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Retro Fit Cabinent
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weeks 3
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Grow medium
15 L
Pot Size
0.75 L
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Grow Conditions
Week 6
Flowering
30
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GreenFingeredLT GreenFingeredLT
4 years ago
Week 6 starts tomorrow technically this went up at day 41. But I've started every week a day early so far so keeping with tradition we can do this again 😜 Slight purpling of the leaves I'm confident this is due to the cold night temps, I'm getting a heater today to warm her up a bit to try and kick start the growth again, buds are really thickening up, won't be long until they look like buds and not little balls of white hairs! The main Cola looks like she's going to be a big one! Exciting times! Day 42: Week 6 is here! Finally the buildings heating got turned up to a more acceptable level! Night time temps are up (18c), day time temps are up (26c) and I might be imagining it but the plant really responded to not being on the border of whats acceptable! Buds are very visibly forming day by day at the moment, really looking forward to what next week brings! I'm seeing more and more bud sites appearing all over the place, the Main Cola is becoming a decent size, all the secondary colas are growing in but I think she's gonna be heavy on popcorn buds too 😁 I'm wishing I was more experienced because I'd probably be a lot more excited about what she's doing, I assume she's going well but I have no idea how much buds will swell over the next few weeks, I'm just assuming they're going to fill out where the pistils are growing out to if that's the case oooowwweeee I've broken even at least! Loads of pictures gone up today, tried to get a picture of every cola/top that's forming and a decent number of the lower bud sites, that main cola though 😍 One of my main sun leaves has been shaded for about a week and the plant has only just decided to start cannibalising it, going pretty completely yellow and the edges are starting to go brown. I'm now 100% convinced this is because it's not getting light and isn't adding any benefit to the plant. I'll be taking that off in a few days I'm sure. I also have one sun leaf that got burned fairly early on in the grow and is now starting to get pretty seriously burned with each feeding, debating just taking it off too. It's the only leaf looking sick Day 43: Now I've raised the temps it seems a lot more of the nutes in the soil have suddenly become available and there's a bit of Nute burn showing on the plant in various locations, the first few fan leaves that were already burnt are now starting to die off anyway. I think we're getting to that stage where the plant starts cannibalising it'self by nature because those partially burned leaves are starting to look very sick whilst the rest of the plant looks healthy and green. New growth is still a bit purple I'm not sure what to do tomorrow, to feed or not to feed that is the question! Every day the buds are visibly swelling and growing taller, I'm getting more and more excited by the day! I'm uncertain about defoliating this girl, certainly the lower leaves that are dying off need to come off soon, one is completely yellow so I could do that almost any day now, but the burned leaves look like the plant is still taking nutrients out of them so I don't want to take away that valuable source! Top canopy is very bushy so I'm not sure she'd even notice, opening a grow question about this! Day 43: Updated - Tonight I trimmed the dead leaves ONLY (2 total, got nervous after this) there was the yellow leaf that had completely died and would have started to rot soon and one of the very burned leaves had also gone a very sick shade of yellow/green I went around the plant an tucked all the fan leaves covering the bud sites to try and get more light, except by the end of the day the plant had moved those leaves back into place, guess I need to let nature take her course! Tomorrow is a feeding day, she's started showing some early signs of def. in the topmost leaves, looking forward to feeding her and giving her a big boost of growth again 😁 I think we've about 4/5 weeks to go on this girl being ready! Day 44 - Feeding day, 1ml of Bio Bloom in 1 litre of water (750 ml with the mix in then followed behind with another 250 ml clean distilled water to help dilute it down further) this was the first time in a long time I actually got run off! Happy to report the PH at Run off was 6.5 which is pretty darn good! and the PH of the water provided was also 6.5 after nutes and PH balancing. Buds have thickened up again overnight! Day 45 - No pics this morning as I'm in a bit of a rush, will upload tonight, Humidity very high (65%) this morning but she did get a litre of water yesterday, seems to be drinking so much more water than ever before probably ready for a water tomorrow morning already! I think now is the time to stop droughting, the roots should be fairly well established and I want bud production to be the biggest focused, buds have swollen overnight again, the leaf mass is starting to spread out more and airflow is better, mould is a concern but looking to reduce humidity with a humidity pack very soon Day 46- Pistils are now starting to go brown, watering around 1 Litre every 48 hours today was a plain water day and the leaves are starting to turn yellow at the bottom, I understand this is normal for flowing but wonder if it's too early, started grow question regarding this Day 47 - The bud growth is incredibly noticeable! The top cola is starting to take a very nice shape, I've moved the lights around to get the lights closer to the other colas without burning the top one, a feat of engineering in itself! Each day the flowers get bigger and thicker!
