Flying High w . Hawk - 2024 Grow Journal

[DankDabbler]

light Sometimes, too much or too little light can cause leaves to turn yellow. How close is your light setup?

 

[Hawk518]

light Sometimes, too much or too little light can cause leaves to turn yellow. How close is your light setup?

Thanks! Really appreciate any advice!! The lights are about 20 inches above the canopy. They're on 100% strength for an 18/6 schedule.

 

[Hawk518]

6/20/24
This is my 1st Autoflower. Started germinating on 3/28. So, it’s 12 weeks from seed and in the 7th week of flower. Am I counting this correctly? Need to check trichomes, but I’m thinking it should be very late in flower. Trying to figure out how long til harvest. Pistils still look white more than amber.

The two photos outside are growing well, but very hard to see in my pictures!

 

[Hawk518]

6/21/24
Watered the Autos in the tent. Also fed them some CalMag and MegaCrop in hopes of getting the yellowing leaves back to a nice dark green.

 

[Hawk518]

6/25/24
Fed the Photos some GeoFlora Veg. Tried to do some LST on the CBD Critical Mass and promptly snapped TWO branches! WTF? Taped / splinted the branches and hope they fuse together again! The 4Kingdoms plant is getting pretty tall. The branches you see on the bottom are ones w. LST, not the broken ones.

 

[Hawk518]

6/27/24
Watered the Autos. Seeing some fungus gnats. Put up some of the yellow stickies to catch the gnats. If I have fungus gnats, then maybe I am over watering after all?

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

BLUE BERRY GLUE - AUTO

 

[Galgrows]

Yep those autos are sucking out the stored good nutes you been feeding them. Lucky you won't be long now. Boy that blueberry glue sounds like a winner to me. I've got 5 CBD auto crosses outdoors. Some time i'm gonna grow a photoperiod CBD cause i like the effects of it blended with my high THC indica crosses.

 

[Hawk518]

6/30/24
Lots of rain last night for the Photos. Unfortunately, the other plants in background make it hard to see them. Hopefully, the neighbors can't see them very well either!

 

[Hawk518]

7/4/24
A bit surprised to see how dried out the Autos in the tent are. Guess I’m a bit paranoid cause of all the fungus gnats and potential over-watering. Watered them w. added CalMag and Mega Crop (9-7-14). They’ve got to be pretty close to harvest. To me, the pistils look like they’re all orange instead of white and the trichomes look more cloudy than clear, but not seeing any amber yet.

What do you think? How much longer should I be waiting before chopping for harvest?

 

[Hawk518]

7/5/24
Once again, temps are skyrocketing in the tent. Was up to 88 F today. Cooled it down below 85, but don’t like this at all. Really need to figure out how to regulate the temps!!

Once the Autos are harvested and dried, I might need to move the grow tent into the basement. Much cooler for summer months and easier to warm during the winter.

 

[Hawk518]

7/6/24
Turned the air conditioner way colder. Also put a few frozen bottles w. a fan going over them in the grow tent. Turned the LED lights from 100% to 65%. Hopefully, this will get the temp down a bit.

Seeing some amber trichomes, but not very many yet.

 

[Hawk518]

7/9/24

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

7/12/24
Watered the Autos in the grow tent. Pruned off a lot of the dead leaves. Finally got some decent pictures of the trichomes. I’d say that most are now cloudy w. very few that are amber colored. Thinking of chopping either this Monday or next. I’ll decide on Monday.

The Photos got rain today. The 4Kingdoms is getting quite tall.

 

[HelpfulHarold89]

You're definitely in the harvest window.

 

[Hawk518]

7/18/24
Watered the Autos in the tent. Turned the lights back up to 100%. Used the new digital microscope to get pictures of the trichomes. Much easier to see than the jeweler’s loop. Looks like most of the trichomes are now cloudy with some amber. SO, I’m thinking of turning the lights off for Sat & Sun and then chopping on Monday. Really hope I can get the temps down for drying!

 

[Hawk518]

7/19/24
Trichomes on my two Autos are looking cloudy w. some amber. Plan on chopping on Monday. Thinking of turning off the lights for Sat & Sun. Or is turning off the lights before harvest just bro-science?

 

[Hawk518]

7/20/24
Turned off the light in the grow tent.

A bit of rain for the Photos again.

 

[Hawk518]

7/23/24
Last pictures of the Autos before the harvest.

Fed the Photos some GeoFlora Veg and watered them.

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

 

[Galgrows]

Enjoy the harvest

 

[Hawk518]

7/24/24 – HARVEST DAY #1
Finally harvested the Autos. Hung them up in the grow tent. 5 fans going, but none directly on the buds. Temp is low 70’s F and RH is 50%. Will check daily, but planning on starting the trimming / curing process in 7-14 days (July 30 – August 6).

Lots of rain for the Photos.

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

BLUE BERRY GLUE - AUTO

BOTH AUTOS