Autoflower grow. my first grow

soaked the seeds 24hs in water and a little hydrogen peroxide. set up the tent and everything today when I got home from work. one of the seeds was already popping out of its shell a little. wish me luck.

i helped 3 of them out a little bit with some tweezers, 1 is still working its way up. I've got well water and I bought a ph pen, my ph is at 6.7 and I'm just letting it ride for now. temp between 75-80 humidity around 70 percent. also just running 24hr light so these babies wake up.

one i just pulled the sack off and one had the seed still on its head it was hard to get it off so idk if the plant will make it but we shall see!

well I was too rough getting that seed shell off, so the little one didn't make it. the root was fabulous but important thing is im learning and i still have 3 babies. not sure why the other two won't curl their leafs down?

little babies getting bigger

going strong. love watching them grow.

gave all 3 a little spray this morning

all 3 Grease Gun autos are doing their thing.

one of them is bigger than the other two. but all are just doing their thing I'll probably water them later if the soil is dry.

well 2 of the Grease gun are going strong, one is a little droopy looking. I've been watering the soil when dry. they got 2 cups of ph 6.0 water yesterday afternoon. used ocean forest soil for most of the pots then the rest is happy frog, figured I'd start off organic. also picked up some fish shit today so I sprayed them a little bit with that thought it might help. I started a fastbuds in a 5 gallon fabric pot, same soil but also mixed in some Gaia green power bloom and all purpose and then sprayed the soil with the water fish shit and planted the fucker.

all seem to be doing well, the banana purple punch seedling is weird I don't know how it got that cut in it's leaf like that, but yet is still thriving.

started lst yesterday afternoon, been letting the soil dry out so this morning I watered them. turned the fan speed up because I saw a fungus gnat. I also noticed tiny bugs crawling on the black thermometer otherwise you can't really see them in the soil. not sure if they are beneficial dudes or what, but I've checked the leafs of the plants and I don't see anything alarming I have some neem oil coming today I'll use later.

moved the leafs around a bit and the seedling is doing good. love these girls

tucked leafs down more the ones that needed it, I haven't cut any leafs off cuz honestly I'd feel bad lol. I'll probably top dress them sometime this week they are still fine in the soil they have been in with some fish shit. the fastbud seedling is a big girl I mixed her in Gaia green all purpose and power bloom in ocean forest and happy frog. also the LST method I'm using i saw on YouTube a guy basementganja. also I started to play them some music found a plant Playlist on Spotify.

alright so I did cut some fan leafs just ones I thought were blocking light and air flow, or were just in the soil. every morning they are all reaching up more to the light. 24 on always. the other day I did do a top dress with Gaia green all natural and power bloom. since I'm doing organic it will take a few weeks for it to start to work. these girls are vigorous thick stems they seem to be fine with the slight beating I've given them. also I got a bigger tent 2x4 just gotta get a 2x4 light for it muhahaha

they were thirsty this morning so they all got watered, I also took some leafs off and moved the branches more. I don't have a lot of space so I'm hoping the training will help.

all the ladies got watered yesterday with some fish shit ph 6.4 , they felt light and they are bigger so they must need more water, I've only seen like one or two fungus gnats. my fan is at a higher speed blowing down on the girls so it seems to be helping. other than that they seem to be thriving. Edit: added a few more pictures after moving them around some more with training. being very careful with the thicker branches so they don't snap, tucked more leafs and removed some. pistils are showing 👀

first pic is this morning. the other pictures are yesterday afternoon after moving them branches and leafs around to keep training them as they grow. it's awesome to wake up in the morning and see them reaching to the light again. I haven't watered them since Monday, the bottom of the pots feel moist and they seem ok. so everyday when I get home from work I take them out and just train the branches one by one and I may take a few leafs off if I feel like it and so far they seem ok with it since they are reaching for the light every morning.just growing everyday and training and NOT over watering lol

