out to get the light over the others, again few burns from some getting too close, again tired her back and hopefully have given her a bit more room to breath. Noticed a few strange marks on one leaf, worried its what has spread from the Candy Fruit? Other wise she just won't stop growing!
On 10ml - 1L grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
4) Candy Fruit @ 6 Weeks - That strange dotting has spread to most of the leaves now, previous response was not to worry as it won't spread and isn't harmful? Done most defoliation on her due to this which she has seem to respond well too. Main head was burnt in the great stretching :( have got super hardcore on tying her down.
On 10ml - 1L grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
5) Gorilla Glue @ 5 Weeks - Still not showing sex but growing well, chose not to LST her as much to help with room, massive trunk on her, absolute tree! Defoiled a lot of her lower leaves and a few big fans off, again she's in the wind corner so getting a little wind burn on one corner, have put card in the way to see if that helps.
Still on just water.
6) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 5 Weeks - Growth has started up again nicely after her accident/near stem breakage, healed well and starting to see a few pistons which is great, read that she might have to go 12/12 to force flower (even for an auto?) Few singed fan leaves but nothing to bad, another gentle tying down.
Just started on 10ml to 1L today.
As always any thoughts always welcome and happy growing
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Hey guys,
American Pie Auto - Been super healthy all grow, believe this could be too much bloom nutes? @ 20ml per 2L @ present,
Any thoughts would be great
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Yes, it is overfeeding, i recomend taking a look over here. Best of luck growmie. 👨🌾🙏
https://2fast4buds.com/news/what-is-overfeeding-and-how-to-fix-it
Hello
So this looks most like thrips damage to me...the bad part with them is they're very small and not always easy to spot. But with the white color and then the blackish looking speckles in another photo I'm pretty sure that's what's happening. In a few photos i think i can see some larger things on the leaves that may be the thrips themselves but I can't zoom in far enough to say for sure. Photo #2 has the most clear shot of them, they're a yellowish color on the leftmost leaf finger and it definitely looks like 2 baby thrips with a body and legs.
In my opinion the best treatment is making an insecticidal soap, using dr Bonner's castile soap, you can find at any store usually...but any other dish soap would also work. I usually take a small spray bottle fill about 3/4 of water and then 1/4 soap, and then spray wherever you see or suspect those little stinkers are. I.S doesn't last a long time so you may need to spray a couple rounds but it will effectively kill any thrips and their babies. It also won't typically hurt your plants or any other living things in the house like pets or people, the only possible negative might be a small amount of soap buildup, but you can always wash that off if it happens. 👍
Got in after a few refreshing beverages one head on the American Pie was getting close to the light, little bend over he thought then tie down in the morning. SNAP! top of the head node comes off! Drunken fixed it last night then redid (and recut! FML) today, will she hermie?????
Haha that's the truth!
But if you caught it early enough use some tape where the break is and then support it with a bamboo or other stake, or plant yoyos. If it's going to die it'll be known pretty quickly. These plants are a lot stronger than we realize sometimes.
My mom snapped one of my auto branches outdoors with the hose a couple weeks ago...and i taped it up with a piece of scotch tape and it managed to survive, it was snapped soooo bad i was shocked it repaired.
Attack of the thrips!
Over all, apart from a few tipsy snaps... everything has been pretty standard, everything thing except the gorilla glue is now in flower and slowly fattening up.
Still getting a lot of stretch, again I think due to over crowding, have pulled them all away a little bit to give them more space to breath, we'll see.
Also noticed i've lost a few of the guide strings to the their beasts stems, have cut free where easy but some have gone too far and will definitely do more harm than good hacking away at this stage I feel so have left.
THE THRIPS!
These bastards have gotten to ever corner, have been hunting them down, before getting the Dr Bonner's today and finally took everyone out and gave them a good wipe down. Sure will need a few more gos but hopefully if I keep at it they'll finally die!
1) Candy Fruit Auto @ 7 Weeks - The bringer of the Thrips, she had the first signs and I wish i'd picked up on them sooner, keep giving her a few fan defoil, bud heads forming but bit of a slow burner. Noticed some nute burn so brought her down a little, no real change.
