I made an attempt at growing a plant for the first time ever and I got a rediculously low yeild and I'm trying to figure out what went wrong. I'm a total newbie so please forgive my ignorance. Here's what I did and some pics to go along, any help would be appreciated for my next try:
I used an existing greenhouse hydroponic setup that grows vegetables (I'm no hydro expert though). I ordered 'Blue Mystic' feminized, auto-flowering seeds from Nirvana. Nirvana claimed a 5-7 week flowering time (which I assumed is when the buds will be ready for harvest, is this a wrong assumption?). I planted the second week of June and harvested the second week in August (9 weeks after sprouting). I had a little problem on the 5th or 6th week though, the plant got what appeared to be spider mites. I sprayed the plant with an organic pesticide used for vegetables. The day the plant was sprayed must have been the hottest day of the summer and a lot of the hairs on the buds as well as some leaves got burned. I realized afterwards that it should have been sprayed at night rather than in the morning to avoid the burning but it was too late. The spider mites went away. With in a week or so the hairs grew back and started turning from white to red again (as I hoped they would). By the 9th week, the buds looked small but good and the plant smelled great. I decided to pick it considering it was the 9th week. I hung it to dry for over a week and the overall results were a dissappointment. The plant shrunk significantly and once cleaned yeilded only 4 grams of bud (as opposed to 200-300 grams that Nirvana estimates). What did I do wrong? Was it harvested too early? I have two more plants that are just getting started and I would like better results this time. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Take a look at the pics below, the first two are of the plant the day I harvested. The third pic is of the plant completely dry. Thanks!
I used an existing greenhouse hydroponic setup that grows vegetables (I'm no hydro expert though). I ordered 'Blue Mystic' feminized, auto-flowering seeds from Nirvana. Nirvana claimed a 5-7 week flowering time (which I assumed is when the buds will be ready for harvest, is this a wrong assumption?). I planted the second week of June and harvested the second week in August (9 weeks after sprouting). I had a little problem on the 5th or 6th week though, the plant got what appeared to be spider mites. I sprayed the plant with an organic pesticide used for vegetables. The day the plant was sprayed must have been the hottest day of the summer and a lot of the hairs on the buds as well as some leaves got burned. I realized afterwards that it should have been sprayed at night rather than in the morning to avoid the burning but it was too late. The spider mites went away. With in a week or so the hairs grew back and started turning from white to red again (as I hoped they would). By the 9th week, the buds looked small but good and the plant smelled great. I decided to pick it considering it was the 9th week. I hung it to dry for over a week and the overall results were a dissappointment. The plant shrunk significantly and once cleaned yeilded only 4 grams of bud (as opposed to 200-300 grams that Nirvana estimates). What did I do wrong? Was it harvested too early? I have two more plants that are just getting started and I would like better results this time. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Take a look at the pics below, the first two are of the plant the day I harvested. The third pic is of the plant completely dry. Thanks!
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