Tangerine Dream Auto Day 72 From seed

Purple.hippie.libra said:

I believe our environment affected the grow. The humidity was crazy in the beginning and no matter what we did we could not get it in the perfect range. And then during a res change we gave it an extra gallon of water and they looked like they had been 9ver watered for about 2 weeks. After watching them grow so slowly for several weeks we thought it needed more nutes but the leaves showed signs of burns so we reduced the nutes back down. Fir the past 3 weeks the humidity has stayed between 50 and 60. And temp around 70 to 73. I know during a certain time in flower the humidity should be lower to develop more tricombs but I'm not sure we will achieve it.

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50-60% is totally fine , perfect for flower really , as long as you have the airflow you can be at 75% sometimes and its still fine , just got to have the airflow.

18 inch pyrotechnic fan in my 1.2.x1.2x2m does the job proper , takes up a bit of space but airflow a non issue with it , especially with the window intake and the air cooled hood out take.

Thundercat said:

I totally agree that most flower times are rubbish.

With that said a plant can only flower as fast as its environment will let it .

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Dissapointed with autos but i am slowly changing to them

Kingrow1 said:

Dissapointed with autos but i am slowly changing to them

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I've never really seen the point in autos. Unless maybe you want to set up one room to veg and flower in.

Thundercat said:

I've never really seen the point in autos. Unless maybe you want to set up one room to veg and flower in.

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I am still learning a lot about growing and the different strains and types. Autos seemed like a good idea because they were supposed to finish sooner, but the critical (feminsized photo) I started a month after the two autos is growing faster and better. It is going to take longer for the autos to finish than any photo period seed I have done. I'm still learning though and still may try an auto again in coco instead of dwc.

Purple.hippie.libra said:

I am still learning a lot about growing and the different strains and types. Autos seemed like a good idea because they were supposed to finish sooner, but the critical (feminsized photo) I started a month after the two autos is growing faster and better. It is going to take longer for the autos to finish than any photo period seed I have done. I'm still learning though and still may try an auto again in coco instead of dwc.

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That experience is very common . Frankly I feel safe saying that most breeders are totally full of shit when flowering times are concerned. They are in the business of selling seeds.

With autos you are at the whim of the genetics. At least with photos you have a little control.

Heres my 6 daiquiri limes from DP and the gigabud auto from g13 labs , no fucking idea how those 2 daiquiris at the back got that big lol guess its just their phenotype , super on the sativa sour diesel side , technically day 63 from seed as they were in root riot cubes for about a week in the propigator . Might crop them/tie them over , might just leave em. The gigabud is bottom front right , the droopy one , its just like that , droopy lil lady.

CptBluemax said:

Heres my 6 daiquiri limes from DP and the gigabud auto from g13 labs , no fucking idea how those 2 daiquiris at the back got that big lol , technically day 63 from seed as they were in root riot cubes for about a week in the propigator . Might crop them/tie them over , might just leave em. The gigabud is bottom front right , the droopy one , its just like that , droopy lil lady.

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Whoah! Those 2 in the back are super tall!

Purple.hippie.libra said:

Whoah! Those 2 in the back are super tall!

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I know theyre fucking massive , only 10 litre pots as well , crazy things. Theyre under a 600w HPS+Maxibright goldstar air hood , biobizz all mix soil , their root juice at the start , bio grow and bloom , top max and bio heaven

And as you can see.....day 63 from seed and no where nearrrrrrrrrrrrr fucking ready lol , theyll easily go 105-120 days before ready imo.

10-11 weeks from seed my arrrrrssseeeeee.

CptBluemax said:

And as you can see.....day 63 from seed and no where nearrrrrrrrrrrrr fucking ready lol , theyll easily go 105-120 days before ready imo.

10-11 weeks from seed my arrrrrssseeeeee.

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Right, I think my autos will prolly take 120 to 130 days total.