Monday was the last time I watered them, so they all got water ph 6.4
then I trained them some more and the Fastbud seedling i just bent over a little, it's in a 5gal pot I don't know if I should top it or not?

so i watered them Friday, was surprised when checking them yesterday they needed more water. so I watered them yesterday afternoon been training the branches everyday, taking some leafs here and there that are blocking light. also I moved the light closer.

alright so once again I spread them around some more, just trying to keep everything level as it grows. the pack the seeds came in say about 80 days to mature, so I think around the end of May we shall see. I did bend two necks by squeezing the stem to make it a little soft, but I didn't do it that extreme just enough where I felt comfortable. they some thick girls lol i did break some leafs off of one on accident. but I'm doing my best with what I got, I don't have a big space or a big light I know I have too much for it handle. I live in Connecticut so it's still kinda cold and rainy so I haven't had a chance to put them outside for some sunlight yet. as I save for my 2x4 light but so far they seem ok I don't expect to get a big yield im just trying to learn and see what happens. the fastbud seedling is huge lol I don't know what to do with it so I just bent it over a little and staked some leafs down because they are stupidly massive. also it does have some yellowing/lime green going on the leafs. I watered them all a little bit just to make it moist again since I'm just organic right now I need the soil to break down the dry amendments I put in to feed my girls. and they are definitely drinking cuz they were a little lighter anyway. I got 3 more fastbud seeds I wanna start but I'll wait a little longer till it's warmer and I have better equipment. this shit is fun I'm a plant nerd now 🤓🌱

I mean technically they started to early flower like last week I think, so I know I shouldn't be stressing them out but honestly I'm learning and also kinda experimenting. I wanna know what I can get away with and not. going to the hydro store after work to pick up some nutrients for them. they seem ok might water them later since the big mama felt light but the top soil is still kinda wet. also I may move them to the basement since when I started it was too cold down there but now it's humid in the spare room upstairs lol so I have the window open a little and ceiling fan on. in the tent it's about 66° and 73 humidity this morning, so I opened the windows on the bottom of the tent and tent door and it's like in the 40s outside so I'm sure it cooled down now.

officially taking over the basement. the girls got moved yesterday they also got watered with recharge so hopefully that will start to help them out I'm sure I'm late with it but let's see what it does.....maybe a few weeks from now lol I know organics gotta break down and all that science before it starts it's job. anyway look at these ladies flowering! the lower bud sites are starting to form the rosin, resin, special dust flakes. this morning it was about 60° and the humidity in the 70s so I turned the dehumidifier on in the basement also I've had the filter fan on high and my fan inside blowing on the girls. I'll probably add another fan in there. also I'm pretty sure the fastbud seedling was suffering from light stressing lol but now in the bigger tent I can push it aside. I'm off work next week so hopefully I can bring them outside if the weather permits.

fastbud seedling is recovering from light stress, this morning I can definitely see the green coming back a lot of the yellow is gone. so why not stress it out again lol I bent the neck and just used some more stakes to push leafs down. as for the 3 Atlas Grease Gun they are chilling just tucked some leafs, they are slightly starting to smell. temps don't get higher than 70 and the humidity stays around 50-60

bushes. they seem like they are doing good. recharge is helping them i think and fish shit.. I really enjoy training the branches, showing how I pulled and bent the tops down. the two plants that I bent the necks of have been recovering well I think, the areas that got hurt are now rock hard. big mama is lighter today than the others but her soil is still moist so I'm not going to water them I'll check them again soon.

