CannaLady, Soil, Chocolope, GSC, NL, NLxBB, 2021

[CannaLady]

Sorry, I've been out of town since Friday! Look like Nev has you covered.

Nowhere close! When you need to get close-up pics, you'll be looking at the trichomes on the calyxes, rather than those on the sugar leaves or the at the pistils themselves. That's actually good news.

Also, there is no reason to feed plain water at the end of a grow. That's an old myth that dies hard! Awesome. I'll continue feeding schedule.

What was the brand of insecticide?
Safer Brand with Seaweed extract. You had mentioned dunks, but I had already bought the other stuff. When I saw leaf tips burned the next morning I thought it was that.

Once it dries out as Nev mentioned, you can go back to feeding it. What was the last feeding in terms of amounts of nutes? And is it in full sun now (when the sun is out)?
I fed ff on Sunday using "general feeding" doses of big bloom and tiger. I stopped giving Misc 1 grow big, but gave small amount to the larger GSC as it's still in early flower.
Yes! Full sun now and will continue through Friday........... thank you!

 

[InTheShed]

I've never used the Safers with kelp, but the straight stuff has never burned my leaves. I do wash it off once it dries, but I doubt that would make a difference.

I would follow the FF schedule for soil exactly at this point. Any yellowing is most likely a deficiency that should be handled with their nutes. In flower they recommend various amounts of Big Bloom, Grow Big, and Tiger Bloom. I wouldn't leave any of those three out.

 

[CannaLady]

So, for my larger GSC. I've removed many problem fan leaves and she's back on her flowering feed schedule. It's been hot here again, temps reaching near 90 for the last few days. She's bone dry at the end of the day so she gets watered every day. The smaller Misc 1 dries up ever few days as expected, so my guess is that big GSC is probably root bound.

Questions:
Should I stop the grow big and just give her big bloom and tiger?
If I'm watering her every day should I be feeding her every other day or just x2/week?

thanks in advance.

 

[InTheShed]

so she gets watered every day

That's root bound. Consider moving it to a bigger pot if only to make it so you can go a day without watering even if the roots won't grow much into the new soil

big GSC is probably root bound

Yup!

Should I stop the grow big and just give her big bloom and tiger?

Stick with the FF schedule of all three.

If I'm watering her every day should I be feeding her every other day or just x2/week?

I would feed every other day and water to runoff. As I recall I fed every watering when I was using FF!

 

[CannaLady]

That's root bound. Consider moving it to a bigger pot if only to make it so you can go a day without watering even if the roots won't grow much into the new soil - since it's an auto and in flowering, wouldn't up potting stop the process? And thank you!!! I actually thought about putting the small pot in a grow bag and putting soil below, above and on top to avoid up potting. Probably a crazy idea.

Yup!

Stick with the FF schedule of all three.

I would feed every other day and water to runoff. As I recall I fed every watering when I was using FF! Yes. Will do. ty!

 

[InTheShed]

since it's an auto and in flowering, wouldn't up potting stop the process? And thank you!!!

If you do it gently it should be okay in flower. The reason for not upotting autos in veg is because it can slow down veg growth (limited by the autoflower gene) and can also send them into early flower from the shock. Once it's in flower, it might actually better for a rootbound plant that is bone dry by the end of each day.

 

[CannaLady]

If you do it gently it should be okay in flower. The reason for not upotting autos in veg is because it can slow down veg growth (limited by the autoflower gene) and can also send them into early flower from the shock. Once it's in flower, it might actually better for a rootbound plant that is bone dry by the end of each day.

Oh wow. So glad I asked! I'll wait for it to dry out and go bigger. If it's in a 3 gallon - go up to 5? Definitely going in a grow bag.

 

[InTheShed]

5 gallons should offer the plant additional moisture around the roots, though it might not help with nutrient deficiencies until the roots make it out of the ball they're in.

 

[CannaLady]

If you do it gently it should be okay in flower. The reason for not upotting autos in veg is because it can slow down veg growth (limited by the autoflower gene) and can also send them into early flower from the shock. Once it's in flower, it might actually better for a rootbound plant that is bone dry by the end of each day.

Pretty sure that happened to this poor little thing that showed so much promise. I up potted x2 at the beginning. Then tried LST but bent a bit too much (super crop?). She didn't move for 3 weeks and now I have no idea what to do with her.

 

[InTheShed]

Harden it off and then leave it outside! Autos can be inconsistent even under ideal circumstances. I gave them up after my first year of growing, when I discovered how nice it is to get consistently big harvests from photoperiod plants!

 

[CannaLady]

Harden it off and then leave it outside! Autos can be inconsistent even under ideal circumstances. I gave them up after my first year of growing, when I discovered how nice it is to get consistently big harvests from photoperiod plants!

She's mostly hardened off, but will put her out. Maybe up pot that one too?
All the advice I read suggested autos for beginner who have short summers. Now I understand they are far less forgiving of any change due to their short little lives. Lesson learned on that one. ty!

 

[InTheShed]

Is that one going through water quickly? Doesn't look like a big drinker in the pic.

I started with autos because I thought autos would be better for a beginner. Turns out they're more difficult because the smallest mistake and the harvest is tiny! No time to recover from anything.

 

[CannaLady]

Is that one going through water quickly? Doesn't look like a big drinker in the pic.

I started with autos because I thought autos would be better for a beginner. Turns out they're more difficult because the smallest mistake and the harvest is tiny! No time to recover from anything.

Nope. I planted two GSCs around May 1st. One fell and died and that's the other one. I put the seed in a 3 inch pot, but planted too low so I repotted it in another 3 inch and then a few weeks later up potted to the blue one. This was before I learned to start autos in final home. I'll be getting a tent in the fall. One thing I do like about autos is you can grow several different stains in a 2x4 tent. I really like variety.

 

[InTheShed]

One thing I do like about autos is you can grow several different stains in a 2x4 tent. I really like variety.

Not if you end up with a good one, like @BooWho2's POTM in April:

 

[CannaLady]

Not if you end up with a good one, like @BooWho2's POTM in April:

Wow!!!!!!!!!!! That's pretty big. Would you get all of those colas from LST?

 

[InTheShed]

You can if you have the room and a cooperative auto like Boo had. I'm pretty sure she just topped hers once though. LST takes up more room.

Not all autos come out like that, but tent growers have much better luck getting consistently large autos than outside growers do. I think autos like the controlled environment indoors.

farside05 grows pretty large autos time after time after time. Here is the harvest from his last grow.

 

[CannaLady]

Getting a tent next month! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now doing research on exactly what I need. Happy happy joy!

 

[InTheShed]

 

[CannaLady]

I'm gong to need to flip my 3 chocolopes and I'm not going to be able to use my shed as a blackout space to flip them. So I'm back to the drawing board puts me in tent buying mode sooner than later. The more research I do with my limited knowledge of lighting and all the details that enable people to do this successfully - it's just a bit intimidating.

The question now is...Is it reasonable to think I can house 3 feminized mature plants in flowering mode in a 3x3x71 grow tent or am I out of my mind?

 

[InTheShed]

You can certainly fit three plants in flower in a 3x3 (depending on their size obviously), but a 4x4 is a more practical size if you have the room and cash. A 4x4 will fit four 5 gallon plants easily, where a 3x3 can be tight.