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
2) American Pie Auto @ 7 Weeks - The drunken stumble pie. Had a wee snap of a head, basically dead a day later so cut off and she's responded well. Again the thrips got in but have given a good wash.
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
3) Auto #1 @ 7 Weeks - LONG THICK MONSTER hairs on her, getting some nice heads at the back where there was more space, few fing thrips again, defoiled all the the lower leaves and gave a clean.
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
4) Auto Pounder @ 7 Weeks - The more you cut down the more she throws out, so many heads, 2 or 3 starting to connect up nicely, but bit of stretch in others, will see if she can join the dots. Thrips got lower leaves pretty bad but have removed and cleaned again.
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
5) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 6 Weeks - Recovered fully from the big spine break and doing well, few hairs and nice faint smell coming off her and got a bit stretch on.
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
6) Gorilla Glue Auto @ 6 Weeks - The only girl not to show sex, she has taken a beating from fans and general abuse from growing into the light, generally a bit of a beast and haven't LST as much due to space so hopefully get to the see the difference in the main head compared to the others. Started her on low nutes to help try to force a little flower, lets see how she responds
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes, responding well. per feeding, every day/every other day.
Thanks for stopping buy and any thoughts always welcome
happy growing
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The 2020 Week!
Bugs still going! Heat's a bitch and was away for a few days so they were hot and thirsty!
Came back to see a lot of withered leaves and drooping, fed and defoiled all dead leaves, tried to leave on anything that had a bit of colour left to it, and slightly looking better, lots of discolour in leaves now and these bastard Thrips just won't go.
Have switched to cleaning with peppermint soap to see if that helps and have added more fly traps, will try cleaning more often but obviously not a quick process
1) Candy Fruit Auto @ 8 Weeks - Still got the bugs and other leaves looking pretty funky, think might have left some soap on the leaves??
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes per feeding, every day/every other day.
2) American Pie Auto @ 8 Weeks - Little worried about her as she doesn't seem to be eating...her pot is always pretty heavy and some signs of nute burn, or might just be from the heat wave? She has healed well from the drunken break and is now giving some triple heads :)
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes per feeding, every day/every other day.
3) Auto #1 @ 8 Weeks - Again lots of discolour and THrip attack
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes per feeding, every day/every other day.
4) Auto Pounder @ 8 Weeks - Getting some nice brown hairs on her now, bugs fucked her lower leaves but seems to have stopped her stretch last week after pulling back a bit to give room to the whole canopy
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes per feeding, every day/every other day.
5) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 7 Weeks - Stretching still but flowering up nicely, unfortunatly the bugs have reached her corner! Due to early break i haven't LST her as much, now though dealing with her height as don't want to raise the lights, watch this space!
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes per feeding, every day/every other day.
6) Gorilla Glue Auto @ 7 Weeks - Honestly thought she had died from the heat, luckily a bit of feed and 90% of her leaves sprung back up, still not showing sex, which is slightly worrying as I can't turn 12/12 due to the other plants in the room, will just have to leave her be and see what happens
So all in all, too hot and bugs just getting the better of me, I am also worried there is what looks like nute burn but this might have been caused by excess soap build up or a result of the bug problem.
Will do better photos next week and again thanks for stopping in.
Happy growing and any thoughts welcome
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If its a sudden temperature change from like 25°C to suddenly being 40°C, then yeah its probably because of the heat, if its not anything that critical, then its most likely nutrient lockout caused by nutrient accomulation in soil, if its this latest one, give it a flush and start the feeding regimen back to normal but going slower and give it longer breaks inbetween feedings.
It could also be too dried soil, more heat=more evaporation, and the soil being more dry causes it to take in more nutes from the soil, so what could have been a good feeding schedule so far, may have become a overdose due to recent heat. So in this situation just water more often or reduce nutes.
Its up to your judgment to take this information and see what fits in better with what has been going on over there.
Hope it helped and if it did remeber to contribute back by picking the answer that helped you so the grower answering the question gets a point for the grower of the month contest.
Stay lit growmie.
