GG#4 Auto (1st grow!)

@TheSlimeGrows, I'm sure you'll find that this forum is chuck full of folks that will be happy to help with any questions you might have. It's the best crop in the world that way; everyone wants you to succeed.

@AuldKelt, I appreciate all the tips you've given and I'll try and abide by them as my grow continues. Hope you stick around to see the final harvest, I'm excited!

@TheSlimeGrows, OK, so here's the thing about auto flowering cannabis; it's all a hybrid that utilizes the Ruderalis strain, which is a freaky tough weed that grows wild on the Russian steppes, so it can recover from almost anything we do to it. There's been no major problem. FIrst, your soil isn't bad at all, it just doesn't have as good a balance as FFOF. Plus, you're using monster 5 gal. pots, so there's plenty of places for the excess nutrients to run off to. BTW, there's nothing wrong with bits of wood in your soil, it's just part of the forest humus base. FIrst thing is, keep the soil you have, but lose the plant tone in the future. It is much too intense in nitrogen, and your plants can't handle that ratio at this early stage. A good thing is that you used the FF Big Bloom, which is only for when your plants are deeply into the flowering stage, but that helped because it doesn't have any extra nitrogen, so you lucked out. If your plants start to have a bad reaction to the feeding you just did, simply flush out the nutrients until you've had substantial bottom outflow, then let them dry out for a couple days. Then I'd suggest you wait at least a couple weeks before you feed them again. After that tine, proceed to use a substantially reduced dosage of FF Big Bloom; that's the type you'll need until you're well into flowering. I know this is a lot to digest, so let me know if anything isn't clear. You're going to do great!