Ganjamann2020
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Autoflower Stardawg started flowering at the beginning of week4, it is now 30 days old and I haven't seen any new growth, is this normal and should it start to grow faster in the next 2 or 3 weeks?
My plant hasn't grown in a week
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Partyslayer1
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Light? How much/how long?
Ganjamann2020
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light was horrible in the beginning, autoflower in a small pot, it is flowering at the moment but the buds are very small. I haven't seen any significant growth this week and it is a 30 day old autoflower, I thought it should be growing right now it's in a 4ft high 5 ft long 2 ft w tent with one blurple 600w that uses 125 w and one sunlike full spectrum that uses 280 actual watts so around 40 w per sq ft. Temps stay between 72 and 82 and around 30% humidity. It has only been in this environment for 2 weeks it the first two it was grown in a homemade cardboard grow box with only that 125 actual watt light.
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Partyslayer1
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Um. Yeah. Not sure what to say. Lots of possibilities. Light leak, nute-lock, root issues. Pictures?
Partyslayer1
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Pic is super blurry. You on a Nokia 5160?
Ganjamann2020
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autoflower so no light issues other than lack of, I posted some pics.
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Killaki
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They won't be stretching now at this point. Lots of autos basically have no stretch during flower anyway but all plants reach a point where they no longer grow bigger but focus only on flowering. This post I've quoted is the reason why it started flowering so early, it was stressed, it's in a small pot which means it's root bound if that pot isn't one of the bag or airpot variety. When autos get stressed it can cause them to flower and that's what they do, flower.
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Killaki
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Ah yep plastic but looks bigger than I expected. Probably the other difficulties you had that stressed it.
Ganjamann2020
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I think I over did the trimming a bit, and an overwatering issue, the pot is finally drying out. This was a test grow for a new area and I failed, trying again wish me luck!
Killaki
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Ah yeah if you cut it a bunch that will stress it out as well. Yep angsty autos, hate they're dad.
Doug Dawson
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It's ok to fail. That poor thing is really a lost cause at this point as it won't produce anything. Start again, ask lots of questions, plenty of knowledge around here to get you through. Biggest thing is not to be discouraged, it happens, just learn from it and move on.
Ganjamann2020
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I have 3 gallon fabric pots now, actual 405 watts of full spectrum (one blurple 125w and one sunlike 280w) LED for a 10 sq ft area with reflective mylar, Fox Farm Trio nutes, epsom salt, and a humidifier, a 195 CFM inline fan with 4 inch carbon filter, 2 passive intakes. I think I am setup ok for another go at it!
Doug Dawson
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Cool, good luck. It will go better for you this time, just ask whatever you need to know as you go.
Ganjamann2020
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Exactly why I had 5 seeds and only planted one, learning by trial and error, so far mostly error.
xtsho
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Unfortunately that plant isn't going to grow much more. If you were to grow photoperiod plants you'd have time to correct issues and flower decent sized plants. With auto's you don't have any control over when they flower so if you have a stunted plant that starts to flower your SOL.
Auto does not mean easier and I don't think they are the best type of plants for beginners to start out with. But for some reason many new growers start off with them. There's usually one or two threads a week of six inch flowering auto's that might yield a gram or two.
Good luck next time.
Auto does not mean easier and I don't think they are the best type of plants for beginners to start out with. But for some reason many new growers start off with them. There's usually one or two threads a week of six inch flowering auto's that might yield a gram or two.
Good luck next time.