(marco lense still not arrived) Front heads looking very brown, back part of her definitely needs some more time but wondering if should chop the front or can leave to fatten?
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Depends on the type of high you want.
Regardless of terpenes and genetics if you harvest with milky thrichomes its the peak of the effects you get sedative and active high. If you wanted fully active high, harvest with clear+milky cristals. If you want it basically fully sedative, just hold on untill its fully amber crystals and you got it.
I like to harvest them at a point where some might say its a premature harvest, but i know what i'm aiming for, it just blast my mind everytime, since i need to be active and can't even risk couchlock i harvest with clear crystals. I get less yield but i get the high i want, and its better to get 70% of what you like than 100% of what you don't really want.
Maybe leave to fatten a lil bit more.
Stay well, and good growing growmie
What to hear the pro thoughts.
What is your best technique for drying and then curing? What jars etc do ppl use and like? Any little tricks you've mastered over the years?
Thanks again and happy growing :)
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This is an impossible question to answer as it depends on your conditions. My conditions dont allow me to simply hang it and leave it like some replys to the question suggest.
My method is to hang in my tent and sweat the moisture. So i hang untrimmed with my Extraction running at 70%. I then just check the buds untill the outside starts to feel dry, when this happens i turn my extractor off for 5/6 hours and zip the tent back up. After the 5/6 hours i go back and the bud is wet again, extraction back to 70% and zip up the tent. Just continue this and keep checking the stems to see if they crack/snap . I find it best not to allow to dry untill snap as i normally find that is to dry for me. I do not use a fan on slow to move air in the tent as i have never had an issue since i dried this way. This method normally takes me around 4 to 7 days at most and has served me well.
I then jar it up and within 2/3 days my stuff is smelling good and ready for a real taste.
Week 9
ITS HOT!
All fans on over time and doubled up pure water for all and everyone seems to be coping well, anyone with signs of nute burn got flushed and back to no feed, they seem to be responding well with noticeable new growth and no burnt ends :)
Few new lenses arrived so now playing around with the macro, now I just need a steady hand ;)
F**king bugs still there, I clean every 2 days and have fly traps up, catching quite a few, but the bastards just don't stop, have a feeling they will be there until the end now unfortunatly.
1) Gorilla Glue @ 8 Weeks - Still hasn't shown sex, guessing i'll have to 12/12 her when i finish the rest and hope she doesn't get too huge in the process ha otherwise she's pretty healthy, no signs of any burn etc
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes per feeding, every day/every other day.
2) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 8 Weeks - Great looks buds everywhere, again because of an early stem break had to be very gentle with her LST so she is now a giant ha Smelling great! and bud sights everywhere which is great, bugs are on her but otherwise she's doing very well. Very excited to see what her end result will taste like!
On 1L - 10ml grow nutes per feeding, every day/every other day.
3) Auto #1 @ 9 Weeks - Flushed her and back on lots of water due to heat, front of her has some real curl on the leaves from heat stress, more than the others it seems. Back nodes looking great, definitely not fattening up as much as I expected for the strain but might be mildly stunted from last weeks issues.
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
4) Auto Pounder @ 9 Weeks - Flushed her and thinking some of her front heads might be ready to chop soon but as always want to leave to get a little fatter if possible, depending on how she does this week might start flushing in the next week or 2. Really incredible fruity smell off her that I wasn't expecting :) Will start introducing very small amounts of feed back in this week to she how she responds.
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
5) American Pie @ 9 Weeks - Flushed her and she is finally responding with some nice bud heads really fattening up. Her pot is always heavy and she takes longer to feed so only water when she feels she needs it, this again might have been a nute lock out? Unsure but she is at least showing growth and new healthy leaves again which is great.
