How Am I Doing?

[Alpaca]

Hi everyone,

Like most of you probably were I'm very curious to find out if my first grow is going well. She's currently 4 weeks from germinating (sprouted after 4 days). White hairs are starting to show up around the nodes, it's an autoflowers ( royal dwarf auto)

Currently only 20 cm tall but very bushy with node spacing being about half a centimeter.
Is she going to be around 40 centimeters eventually or is it impossible to tell?

 

[1diesel1]

Looks excellent, difficult to tell. Longer you veg the bigger it’ll get. But it is possible.
Good job, I like it!

 

[Alpaca]

Good to hear, from what I've read I think it will veg for about 1-2 more weeks

 

[Erick31876]

It looks good so far . its hard to tell how tall it will be, especially with a autoflower. Keep up the good work .

 

[Wrathoftejus]

Keep up veg nutes if you want it bigger

 

[Jack og]

I dunno, how are you doin?
Lol
Hey looking good man

 

[Alpaca]

I'm still feeding 4-2-2 veg nutes at a low strength

 

[Alpaca]

It's crazy how they go from a faint mown grass smell to full on 420 smell overnight, my sister is complaining lol. Ordered a carbon filter

 

[Alpaca]

I'm also tucking my fan leaves under the side branches. I read that letting them get more light promotes their growth, can someone confirm?

 

[Wrathoftejus]

Confirmed. Let that light penetrate, tuck or remove fan leafs blocking bud sights

 

[Alpaca]

Thank you sir

 

[Alpaca]

she just started week 5, white hairs on every node. Is she going to stretch? she seems pretty reluctant to. production of leaves is really fast and she has 10 side branches already

 

[Erick31876]

Yes shes going to stretch. They usually stretch the first few weeks of flowering

 

[PirateG]

How far do you keep the light source from the top of your plants? I keep mine in the 28" - 32" range and they are constantly reaching for it... But they are looking good!

 

[Monster762]

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she just started week 5, white hairs on every node. Is she going to stretch? she seems pretty reluctant to. production of leaves is really fast and she has 10 side branches already

Make sure those side branches are getting good light.
I usually stretch up to like week 3-4. Then they start to show off with buds. By end of Week 2 flower usually see budsites popping up everywhere’s.

 

[Erick31876]

That seems kind of far. I would lower it a couple inches every couple of days and stop when the plants are growing the way you want. They will stretch for the light that far away

 

[Jack og]

How far do you keep the light source from the top of your plants? I keep mine in the 28" - 32" range and they are constantly reaching for it... But they are looking good!

18-20” at the max, but. As they stretch, keep the distance . Key is good par value to the canopy and experience tells us the good ratio is about 18”

 

[Alpaca]

I have a 50 watt panel about 7 inches from the canopy and then two 20 watt bulbs as supplemental lighting for the side branches. It seems pretty close but the plant doesn't seem to mind. I'm waiting on a 150w drawing cob

 

[Jack og]

I have a 50 watt panel about 7 inches from the canopy and then two 20 watt bulbs as supplemental lighting for the side branches. It seems pretty close but the plant doesn't seem to mind. I'm waiting on a 150w drawing cob

That wattages the plant loves em close . But at higher wattage, heat becomes a factor. So keep that in mind as u go up in wattage

 

[Alpaca]

the 150w drawing panel will be placed 15~20 inches away. I have a another question, my tap water has a ph of around 8, can I water without worrying about the ph going up too much?