Snakelad - Auto Grow

[M1DRAGONACE]

I wouldn't cut it down till its ready! The buds will still mature just your top bud will be a little deformed, if anything Cut just the top off and let the plant drive its power to the little buds

Up to you tho, Sorry this happened to you. I had Bleached buds from my LED once because I just let em grow up into it figuring its not hot! lol slap to the face nope I'm wrong lol. Experiences make the grower I tell ya you'll be growing Nuggz better and better every time!

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

I'm not so sure that it will hurt an auto to be cut up from at this late stage of budding, mainly because I do this lol.. to all of my plants including Auto's I cut top nugz when they mature and allow bottom growth to mature before taking it.

How old exactly are they? I wouldn't at under 4 weeks budding but at week 6-9 or further they are established and focusing on THC and bud production.

Then again I grow 6 times as many photo-periods then I do auto-flowing plants so Just IMO then

Definitely never ignore you girls! They can tell you quick when something is wrong you just have to know what to look for, and avoiding things like that can help your yields for sure!

BTW if more light is what you need just put some cheap 26 watt CFL's either spectrum, cool-white would help your nugs a lot more because you would be widening the spectrum's of light, Up to you tho that what I would do in the shadowy spots, and keep moving your plants around like you are

 

[scottish]

Found it finaly now too catch up

 

[scottish]

Caught up nice grow the burned cola should be fine now you have raised the light my fb got a little.fried due to neglect in stretch but i cant even tell now but as m1dragonace says if your worried about the popcorn when the time comes just harvest the cola and leave the popcorn to grow up for an extra few weeks i tuck leaves so get a decent penetration to my lower stems

 

[snakelad]

 

[snakelad]

That is wot I just took of my plant,NL.that plant is coming down people prob this week.just sick of waiting.really need a good smoke again.wots in that PIC is wot ud get in a £50 bag over here,so I don't care as there's still a whole super skunk 2 come my way,£150 4 the 3 months in electric,so if NL gets me more than £150 street value in smoke,then super skunk is wot is bona make this grow worth it.

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

What nutrients are you using and do you PH your water? have you flushed at all in the life of this plant? I need to know all that to answer your question about fattening the BUDZ

 

[snakelad]

Cheers Scottish,once I get that plant,NL outa there I'll be able 2 get a lot more light in2 super skunk.m1,I've only used npk 8.8.8 about 2 weeks ago.as autos don't like much nuts,plus I've flushed both plants once because they both burnt after 1st feed.it doesn't really matter,NL is getting kicked outa there an chopped up soon

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

your NPK ratio is 8/8/8??? Honestly man your nugz are starving! I am aware auto's don't like much nutrients but at that you should be looking at something more like 6/8/6 or even 8/10/8

This is because During flower Your plant Needs more Phosphorus and less Nitrogen, but its good you don't fertilize them more often.

During veg you would be looking at something like 8/6/6, Of course there are lots of ratios that will get your plant rockin! This is just proportions of what your plant will uptake during budding/veg.

Also how old exactly are they? they don't look vary mature from the pics

Cant wait for the NUG shots!

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

I went and checked again, your still loaded with white hairs. I would guess there's somewhere between 1-4 weeks to maturity, I wouldn't go crazy cutting stuff down till after 50% of all the white hairs turn orange or red.

If you can, check your NUGZZ with a magnifying glass (20-30X will be needed to see them) check the Trics to see if they have turned milky or even amber, if they are milky, you can harvest at anytime but she is still gaining potency, once the trics turn amber they will bust off and you will lose potency.

If you cant see them make sure you pull around 50% orange/ red hairs. If I'm correct she should put on some weight in the next week or 2 but I think you got a nice plant there friend.

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

Also I'll share one of the methods I LOVE, if you think your buds are maxed out ( not fattening up) it could because you don't have enough air flow or fresh Co2( you could have all the C02 but not enough fan power to push it through the buds) Try getting a stronger fan on them, but if you think they are maxed out and still need to mature you should switch to a MH bulb 1 week or so before you cut, same time you would flush the plant.

I like to do this because if you didn't already know if you budded with a MH(metal halide) bulb you would have tiny EXTREMELY potent nugs, but a vary small yield. By swapping the bulb out before last week or 2 of maturing you will add some potency to your nugs!

