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DogterB DogterB
4 years ago
Week 4 Day 22 (8/7) Nothing much new to report. I'm still wondering why the new growths are so lightly colored. I'll post a pic or two on forums and ask if it looks good. After asking around, seems like she is doing good! Day 23 (8/8) Did a little more tying down this morning to try and open her up some more. She's getting pretty bushy, and I've been trying to tuck leaves so more light gets deeper. She's drying out faster and will probably need water a bit tomorrow. I'll do just water this time and save the feeding until next time. Next feeding I'll add some of the Soil A&B to the mix I have left from the last feeding. Day 24 (8/9) Ugh, noticed some yellow spotting appearing on some lower leaves. I took some pics and posted on autoflower network asking for help. I'm sure someone will know what's up and how to fix it. Depending on the responses, I do plan on watering today with just water. So, after posting on the forums someone thinks its magnesium deficiency. Seems to match pics I've found as well. Simple enough, I am watering tonight and will add some epsom salt. I mixed ~0.75 epsom salt into 5 cups of water (1tbsp/gal). I did some more tying today as well. Day 25 (8/10) Well I done fucked up. I added the epsom salt last night before lights on and come to find out that isn't what I was supposed to do. I should have done it with the next FEEDING. A mod at autoflower.net gave me the heads up. I need to do it with the feeding so that all the required nutrients are there to enable to adequate uptake. Just adding it straight up doesn't do much if it is lacking something else. Kind of like the amino acid "rain barrel", where if there is a limited nutrient, it affects the uptake of ALL nutrients even if they are in excess. Oh well, lesson learned. He recommended a mini-flush and a feed of 50% nutrients. He also said most people start nutes at week 2 in FFOF, much sooner than the 3-4 weeks I had read previously. So today, I will go get stocked up on water and use some Drip Clean. I'll run a couple gallons through her, let her drain, then feed. I will be going by the schedule and using everything it calls for that I have. I'll stick with the week 2 of veg schedule as she hasn't started flowering quite yet. Fingers crossed! Day 26 (8/11) Holy hell. Yesterday turned into a clusterfuck as we had a big storm knock out power at about 11am. It just came back on today 4:20 (nice). Had to relocate my lady several times. Between windows and hiding her outside, she got enough light to get by. Being in the sun probably gave her a good boost. With the power out, stores were closed so I didn't have the RO water I needed to do the flush and mix up a feeding. Finally got my water, ran 2 gallons of pH 7-ish water with 0.4 mL of Drip Clean. Then gave her a feeding of full schedule but at 1/2 doses. After it was all said and done, I redid all my ties. I think I may have seen a few pistils, but I'm not for sure. She should be hitting flowering here pretty soon. I'm going to let her run under the light now that it's on, and let her go until lights out tomorrow at 2. Day 27 (8/12) I haven't noticed anything change since yesterday, so here's hoping that the feeding wasn't too much and she's over her magnesium deficiency. I'm going to let her run with lights today until 2 then get her back on her lights off schedule. Day 28 (8/13) As week 4 comes to an end, flowering is just around the corner. I think I see some small white pistils forming! I will continue to LST, but will go easy on her from here on out. I'm still kind of worried about her magnesium deficiency. I'm seeing, I think, some more spotting on more leaves. It's even more slight, but still. On her next water I may add some epsom salt, but water lightly, then follow up with a feeding a few days after.
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Grow Questions
DogterB
DogterBstarted grow question 4 years ago
Not the best pics, but do these trichomes look cloudy? First time trying the microscope, still working on technique. I don't even know if these are on the bud or leaves lol. I'm just trying to get a sense of what clear vs cloudy looks like.
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CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey there DogterB, looking at trichomes is a whole thing. Try looking through a few different places on the plant. You want to hit up like the side colas top and bottom, the main cola top and bottom, take a look at the flowers and the sugar leafs, there will be some places either than others to measure. Sometimes it's necessary to have a " stabilizer " to take the measurement aswell... i just use my own fingers for that. You're doing good man, thanks for the pictures. Remember though :you're doing this for you, so as long as you can take the measurements for yourself , that's good enough like you dont need to get a headache from taking pictures ya get me? anyway, you're basically 70/80% cloudy if not more already. Hope this helps ! 🚀
DogterB
DogterBstarted grow question 4 years ago
Since I am seeing some cloudy trichomes, what kind of timeframe am I looking at moving forward? I'm thinking I want to harvest when I'm between 20-50% amber trichomes, so when I start to see some amber, about how long do I have before I need to chop? Days? Week?
