Are they on track?

Jlynn83

Jlynn83

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Axle4worc said:
I just finished my first grow. Very similar conditions to yours except I didn't do any training at all until I put them into 12/ 12 at week 7.

At that time, I tied them down since they were going to be too tall. I also starved them of nitrogen from week 4 to week 7. It shed a lot of leaves so I ended up putting it into a 10 gallon pot before learning how to give it nutrients. The nutrients in the 10 gallon pot ran out 4 Weeks Later but by then I learned how to feed her.

After flowering for 10 weeks, drying and partial cure, I have six ounces. My other five autoflowers from the same batch flowered at 12/12 in 5 gal of soil gave me a pound.
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Thanks for the reply! So you didn't top them at all? Definitely sounds similar!

I made the mistake when first planting these girls (Planted 11 at the same time) I put them in plain potting soil I got from the nursery. I put in a little bit of nutrients (dry nutrients in a bag, can't even remember what it was called) but not even what was recommended, I put in about half the recommended feeding. I didn't want to over fertilize...LOL then I watered with plain water that's it. I did that for the first 5 weeks.. Well my tap water runs at about 7.8 PH so that was already an issue that I didn't even know about...plus not feeding them became a big issue. They were looking sooooo sad! You can look at my journal if you want... I have some pictures of them before I put them into flower. They don't look as bad as they were because I was plucking off most of the bad leaves. Luckily I went to a good grow shop here in town and the guy gave me some good advice. I did a foliar spray and started feeding them a heavy dose of dyna-Foliage Pro for, I think it was 3 waterings...they kind of got back on track, but honestly I don't think they ever fully recovered. As you can see I'm having nitrogen issues now it looks like. The other girls that I didn't put into flower are now HUGE So instead of letting them keep vegging I had to flip the switch on them too or they were going to outgrow the tent, then I'd really be in trouble!! So now I have two flowering tents! LOL Oh the mistakes I've made so far! I should be happy I'm going to harvest anything at all! haha!
 
Jlynn83

Jlynn83

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KRSTEK said:
Good - my dehumidifier only takes me down to 35% but 30 would probably be better, if you have an air extractor with carbon filter that also help prevent molds :) Keep us Updated.

Timer , maybe a digital programmable one, i saw this on amazon it seems to have decent reviews not very expensive Up to 10 different ON/OFF programs in a 7-day period; every program you set repeats once each week.
https://www.amazon.com/Enover-TS18-Programmable-Digital-3-Prong/dp/B0191ZGELS/ref=zg_bs_495340_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=F5KGDCJ263DXHXFS66S8

I think I also saw one with a digital temp and humidity meter incorporated but you already have these readers so kinda pointless and probably costs alot more.

If flowers over slept try gradually get them back on your routine.
EG they are on 12/12 but you made them sleep 14/10 tonight you make them sleep 13/11, next day 12/12 so you gradually build up whatever time you lost, it seems to cause less stress but look it up just in case.

Hope they get back on track ASAP :weed:
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Yeah, they probably slept for 20 hours, now the light will be on for 4 hours then off for 12. Oh boy...Well it's done this before and it didn't seem to effect them much...This is the third time like I said..After doing a bit of reading in the forums, I think maybe the timer has too much stuff plugged into it. I have both fans plugged into it as well. So I think I'm just going to order one of the old school timers for the light that you manually set..and then keep the fans on the digital timer. I'm kinda confused though, So would I let them sleep longer than 12 hours tonight? Where would I go from 20/4? LOL That would take forever getting them back on track! hehe
 
Axle4worc

Axle4worc

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Jlynn83 said:
So you didn't top them at all?
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I thought that they were all Autoflowers until she had not flowered after 7 weeks. You don't top autoflowers. I had piles and piles of Dead Leaves after the first 4 weeks. I gave them nutrient teas but not nearly enough.
Jlynn83 said:
Those are a little different then what I've seen! Definitely cost effective though! Thanks for the link!
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I am only planting three plants at a time now. My first six plants i used cloth pots.

I also use them for my second batch of three plants. My new plants I've already topped once as well as started their low-stress training.

