Couldn't Resist A Christmas Auto Grow

[Papa OG]

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This is the Skywalker Kush Cut Auto minus two main branches

I am a bit concerned that some of the little pistils are brownish. I am thinking that they possibly got squashed by the hooks which are just too big for this plant. The other option is that they may be too close to the light at 30 cm.

I hope these pics give you enough to go on to give me a full-on critique please.
I may as well say this here now because it has become a problem and I am going to have to adapt the way I train. I am shaking so much that I am tearing shit off left right and center, and squashing new growth. I have Parkinson's Disease so that aint gonna get any better. If anyone knows any growers at 420 with Parkinson's please ask them if they would be willing to contact me in pm.

Please understand if I take a little longer to catch up with the journals I sub to. I am feeling very flat and exhausted for much of the time.

Best wishes for a lovely day.

Keep your head up! One day one step at a time! Just remember the plant forgives you! No matter what.

 

[Carmen Ray]

Your auto's will be fine untrained if you're beating them up too much Carmen! Matter of fact my sausage kielbasa fingers don't always fit in to top an auto and I have to grow them out natural.

Thank you Otter, and that is a fine recommendation because your plants are stunners!

@Roy Growin advised me he just tips autos between node 4 and 5 and they grow really well, I think he said he averages around 3oz+ per plant? You'd have to double check with him but that sounds a much less involved way of achieving good results that could work for you Carmen?

Thank you Weff.

Yep - in fact I am looking to take the tips out of my current grow today, approx 16 days above ground
It needs to be done as soon as practical to give the plant time to shape up/level off the canopy

No way I can get sausage fingers into the tiny tip either, so I flatten the two new leaves either side to expose the tip stem, then use a bonsai clipper to snip off about 5mm - only the very tip, just enough to cleanly take off the top bud site

Will update my grow journal with some pictures later

Aweome Roy, thanks. This pics will be helpful.

I'm wondering if pipe cleaners are more forgiving in your case than the garden wire. Pipe cleaners allow you to hook the end over the branch with no stress on the plant, and then you can slowly pull the other end through a binder clip "squeezer" to lower the branch into place. When it's they way you want you just bend the pipe cleaner up and it's locked into place,

Thank you Shed. I have begun using pipe cleaners and I want to try to replace some of the green wire with pipe cleaners when my hands are a little steadier..... med change from awful Duloxetine to wonderful Wellbutrin. That is going to help with the shakes.

I totally agree with all of the above solutions. Try to get some pipe cleaners they are much more suitable to train the smaller autos. The green gardens wire is really too heavy I also have some but can‘t use it on the autos.
If that becomes to difficult just a topping above the 4th node in veg and your golden.
Your plants are looking healthy an looking like some nice buds coming up or way!

Thank you Nev. My wordd those plants are chunkiy and beaut. I found the green wire great for the photoperiods but the little autos are quite a bit more delicate and tiny

 

[Carmen Ray]

Keep your head up! One day one step at a time! Just remember the plant forgives you! No matter what.

Thank you OG Those are very comforting words. Have a beautiful day.

 

[Carmen Ray]

I thought I'd try a couple of semi-SaugaViews. They are wet from the swick and heavy imo lol. I lifted them off the swicks and here they are at 37 days above ground.

This is the Red Russian XXL Auto

This is the Skywalker Kush Cut Auto (she all bashed up but living)

Thanks for looking in!

 

[StoneOtter]

Looking verdant over here!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Carmen, I'm predicting big things from that Skywalker because of the missing branches!

 

[Carcass]

Skywalker Kush Cut Auto (she all bashed up but living)

I'm with GDB on that one- what she's got left is super healthy- I think she'll end up doing real well at harvest time.. (if there was a "big bag o' weed" emoji, it would go here)

 

[Nev]

I’ve cut more than one limb off my plants and they seem to come out just fine at the end. They are actually quite resilient in that aspect so no worries.
I hope you have plenty of jars for curing. (Here‘s another "big bag o' weed" emojI for you)
Have a bright day.

 

[InTheShed]

They both look really happy, even the one you made to stare at the soil!

 

[Carmen Ray]

Looking verdant over here!

Carmen, I'm predicting big things from that Skywalker because of the missing branches!