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Grow Questions
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
I'm not giving her too much water at the moment, she's definitely growing and I'm conscious it's only been 3 days since she was put under grow lights but thought by now we would have had more growth
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Plant. Too short
Setup. Seedling
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Esoteric_growing
Esoteric_growinganswered grow question 4 years ago
I think that growth is normal for such a early stage. In future i strongly recommend starting in a small pot and then proceeding to a larger one once it has rooted out. Be careful with the watering as it’s such a small plant and can be over watered easily. You can always add more but can’t take away. Hope this helpsπŸ‘
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
I've been slowly lowering them as the plant grows, now I'm starting to get nodes but they're pretty close together (see grow question image) Wondering if I should lift the lights to encourage stretching or leave them alone General health check would be awesome too πŸ˜„
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Plant. Spaces between nodes
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MaxGrowCanada
MaxGrowCanadaanswered grow question 4 years ago
That little girl is looking great! I'd say, your lighting should be fine at that height. She doesnt seem stressed at all. Some plants start out with tight internodes like that, even different phenotypes, under the same lighting, can produce vastly different spacing. I have 2 criticals from dinamed growing that show this off very well. Cheers and happy growing
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
I've not fed in 5 days and this discolouration only started 2 days ago, I'm really thinking it's light stress, I've already turned off one of the lights instead of lifting the lights, more looking for reassurance I've DX'd the problem correctly :D
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Leaves. Tips - Burnt
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Shagrath
Shagrathanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hi! In my experience light stress looks a little different. The leaves might start to droop and the green healthy color starts to fade to lighter green in the top parts where the light intensity is the strongest but I don't think it will make the tiof of the leaves yellow only. So i'd say it is something else but you should not be worried 'cos she's still young and fragile but I'm sure she will grow out of it if you just give her time and keep growing her like you used to!
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
It seems like my girls stem has burst out of it's outer layer, is this something to be worried about? I feel like it's because she's just had another growth spurt and in a few days this will heal over, new grower so naturally paranoid about everything, uploading todays pics next
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Plant. Stem - Weak
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MrGreenMan
MrGreenMananswered grow question 4 years ago
Bro it’s healing you’re doing good. This is natural happens to us all. The stem is just growth thicker and thicker and the other layers are dying off. Got nothing to worry about and happy growing!
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
So I know auto-flowers grow short, but she's still about 10cm tall and smashing lateral growth Do any auto-flower growers know when the height starts to come? I'd be worried she was stunted if it wasn't for the new node forming quickly once again looking for reassurance
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Plant. Too short
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Ferenc
Ferencanswered grow question 4 years ago
Let's say she could be taller..... What about your PH? Sometimes the nature of the seed is like this but most of the time it is on us. In this case I see the light colour of the leaves that means nitrogen deficiency. Nitrogen needed to grow properly and in this case I think the problem is the nitrogen. She will flower soon. I highly recommend higher dosage of bat guano or whatever that can provide good amount of nitrogen. PH imbalance also causes this that's why I asked because the plant roots can not absorb nutriteint when the PH is improper. Hope helps. :)
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
Stepping up the lights and LSTing has made a huge difference, as well as a healthy application of Humic acids Anything I can be doing at this point to help her on the way to a bountiful harvest?
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Buds. Other
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Burmese
Burmeseanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hi there, Maximizing yield is the goal of all growers.As you are growing Auto, they’ve very limited amount of time to maximize.LST for an auto is all I would do to make her bigger.The less stress the better for an auto.If you don’t have any plan to use better equipments, you can maximize your yield by nutrient.Proper feeding and use of booster can make you big difference.For now, stay on your LST track and spread the branches as many as you can before it shows any pre flower.When she goes into flowering circle, use flowering booster like P/K booster, big bud, bud candy, etc... to boost.At the end of flowering period, use nute like overdrive will make your plant,the biggest one.Happy growing... ✌️
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
images in the diary show how she looked this morning Today I gave a good water with a weak dilution of H2O2 to balance PH + add oxygen , I also brought the lights a bit closer Am I correct in thinking shes had a hard day building food for tonight growth?
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Leaves. Curl down
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 4 years ago
After looking at your diary, I would stop with the hydrogen peroxide(!) and I would suggest never giving your plants distilled water. Distilled water has nothing in it, such as dissolved salts, calcium etc. and when applying it to your plants can actually "suck" these dissolved salts out of your plants cells via osmosis. If you are concerned with chlorine etc. in your tap water, just fill a bucket or three with tap water and let them stand for a couple of days before using the water. Leaving the buckets of water to stand will cause most of the chlorine and any other chemicals to evaporate, leaving you with well balanced and clean/chemical free water. Your babies will pick up in a few days and continue growing normally. If you are really keen, you could give them some sort of seaweed extract/tonic, as this will really pick them up quickly and is also good to use periodically as a soil stimulant. If you live where you get pretty warm in summer or quite cold in winter, using the seaweed tonic a day or two before the extreme weather hits, will help your plants battle through those temperature nightmares. Hope this helps... Organoman.