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
6) Candy Fruit @ 9 Weeks - Didn't flush but have taken off feed and she seems to be liking the rest. Her heads really starting to fatten this week, she was always the slowest and smallest of the girls so great to see her finally getting some speed going, nice tight looking nugs all around :)
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
***Additional***
Got a few free CBD seeds with an order so just threw them in a pot outside, no LST no Topping, sprayed with hardcore bug spray when i first saw signs, basically not looked after at all, more of an experiment to see what would happen and how abusive I could be. Had 4 to start, crushed one when transplanting early on, pulled another out of the ground then put back in, she's alive but obviously very stunted. They have all flowered and are starting to smell a little naughty, just goes to show how easy these plants can be sometimes ha
Thanks for stopping by and happy growing
As always any thoughts are always welcome :)
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Hey guys,
Auto Pounder @ 9 weeks - Hard to get the focus but think one came out pretty well, I think that look like they need some more time, i.e. not cloudy enough, but its been a while so wanted to check my memory serves me well
Many thanks as always
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You want to check the trichomes on your flower bracts not your sugar leaves. Sugar leaves have the tendency to ripen faster than the flowers. That being said the trichomes on your sugar leaves do not look ripe. When filled with cannabinoids(resin) the trichomes stand tall and erect. Yours are still folded over and starting to rise. Also the the head of the glands swell and balloon. Some strains mostly sativas have small headed glands naturally... but they too always stand erect when ripe. Your heads look quite small currently as well as not being erect. You do look to have some starting to get cloudy though on ur sugar leaves. Happy growing and stay lit fam.
Hey guys, So still washing leaves, fly traps up and they just keep coming
I used this on some of my outside plants, as well as all my fruit/veg and no signs of any damage to the plant and killed all the bugs, will this fuck up my girls at this late stage?
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Hello. Residue Test: Mix some up and spray on some flat glass. Let dry. Run your finger over the area. Feel your finger, smell your finger. Is there anything there that can get into your smoke. Is there is a lot of residue is there next to nothing. You decide if you want to use it. I've used this on cactus to kill bugs, Please test on lower leaves before you use on everything. Half isopropanol alcohol and half water in a spray bottle. And some dish soap, 4 or 5 drops. The alcohol kills by drying them out, eggs too. The soap gets into their lungs and coats them. But it makes the water slippery and it runs of quickly. I haven't had need to try the mix myself or flowering cannabis plants. My main concern is: will the alcohol dissolve the THC crystals? So test it first, and catch the runoff, and let dry. When dry, test with your finger to see if it sticky. Don't get much on their roots, the plants can look droopy (drunk) for a day or two. Tilt the pots or cover the rot area with plastic. Good Luck. Chuck.
Week 10
The frustration has reached its peak! I just can't seem to kill these bugs! No sure what to do anymore....
Otherwise still a bit hot but nothing too bad, main concern (but I feel its the bugs) is that im still getting discolour in the leaves and browning at the end, all have been flushed and everyone is now just on water so a bit confused whats causing it to be honest, photos attached so any help would be incredible!
Hopefully if i can see some improvement this week I'll start introducing nutes back in little by little.
Defoiled heavily still, non of the girls have ever shown any issue with it what so ever :)
Taking some small nugs and starting to dry them out to see how she's tasting! Will let you know ;)
(apologies forgot to put the flash on the camera so again not the best!)
1) Gorilla Glue @ 9 Weeks - Still hasn't shown sex so clearly not an auto ha not a problem will 12/12 at the end so more about just keeping her trimmed. As a bug test I have sprayed her with my tomato bug spray I use outside, still in veg so hopefully this might help somewhat, but at least it won't effect any bud sites as she doesn't have any, watch this space!
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
2) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 9 Weeks - Again some weird discolour in the leaves but other than that she's a monster, starting to get that lovely lemon smell too, I think she'll really benefit once one of the other girls gets chopped and I can give her some more room to breath. Considering the first seed didn't show I have been pleasantly surprised by her, which is even better as one of my favourite strains to smoke :)
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
3) Auto #1 @ 10 Weeks - Still the hottest of the bunch ;) have defoiled all/any curled/browning leaves, lets see how she responds
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
4) Auto Pounder @ 10 Weeks - big sexy beautiful buds, really fattening up, again fing leaves going to shit but other than shes going strong
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
5) Candy Fruit @ 10 Weeks - BUGS but otherwise still getting fat and really coming into her own these last few weeks, some very nice looking buds, leaves fucked as the rest
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
6) American Pie @ 10 Weeks - my baby my poor poor baby, great new growth, sexy looking heads, just these bugs eating her alive!