Last night I watered them with fish shit and took a good amount of leafs off, also trained them down some more to make it more even. and this morning they were popping back up looking vigorous. temp goes up to 70 but humidity stays in the 50s . the fastbud seedling has really big leafs so I took some off it.

alright the ladies were light this morning so I hit them with water mixed with recharge and fish shit, now they are outside since the weather is amazing and I gotta clean the deck and get patio shit out that no one will sit on tomorrow for Easter.

still looking fine, I still try to bring some of the branches down to expose the bud sites. the fastbud seedling hasn't been a seedling for like awhile lol it's vegging, just training it like I did the others but I have been taking some leafs off it because they are huge and shade everything lol other than that I mean it's still growing the light stress is gone I think I mean it's definitely green now lol. also definitely smells like weed a little in the tent

watered them last night around almost midnight, they were dry on top and lighter so just regular water ph 6.4. they are getting more smelly and they seem to be doing great. the fastbud seedling is now showing pistol hairs so she's starting her flowering.

(edit: i got home from work and they were light and dry so i just watered them, took some leafs off and tried to open up the middle part of the bush, and my fingers are smelling nice from touching them lol) this is the best I mean watching them grow to this has been awesome, I can't wait to start more lol they are starting to smell more and more everyday, the fastbud seedling is took some more leafs off and just trained it down again, it's growing pretty good.

lunch break i just put them outside to soak up some sunlight, they never get bedtime. I'm hoping that this helps them a little more since they are all just under one light. I did give them more water yesterday with recharge because after lifting them and then thinking they probably need more since I don't water till runoff and I split a gallon jug sprayer for all 4. I don't want runoff because I used dry amendments and I don't want to wash it all away but I also want to make sure the soil is staying moist enough for the organic amendments to work. I PH the water 6.4 . they are smelling nice. and the seedling you can see the abuse it has taken and survived she's also looking way better after the light stress. Just going with the flow

(Edit: got home from work and lifted them but also felt the bottoms for moisture, one was heavier than the rest. and I should've been giving them more water than I have been, the fasbud seedling i gave more water she's flowering. I used recharge Ph 6.5 for all. they may not be big but for my first time this feels good to look at what I helped from seed, 🥹 they grow up so fast.)

while at work I can't help but to check on them, they have no privacy. anyway I'll do a lift check when I get home one is always lighter than the rest. maybe I'll water maybe not just want to make sure they are happy and healthy. I've had like no fungus gnats maybe one or two I see fly every once in awhile so I think my watering timing is fine. I don't have a schedule I would check the day of last time I watered but now I just lift the pots and if I feel like they need water they get it. the temp stays at 70 might drop a few and humidity has been at like 47 hasn't been above 60, i have a dehumidifier in the room not the tent and that helps a lot. best hobby

I need to keep an eye on the dehumidifier, I woke up and it was full so temps and humidity were up nothing critical but during this stage I don't want them to mold or rot. anyway they are nice and heavy all of them got filled with water so let's see how long that lasts. Big mama has more orange hairs 😍 lol they aren't even big she's just been a beast from the start, it's day 52 since they popped! getting closer!

ok so i think the buds are definitely fattening up now, I was a little worried because I felt like I haven't been filling them with enough water due to being nervous about run off, but this morning when checking the camera I could tell they were bigger lol they are still pretty heavy and I think something is doing it's job. Just trying to keep my grow simple enough for me and not over think everything. soil+Gaia green + fish shit+ recharge has been great so far. the fasbud girl is flowering and doing good it seems, I have her off to the side a little and have been training her like the others. and of course now one of my cats is interested in eating the leafs lol

guys the banana purple punch is showing some purple already!! look at her go!! i was so surprised to see that this morning. they all got watered with recharge and fish shit PH 6.4
I've just been leaving them alone, tucking leafs here and there, every time I watered them I switch them around. smells fucking good.