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
I've got 2 bud sites that are covered by 1 leaf, I'm itching to take that one leaf away to expose those budsites as I can't bend it out of the way because the stem is still too short, will this shock the plan at a critical stage? Am I better waiting a few days?
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Leaves. Too many
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russrahl
russrahlanswered grow question 4 years ago
Your not in the flowering stage yet and that plant is gonna change it’s structure drastically between now and when those bud sites are gonna need light, that leaf is not gonna be there come bud time as the plant will stretch out. best to let her grow and do the pruning of leaves like this just before flowering flip or just after, but be very selective on what to remove, because these leaves do feed the bud sites there connected too later on in flowering. Cheers!πŸ’¨
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
More a question out of Idol curiosity, I've managed to train an even canopy with what will hopefully be 7 main colas, and there's a few sites that aren't in the top canopy that look like they could do well Will the stems continue to thicken with a fan on them when flower starts?
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Buds. Other
Plant. Stem - Weak
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 4 years ago
Your plants know what to do, they will be fine. More of a problem with stretched plants growing without not enough light. Yours seems quite stocky, so should cope with flower weight.
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
Is a night time temp of 15degrees the cause? I can't keep it up without making it too hot, or could this just be a phosphorus def.? I fed her well yesterday and yet to see any difference, as far as I can see this isn't typical for the strain
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Leaves. Color - Dark-purple
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Frigault
Frigaultanswered grow question 4 years ago
Many strain that don't have purple trains in them, actual have a little purple hue when expise to cool temps. Some nutrient becimes les available at lower temperature. A plant with temps below 20 degrees can express color change at the tips of theire growth going from cool to hot during night and light exposure.. has long has night don't get below yiur 15 i would nit worry esoecialy if day time is warmer. Since it can start affect growth eventually. Try to get something to raise nightbtemos in there 20 if you can. I tiny space heater on a control timer wirks great. You make it turn in when temps are below a certain temp and turn if when it reach a proper level.. you can get the heater for around 20$ on amazon. The temp controler will be a few more bux but well worth the $ in my opinion and can even be use with a cooler djring hit summer.
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
Uploaded a full photoshoot of everything going on with the plant. Based on the images from my grow I'd love some feedback/input about how she's looking. Is the Yellowing of the leaves the normal yellowing? (except the nute burn) Should the Pistils be going brown already?
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Buds. Not fattening
Buds. Other
Other. General questions
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Troy_Farms
Troy_Farmsanswered grow question 4 years ago
She is small, but only 3rd week of flower and an auto so no worries! I would recommend Defoliate some of the undergrowth, definitely the yellow leaves, and remove some other choice leaves that are blocking lower bud sites to allow light to access deeper and allow for buds to fill in more. To help with the same idea of letting more light into deeper parts of the plant, I would also use some ties to space the branches out as much and even as possible. Combination of those two should help make the most of this girl. Leaves should not be turning yellow as she is still early flowering. However your plant is pretty bushy so the bigger lower leaf might go, nothing to worry about as long as the other leaves are healthy. 8 weeks of flower is average. Hairs will go from white to orange depends on the strain, but it happens near the end of flowering, as that is the last stage for the pistils, but usually after 4 or 5 weeks of flower they will have a few, sometimes more and sometimes none at all, sometimes it takes 7 or 8 weeks. Depends on strain and growing conditions. For your girls here, I would guess pistils will start to orange over in another 3 weeks or so.
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
I've just defoliated and noticed a white/brown film on my stem, I think this is normal?