On 1L - Water every day/every other day. NO NUTES AT PRESENT
Again anyone has any ideas regarding another solution to the bug issue, can I introduce some other insect to fuck them up? or any thoughts on the leaf discolour I would be eternally greatful
Happy growing and thanks for stopping by :)
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Bit of a bug and weird leaf issue melt down, too much to write on here, rant in diary, any suggestions or thoughts welcome
Thanks as always and happy growing
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What are the ppms of your runoff at? These plants seem very deficient or very toxic, deficient being my guess. I see no bug damage unless we're talking about root aphids or something similar.
as a last ditch attempt to get rid of the Thrips before harvest I was thinking of using an insect to hunt them down, have ppl done this before and which bugs work best?
Thanks as always
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I was doing some research recently in an effort to help a friend. Using a combination of soil dwelling predators along with foliage dwelling (Ladybugs) helps to kill them in different stages of their life cycle. If I were to face this issue, this is the approach I would try. Also, I now treat to prevent during veg. For pests I alternate Neem oil at half strength and Spinosad at 2/3 strength. Some plants seem sensitive to my sprays which is why I am trying diluted mixes used on a regular basis , and still dialing in my process. Better to prevent problems from occurring in the first place. Good luck and happy growing.
Shooting the top bud head but still looks like leaves?? ha god I hope its right but at least the photos look great ;)
From previous feedback I think they still look too clear and not ready to chop :)
Thanks as always for thoughts
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Week 11
Girls are getting stinky!
Still having the issue with leaves dying, have upped feed back to 10ml per 1 litre, hopefully that should help?
Added some ladybirds to deal with bugs, be interested to see the results in a week or 2
Lots of new bud growth but definite burns on the leaves still, which can't be nute burn etc as they were all flushed and then have slowly been brought back to 10ml
Did a huge defoil getting rid of any leaves with brown/issues on, all burnt leaves etc, anything in bud sites that wasn't looking healthy, hopefully they can now use their energy else where :)
Order some Kelp as per grower advice so will add them to the mix too when it arrives for all the girls :)
Macro shot every budding baby, if anyone has any thoughts etc on any that might be ready or getting close to chop please let me know
1) Candy Fruit @ 11 Weeks - really nice fat buds on her now, smelling great!
On 10ml Feed to 1L Water every day/every other day.
2) American Pie @ 11 Weeks- same issue, great new growth and smelling lovely but leaves looking fycked
On 10ml Feed to 1L Water every day/every other day.
3) Auto #1 @ 11 Weeks - Clearly still not loving life, issues on leaves, bud sites still growing but slower than the rest, heat issues still which I can't figure out, as its not hot, maybe just remains from before? Have trimmed to help
On 10ml Feed to 1L Water every day/every other day.
4) Auto Pounder @ 11 Weeks - Still the biggest of the bunch, but needed a real trim, buds getting nice and heavy with a few waying down the stalks. She smells much better than expected, really fruity tang
On 10ml Feed to 1L Water every day/every other day.
5) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 10 Weeks - I love her but not giving her enough attention. She needs more space really, got some great heads appearing on her and considering I didn't really LST that much I think the yield is going to be great
On 10ml Feed to 1L Water every day/every other day.
6) Gorilla Glue @ 10 Weeks - Still no sign of flower, ordered some 'Open Sesame' so will see if that turns her when it arrives. Just letting her grown out until then
On just water still until see signs of needing more
Comments as always welcome and thanks for stopping by
Happy growing
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Can't label to say which is which but hopefully this will work, potentially thinking the girls have to be coming to an end soon
as always love to hear thoughts and happy growing
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I would chop of the bud in the second picture right away and dry it, the ones in 3 4 5 and 6 seem like some could take a couple days, others could take week or week and ½, cool pictures dude.
If you can re-take that second photo but try to make it focus everywhere or just build the picture digitally from multiple well focused points on photoshop and then submit it to the macro contest. Its a real chance.
