Ongoing First Time Auto Flower Grow In Soil...everyone Chime In!

whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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macsnax said:
I'm assuming that's is a 3 gallon grow bag by the looks. You might want to water in a larger volume, like 1/2 gallon or so until you get run off out the sides and bottom. Watering 16oz a day and no run off might lead to problems later. Especially when adding nutes. Good luck keep 'er growin'
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It will cause problems when running salt based nutes. Without watering until run off there will be salt build up and eventual lock out.
Civicsi06 said:
It makes me nervous to do what that one person has shown. Is this a must do thing? Also what is the point of doing that?
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It will increase yield.

Cannabis is an apical plant. Christmas tree shape. It developes one main cola. That is apical dominance.

When you bend the plant over it breaks that dominance and redistibutes audits to the other limbs and makes them into main colas.

Don't worry. Put a hole in the pot and tie a string to the top. Pull it down a few inches a day until you get it where you want it.

If it breaks just tape it up and it will be fine. I break mine intentionally sometimes. Look up super cropping.

Plant looks good. I grew a blue amnesia and amnesia haze xxl autos from dinafem that got 3 foot in 5 gallon.
View attachment 3943255 the one in the middle. Those pots are 15 inch wide.

This is what it will look like with a single cola. I grew those that way for a project and needed pics.

Bending will yield more.
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whitebb2727

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Jellypowered said:
Cal Mag first, stir, then nutes. Don't want to create lockout.
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That won't cause a lock out. You are thinking of precipitation. That's where the particular nutrient falls out of the suspension. It clumps up.

The brand I use doesn't say to mix the cal/mag first. It does with silica though.
 
whitebb2727

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Civicsi06 said:
Quick update....took some more pics. I have not yet seen any amber colors but then again I am legally blind lol. What do you guys think? Another week maybe?

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No where near done. Don't rely on just trics. Wait for the whole plant to be done.

You know that's not done.
Jellypowered said:
Here's what I think, I believe they are starting to be mostly cloudy.

What i'd do, is depending on what kind of high you want, take one of the small lower buds and test it, see if you like the effect. If it's too heady and energetic, wait another week.

But it looks pretty damn close to my untrained eye.
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No it doesn't.

Come on. Its full of white pistils.

macsnax said:
Go by the trichs on the buds. And he's^ right, you have a lot of white hairs still.
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Yes. The trics on the bud.

And not just them. Some plants have early amber as a genetic trait.

Wait for the pistils to turn color then curl and lay flat on the bud. The pistils will start to recced into he calyx and then the calyx will swell.




I would wait until it looks like the one in my pic.
 
Civicsi06

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thanks again so much for the info...I will keep posting pics and hoping you guys will reply...I do apologize if I sound like such a noob but it is my first time grow so all this info is much appreciated.
 
whitebb2727

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Civicsi06 said:
thanks again so much for the info...I will keep posting pics and hoping you guys will reply...I do apologize if I sound like such a noob but it is my first time grow so all this info is much appreciated.
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You are doing fine.

Plant looks decent.

Let her finish proper and then its all in the dry and cure.

It will be good smoke.
 
Civicsi06

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my question at this point is how quick would the harvest take? Should I keep feeding nutrients to the plant or start the flushing with just water?
 
macsnax

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Yep, don't worry about flushing. At the most, decrease nute ratio in the last week. The last two weeks are very important for weight and potency.
Civicsi06 said:
ok thanks so much for the info....should I keep giving nutrients at this point?
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A proper cure will leave you with smooth smoke, even with nutes up to harvest.
 
macsnax

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Civicsi06 said:
Ok so another quick update...I figured out how to take pics a little closer so I figured I would take some and share. In one of the pics I see I believe some amber trichomes.

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Getting close, you still have a bit of clear too. That cloudy look you see, will get "cloudier"

If you've been looking at them daily, you will notice the change when they hit peak thc. It's coming.
 
Civicsi06

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macsnax said:
Getting close, you still have a bit of clear too. That cloudy look you see, will get "cloudier"

If you've been looking at them daily, you will notice the change when they hit peak thc. It's coming.
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Thanks....I am getting anxious lol.
 
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