I'm with GDB on that one- what she's got left is super healthy- I think she'll end up doing real well at harvest time.. (if there was a "big bag o' weed" emoji, it would go here)

I’ve cut more than one limb off my plants and they seem to come out just fine at the end. They are actually quite resilient in that aspect so no worries.
I hope you have plenty of jars for curing. (Here‘s another "big bag o' weed" emojI for you)
Have a bright day.

They both look really happy, even the one you made to stare at the soil!

You guys are the best cheerleaders


Have the best Saturday and @InTheShed I hope you can get to enjoy some sunshine today ... in fact all of y'all have some fun in the wintry sun!

 

[Lerugged]

Having three young ones around, I have not owned something as white as your background well, in 5 years at least.
Is that like a sheet or edited?
Your photos are amazing, as well as how much you have expanded your knowledge basket. Bravo
Happy days. Its another stunner.

 

[Carmen Ray]

Having three young ones around, I have not owned something as white as your background well, in 5 years at least.
Is that like a sheet or edited?
Your photos are amazing, as well as how much you have expanded your knowledge basket. Bravo
Happy days. Its another stunner.

It's a ginormous white dinner table that could seat about 12 lol. It came with the apartment and its white leather furniture and drapes. It is nice to be beyond jammy fingers but boy do I miss those days too Thank you Growms

 

[Carmen Ray]

Sunday Jan 22nd Update
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RR XXL Auto left and SK Auto right

SK is behind RR in flower and I guess that is because I bent her trunk in half and manage to shred various bits. However I'm with @Grand Daddy Black on this one. She is hopefully going to perk up and produce a splendid display of bud-on-wonky plant.

I must say that I have found it tricky to get my vrot hands to wind pipe cleaners, which was the excellent suggestion by @InTheShed and endorsed by the growmes. It is way easier with autos to use pipe cleaners I now discover. I was very relieved to hear that @Carcass and @StoneOtter also battle with saussie fingers but still produce masterpieces.

I would say that the buds on RR are looking no more than a week old, despite calling flower 9 days ago. I think that the SK bud look like they should only now be called... that's how slow they are after the high stress training the have had.
These are a few photos of the plants next to one another and some buddies on the RR XXL

@Nev your plants inspire me and I am grateful for your gentle encouragement and kindness.

Big love to you all and have a gentle Sunday

PS... the moisture gradient looks lekker... SWICK anyone?

 

[CrochetingHybrids]

Just finished catching up on your journal, the girls look great and are in flower i’m so excited to be able to watch your journal. When I try autos I will definitely come back to it often. I hope all is well and that you are having an amazing Sunday morning.

 

[Nev]

Looking like the octopuses garden. Theres a bunch of good looking flowers coming to life.
Hope you have a joyful week ahead.

 

[Azimuth]

Leaves are praying so you're doing something right!

 

[StoneOtter]

 

[Carcass]

I bent her trunk in half and manage to shred various bits.

And yet she looks happy as a clam... (there's no happy clam emoji, so here's an an octopus )

 

[InTheShed]

Moving slow and steady, so I'd say happy as an oyster, because they do have an emoji for that:

I'm glad the pipe cleaners fill the bill for you.

 

[Carmen Ray]

Just finished catching up on your journal, the girls look great and are in flower i’m so excited to be able to watch your journal. When I try autos I will definitely come back to it often. I hope all is well and that you are having an amazing Sunday morning.

I'm so glad you are feeling better. Thank you for keeping up with my grow Lexi. I am loving how healthy your plants are looking too.

Looking like the octopuses garden. Theres a bunch of good looking flowers coming to life.
Hope you have a joyful week ahead.

Thank you Nev I hope yours is super awesome too

Leaves are praying so you're doing something right!

It's called a swick Thank you Azi for leading me along a path that eventually took a turn and this is where I arrived.

Is that a pair of eyes and a nose Otter?

And yet she looks happy as a clam... (there's no happy clam emoji, so here's an an octopus )

Why thank you Carcass, an octopuses garden it shall be

Moving slow and steady, so I'd say happy as an oyster, because they do have an emoji for that:

I'm glad the pipe cleaners fill the bill for you.

Hilarious ... I actually prefer oysters, so this is perfect. Shuck shuck schuck.