More of an update than a question but always welcome to your wonderful thoughts
So after much deliberation have decided the auto pounder is definitely ready for la chop
Have fully flushed her until the run off was clear and now back in the room for another week
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Again I think she looks nicely milky, can't see any amber but was going to flush with a week or 2 after to see how she ripens
She is one of my favorite girls so if anyone can confirm I'm reading correct would really appreciated
Also....Sick photo ;)
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Yup, seems like a good plan, looks like she is still expanding and creating new trichs but those should be getting to milky as you reach the harvest time.
Again, I see lots of clear on her, and lots standing straight, so going to keep on with feed/kelp mix until I see more milky coming through
Again if anyone can comment or confirm my brain is right much appricated
happy Growing and happy weekend
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Hi,
You still a bit more to go be patience.
One can harvest at a lot of certain points of flowering, some prefer 50% amber and some of the pistils curled but mot completely, some other prefer 60%, 80%.
Check out this article https://www.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/harvesting/ and you will find the right answer.
Happy harvest!!!!!!
Hey guys,
So I have a few issues with heat that I now about, but this looks like wind burn, I think, but literally not fans etc on her?
Anyone ever had this before?
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Hi,
I saw your grow diary and your plants look amazing other than the curled up leaves.
So Maybe bring the light 24-30” up and this help your leaves not to curled up.
Sometimes when it is too hot the leaves curled because they’re trying to conserved moisture. So if you bring the light up bit more, it will help the plants to conserved that moisture, also make sure your temp is below 80f. Too hot for the plants.
Hopefully this works for you.
Happy grow!!!!!
Week 12
Pretty hands off week, just left them to it.
Flushed the Auto Pounder with molasses, as per another growers advice, 2 more days and it will be a week then will chop.
Will flush all plants with molasses then leave for a week for last minute fattening.
GOD BLESS KELP, literally seems to have given all the girls a wake up, solved a lot of problems, incredible stuff, will use from day 1 in every feeding on my next grow, thanks again for the tip @blendmedmedman - EVERYONE USE KELP ha
I was concerned that the airflow as not going through the Gorilla Glue (still not shown sex) as she becomes a fucking bush! So have moved her to the side of the tent to let the others get the most light and wind flow to help them finish off, seems to have worked a treat :)
Think my macro photos are getting better, definitely need a tripod and i'll be laughing but hey who doesn't like a challenge right ;)
1) American Pie @ 12 Weeks - Getting nice and fat - Still looks like some clear tri's on her so was going to feed for another week, check how we doing, then flush for a week then harvest
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp to 1L Water every day/every other day.
2) Candy Fruit @ 12 Weeks - She has really shown her true colours at the end, getting sexy and fat, she's very cloudy but can see a few clear tri still so going to give feed for another week, then flush for a week then harvest
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp to 1L Water every day/every other day.
3) Gorilla Glue @ 11 Weeks - Have given her 'Open Sesame' Nutrients to help try to push the flowering out, nothing so far, getting less light but she will get all the lights at the end once the other girls have gone. Have been topping and fimming her like crazy, cutting away like a mad man! Once she has the space i'll peel her right back to expose everything and get rid of that height
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp plus 0.1ml Open Sesame to 1L Water every day/every other day.
4) Auto Pounder @ 12 Weeks - Loads of new heads, she's the first to go and will be chopped in 2 days or once the soil has fully dried out
NO FEED OR WATER SINCE FLUSH
5) Auto #1 @ 12 Weeks - Still not loving the heat, given her the additional space created by moving the Gorilla Glue aside and she's loving it, lots of new growth, still quite a few clear tri's so not sure how much longer she'll need?
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp to 1L Water every day/every other day.
6) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 11 Weeks - Stuck in the corner we have a few heat issues but nothing crazy, she has lots of bud sites which is great, very unexpected as I LST her a lot less but then pulling her main stems back has created this lovely river of bud sites - again once we get more space going to really give her the light she deserves and fatten up those sites.