Hi everyone!
It is now day 101 from seed. The first 2 photos are from one plant and the other 2 photos are from the 2nd plant. The first plant looks close to being finished based on what I have read online. There are mostly cloudy trichomes but a few amber and clear. Almost all the white hairs are curling. The 2nd plant still has a bit of white hairs sticking up and not as many orange hairs as the other, but it has a massive cola budding. I think I saw some light amber trichomes but it's hard to tell with the light. Do you all think either look close or should we wait more time? I'm pushing for them to keep going at least till May 11th, but the stash is getting low. Waiting is hard!

definitely getting close , have you checked them with the light off / out of the main light with at least a 30x loupe? only way you can realllly tell.

CptBluemax said:

definitely getting close , have you checked them with the light off / out of the main light with at least a 30x loupe? only way you can realllly tell.

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I have not tried with the light off. I will do that today. I feel like one is going to be ready way sooner than the other. I have a loupe that is 30x and 60x.

Purple.hippie.libra said:

I have not tried with the light off. I will do that today. I feel like one is going to be ready way sooner than the other. I have a loupe that is 30x and 60x.

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you can kinda tell with the lights on but its reallllly much better when they are off.

Mine are gonna take fucking forever lol , try get some more pics up just on day 79 , long time to go yet.

Purple.hippie.libra said:

Hi everyone!
It is now day 101 from seed. The first 2 photos are from one plant and the other 2 photos are from the 2nd plant. The first plant looks close to being finished based on what I have read online. There are mostly cloudy trichomes but a few amber and clear. Almost all the white hairs are curling. The 2nd plant still has a bit of white hairs sticking up and not as many orange hairs as the other, but it has a massive cola budding. I think I saw some light amber trichomes but it's hard to tell with the light. Do you all think either look close or should we wait more time? I'm pushing for them to keep going at least till May 11th, but the stash is getting low. Waiting is hard!

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So the plant in the first 2 pictures looks pretty good. Seems like the bracts are swelling some. I think you can harvest that one any time in the next week for some great smoke. You can check the trichomes at this stage and decide if you harvest tomorrow or next Friday.

The other one really seems maybe 2 weeks behind. It doesn't look like the swelling has happened yet.

CptBluemax said:

Mine are gonna take fucking forever lol , try get some more pics up just on day 79 , long time to go yet.

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It is fun watching them grow

Thundercat said:

So the plant in the first 2 pictures looks pretty good. Seems like the bracts are swelling some. I think you can harvest that one any time in the next week for some great smoke. You can check the trichomes at this stage and decide if you harvest tomorrow or next Friday.

The other one really seems maybe 2 weeks behind. It doesn't look like the swelling has happened yet.

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After looking at them with the light off I would definitely agree with what you said. The one has quite a bit of amber trichomes and looks ready. The other I think has some time but not too much. We have limited space for drying so my partner wants to take them down at the same time. I'm scared it will mess up the quality of the one not quite ready. I'm hoping by next weekend it will be close enough.

Hi friends! So, we cut down one of the plants two days ago and have it drying. Still have the other going a few more days. I was wondering if you had some advice for the other two plants I am growing. One is a white widow feminized and the other is a critical feminized. They are both in Coco. We were giving water every other day with nutrients every other time. Last week we started doing nutrients with every watering because the leaves seemed light in color. Especially the critical. Today is day 31in flower for both or day 31 from 12/12. In the photos, do you see nutrient burn or a deficiency? We thought when the spots appeared it may be a calcium deficiency. We use RO water that is zero PPM before we add nutrients. We use a schedule we found on growweedeasy.com but today we wondered if we need more nutrients or less or if we just dont know what we are doing. We also were watering as soon as we finished mixing the nutrients but the last two waterings we waited at least an hour after mixing. Not sure if it matters. Our ph is always 5.8. Thanks again!

If you're using the 3-part AN line, you really do need an additional Cal/Mag supplement imo. I'm going to go out on a limb and say your "deficiency" issues are either a result of lack of cal/mag or maybe thrip/mite damage. This issue is likely the leading cause to slow growth.