Highest Cut First Grow

[Brotofsky]

It’s not trying, she IS flowering!

 

[HighestCut]

So I thought I was working with non- auto seeds. Topped the plant twice, had lights on 18/6 schedule...

Anyway now I need to adjust. Just switched the light to 12/12. Looking back at pictures it looks like she started to flower around Jan 23, so it has not been terribly long with the incorrect light cycle.

Any suggestions to get the plant back on the right track?

 

[CosmoGrows]

no no! Autoflowers can stay on 18/6. Infact, as far as I know 18/6 is suggested for autos all the time no matter what time of grow. Autos are not forced to flower by light change. As like photoperiods. The topping stunted her growth effecting your final product. But, it's not detrimental. Atleast now you know. I'd bring her back to 18/6 if it hasn't been a couple days, and then just continue the water routine as normal. There others who can provide more knowledgeable input though stay tuned.

 

[HighestCut]

no no! Autoflowers can stay on 18/6. Infact, as far as I know 18/6 is suggested for autos all the time no matter what time of grow. Autos are not forced to flower by light change. As like photoperiods. The topping stunted her growth effecting your final product. But, it's not detrimental. Atleast now you know. I'd bring her back to 18/6 if it hasn't been a couple days, and then just continue the water routine as normal. There others who can provide more knowledgeable input though stay tuned.

Ok, just read about autoflowers and see that they can safely be on light even up to 24 hours a day. Since I am behind I am thinking about leaving it on 24 hours.

Any thoughts or opinions?

 

[HighestCut]

I moved the plant from 18/6 to 20/4

started flower nutes high in K.

she is looking happy!

 

[CosmoGrows]

I moved the plant from 18/6 to 20/4

started flower nutes high in K.

she is looking happy!

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Good move in my opinion, its looking great. good recovery. Keep her on that watering trend. Good job, youre doing awesome!

 

[CosmoGrows]

Just very, very light start on the flower nutes, shes even looking fairly dark still, could maybe lay off, but im not a nutrients person, ive so far have been able to run my grows off of fertilized soils, getting its nutrition from transplanting into fresh soil, i havent had to add nutes yet, which is why im not so smart in this area, its not my strong point.

But i can say, very very light.

 

[MIMedGrower]

I moved the plant from 18/6 to 20/4

started flower nutes high in K.

she is looking happy!

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Looks good! You might have better results at 20/4 plus gives lights and equipment a rest. Its hard to keep up with a 24 hour plant. And if you see yellowing too soon from switching to bloom nutes it's ok to feed the grow in flower if the plant looks like it needs a balanced feed. Bloom nutes cut needed nitrogen. High p is not needed. But high k is good.


Nice job!

 

[HighestCut]

Thanks Cosmogrows! Last night the pot wasn’t super light, but the soil on top was really dry. It was time for a water only feed so I did that. I forgot to pH the water :(

 

[HighestCut]

Looks good! You might have better results at 20/4 plus gives lights and equipment a rest. Its hard to keep up with a 24 hour plant. And if you see yellowing too soon from switching to bloom nutes it's ok to feed the grow in flower if the plant looks like it needs a balanced feed. Bloom nutes cut needed nitrogen. High p is not needed. But high k is good.


Nice job!

Thanks MIMedGrower!! I am extremely lucky she is doing so well now after the abuse she has taken from my noob moves!!

really looking forward to see the yield... the LED light I am using is called a 1500W, actual power draw says 285W. If the 1g per Watt rule of thumb is true that would be 10 oz. The yield on these WW auto flower states 4-6 ozs per 3x3 space.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Thanks MIMedGrower!! I am extremely lucky she is doing so well now after the abuse she has taken from my noob moves!!

really looking forward to see the yield... the LED light I am using is called a 1500W, actual power draw says 285W. If the 1g per Watt rule of thumb is true that would be 10 oz. The yield on these WW auto flower states 4-6 ozs per 3x3 space.

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Just keep her as healthy as you can and be patient and harvest when truly finished and yield will follow.

And then try to do even better next time. Its all we can do. :-)

 

[Moshmen]

I typically germinate in 1.5" rockwool, I like the 1 gallon square plastic pots for veg, but typically drill them out quite a bit to promote air pruining, feel the plastic containers make transplanting easier when I move on to 3gal fabric for flowering.

CosmoGrows makes some good points, as watering evenly is something over looked by the novice grower, and applies both to soil and coco.

Groweedeasy.com turned me on to transfer pumps you can find on Amazon somewhat cheap. Can't believe I didn't think of it before, another tool to make life easier. Here's my watering rig...View attachment 932537

Great idea thanx for sharing

 

[HeLLfiReZ]

It is looking a lot better now than a couple weeks ago.

 

[HighestCut]

It got cold here this week so I moved the tent intake duct to pull air from inside rather than outside... she is on 20/4 and looking good. Last water was plain water and I forgot to pH it but she didn’t mind too much.

 

[HighestCut]

I take the pictures vertical (portrait) but they post on here horizontal (landscape)?

 

[HighestCut]

Is this cal or mag deficiency? Or manganese deficiency?

Also, any suggestions for the plant??

 

[HighestCut]

Here are some updated pics

 

[HighestCut]

When you test the runoff water, what are you looking for?

here are some updates pics!

 

[Beachwalker]

When you test the runoff water, what are you looking for?

here are some updates pics!

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pH & ppm

 

[Irishking]

Here are some pics from along the way

Dec 30
Roots coming out of peat pod
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Jan 3




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Jan 15

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After this photo from Jan 16, things took a turn for the worse. The soil level was not to the top of the pot so I added soil.

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Jan 21
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She has looked like this for a couple of days. At first I thought she was thirsty so I watered. Now it seems like she is over watered. I’m not sure... leaves are dry and crispy. She didn’t peek up at all after water on Sunday. Haven’t watered her since...

Buddy look at ur stems. That a cal mag deficiency. Are u watering with RO or distilled water. If so u must add. Dark red purple stems r 100% signs of cal mag deficiency especially if ur plant look like it suffering. Hope this help. Just buy cal mag from ur local store