Scary time, when to chop etc - As chopping at different times will have to cardboard box dry her, which I haven't done before - so can't fit a fan in?? Plan is string across, all holes tapped up to stop light getting in then just check/snap test each day to see how's she doing, i'm pretty sure that shouldn't cause a problem but we'll see I guess
As always any thoughts or suggestions (especially on chop time) welcome
Thanks for stopping by and happy growing
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Hey beautiful people,
So had the Auto flushed a week ago, little moisture still in the soil, want to chop to give others room but think (from memory) need to let her dry the soil out totally to use all the left over goods in her stems etc
Any thoughts welcome
Happy growing
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Hello. It looks like your good to go. You've done a good job and your at the end. I don't think you need to leave it to get too much drier, but another week it will be bone dry. It's up to you. Good Luck. Chuck.
Week 13
1 down, 5 to go
Took out and chopped Auto Pounder,
Used the extra room to give the remaining girls more space and have stretched heavy bud sites down under the light with help from weakening stems to get the most light to all sites.
Bugs are still there and more lady bugs dying (its too hot I believe) but I give up the bugs win this time.
Still annoyed by the burning tips on leaves but now its just about getting over the finish line I guess, all I can think it is is due to the Thrips stopping light getting to the leaves they eat?? Even tho it kinda seems like nute burn as the leaves are crisp as?
1) Candy Fruit Auto @ 13 Weeks - Lots of big bigs weighing down stems, smells great, getting greedy as she's grown so much in the last few weeks so want to maybe give her another week on feed before a weeks Flush - Super cloudy trichomes but can't see any amber so hence seeing if I can push for another week, would hate to ruin the high tho as she's been a really beautiful, if not initially small, plant to grow.
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp to 1L Water every day/every other day.
2) Gorilla Glue @ 12 Weeks - once i've got rid of the others will flip her, obviously annoyed as it extends the grow out quite considerably, Open Seasame hasn't seen to had any effects thus far
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp plus 0.1ml Open Sesame to 1L Water every day/every other day.
3) American Pie @ 13 Weeks - Great looking heads, again going to try to push her for another week then flush for a week, but can see a few ambers so will see how she is looking in a few days then either feed or flush depending on trichomes
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp to 1L Water every day/every other day.
4) Auto #1 @ 13 Weeks - not as fat as I was expecting from what was meant to be a very heavy yielder, Definitely think i'm going to give her a few more weeks just to fatten up, still not loving the heat
On 10ml Feed plus 0.2ml Kelp to 1L Water every day/every other day.
5) Ultra Lemon Haze @ 12 Weeks - Completely surprised me, loads of bud sites and starting to fatten really nicely, given her a lot more light and space to spread her out being so tall (have also lifted the lights a bit and put smaller plants on pots to match height)
Any thoughts always welcome and thanks for stopping by
Happy growing
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13 Weeks total including 1 week flush. Super easy to grow, LST her from the get go and she responded well.
First time growing autos and all very easy
Smells incredible! Very fruity,
The yield looks pretty good, no scales tho but will try to weight when dry.
Big heat issue during flower which fucked a lot of the girls, her included, so I think the yield would have been bigger but we got a nice amount in the end
Have trimmed her and put in a box to stop light getting in with strings holding her up, hopefully will dry ok as others are still going so can't hang in grow room as per usual
Will dry for a day or 2 until stems snap, then into jars for curing there after
UPDATE: Dried for 4 days - small nugs fully dried, larger still a little moisture inside, have jared with a Boveda in each jar to help maintain moisture levels in the jars and are popping jars twice a day if not more for 10 mins or so a time.
Dry Weight in jars @ 49 grams total, I expect it to go down a little but not much, really happy with the yield amount
Smoke wise tastes nice but know a few weeks in the jars will really open her up :)
So only have a week to flush 3 of the girls due to circumstances, started the flush 2 days ago, 2 plants flushed with molasses and water, 3rd just water (purely to see the difference)
Will a week be enough to get rid of everything?
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Hey guys,
want to switch lights to 12/12 so can start getting the Gorilla Glue that never flowered going, the others still finishing up post flush and need to cut them early next week, will it seriously lesson the final crop of other girls to switch before?
