MerryJane22
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Hi all.....so this is my very first grow and it's been a ride thus far. I intended to simply grow a batch of auto flowers but out of nowhere was given a 7 week old Space Ghost from a friend with a crammed tent. She is now outside, 10 weeks old and flowering already !!!
SORRY FOR LENGTH, not sure what is needed to figure this out
Specific info :
Plant was a clone grown indoors under 20/4 for 7 weeks until given to me. My grow box was designed for starting seedlings, so she had to be repotted and sent outdoors (and was outgrowing her one gallon pot anyway). I put her in live organic soil and dusted the rootball with mycorrhiza. I don't add additional nutrients. After watering her run off is consistently 6.25. Lately I have to water daily (very very hot here this week---high 80's). Colder at night more on that soon.
Her life began March 27th
*Indoors 20/4 until 7 weeks and arrived here
*I allowed a little acclimation time and then repotted 4 days later.
*I brought her (and the other autos) in at night for about a week due to freezing temps (Michigan can suck)
*Outside she has thrived and has doubled or tripled in size since then....
*Nights got very cold the week before last again and instead of hauling in, I covered the fenced in area with tarps for about 5 days.
From 9pm to 7am (so she still got 14 hrs light).
*I am hardening off a new batch of autos and getting them used to being outside in the dark (have been in 24 hours of light until last week)
so I set an alarm and each night leave them out longer. BUT......I turned on my porch light (one regular light bulb) so I could see in the fenced area to retrieve them. It was on
only 5 minutes the last 3 nights.
* I noticed the flowering begin on June 15th (before the lights but after the tarp period).
So.......I read that Space Ghost requires 9-10 weeks to fully blossom. I have no idea if she just wants to do this on her own, or if I inadvertently caused it with the tarp/and or minimal light?
At first I was pretty upset, as I was excited to see how crazy she may be since she just took off like a rocket. She has over 30 nice bud sites right now. But then I got to really thinking about it.....maybe an early harvest WOULD be ok? October and November can be really sketchy here (hell, so can September !).
My main question is two pronged......did I do this myself by accident? and secondly, if I did......how can I make sure she doesn't re-vegetate? I'd like to simply let her finish. That way she'd be done at the same time as my last batch of autos and I can leave the house on a trip (I'd cancelled thinking I'd have to babysit her).
Since this flowering happened during 15+ days of daylight (14 on the tarp nights) should I feel safe just letting nature go, or to be extra safe should I cover her with something to ensure she gets closer to 12 hours of darkness?
I'd hate to have her re-veg and then have to harvest in the frost......or something equally crappy. See, these climate frustrations are why I chose to use autos for my first grow.
And lastly......since I'm growing all organically.....is there something I could give her to augment the bloom phase instead of chemicals? do I actually need to?
THANK YOU, THANK YOU for any and all insight !!!!
This is how she looks right now :
SORRY FOR LENGTH, not sure what is needed to figure this out
Specific info :
Plant was a clone grown indoors under 20/4 for 7 weeks until given to me. My grow box was designed for starting seedlings, so she had to be repotted and sent outdoors (and was outgrowing her one gallon pot anyway). I put her in live organic soil and dusted the rootball with mycorrhiza. I don't add additional nutrients. After watering her run off is consistently 6.25. Lately I have to water daily (very very hot here this week---high 80's). Colder at night more on that soon.
Her life began March 27th
*Indoors 20/4 until 7 weeks and arrived here
*I allowed a little acclimation time and then repotted 4 days later.
*I brought her (and the other autos) in at night for about a week due to freezing temps (Michigan can suck)
*Outside she has thrived and has doubled or tripled in size since then....
*Nights got very cold the week before last again and instead of hauling in, I covered the fenced in area with tarps for about 5 days.
From 9pm to 7am (so she still got 14 hrs light).
*I am hardening off a new batch of autos and getting them used to being outside in the dark (have been in 24 hours of light until last week)
so I set an alarm and each night leave them out longer. BUT......I turned on my porch light (one regular light bulb) so I could see in the fenced area to retrieve them. It was on
only 5 minutes the last 3 nights.
* I noticed the flowering begin on June 15th (before the lights but after the tarp period).
So.......I read that Space Ghost requires 9-10 weeks to fully blossom. I have no idea if she just wants to do this on her own, or if I inadvertently caused it with the tarp/and or minimal light?
At first I was pretty upset, as I was excited to see how crazy she may be since she just took off like a rocket. She has over 30 nice bud sites right now. But then I got to really thinking about it.....maybe an early harvest WOULD be ok? October and November can be really sketchy here (hell, so can September !).
My main question is two pronged......did I do this myself by accident? and secondly, if I did......how can I make sure she doesn't re-vegetate? I'd like to simply let her finish. That way she'd be done at the same time as my last batch of autos and I can leave the house on a trip (I'd cancelled thinking I'd have to babysit her).
Since this flowering happened during 15+ days of daylight (14 on the tarp nights) should I feel safe just letting nature go, or to be extra safe should I cover her with something to ensure she gets closer to 12 hours of darkness?
I'd hate to have her re-veg and then have to harvest in the frost......or something equally crappy. See, these climate frustrations are why I chose to use autos for my first grow.
And lastly......since I'm growing all organically.....is there something I could give her to augment the bloom phase instead of chemicals? do I actually need to?
THANK YOU, THANK YOU for any and all insight !!!!
This is how she looks right now :