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Plant. Other
Roots. Color - Brown
Feeding. Other
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Stonerd
Stonerdanswered grow question 4 years ago
Totally normal! nothing to worry about its just residue from the stem's development. Plant looks great!! I'd suggest just increasing the amount of water you're giving her to reduce the salt buildup you have in the medium (make sure there's at least 20-30% runoff) Besides a little Phosphorous and Potassium buildups, which are probably due to the banana tea, your plant looks very healthy!! try not to defoliate any more at this stage of flowering since you need those leaves to produce energy which produces buds!! Hope this helps! Good luck and happy growing :)
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTstarted grow question 4 years ago
I think we've made it! It's been a long slog and a serious learning curve but by golly she's looking delicious and she's swollen loads in the past week or so, her lowest leaves are going yellow despite being fed every other day, is she getting ready to go lights out? 😍
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Buds. Other
Plant. Other
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 4 years ago
If you want more couch lock then wait another week, maybe a little longer then do flush and 2 weeks ph appropriate water while it fades. If not start flush now and 2 weeks. Looks delicious and enjoy the harvest. Great job happy growing πŸŒ²πŸŒ²πŸŒ²πŸ‘Š
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Ferenc
Ferenccommentedweek 04 years ago
First like and good luck! @GreenFingeredLT
Ferenc
Ferenccommented4 years ago
@GreenFingeredLT, Well, no worries if you update your diary i always look back so if I see smthg or you might have a question I am here to help if I can mate. Happy Growing :) Feel free to contact me in case. Cheers.
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@Ferenc, Thanks man :D would appreciate any input and advice you might have as we go along :D
MasterKushOG
MasterKushOGcommentedweek 44 years ago
Looks amazing 😍 Keep going in same way πŸ’ͺ🏽πŸ”₯πŸ’£
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@MasterKushOG, Hey man thanks for the kind words! Yeah I'm getting really excited, four weeks today until Christmas I'm hopeful for a Christmas Harvest but expecting a new year one
DreamIT
DreamITcommentedweek 34 years ago
Enjoy Growth πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘½πŸ€ŸπŸ€
giggi
giggicommentedweek 74 years ago
Congrats! She looks very nice! how many weeks left?
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@giggi, yeah I'd say it's about 50/50 now on average all over the plant, but every day new white hairs on the main cola so I think she's still going strong
giggi
giggicommented4 years ago
@GreenFingeredLT, Yes I mean pistils, I noticed they are longer and get brown earlier than mine. The plant will continue to produce constantly white hairs, you have to trim when 75% of pistils are brown. In last 2 weeks I noticed that buds gets thicker, good luck!
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@giggi, You mean the pistils? (the white hairs?) if so I was a bit confused they were going brown from very early in flower but she keeps producing white hairs daily so I think she's still in active flower maybe 2 more weeks? I'm just balancing a K deficiency at the moment so hopefully there's enough time for a good growth spurt, seemed like yours put on a fair amount of weight towards the end?
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heizen
heizencommentedweek 64 years ago
Nice grow mate, plants are looking good, keep it up, imma follow this one upclose.
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@heizen, Hey man thanks :D Not long to go now! any criticisms or advice would be welcomed :D
PurpleWorship
PurpleWorshipcommentedweek 74 years ago
Nice one for a first grow mate :) Especially since you performed LST for the first time too... Great. "I'm mindful of not defoliating at the moment because she's obviously running a def" Definitly a good decision ^^
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@PurpleWorship, hey man thanks for the kind words :D I've made some very rookie mistakes this time around but I've learned a lot :D
homerjgangia
homerjgangiacommentedweek 54 years ago
Good luck with your grow mate!πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@homerjgangia, Hey man thanks for the kind words! Really getting excited now ;)
Taito
Taitocommentedweek 24 years ago
Se ve genial!πŸ˜ƒ Suerte con el crecimiento πŸ˜‰
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ @Taito, I put the entirety of the blame for the growth on two things (and they're sure not talent and experience!); 1. Humic solution (Humic and Fulvic acid) - She gets her first foliar feed of Fulvic acid tonight should be a serious stretch session tomorrow ;) 2. "Feeding" the roots oxygen with highly diluted hydrogen peroxide every 3rd water or so
DrMunchies
DrMunchiescommentedweek 14 years ago
Good job on the first two weeks! She's looking nice and healthy, I love the daily updates. Good luck!
GreenFingeredLT
GreenFingeredLTcommented4 years ago
@DrMunchies, hey man thanks for the kind words 😁 the daily updates are the only thing keeping me sane on lock-down haha πŸ˜‚ Been going to bed each night hella excited to wake up the next day it's like Christmas morning every single morning πŸ˜‚
homerjgangia
homerjgangiacommentedweek 54 years ago
Good luck with your grow mate!πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
DreamOn
DreamOncommentedweek 44 years ago
Nice job, looks great! Good luck with the rest of the flowering and have fun! 🌱😎
Stoner_INDICA
Stoner_INDICAcommentedweek 44 years ago
It looks beautifulπŸ‘ŒπŸ˜
The_Bearded_Grower
The_Bearded_Growercommentedweek 114 years ago
looking good πŸ’ͺ
Smokwiri
Smokwiricommentedweek 114 years ago
Plant looks sweet, keep up the good worxπŸ‘Œ