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Heya,
Because you're so late into flowering I wouldn't be concerned with switching the lights. If it has any effect at this point it would be to actually mature the buds a little faster.
Goodluck and cheers!
There was me thinking it was looking a bit interesting haha
Please can someone confirm either way, if so everyone will get pulled tonight to stop any more spread ( and F*** F*** F***!)
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More photos to help clarify, from researching more in the panic as it seems all of them have pistils growing out we're ok, but the tops of the Candy fruit look super gag ball like but any advice would be very helpful :)
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So after the mild panic attack about my LGBTQIA plants, that rose the question of possible bud rot, saw black spore things but assumed from the Thrips that won the battle, hoping I was right and its not bud rot!!!!!
Answers on a postcard welcome
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Week 14
Got greddy so have left to fatten up, flushed any girls that hadn't except the ULH & GG
GG have been moved outside to help force her to switch while I finish off the others and give more room in the tent
Week 15
With only two girls now in the tent we can hopefully really push the ULH and get a big yeild off the last plant.
Decided to take the GG outside to give the rest some space to finish up, still haven't decided if I can warrant the remaining time required if I flip her, be a shame not to really tho as yield will obviously be a lot bigger as shes had 15 weeks veg!!
1) ULH @ 14 Weeks - The girl that keeps on loving, fingers crossed i can get her main cola to all join up as she gets bigger and bigger, lots of crystals everywhere and some great bud sites, will give at least a week or so more on the feed then flush, again don;t want to get too greedy and let her start to dry out but lets see how big she can go ;)
2) Auto #1 @ 15 Weeks - Nice big heads, would harvest now but don't have enough drying room so will wait until there is space, most likely chop down in the next 5-7 days
3) Gorilla Glue @ 14 weeks - still hasn't flipped, moved her outside and she is loving it, again will see if I flip her or throw her once the others are all finished up
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What a great plant, beautiful leaves to start and stunning purple buds popping up at the end.
Wanted to keep pushing her and pushing her to get the most out of the buds but actually think i've harvested at the perfect time, left leaves on (where not crisp) to slow the dry and will try to take out just before too dry so can really slowly cure and get those flavours out.
Every single bud feels really tight and full, with very little air or space between the buds.
Again 1-3 days during in la box then into jars with Boveda packs in jars and popping at least twice a day for 5 minutes a turn
Great plant and great experience growing, really looking forward to seeing how she tastes and final dried weight
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***UPDATE***
Turns out it was bud rot, 3 biggest cola's straight in the bin :( salvaged what little I could but seems to have gotten to most of the plant!!! FML
Lost 21g+ to bud rot, got 36g clean by the end
Harvested a week early than originally intended due to concern over the dried out/burnt leaves causing bud rot, still unsure its bud rot but black marks on leaves, have cut anything away that looks dodgy before putting in the box.
Unfortunately she has really dried up at the end, some great looking bud formations but feels a bit dried out so possibly thinking I could have done better to harvest a week or so before, who knows?
Aside from my concerns of rot she was a slow started, never got much high on her and she had some early stress which obviously was going to have an effect, the bugs loved her and again I think that had a pretty negative effect on her health.
She really came into her own in the last weeks of flower where she gained some incredible weight and smell
Again 1-3 days during in la box then into jars with Boveda packs in jars and popping at least twice a day for 5 minutes a turn
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Don't think its bud rot, leaves black on your fingers after touching??
Have removed all I can see and all dried up leaves when harvested
Thanks as always
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Hey Growmie, I'm sorry to be the one to say it but that is bud rot it just isn't as bad as some other plants get. You've got to get rid of it, the mold isn't safe, and also make to check to see if any other parts of the plant have been infected, Hopefully, I answered your question and remember Happy Growing and Free your mind one puff at a time.
Hey guys,
All harvested and finished, cleaned the tent out, just hoovered, but do I need to do anymore cleaning as had some rot issues with the last grow, will the pores hide in the tent etc or over worrying?
Thanks again
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very possible, to have remaining spores. I clean my tents like this, ( after every grow)
Dry cleaning ( with broom of vaccum)
then wet celaning with peroxyd wipes.( towels with peroxyd)..
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