First ever grow and would love some constructive criticism and advise!

[AlphaSnor]

Hello! hope everyone is doing well. I am busy with my first ever serious grow and I have my doubts here and there. Maybe i'm being paranoid because this is period that counts and I don't want to screw it up now. Anyway, first some info you should need:

Strain: Royal Dwarf Autoflower
Light: 100W spiderfarmer LED with some 23watt CFL and LED bulbs.
Medium: Canna coco with perlite
Nutrients: All organic stuff. Tbh I just bought what I thought would work wel and got met the NPK I needed. I used wormcastings, bat guano, sea weed in powder form, some Epsom salts, egg shells, bone meal, banana peal tea and coffee grounds. Most of the time I dumped it on top of the medium and watered over it.
Training: A lot of LST and a little bit of defoliation.
Waterings: I didnt have a shedule, just watered when I felt it was needed.

Now my worry nr.1: I really wanted to go organic and thought coco coir was the way to go for me. I love it so farm and tbh all is going well. Now even tho I have read a shitton over the past years (yes i wanted to do this for a long time) apparently it is not recommended to do organics in coco and treat it like hydro. So basicly my question is am I good or did I shoot myself in the foot?

Second quetion. Are the leaves too light of a green? and in a photo I will send there are spots on some leaves that are a different shade of green and I have no idea what it is. I have read about a lot of deficiencies but im not sure about this one or if its even a deficiency.

Last question is, i have a lot of bud sites all over the plant even on the lower parts of the plant. Should I cut these off so the plant can focus on the top cola's or, since its an autoflower, I should not stress the plant and let her do her thing.

But I think the main reason I made my first ever forum post is that I would appreciate some advice and opinions
Thanks!

 

[PizzaBob]

IMHO looks pretty dang good fir just a 100w led. You may have a bit of nute burn by the looks of the tips and margins. But shouldn’t be a big deal. Something you are throwing on there is too hot. Needs to compost fir a minute first. But to your other point about organic and coco, they work great together. I ran the complete GH organic line in 100% coco with phenomenal results. I also tried my own organic with all the additives and just wasn’t worth the hassle fir me. If I do 100% orgo again I’ll just do the GH line again.

 

[AlphaSnor]

IMHO looks pretty dang good fir just a 100w led. You may have a bit of nute burn by the looks of the tips and margins. But shouldn’t be a big deal. Something you are throwing on there is too hot. Needs to compost fir a minute first. But to your other point about organic and coco, they work great together. I ran the complete GH organic line in 100% coco with phenomenal results. I also tried my own organic with all the additives and just wasn’t worth the hassle fir me. If I do 100% orgo again I’ll just do the GH line again.

Hey appreciate the feedback! And I see what you mean, tbh I think I pampered her a little bit too much haha. I think I will just use plain water for a while and next time I will certainly be more serious with feeding schedules. And thanks for the tip, after this I will most definitely do another grow now that ive learned a thing or two and ill check the GM line out by then. Im excited to see what I will get out of this plant, though im not experienced enough to see that at this time. Im hoping around 30 grams. Maybe thats too optimistic but well see. Thanks again!

 

[PizzaBob]

Hey appreciate the feedback! And I see what you mean, tbh I think I pampered her a little bit too much haha. I think I will just use plain water for a while and next time I will certainly be more serious with feeding schedules. And thanks for the tip, after this I will most definitely do another grow now that ive learned a thing or two and ill check the GM line out by then. Im excited to see what I will get out of this plant, though im not experienced enough to see that at this time. Im hoping around 30 grams. Maybe thats too optimistic but well see. Thanks again!

You should get way more than that. Just don’t chop too soon and I would expect closer to 75 or even 100 depending on strain.