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Looking dry but happy though. How hot is it getting? I just put some autos in soil planning to go out then I thought about how dead summer heat during last weeks of flower will work.Hello this is my first post, so nice to meet you!
Here is my basic setup/info:
My goal is to keep this as low maintenance as possible. I am aiming to only use the original potting soil and tap water, however am open to adding nutrients or pest control if the plant gets too stressed. We'll see if they survive and what the yield looks like with good old mother nature doing all the work.
- First time grower
- Located in a Southern California city
- Acquired autoflower fem seeds online - Northern Lights (NL) and White Widow (WW)
- Using 3-gallon fabric pots and organic potting soil from Armstrong Nursery. No nutrients or other additives.
- Planted 5 seeds directly in potting soil with 2 cups of plain tap water.
- Planted in backyard along the south-facing fence, exposed to all weather from the outset: full direct sun, night temps, clouds, rain, etc
- After ~7 days, 2 of the seeds emerged - 1 NL and 1 WW (the NL needed the membrane manually removed). The other 3 seeds died.
All counts below are Days from seed (the day the seed was dropped in the soil - April 17 2018)
Day 0:
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Day 11
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Day 18
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Day 26
NL:
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WW:
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Day 31
NL:
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WW:
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Day 39
NL:
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WW:
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Looking dry but happy though. How hot is it getting? I just put some autos in soil planning to go out then I thought about how dead summer heat during last weeks of flower will work.
I think they want more water. As long as they go light water em. Don’t let dry too much.It hit the low 80s a few weeks ago during the sunniest stretch. Lately it's been mostly cloudy and around 70. I'm hoping these will be ready before the main summer heat.
I am only watering every 10-12 days to avoid overwatering. It doesn't feel right but for some reason they seem to be most perky just before watering. Basically bone dry except for some slightly-moist soil deeper in the pot.
Next time spray with BT (bacillus Thuringiensis) to control the caterpillars.How it ended:
Harvested WW on day 77. This plant stayed small. I suppose it's a bit unpredictable with autos.
Harvested NL over a few days, starting on day 89. However it was largely infested with caterpillars. I lost the main cola and a couple others. Major bummer.
I think I pulled both a bit early since the buds are kind of airy (though still fairly potent - not like high-THC dispensary potent - but still nice). I would have let NL mature a bit longer but didnt want to lose more bud to caterpillars..
In terms of curing, I did a normal air dry & jar cure for the WW and about 20% of NL. For the other 80% of the NL I opted for a water cure since they were OK but had caterpillar poop all over them.
WET weight:
WW - 17.5 grams
NL - 75 grams (not including colas lost to cats)
DRY weight:
WW - 4 grams
NL - 17.5 grams
Total dry weight for both plants: 21.5g (0.768 oz)
Overall experience: pretty good, but super bummed about pests. I think next time I will try to put up mosquito nets to prevent moths from laying eggs (apparently a common issue in socal). I will also leave them out longer to hopefully get dense buds... and not sure about autoflowers, I might try photos next time.
NL just before harvest:
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WW trimmed:
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Cheers :cool:
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