For my most recent batch I am trying air pots with Coco. I will be doing a lot of high stress training including mainlining. That should slow them down enough to let my other plants finish flowering as well as continuing my education.
 
KRSTEK

KRSTEK

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Jlynn83 said:
Yeah, they probably slept for 20 hours, now the light will be on for 4 hours then off for 12. Oh boy...Well it's done this before and it didn't seem to effect them much...This is the third time like I said..After doing a bit of reading in the forums, I think maybe the timer has too much stuff plugged into it. I have both fans plugged into it as well. So I think I'm just going to order one of the old school timers for the light that you manually set..and then keep the fans on the digital timer. I'm kinda confused though, So would I let them sleep longer than 12 hours tonight? Where would I go from 20/4? LOL That would take forever getting them back on track! hehe
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Too much plugged in? I donno let me see I have 4 things on my old school timer, a fan, light, humidifier and airfilter, so ye maybe the one you have can only handle few items, logical to divide tension.

20/4 I guess I would try 18/6 build by 2hrs a day 16/8 14/10 12/12 so in 4 days they are back to what they were gradually or wait double time 8days so they get 1hr back a day but i have a feeling 2hrs might be ok, like i said try find more info about it :blsmoke:.
 
KRSTEK

KRSTEK

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Axle4worc said:
I thought that they were all Autoflowers until she had not flowered after 7 weeks. You don't top autoflowers. I had piles and piles of Dead Leaves after the first 4 weeks. I gave them nutrient teas but not nearly enough.


I am only planting three plants at a time now. My first six plants i used cloth pots.

I also use them for my second batch of three plants. My new plants I've already topped once as well as started their low-stress training.

For my most recent batch I am trying air pots with Coco. I will be doing a lot of high stress training including mainlining. That should slow them down enough to let my other plants finish flowering as well as continuing my education.
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I top my Autos a couple of times and have had good results, i would never try top them as much as a normal stain :)
 
Jlynn83

Jlynn83

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Axle4worc said:
I thought that they were all Autoflowers until she had not flowered after 7 weeks. You don't top autoflowers. I had piles and piles of Dead Leaves after the first 4 weeks. I gave them nutrient teas but not nearly enough.


I am only planting three plants at a time now. My first six plants i used cloth pots.

I also use them for my second batch of three plants. My new plants I've already topped once as well as started their low-stress training.

For my most recent batch I am trying air pots with Coco. I will be doing a lot of high stress training including mainlining. That should slow them down enough to let my other plants finish flowering as well as continuing my education.
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I just looked up that mainlining..that's pretty cool! That was what we were going for with the topping, but they don't look like that..kinda similar though, cuz each plant has like 6 or more tops! After these two batches are done, I think I'm going to go down to 4 plants vegging and 4 flowering..I'm just going to let them veg for 2 months and start using bigger pots to try and make up for having 2 less plants.
 
Jlynn83

Jlynn83

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KRSTEK said:
Too much plugged in? I donno let me see I have 4 things on my old school timer, a fan, light, humidifier and airfilter, so ye maybe the one you have can only handle few items, logical to divide tension.

20/4 I guess I would try 18/6 build by 2hrs a day 16/8 14/10 12/12 so in 4 days they are back to what they were gradually or wait double time 8days so they get 1hr back a day but i have a feeling 2hrs might be ok, like i said try find more info about it :blsmoke:.
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I'll try and do a bit more research on that today and see what I can find! Thanks! :)

Yeah, I dunno, that's just something that I read. I mean, I have a 1000w HPS plugged into it as well as an inline fan, and another fan..Maybe it's just a POS timer...LOL
 
KRSTEK

KRSTEK

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Jlynn83 said:
I'll try and do a bit more research on that today and see what I can find! Thanks! :)

Yeah, I dunno, that's just something that I read. I mean, I have a 1000w HPS plugged into it as well as an inline fan, and another fan..Maybe it's just a POS timer...LOL
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Or more realistically it can only absorb a level of W or Volts, some timers can hold stronger stuff like your 1Kw HPS :P that is already 2x I consume :mrgreen: almost or maybe not :eyesmoke:
 
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