Start over or see this beast till it's end?

BBhykiem1started grow question 4y ago

been weeks since it showed it first pistils and not much more, Roots fine, 24hr light time now at 100 watts due to light burn which I can't raise anymore, eats/drinks a gal a day on full strength nutes, ph 6.3, temp 65, humidity 50 -55 Gsc auto from garden of green seed bank

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Plant. Too tall

Setup. Lighting

Techniques. Defoliation

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Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 4y ago

Honestly that doesn’t look like it’s an autoflower. How many days total since sprout ? Garden of Green is known for shitty genetics so don’t be surprised if it never flowers under that lighting.. You mentioned pistils showed weeks ago? If these are up to date pics than why haven’t we seen more signs of advanced flowering ? More evidence leaning towards it being a photoperiod and not auto. Now to answer your question.. depends on how needed this bud is. If you can make it several more months without a harvest than it might be a good call to start fresh . As mentioned previously- GOG seed bank has a bad reputation.. seen a lot of bad shit from them just in this questions page. My belief is this is a photoperiod - if you flip it to 12/12 and it starts flowering then you’ll know. I think this will continue vegging forever if you keep it on 24/0. Photoperiods will show stigmas/pistils after several weeks in Veg as a sign of sexual maturity - this is not necessarily a sign of trigger to flower beginning. If it was me, I’d chop 12-18” off the canopy and flip to 12/12.

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

Yeah she's on a schedule now, so far after trimming, cutting and everything else she appears to be doing okay so far, when I'm up she's up and when I sleep she sleeps lol, did it that way so if I need to do something or be in the area she is in, any light i turn on when it's not time for her to be up won't disturb her because of light entering the tent via vent spots

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Grumpygrower121answered grow question 4y ago

Hey have you considered turning your lights to12/12? Looks and sounds to me as if you have a photoperiod and not an autoflower growing .

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

I chopped, trimmed, thinned etc, pics are in her diary anymore suggestions are welcomed

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

I plan on cutting her at least a foot, I've never grown a photo before and I'll try the cloning option as well, your right that would be good practice. I've been interested in cloning but couldn't because I've only grown auto's, I hope she doesn't hermie on me after all this stress. all In all it will be a great learning experience, sucks it's happening but I'm glad that it's help me trouble shoot and work through things during a grow that I haven't had to before I really appreciate the amazing knowledge everyone has contributed to help me out

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Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 4y ago

Assuming it is a photo - after you flip to 12/12 you’ll know within like 14-21 days at most that it’s flowering and indeed a photoperiod

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ernest_twwganswered grow question 4y ago

Don't chop it! Trim her back, flip the light cycle to 16/8 for a few days, then drop it to 14/10 for the final few days of the week. After that, drop the light cycle to 12/12 and leave it there. She'll start exploding again. I can't tell you how much you need to trim it back, but it looks like 8"-12" would be good. If you haven't cloned before, take the cuttings from when you trim it back and see if you can't get them to root. It's good practice. Good luck!

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

All of you have been very helpful, I really really appreciate, I was gonna get into photos at one point but I guess here we are lol I hate to lose so much yield but at this point I just want her to make it, thanks for the advice on the light flip, I was wondering how long I'd have to keep that schedule after I tried it, I'll keep everyone posted again all of you have been awesome thanks

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ChitownCannaChicaanswered grow question 4y ago

Yeah! Congrats you got the photo in the auto! Happens to all of us! I would trim her down quite a bit. Give her a week to recover then flip to 11/13. It happens. But do make sure you defoliate and trim off a lot to account for the stretch. Good luck

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Hashyanswered grow question 4y ago

Hi mate iv had a few autos do that, they didn't take the autoflower gene so instead I had to flip to 12/12 and leave it at that then they flowered. Had to leave lights at 12/12 also throughout flower.

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

I just checked it out and Wow now thats dedication,Thanks for the encouragement, I do appreciate it, I'm going to work on her and give her a week or so and see how that helps, I absolutely hate trim jail, i hate it more than buying a crap ton of distilled water and unloading it, the struggle is too real with those 2 parts of the grow

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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 4y ago

I wouldn't start over!!! Look at my Tangerine Dream diary! I'll give you a link to Week 9 of my beast... zoom in on the picture of the tent so you can see - I had to LST, HST, pull stems this way and that way ... and I had what turned out to be 7 more weeks with her - and it's an autoflower!! growdiaries.com/diaries/131673-grow-journal-by-growinggrannie/week/728349 Find a way, make a way! But oh, I don't envy you the trim jail you'll be in! :-D Good luck!

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

Thank you for your reply, These are up to date pictures from today. i've trimmed some already and I will also try the canopy cut as well, I've had some gog seeds not pop at all so I understand the reputation part I've also had great luck with their blueberry cookie auto's, I have plenty from my other harvest's to last me a good long while so it's not needed at all, I've just come so far and wanted to try something before I just said to hell with it I definitely appreciate all the suggestions and will be trying them, thanks again.

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

Thank you for responding I really appreciate it, I'll work on your suggestions today i figured I'd have to dim the lights more, that being said I'll just take one of them out and try to raise the other one higher since it would be easier at that point, again thank you

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Aldo90answered grow question 4y ago

Another thing to help the light issue is switch it to 18/6 or 20/4 rather than 24 hour mate.

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Aldo90answered grow question 4y ago

Get some of them branches pulled and tied down abit I know you've no space but make some space get rid of some of the branches that aren't as developed and use the space created to pull those tops down if you can. Don't be killing it just keep the light dimmed. Will affect yeild yes but you've put time and money in. Don't waste either of those.

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BBhykiem1answered grow question 4y ago

No she's an auto fem, autos don't care about lights schedules, they automatically flowering when they want which this plant has done, I've ran my autos on 24hrs with great returns my question was or is " Start over or see this beast till it's end?

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GrowCNanswered grow question 4y ago

Do you have a question? Why are you running your lights 24 hours a day? Is this your Girl Scout Cookies grow? Isn't that a photo period plant?

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