If you do this when the plant slows bud growth you could end up with much better buds without hurting or stunting bud production

 

[snakelad]

Cheers m1.OK 1st.that npk is just a cheap ass bottle of plant food,I honestly wasn't gonna feed them at all,because I kept reading if u use a decent soil u shouldn't need 2 feed them.I've never grown a plant in my life so all that npk stuff I havnt a clue about.I play golf m8,not grow plants so its all a learning curve.an 2 be honest they both got burnt a bit even in the soil without any nuts when they were young.the plants are 7 an half weeks old.8 on Fri.I accept they are both young and wouldn't dream of touching super skunk as that has a good 3\4 weeks 2 go.I'm def bona do that plant right.the northern light,although young,is def decent buds 4 its age.I know I'm wrong 4 chopping more of but I've just smoked a pipe,and am smoking a joint now,and I'm well stoned.that's a fact.its good an strong now,so if I can hold of even another week an chop I'll be happy with stuff 2 smoke 4 awhile,then wen skunk comes down she will have gone the full distance and done right.keep it green buddy

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

All good! At some point Maybe I can help you with nutrients? they can make the difference between amazing yields and good yields,

However using a growing medium like say Coco, it comes with nutrients in the soil like you say, but no one said anything about them all being good for cannabis so its like eating junk for a human. You can buy soil that is better adequate for cannabis or simply Flush water through the soil with about 6-8 times the amount of water to dirt before planting your cannabis plant.

Lets get on to the burning you were talking about, I'm assuming you've never checked your PH of your water? even if you buy spring water the PH is 7.0 and cannabis need a PH of 6.0-6.5 to grow fast it also has lots of chemicals in it already, so not saying they wont grow but they could grow faster which in the end if you make your plant grow 1% better a week then before how much nuggz you think more you get

Even worse if your using your Tap the PH could be way high, either way if the PH is not correct your plant could be locked out of nutrients it needs.

Snake I think you've done great for your first grow! there are many people that can't make it past seedling on a photo-period plant and your growing autoflowing plants so serious great job! its all a learning experience for all of us! Please don't hesitate to ask questions

 

[snakelad]

Thanks m1.I'll def keep in touch after my thread is done about the nuts an soil 4 my next grow.I use tap water buddy,I havnt a clue wot pH it is.but I fill a 5 litre bottle an leave the lid of 4 2 days 2 allow chemicals ect 2 evaporate.I read that's wot some inexperienced growers do.2 be honest bud,I just want a cheap growthat produces decent smoke.iI'm not in2 buying all these gadgets 4 checking every single detail.I was told by a very experienced grower who works in a grow shop over here that just 2 keep it simple,its a weed,it'll grow through a crack in the ground,an that's its people who fuss over their plants are the 1s that cock it.but I'll def take some advice regarding the nuts an soil,an light height ect no prob.

 

[snakelad]

Here m1,just seen the message u posted on up,see that plant ur lookin at,all the white hairs.that's the super skunk.the NL that I took from,half is easily brown hairs.I honestly think u were looking at the wrong pics.that super skunk is nowhere near ready.if I only had 1 plant grow,an it was that super skunk,there's no way on earth would I touch anything on her,she has loads of fattening up 2 do.

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

Seen a lot of grows go to shit keeping it simple and seen a lot of grows go to shit for not keeping it simple.

Honest truth is there are to many factors to growing this plant and that keeping it simple will yield 1-2 oz per plant 3 -4 on heavy strains and if conditions were good. Unfortunately its the people that step in over their heads(they have no idea what stuff is) and they try learning it all in 1 grow and it fails, you will find you don't need to buy all kinds of expensive gadgets to grow good weed or to even have a good yield.

It takes a practice that can only be obtained by doing it, remember I told you my family is no science just results? They know about PH and chemicals that reside in the water including some of which can't be evaporated out over time. Yet no meters or testing anything for them, It's years of adjusting to the things that are not 100% but are indeed working!

What wont work is like I said getting in over your head, trying to do PH, nutes, training and a whole list of things that a Professional grower will tell you that they do, is just going to create a mess and your basically using your plants as test dummy's.

