Newbie Growing: What Have I Done!

[Selfmedigrow]

Something I forgot to ask... auto's! Just topped them 2 weeks in. Worth it? As they're only around a 9 week cycle!

 

[Derbybud]

If it's healthy we'll worth it. My 2 cents

 

[Selfmedigrow]

If it's healthy we'll worth it. My 2 cents

Great, thanks Derby! They look nice and healthy anyway at the moment.

 

[Derbybud]

Great, thanks Derby! They look nice and healthy anyway at the moment.

Then they should bush out more with more tops. More tops = more yield. Try to keep the tops as even as you can. This sends nutrients evenly to all tops

 

[Selfmedigrow]

So, they're all transplanted, all happy except 1, not sure if nitrogen or potassium issue, can anyone lend a hand please guys? Thanks

 

[Pennywise]

Top of plant it would be Calcium or potassium, make sure your ph is on point before you increase nutes.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Cheers PW, I'll check the nutes ph tomorrow morning, Im guessing it mightt be the cal or potassium issue as the other 3 plants that I give from the same bottle seem to be okay, but you never know! Things just seemed to be running too smoothly for a while there

 

[Pennywise]

That's a good thing, plants can be very different in their need for nutrients.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Top of plant it would be Calcium or potassium, make sure your ph is on point before you increase nutes.

Well I think you might be right mate, I've noticed there is more of it on another plant so have knocked up a new bottle as it was nearly run out anyway, so will ph it and see how they go

Thanks Pennywise, you're a guardian angel on this site bud!

 

[Selfmedigrow]

So I fed the girls with new bottles of nutes and hopefully will fix those issues. They look good but hope they will stay that way. Going to start training the bigger ones tomorrow too, and watch those buds shoot up like they have this last 24 hours!!

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Hey guys, so just a quick question, at what age do most of you start LST? Mine are nearly 3 weeks but have exploded since topping, so was wondering if there is a safe age that won't damage the girls. Thanks anyone

 

[EastCoastGhost]

I normally start between 3-4 weeks, I usually top at around 15 day mark and when branches grow out long enough so I can tie them down (usually 3-4 weeks) then I start training.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Ah great, thanks EastCoast. I have some auto's that are bushing out from where I topped, but have topped the branches too on some, but is still really small and difficult to train, I bloody snapped a top off of one of the new growths by accident. They're 2.5 weeks old so will wait a week and just start tying the main stem and tops down to hopefully flatten everything out on the canopy Are elastic bands any good? Might be better as they have a bit of give to them.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

So I just fed them all, the young 4 looked a tad unhappy as there is still a hint of the yellow edges very slightly, so gave them the same nutes as the older 3. In all honesty I screwed the older 3 up a tad anyway and stunted them by burning them, so if they can take it then I'm sure the younger ones can. Is only 2 weeks difference and they've grown so much faster as they weren't damaged that you can't really tell which ones are the old ones or the younger ones, but all in all I'm pretty happy with the progress tied down the big one but has bent the wire up again so will buy some elastic bands and wrap them around instead.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

I've checked them today, one of my autos is growing some weird shaped leaves, can anyone shed any light on this for me please?

N.B I topped some smaller tops the other day and bent it over slightly hence the new growth, could it be the light is too close? I remember it happened on one, but not sure if light or nutes related.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Well it's been 4 days and they are growing FAST!! Still having problems with a couple of them, am putting 200ppm of calmag in and quite a chunk of potassium so not sure what it is. Last feed of 5L had a total of 33-26-37 with 440ppm and pH of 6.0, can anyone have an idea of what it might be.? They're nearly 4 weeks old too.

 

[Pennywise]

Looks like your feed is too hot for a couple of them.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Ohhh, I really thought that it was a lack of something. Brilliant, thanks Pennywise, I'm making a new bottle of nutes today, will get it right for most of them but will pour some out and dilute it to 100ppm less, will see how it goes over the next few days

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Well I'm a few days away from the flip, have to or there'll be no room for anything! Lollypopped them but worried about about going too high. Hopefully they'll find room during the stretch to poke their heads to a space of light! The tall autolime is in early flower so need to get scrog netting sorted. But the girls (and the new floor) look great, and healthy.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Getting too big so had to flip them today, lollipopped them as much as I dare, hopefully the new light will increase the yield and make it worthwhile