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Mr_Weeds_Autos
Mr_Weeds_Autosanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey Growmie, Once you start seeing amber trichomes it's going to take about 2 weeks for it to reach the 20 - 50% amber trichomes your looking for, then chop her down. Hopefully I answered your question and remember Happy Growing and Free your mind one puff at a time.
DogterB
DogterBstarted grow question 3 years ago
I'm close to harvest but my lower buds are still showing white pistils. Do I wait until they are ready as well? Any tips on trying to get them to mature? I was thinking of some defoliation but am hesitant as a first time and that it's an auto...
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Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hello You've got a very nice full canopy and the plants definitely far enough along that i would defoliate just to send more light to the bottom. Maybe a 20% removal. If the upper buds are ready way before the bottoms you can also do a partial harvest and then let the rest mature over the next week. Happy harvesting. ✌️
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rAUScH
rAUScHweek 12
Wunderschön!
DogterB
DogterB
@@rAUScH, appreciate it! First time, so that means a lot!
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowweek 11
@Mr_Motalovah , that's a nice trick for the trichs ! i might have to steal that one 😉
Mr_Motalovah
Mr_Motalovah
@CRiSPrGrow, I learned it from an old school grower, useful info needs to be passed on to others as it was to me. Go ahead and steal it! 😆
Latestagecapitalist420
Latestagecapitalist420week 10
Having similar yellowing issues with my plant, but was not feeding with every watering. I thought it was nutrient lockout too but it hasn't gotten better. You're a week or 2 ahead of me so learning from your grow. THX>
DogterB
DogterB
@Latestagecapitalist420, no problem! An old Eskimo told me once, "Learn from others mistakes, life's too short to make them all yourself". Hope my mess-ups help lol. Good luck!
Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenweek 10
The plants are looking amazing! Don't you hate that end waiting period? Omg i get so impatient! Finish already! Lol
Experimentgreen
Experimentgreen
@DogterB, To be honest if you're running autos and want to keep a perpetual harvest happening...it's time to fire up a couple more.👍 I knew someone on here who only ran autos and did a perpetual where every 3 weeks there was a harvest and germination.
DogterB
DogterB
@Experimentgreen, it's my first time growing, but yes! The struggle is real! I'm already chomping at the bit to get another one started lol
Ferenc
Ferencweek 13
Congrats! @DogterB
DogterB
DogterB
@Ferenc, thanks! I was surprised at how much came off, and at how much is left to finish up!
DeadwebsiteBoringcommunity
DeadwebsiteBoringcommunityweek 12
"A few days ago I moved the light down quite a bit, and when I got home last night a lot of the upper leaves had gotten pretty yellow. I figured it was light bleaching so I moved the light up some to about 13" above the tallest cola point." It's not light bleaching what is it? It's the increased rates of Transportation (from the higher amounts of photosynthesis) the foliage gets sacrificed in favor of transporting nutrients to the buds.. Yellowing in later flower phases can be a good sign :) it can tend to mean the plant is processing the nutrients it is intaking.
DogterB
DogterB
@DeadwebsiteBoringcommunity, thanks for the info! I assumed it was light bleaching due to it being only on the parts closest to the light and it happened so quickly after lowering the light. Always learning lol
Terra_Farma
Terra_Farmaweek 7
Looking good! Hope the zkittlez do well for you with the HLG
DogterB
DogterB
@Terra_Farma, thanks! First time grower, so learning a lot and dealing with issues (my fault) as they come lol
dreambomber
dreambomberweek 12
Nice yield, dude! Check my reports t00! 👊
plant
plantweek 14
Enjoy your smoke 💨 🤙🤙🤙
Buddha2
Buddha2week 14
Congratulations on your harvest! Great result! 👍
El_Andy
El_Andyweek 14
Congrats, good job, and enjoy what you’ve worked so hard for. Learn from this first grow and carry those lessons to the next one. Everyone has to resist the urge to harvest early, you’ll learn your own sweet spot over time 😎
DoDrugs420
DoDrugs420week 14
Love it love it love it Zkittlez OG Auto 4 life.
heizen
heizenweek 14
Nice grow mate, plants are looking good, keep it up, imma follow this one upclose.