Every mistake imaginable.

So I want to preface this by saying that this was my very first grow, and i'm chocking it up to a bust/learning experience. I have made every mistake imaginable during the past few months, from having to leave them for a week due to an emergency, to overwatering and nute burn. I like to think that i've learned a lot and my next grow will be much smoother - but I imagine that this will all take some time until I get my thumbs finally turning green!

I guess my question is - should I scrap these plants? Will I get any sort of yield? They seem to have started flowering, and I want to complete the process through harvest (even if I only get a few grams at the end of the day), as again, this gives me the opportunity to learn.

I have included some info on my setup below, any comments or suggestions would be awesome! My latest concern is that the plants seem to be shrinking (leaves curling up, generally looking smaller). My water is 6.5, i've been using very light blooming nutes (1/4 of recommended strength), the only thing that I can think of is that my light is too strong or too close. I changed my light from a cheap 90w LED board, to a Mars Hydro TS1000, and that seems to be when the problems started.

Strain - White Widow Auto
Tent - 2x2x4
Light - Mars Hydro TS1000
Water - PH'd at 6.5 up until week 4 when I introduced veg nutes (1/8 strength), switched to blooming nutes (1/4 strength) last week.
Soil - 100% Fox Farm Happy Frog (will add 25% perlite on my next grow)
Nutrients - Fox Farm Trio
Temperature - 70-80 degrees F
Humidity - 70%RH at seedling stage, tapered down to 45% at this point.
Pots - The two small ones are in .85gal pots, the medium sized one is in a 2gal fabric pot, and the large one is in a 3.5gal pot. I'm going to use 3gal fabric pots for all my plants on the next grow.

Thanks again for all the help and support, this community is truly great!

You can scrap them if you want but might as well finish them out but get some others started.

Why are you growing auto's anyway? If you screw up you have no time for the plant to recover. Auto's are no easier to grow and the only thing auto about them is that they'll flower without changing the light hours. It's not hard to change the settings on an inexpensive timer. It allows you to flower the plants when you want. You'll also get better quality and yield from photo's.

There's not much you can do with those plants. They'll produce whatever small amount they produce. But you really should consider ditching the auto's and growing photo's unless you have a reason for growing auto's like finishing early outside before bad weather. You can flower just as fast with photo's. Just veg for 4 - 5 weeks and flip to 12/12. Most auto's take that long to start flowering anyway. You'll get much better genetics with photoperiod plants and if you screw them up you can just veg them longer and get them healthier before flowering.

U don’t need to add more perlite to happy frog that’s what I use and it’s work wonders!!!

Drop your light on them, then you might be close to making every mistake

xtsho said:

You can scrap them if you want but might as well finish them out but get some others started.

Why are you growing auto's anyway? If you screw up you have no time for the plant to recover. Auto's are no easier to grow and the only thing auto about them is that they'll flower without changing the light hours. It's not hard to change the settings on an inexpensive timer. It allows you to flower the plants when you want. You'll also get better quality and yield from photo's.

There's not much you can do with those plants. They'll produce whatever small amount they produce. But you really should consider ditching the auto's and growing photo's unless you have a reason for growing auto's like finishing early outside before bad weather. You can flower just as fast with photo's. Just veg for 4 - 5 weeks and flip to 12/12. Most auto's take that long to start flowering anyway. You'll get much better genetics with photoperiod plants and if you screw them up you can just veg them longer and get them healthier before flowering.

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Thanks! I think i'll take your advice and finish these out, and go for photos on the next run. Flushing them for the first time right now and from the ppm of the runoff, they've been overfed for weeks. Glad I finally got a TDS meter.

spliffendz said:

Drop your light on them, then you might be close to making every mistake

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Done that 1 lol.

Keep trying, researching, reading and asking questions. We all made the same mistakes at one time or another. I highly recommend downloading a feeding schedule from who ever nutrients you are using. They're impossible to screw up if you follow the directions to the letter. here is part of mine

xtsho said:

You can scrap them if you want but might as well finish them out but get some others started.

Why are you growing auto's anyway? If you screw up you have no time for the plant to recover. Auto's are no easier to grow and the only thing auto about them is that they'll flower without changing the light hours. It's not hard to change the settings on an inexpensive timer. It allows you to flower the plants when you want. You'll also get better quality and yield from photo's.

There's not much you can do with those plants. They'll produce whatever small amount they produce. But you really should consider ditching the auto's and growing photo's unless you have a reason for growing auto's like finishing early outside before bad weather. You can flower just as fast with photo's. Just veg for 4 - 5 weeks and flip to 12/12. Most auto's take that long to start flowering anyway. You'll get much better genetics with photoperiod plants and if you screw them up you can just veg them longer and get them healthier before flowering.

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So I flushed one of the plants yesterday (6.5ph water, no nutes), and today it seems to have perked up and looks healthier all around (before and after below). I must have had all the salts and nutrients built up by the roots, I know understand the importance of a good flush! Will be flushing the other 3 today and then leaving them alone until we water next week.

Thanks again for all the pointers!