Grow Timeline (12 updates)
Started LST and leaf tucking a few days ago. She seems to be reacting to it well. Plant is finally starting to take up water through the self watering base now.
I have to start some training today and im nervous.
It's super easy , just take your time. What kind of training are you going to do?
well I have 6 autos right now right around 20 days old, 4 of the 6 are 20 days and 2 are about 15 days. the 4 bigger ones im just leaf tucking right now because im worried about doing anything else. but I also don't want them to end up small because I didn't do anything. they are growing right alone great and almost just want to leave them alone and just leave tuck and see if the lower nodes can catch up somewhat that way
The past few days I've been leaf tucking and doing some LST. The plant has responded to it very well. This morning I was doing a little research and got a wild hair up my ass , decided to do something I've never tried before. Topping an Auto. I went ahead and topped it at the 4th node. My main goal here is to get as even as a canopy as I can. I'm only in a 2x2 so space is a premium. I'll report back in a few days and see how she takes the high stress training.
It's been about 5 days now since I topped this girl, I have to say it's chugging along rather nicely. I'm not seeing any negative effects from the topping process. The canopy is now nice and even. I think she'll throw out some nice cola's.
I was a little hesitant to top an Autoflower, everything I hear about it is always negative. Maybe this particular cultivar just doesn't care. I'm definitely going to try it on future Autos I grow. Have a great weekend everyone!
She's showing sings of pre-flower! Plant is rolling along nicely. I'm really glad I topped it , the canopy is filling out nice and even. Can't wait to see what these buds will look like.
On a side note, I'm seeing lots of roots snaking their way through the self watering base. Is it ok to snip them off or should I just let them be?
dont touch the root at all... it will airprune itself in a few days.
I’d keep an eye on that nitrogen toxicity especially now that you’re in flower. I dealt with the same issue and it definitely threw my plants off a bit. Once the pot dries out give it a good watering and let it run off through the bottom then dump that runoff. You might need to do it twice just to be safe. Honestly, I wish I would’ve done that to my plants before switching to bloom.
Depending on that pot size and your root size I’d only flush as your last resort
Good call! I removed it from the watering base. Did a flush and I'll let it dry back completely before returning it to the water base again.
Got a few issues ironed out with the plant. It's back on the self watering base now. I've added a little air stone in the watering base, did a real light defoliating, and topped dressed with some worm castings. I also raised the light to the highest point I can. I'm pretty limited in the little 2x2 tent.
What's up everyone. Haven't updated my grow in a bit. She's coming along nicely. About day 35 of flower. She's starting to stink pretty good now. I'm starting to see a little frost appear now. Buds are putting on the weight.
I love this beautiful plant! That looks good mate :-)
Merry Christmas everyone! Just wanted to drop in and give a quick update. A little over week 11. Getting close to the finish line. I'm thinking about chopping this weekend , but I still have a few white hairs. Seeing more and more amber trichomes.
What do you guys think?
I wouldn’t use the wick system till the plant is established will saturate the bottom half of soil . just use a spray bottle with bottled water & lightly mist area & spray inside that cup to increase the humidity. u wont need that self watering system until the plant gets bigger
Absolutely , great advice. My watering base is bone dry. I just have the pot sitting on there until I fill the base. The plan is to fill it once I see fan leaves reach the edge of the fabric pot.
that will work good . use it as a catch base for now . if u growing organically & top dressing u might want to top water when u add the top dressing.
Yea , I'm really not sure what to call this soil I'm running. Some people might call it Organic or Synganic. 🤷 I've got about 30 gallons of this soil that I'm currently in the process of amending and adjusting things to my liking. All of the soil came from my local town compost site. I sifted through the soil last year , amendment what I needed to and ran it through several tomatoe , pepper and other vegetable plants. I've already since taken that soil and added a few things to prep it for my cannabis plants. I've added perlite / worm castings / glacier rock dust / silica / incoculated bio char / mychoriza and Grow Dots. That's going to be my mix going forward. I'll see how things go from there.
synganic is term for using organic inputs in soil & using synthetic nutrients & that my style. I’ll use a pro mix base & add castings bio char , kelp , humic acid & bat & sea bird guano’s . I run the entire Advanced Nutrients line , been using them for over 20 years . Recharge is another great product for microbes . do u find a lot of fungus gnats in the local compost? u can always use mosquito bits or dunks if u do
I haven't tried the Advanced Nutrients line. My last run I tried FOOP and had some pretty good results. Surprisingly, I haven't had any issues with gnats with this soil coming from my local compost site. They seem to do a very good job at keeping it separate and clean from everything else. And maybe it helps out that I ran the soil all summer for the tomatoes and peppers I grew.