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Northern Lights Auto & Royal Cheese Auto

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Germination
4 years ago
Germinated the seeds in a wet coffeefilter, put into a ziplock bag for 3 days in a dark place. After they develop a +-2cm root, I put them into regular potting soil (that's fertilzed for 50 days) mixed with perlite to keep it airy. Since auto's stay quite small, I deciced to plant a Royal Cheese Auto as well, 2 weeks after I planted the Northern Lights. Hope it catches up! Photo's will be added to the correct week of the plant's grow, unless they are both in the same picture (see caption).
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Week 1. Vegetation
4 years ago
20 hrs
25 °C
6.6
370 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
15 L
1 L
40 cm
Nutrients 1
Growth Accelerator - Madame Grow
Growth Accelerator 2 mll
The Northern Light Auto's sucker leaves stuck together for a few days, not letting the two-lobed leaves come through so I splitted them and then the leaves started to grow rapidely. Since auto's stay quite small, I deciced to plant a Royal Cheese Auto as well, 2 weeks after I planted the Northern Lights. Hope it catches up! Photo's will be added to the correct week of the plant's grow, unless they are both in the same picture (see caption). Mars Hydro TS1000's dimmer is on 25%. For the RC I increased it to 37,5% on day 4 (day 17 for NL), distance of 40cm between the leaves & light. Will increase to 50% and longer distance to the plants (put them on the ground) when the Royal Cheese develops it's first 3-lobed leaves. Got a humidifier and an electric heater outside the tent to control the room environment, a small intake fan to let the room temp and humidity come in and an oscillating tower fan that blows indirectly on the plants for good airflow. Started giving Madame Grow - Growth Accelerator: RC Day 4 / NL Day 17 As it's my first indoor auto grow, feel free to leave some tips & tricks or questions in the comments!
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kette420
kette420started grow question 4 years ago
Should I increase RH to 65 or 70% for the first week of veg? Temp stays around 25°C.
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Weezy90answered grow question 4 years ago
Hi ! Nee, 60% is goed voor de vegetatieve fase. Je hoeft het niet speciaal aan te passen voor je plant die iets later is gestart. Temperatuur is ook oke👍 Blijf groeien!🌱
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
20 hrs
25 °C
6.6
370 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
15 L
1 L
40 cm
Nutrients 1
Growth Accelerator - Madame Grow
Growth Accelerator 2 mll
Northern Light is growing smooth. Once it develops full leaves (with 5 blades or more) i'll start adding nutrients. Since auto's stay quite small, I deciced to plant a Royal Cheese Auto as well, 2 weeks after I planted the Northern Lights. Hope it catches up! Photo's will be added to the correct week of the plant's grow, unless they are both in the same picture (see caption). NL: no nutes in week 2 RC: Growth accelerator - Madame Grow (2 ml/l => will increase to 3 during the week)
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Week 3. Vegetation
4 years ago
20 hrs
25 °C
6.7
370 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
15 L
1 L
40 cm
Nutrients 2
Growth Accelerator - Madame Grow
Growth Accelerator 4 mll
Bazooka Bloom K30 - Madame Grow
Bazooka Bloom K30 2 mll
First 5 node leaves are starting to pop up on the Northern Lights, so I decided to start giving some organic nutrients. I also started giving nutes to the Royal Cheese Auto that's only 4 day's old, to see what affect it will have and to hopefully keep up with the NL. Will start LST in week 4
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
20 hrs
25 °C
6.7
604 PPM
60 %
21 °C
19 °C
15 L
1 L
60 cm
Nutrients 2
Growth Accelerator - Madame Grow
Growth Accelerator 3 mll
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 - Madame Grow
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 0.5 mll
NL: Increased the dimmer on the Mars Hydro TS1000 to 50% and will further increase to 75% during the week, put the plants on the ground (60cm from lamp) RC: Increased the dimmer from 75% to 100% (-60cm from lamp)
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Week 5. Flowering
4 years ago
35 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Weak
800 PPM
60 %
22 °C
19 °C
15 L
1 L
60 cm
Nutrients 3
Growth Accelerator - Madame Grow
Growth Accelerator 4 mll
Sweet Lolita Soil - Madame Grow
Sweet Lolita Soil 2 mll
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 - Madame Grow
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 0.5 mll
The Royal Cheese grew a lot during it's first week of bloom! The main stem is already thicker than the 2-weeks older Northern Lights. It's shooting straight up, so I will install a ScrOG next week to even out the canopy. Using lemon juice to lower the PH in my nutrient water to around 6,5. 😎
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Week 6. Flowering
4 years ago
35 cm
20 hrs
30 °C
6.5
Weak
900 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
15 L
2 L
40 cm
Nutrients 2
Growth Accelerator - Madame Grow
Growth Accelerator 2 mll
Bazooka Bloom K30 - Madame Grow
Bazooka Bloom K30 0.5 mll
Done some lower defoliation to keep the airflow through the plant. During week six NL grew steadily, and loved the lower light and warmer temperatures. Budsites are starting to form nicely. Did not feed many nutrients, because I did not want nutrient burn or any stress to the plants after defoliation. RC was put on the same nutrient schedule, but given more water. She is growing suuuper fast! Done some lower defoliation and installed a ScrOG to even out the canopy. Giving her 1,5-2L of nutrient water every 24h.
