Day 21... starting to flower black jack auto.

Hey got these free seeds as a prize. I got 2 outdoor and 1 indoor. Haven't seen the 2 in about a week there up north at cottage. But the 1 indoor has started flowering yesterday @day 21. Probably gonna start nutes in a day or 2. Want to upgrade to a bigger pot but heard it not good for autos..any suggestions or comments? this is the pot I want to transfer it into before I start nutes. It's in just a basic triple mix now but going to go get some pro mix tomorrow. Also have a bag of pro mix up north for next weekend when I put the other 2 in the ground...

What size pot is it in now?

Majorduke said:

What size pot is it in now?

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Like a 1 gallon..had to go small for my stealth grow but gonna be putting it outside in the pot so need a bigger one

Well your better to take your chances in transplanting rather than leaving it in that size of a bot. I've transplanted some autos with no issues and some have really had pretty bad stunts in growth and one dwarfed on me. Thats why always final pot for me now. My only advice in transplanting an auto would be to be very gentle and once you get it into its final resting place water the new soil towards the outside of the pot to help draw the roots into the new soil

Majorduke said:

Well your better to take your chances in transplanting rather than leaving it in that size of a bot. I've transplanted some autos with no issues and some have really had pretty bad stunts in growth and one dwarfed on me. Thats why always final pot for me now. My only advice in transplanting an auto would be to be very gentle and once you get it into its final resting place water the new soil towards the outside of the pot to help draw the roots into the new soil

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Awesome thanks very much going to do that asap..

Should I wait till there dried out or do it well there wet

I do it kinda in between. To dry and a bunch of the soil can fall off the roots and too wet the weight of the soil can kinda do the same. If your root ball is fairly tight you probably won't have much issues. I used to transplant flowers ect. For a home center back in the day for a job and how I did it then and now is I squeeze the sites of the pot a little to free it up from the sides then place my hand on top of the soil with the stalk in between my figers, I then gently flip the plant upside down gently supporting the root ball and soil with my hand. While balancing the plant upside down I give it a tap or two on the bottom of the pot and pull the pot up off the root ball. I then put my free hand on the bottom of the root ball and flip it over gently and place it into my prepared 5 gallon pot with enough soil at the bottom to bring the plant up to within an inch or so to the top of the pot then fill in around the root ball to the same level. Hope this help you out bro. Happy growing, I'm sure she'll be fine

Ive always done mine the same way but never really worried about to wet/dry but it's a first for autos so don't wanna f@#$ it up lol.i still have 2 blackberry Kush autos I'm gonna be sprouting as soon as these ladies all go out.need my lights for this girl so when she goes i start my blackberry Kush autos

Did the repot hope it went well and there's no shock.heres pics of the new pot and setup..

Lookin Good bro, glad no probs

She's going outside tomorrow morning and I'll pot pics tomorrow. And Thursday going up to see the other 2 hopefully in flower also....

Whell seen the other two ladies and there in flower the only thing is that they seem to be stretching big time. I have pics on my camera I'll have them on ASAP. There like a foot and a half tall with like 4 nodes and no side branches. Should I bring it inside and put light on the sides to encourage growth on the sides? Or just let them go??

I'd like to see the pics but if they we're mine I'd leave them out. Wouldn't really worry about stretch outside unless your worried about them being seen.

Day 30 and31. 2nd pic is one of the 2that are stretching big time only 6nodes budding and too tall. You see what I mean majorduke.

Yeah man I see that. First one looks great, I'd leave it right where it is and let her keep doing what she's doing. The second one looks like it probably got stressed a bit. She's not gonna give ya much but still worth keep in I'd say. I'd leave her out there too. Oh and ya might want to do some weeding, their invading the girls.

Majorduke said:

Yeah man I see that. First one looks great, I'd leave it right where it is and let her keep doing what she's doing. The second one looks like it probably got stressed a bit. She's not gonna give ya much but still worth keep in I'd say. I'd leave her out there too. Oh and ya might want to do some weeding, their invading the girls.

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That is kinda my camo lol i move the around every day. That big one tripled in size in 8 days but it looks like the flowering has seemed to have stopped I'll take pics of bud areas tomorrow for ya to see. But ya man the one is looking great. Can't believe how fast it's growing. They say outside u can get from 600 to 800 G's.

There at my shop so got them hidden and cameras on them. Lol

Yeah the seed people say a lot of things and most of it is bs to get ya to buy. I've grown some really large autos and seen some really big ones but 1.5 to 2lbs is reaching. I would plan on 2-6 oz

I actually got 20 of them for free from the contest about 2 mths ago from George seeds at the vault si that was pretty sweet

I guess I'll just wait till it starts budding. I'm not gonna bring them in to try to flip them cause I want to keep them outdoors. If I start flowering nutes will that increase the process?