Of course when you are only growing for personal use you should aim for the most potent buds not the biggest yield. IMO I think your doing great!

Would you believe the first time I grew indoor a week later my house burn down ( could barely see the sprouts popping) in the middle of winter they sat out for a night in the cold cold. I got 1/2 oz from my best one 1/8 from the rest. It was disappointing for sure but I was even shocked they came back. So your absolutely right about it being a weed and that it will grow! however if you don't treat it like a lady she wont give up dat ass!

Whats the big difference between your plants and the weeds outside? ( besides size ) the fact you have NO expectation from those weeds outside and you have tons of expectation for your girls. Keep them happy like you are and you will have even more good grows under your belt!

 

[snakelad]

Cheers m8,ur 100% right.its like golf,u look back at how badly u played years ago,compared 2 wot u know know with experience of playing and reading about it ect.I have no doubt if I grow more plants an do it all right an not touching them until the proper 11\12 weeks I'll look back at my antics of picking early an thinking wot was I playing at,hell I might even think that once I complete super skunk an dry properly.but at the end of the day I never thought I'd ever grow these plants because of the risk,would mean losing house,an basically fucked.,patience it seems is the key 2 success in this.but 2 be fair m1,most people seem 2 be american on this site,an weed is legal over there now,an so these growers have access 2 weed 24\7,an so they can have the patience 2 wait the entire grow.if I had weed available in shops over here,I wouldn't be near my plants picking,I'd be stoned most nights not thinking about the plants getting finished quick.because I'm dry most of the time an its illegal over here I've found as soon as u start 2 see those white hairs,then tiny buds,u get excited an it just seems 2 drag in.hope that explains my impatience a bit,the shorter version woulda said "I'm just an impatience fuck"

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

Ok so I wanted to show you my first indoor plant ever!, as I said before she was heated up then frozen for 48 hours after she popped up.

IMO disregarding the security factor of it, growing outdoors is so much easier! and probably is the easiest way to get yield from the least amount of money possible. If you want good nugz you have to mimic nature as best you can inside your home.

Ok here are some pictures, the plant was an O.G. Kush White Widow cross and the veg pic is over 4 weeks from the fire :/ as you can see this really stunted her, that combined with no knowledge of growing indoor I winged it Over the years you will learn as I did (on a side note I put maybe 150$ into CFL's and misc stuff for the plants before the fire and put even less into after, so you can grow this plant with nothing!

She gave me over 1/2 oz at finish

Didn't know if you were interested but the fire pretty much took out half the house so it was unfixable, we ended up staying with friends for 8 months before getting back on my feet.

Don't let anything stop you! you will get there, You will call yourself a grower after a few years of doing it! and it is my belief that you will absolutely LOVE it

As always I hope you have a great day!

 

[snakelad]

Frigging hell m8,sorry about the fire.looks serious enough.the fire was started over the plants,yeah? That young plant looks dead on 4 suffering in the cold ect.that 2nd PIC looks exactally like my NL now.u would swear u were touching my plant in that PIC.yeah as u said more grows under my belt,more reading an listening 2 others an I'll get there.then again money is bona get tight next year so maybe next grow will be it 4 awhile

 

[M1DRAGONACE]

Yes and actually the fire was started electrically, 60 year old wiring that couldn't hold up the fire actually started in the floor and between the house and concrete wall of the basement, It was not a good experience.

Fire department determined it had been an open shorting wire that charred the wood enough to start it all that time later.

You might consider changing to organic growing which can be a lot cheaper than going out to buy nutrients, I'm sure Smokerjoe is around or will be around sometime he could talk about that. Using Floro or CFL's during veg and switch to HPS during budding world drastically cut the cost of growing, you would need dirt and all that stuff but the expense wouldn't get to much.

Let us know what you plan on doing! I can certainly relate to not having any smoke, and cannabis is all around but it ain't like my smoke and I don't have the money for it lol where i live an 1/8 goes for 60-65USD and a gram is 20$ of course if I wanted commercial it be half that, but you get all seeds and stems and a little bud and lots of leaf lol.

I know people are like you just don't know the right people, blah blah they can get it for 50 1/8, Its still way more expensive then growing at the rate my family smokes so I got the best connection I need, ME lol!

I'll stick to my own and wait if I run out which happens!