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Billygreen

Billygreen

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Big smo said:
Chill! Autos are fucking nuts. If they aren't growing fast enough for you walk away for an hour and come back and check. These plants were showing preflowers 2.5 weeks ago and no buds at all. Every time I drop seeds I always think the worst is happening and a week later I'm freaking that things are going to fast and I'm out of space. Like anything there is a learning curve. Growing autos is a lot different than photos so you really should t expect much. But I assure you if you give it a week you'll be amazedView attachment 3713990
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Hey Smo,
It's easy to be positive like you are when you have those monster ass buds lol
I'm at day 51 from seed with mine and this is what they look like as of right now so yeah I'm a little worried bro
I have some clones from last round going and they have some nice buds growing but they are incredibly deformed but still producing a highly aromatic scent
 

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Big smo

Big smo

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Billygreen said:
Hey Smo,
It's easy to be positive like you are when you have those monster ass buds lol
I'm at day 51 from seed with mine and this is what they look like as of right now so yeah I'm a little worried bro
I have some clones from last round going and they have some nice buds growing but they are incredibly deformed but still producing a highly aromatic scent
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The only reason I said what I did was because mine were just started flowering not to long ago. image.jpeg
These were close to day 45 and I thought the same exact thing. no one can speed up the auto process so all you have to do is wait. Your plants look pretty big to me. Hopefully you started the flower nute transition already. I also pushed mine very hard this run and noticed they took everything I threw at them besides my lights with lenses. I'm at 1500 ppm feeding every 36 hours. Just pay attention to deficiencies now since its critical. That's the hard part but they do tend to go haywire if not given proper nutes.
 
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Big smo

Big smo

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StevieBevie said:
This looks amazing!!!, and I want to work with autoflowers. Can you give some advice on the size pots to use and how many in a 4x4 area? I was thinking 3 gallon smart pots using soil...
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I am experimenting with both 5&7 gallon pots. Last run I used 7 gallon and the first part of the grow the watering happened once a week, near the end I watered every 3-4 days. With the 5 gallon I watered every 3-4 days and now I'm watering every day to day and a half at the latest.

People grow monsters even in 3 gallon pots so I don't think the size matters to much but a bigger pot will prolong watering. Which in my eyes is huge. Was just thinking I watered yesterday morning so I'll have to do it again tonight. When I checked a pot it was close to dry so they may need water more often as they get bigger.

For a 4x4 I would start with 4 max and even that's a lot. I have one moby dick that takes up a full 4x4 on its own. While I have others that are much smaller
 
Billygreen

Billygreen

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Big smo said:
I am experimenting with both 5&7 gallon pots. Last run I used 7 gallon and the first part of the grow the watering happened once a week, near the end I watered every 3-4 days. With the 5 gallon I watered every 3-4 days and now I'm watering every day to day and a half at the latest.

People grow monsters even in 3 gallon pots so I don't think the size matters to much but a bigger pot will prolong watering. Which in my eyes is huge. Was just thinking I watered yesterday morning so I'll have to do it again tonight. When I checked a pot it was close to dry so they may need water more often as they get bigger.

For a 4x4 I would start with 4 max and even that's a lot. I have one moby dick that takes up a full 4x4 on its own. While I have others that are much smaller
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On a couple of them I'm seeing some yellowing of whole leaves mostly middle and lower of plants Nitrogen ??
Everyone said go light on nutes with autos so I did but now issues are arising again
 
Big smo

Big smo

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I lose a lot of lower leaves throughout the process. I think nutes get in them with feeding and low light down bottom cause part of this.

Try stepping it up a little at a time. I went from 50% recommended feed every week which was 500 ppm to 1500 ppm every 36 hours. Some can handle more but I think they need to be eased as much as possible. When you switch to flower nutes I believe they have lower nitrogen levels. My biggest thing that's improved growing under led especially is calmag and sugar daddy which is sulfur and magnesium. I also use nectar of the gods as ph up which is mainly calcium. Just keep learning as you go along and eventually things will get better. Try to be patient and don't do anything drastic.
 
Growmau5

Growmau5

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Big smo said:
These pics are day 55 from seed, Dinafem critical, moby dick, white widow, gsc and rhino ryder. 2 weeks after preflowers popped and flower nutes were added. Under 3 Amare se-450's and one Lec. Far right were in my veg room under another Lec but the room was to tight so they are under a shit Mars 600 and 2 t5's
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Amare is so pleasing to the eye. so are your plants. cheers Big smo
 
Growmau5

Growmau5

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Big smo said:
I am more than pleased with the results. It's in a different class than the "Canopy" but still a wonderful setup. Will those ever make production or just a fun project?
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everything i do is just for fun. and amare has always had a huge inspirational role in grow light aesthetics for me. (minus the uv hole like JG said, lolol)
 
Big smo

Big smo

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Growmau5 said:
everything i do is just for fun. and amare has always had a huge inspirational role in grow light aesthetics for me. (minus the uv hole like JG said, lolol)
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Wow that's nice to hear. My cob inspiration came from your YouTube videos and since, I ended with a company that inspires you. Some day I will get into DIY but as for now I'm giving my electric company enough business.
 
HydroNito305

HydroNito305

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Big smo said:
I am experimenting with both 5&7 gallon pots. Last run I used 7 gallon and the first part of the grow the watering happened once a week, near the end I watered every 3-4 days. With the 5 gallon I watered every 3-4 days and now I'm watering every day to day and a half at the latest.

People grow monsters even in 3 gallon pots so I don't think the size matters to much but a bigger pot will prolong watering. Which in my eyes is huge. Was just thinking I watered yesterday morning so I'll have to do it again tonight. When I checked a pot it was close to dry so they may need water more often as they get bigger.

For a 4x4 I would start with 4 max and even that's a lot. I have one moby dick that takes up a full 4x4 on its own. While I have others that are much smaller
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4 plants, 5 gallon smart pots, 1000watt HPS, 30 day veg, 2 lbs possible?
 
StevieBevie

StevieBevie

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Big smo said:
I am experimenting with both 5&7 gallon pots. Last run I used 7 gallon and the first part of the grow the watering happened once a week, near the end I watered every 3-4 days. With the 5 gallon I watered every 3-4 days and now I'm watering every day to day and a half at the latest.

People grow monsters even in 3 gallon pots so I don't think the size matters to much but a bigger pot will prolong watering. Which in my eyes is huge. Was just thinking I watered yesterday morning so I'll have to do it again tonight. When I checked a pot it was close to dry so they may need water more often as they get bigger.

For a 4x4 I would start with 4 max and even that's a lot. I have one moby dick that takes up a full 4x4 on its own. While I have others that are much smaller
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Thanks for the advice, it is much appreciated!!!
 
GreenthumbQC

GreenthumbQC

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Billygreen said:
Hey Smo,
It's easy to be positive like you are when you have those monster ass buds lol
I'm at day 51 from seed with mine and this is what they look like as of right now so yeah I'm a little worried bro
I have some clones from last round going and they have some nice buds growing but they are incredibly deformed but still producing a highly aromatic scent
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Lol.
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