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Week 7. Flowering
4 years ago
35 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Normal
1680 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
15 L
1 L
40 cm
Nutrients 4
Growth Accelerator - Madame Grow
Growth Accelerator 2 mll
Bazooka Bloom K30 - Madame Grow
Bazooka Bloom K30 1 mll
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 - Madame Grow
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 3 mll
NL is slowly getting into the bloom. RC is still growing like mad, so I had to even out the cannopy and contain her height with ScrOG.
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Week 8. Flowering
4 years ago
90 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Normal
1500 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
15 L
2 L
30 cm
Nutrients 2
Bazooka Bloom K30 - Madame Grow
Bazooka Bloom K30 2 mll
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 - Madame Grow
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 3 mll
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Week 9. Flowering
4 years ago
90 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Strong
2000 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
15 L
2 L
35 cm
Nutrients 2
Bazooka Bloom K30 - Madame Grow
Bazooka Bloom K30 5 mll
Sweet Lolita Soil - Madame Grow
Sweet Lolita Soil 2 mll
NL is fattening up nicely. Giving her a lot of Bazooka Bloom as she's in the last few weeks of flower! Spotted some nute burn on some of the top leaves. Going to skip one nutrient feeding and just give plain ph-balanced water. Hopefully she recovers soon!
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Grow Questions
kette420
kette420started grow question 4 years ago
Spotted some nute burn on one of the top leaves of my Northern Lights. And also some dots on my Royal Cheese. Does this look like a Potassium nutrient deficiency? Will they recover fine?
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Rusticbuds
Rusticbudsanswered grow question 4 years ago
If you've been on the heavy side with the nutes and are sure you've been feeding to much id say its a calcium lock out causing a calcium deficiency
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homerjgangia
homerjgangiaanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hi buddy.... unluckily leaf septoria, also known as leaf septoria, or "yellow spots on the leaves", is a plant disease caused by a certain fungus called septoria lycopersici. This fungus typically winters on dead leaves or common garden weed. Mushroom spores can also settle on gardening tools such as posts and nets, and if conditions are favorable, they begin to develop. Septoria can be extremely harmful to plants. It can cause severe leaf damage and impair the growth of various plant species, including tomatoes, parsley, and of course cannabis as well. As the name suggests, leaf septoria is characterized by brown and yellow spots that develop on the front and back of the leaf. The spots are mostly round in shape, with light or dark brown edges, and more gray in the center. Typically, each spot has dimensions from 1.5 to 6.5mm. Septoria usually affects plants that are just starting their flowering phase. The disease initially appears on the lower located leaves. As the infection spreads, the spots also develop on the top of the plant, involving numerous leaves. Diseased leaves usually turn yellow, then brown, and eventually wither completely. Leaf septoria usually does not spread to fruit. In the case of cannabis, the flowers are not infected. If not taken promptly, the disease can destroy a large number of leaves. This causes severe stress in the plant, and often a disruption of development. As a result, the harvest will be drastically reduced. The risk of leaf septoria is particularly high in areas where the climatic conditions are very humid for long periods. Good luck with your grow mate!!💪🙏
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Week 10. Flowering
4 years ago
80 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Strong
2000 PPM
50 %
20 °C
19 °C
15 L
2 L
25 cm
Nutrients 2
Bazooka Bloom K30 - Madame Grow
Bazooka Bloom K30 5 mll
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 - Madame Grow
Jamaican Bloom 28-25 0.5 mll
NL is getting nice and fat! RC has had a nutrient lockout (potassium or magnesium?) and leaves are starting to turn yellow/die. Hopefully this will not affect my harvest too much. (will start flushing her with PH 6 water)
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Week 11. Flowering
4 years ago
60 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
6
Strong
363 PPM
60 %
21 °C
19 °C
15 L
2 L
35 cm
Starting the flush this week: for 2 weeks only ph6 balanced water Spotted some amber trichomes, but most are still cloudy.
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kette420
kette420started grow question 4 years ago
What nutrient lockout does my plant suffer from? Potassium, Magnesium, ...? Will this affect my harvest? How can I fix this?
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Leaves. Curl up
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GoldenGromie
GoldenGromieanswered grow question 4 years ago
My northern lights did the same thing i thought i killed it at the end but in the end, it was all good!
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Ner0z
Ner0zanswered grow question 4 years ago
Aren't these girls a week or two into flush? If you're not giving nutrients there can be no lockout. The plant is just breaking down its leaves to feed your buds in the last push. It will.actually give you a head start on your cure. I assume you have a week or less left, in which case its no problem
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Hempy_The_Kid
Hempy_The_Kidanswered grow question 4 years ago
It looks like you added way to much nutrients and severely burned it.
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Week 12. Flowering
4 years ago
90 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
6
Strong
363 PPM
60 %
21 °C
19 °C
15 L
2 L
35 cm
Last week of flush (only giving PH 6 balanced water). Leaves are turning yellow and purple, so I guess the plant is almost finished!
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Week 12. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Northern Light Automatic - Royal Queen Seeds
Spent 87 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
95 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.7
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
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Week 12. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Royal Cheese Automatic - Royal Queen Seeds
Spent 87 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
96.4 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.7
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Forgot to take pictures during the harvest, but came up with two big glass jars. Already smoked some of it to try it out :) I did a wet trim on one half of the plant, and did a dry trim on the other. The humiditylevel of the dry trim is way higher, and therefore better to cure in the pots. Overall it was a pleasant grow, RC grew like crazy in the beginning but I expected fatter buds during flowering. Because I installed the ScrOG too late, I think I might have potentiely reduced the change to get big fat cola's. The plant also suffered from a nutrient deficiency or lockout, and this probably reduced my harvest as well.
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