viewer discretion advised... I mean it's fucking beautiful out so why not. I'm just guessing they want more light I mean 4 autos under one light that's 100 watts lol I mean I'm surprised at where it's gotten them so far. Just letting them chill and drink what they have in the pots from yesterday, still heavy. and I must say them outside the sugar looks so awesome!! fucking sparkling ✨️

the banana purple punch looks beautiful already!!! and look at them reaching for the sun it's so cool. I looked it up and it seems healthy, I mean they look pretty damn happy. they all got watered with recharge, they were light, top soil dry, and their bottoms had no moisture. so first break on work at 9 came home and put them outside. at noon came back made lunch for them and fed them. oh yesterday I did remove a good amount of larger fan leafs lol

they got more sun today maybe like 4 hours, but rain is on the way for several days. They are lighter now but still a little moist on the bottom but will definitely get water tomorrow. they smell so good!! the sugar on them is insane, they are beautiful im super proud of myself. the banana purple punch has got me so excited with her colors can't wait to see her buds! also good news i can buy my new light now! lol I sold my pokemon cards, I'm proud of little me for investing and keeping them in good condition since I was 9 years old! but now I also want to buy more lol

they all got watered at noon with recharge and fish shit, they smell soooo good. they were pretty dry so they got filled up. didn't take pictures of them but here's the Gloom card I got. I want to put it in a frame and hang it in my basement grow room.

they were light and dry so they got water with recharge Ph 6.5
Holy crap are they smelling fire.
I also noticed when watering them this morning I have springtails in the soil, I looked it up and is saying that's a sign of good organic soil. I did see more fungus gnats flying I saw like 6 or 7 lol the plants look ok

also got my new light mars hydro tsl2000 so I'm sure the girls are happy now and they all got watered with nothing in it.

well the fastbud auto is stealing the show with her beauty lol and the Atlas autos smell so good! I think they still have a few weeks left. with the new light the temp is obviously higher so it's been like 80 but humidity is like 47 , I have 2 fans in the tent and the carbon filter sucking air out, they seem to be doing ok. I did notice some brown spots on some leafs so I turned my light down more but it could also be the last time I watered them i didn't check the Ph lol so I'll keep an eye on them.

alright so yesterday I picked up some foxfarm calmag, talked to the guy at the grow shop asked him about the spots on the banana purple punch. I just used Gaia green amendments in the soil and just been watering with fish shit and recharge, have just been giving them plain water the past week. I also got a stronger light but its higher and at like 50 percent. this is the only one showing stress the others just have little burnt tips.

I flushed the purple girl the other day, today I took some of the bad leafs off. still wet at the bottom. shes still the pretty one lol hopefully this doesn't effect her too much either way ive learned more so I can prepare the next grow. the other 3 plants smell amazing and one of them is praying 🙏 she loves the new light so much. they may have another week or 2 left which is awesome!!! honestly i keep forgetting about them and only think of the purple one. they are feeling light but I'll probably water them tomorrow. while looking at them today I finally patted myself on the back and was like "wow I fucking grew these." they are beautiful and I hope I can make the finished product good.

(Edit: added more pix cuz i got 2 clawing lol but big mama has been at beast from day fucking 1 shes praying for the end though 🙏, then the other one idk what's wrong with it but its been #2 beast from day one lol. and purple punch is still pretty even though shes a hot mess 😭)

alright so I think temp and humidity were my problem but flushing her also helped cuz the runoff isn't as dark now lol she still struggling but hopefully she will be better now. I moved them all upstairs with an ac unit in the room. lol it stinks up there I love it wife not so much but it will be done soon lol pretty sure the other 3 will be ready to chop soon. maybe ill give them a good flush this week and let them dry out but it depends on how ripe they get. I was feeling super bummed yesterday and feeling like a failure lol but I gotta remind myself that ive learned some shit to make the next grow better.

alright so I started flushing them yesterday, they smell so good!! i think they need a little longer i like more of a couch lock effect. they are all starting to show spots on the leafs lol but not too bad, the purple one is struggling lol I know shes stunted but oh well these other 3 are fire. plus its a win for when I grow next learning and burning. the upstairs smells like weed lol and my wife wants me to take a break so ill probably grow again during the fall. thanks for all the help and tips or questions answered, this place is amazing much love.