I am a week from harvesting my first grow. I can't say it was a raving success. I planted 3 Northern Lights Autoflower seeds and two took. The one plant I am ready to harvest because the trichomes are turning amber is more like a bonsai plant than what I've seen here. The buds are small and petite, but it's covered in them and It's all of 10" tall. The sister plant is 15+ inches tall and has yet to begin to bud. It has the tiny while hairs all over it and that's as far as it goes, no budding activity at all. I can't post pics because my camera doesn't focus in good enough without blurring and I don't have a smart phone. But it looks identical to how the flowering plant did before the buds started so I'm 99.99% sure that it's a female.
I'm curious as to why one plant did what it was supposed to do but didn't grow the stated 24-32", and the one that grew tall looks more like sativa than indica, and hasn't produced one bud. I intend to let it keep growing to see what it does.
I took two clones off the taller plant, and one has wilted, the other seems fine for now. I know that Nebula said autoflower clones take longer to root, but the one that bit the dust is not going to make it. My worry now is that since I took the clones off the plant that didn't bud,and it makes it will I have another non-productive plant? I'd just as soon buy more seeds and start from scratch.
The plants have been grown in the exact same environment, soil, temp between 75-80 degrees, humidity is good, led light, not sure the wattage, but on the entire grow for 24/0. I did not add nutrients until the one plant started to flower since the soil was organic with worm casings and mixed with a potting soil with vermiculite. I started using a bloom booster, because I am in a rural area and nobody, except the co-op carries the nutrients, except that I have to buy hundreds of pounds to cover acres instead of just 10 ounces! I found a bloom booster with 15-30-15 but was told to go lower on the nitrogen, so I found one with 2-7-4 and have been using that. I can't say I've noticed any difference. This is a very short shoe-string budget grown because we live on a very limited income and I need the medicine.
In the last week, the taller plant has started to look like it has light burn, probably because I added a 60 watt cfl for the flowering plant, and I can't move the light up anymore because of the height of the other plant and the space constraints, so I moved it just out of the grow area, it can and does still get light, but is not getting burned. I hope the lone clone makes it so I can transplant it and let it turn into a real plant.
I can say I have learned a lot, freaked a lot, learned to let things just slide, because after all they are just weeds and will grow regardless. I just wish I was harvesting two nice big healthy plants instead of a bonsai Northern lights. I can say that I dried a few of the buds that were more done, and they were GREAT! And I guess that's all that matters.
When I start my next grow I'll let you know.
I'm curious as to why one plant did what it was supposed to do but didn't grow the stated 24-32", and the one that grew tall looks more like sativa than indica, and hasn't produced one bud. I intend to let it keep growing to see what it does.
I took two clones off the taller plant, and one has wilted, the other seems fine for now. I know that Nebula said autoflower clones take longer to root, but the one that bit the dust is not going to make it. My worry now is that since I took the clones off the plant that didn't bud,and it makes it will I have another non-productive plant? I'd just as soon buy more seeds and start from scratch.
The plants have been grown in the exact same environment, soil, temp between 75-80 degrees, humidity is good, led light, not sure the wattage, but on the entire grow for 24/0. I did not add nutrients until the one plant started to flower since the soil was organic with worm casings and mixed with a potting soil with vermiculite. I started using a bloom booster, because I am in a rural area and nobody, except the co-op carries the nutrients, except that I have to buy hundreds of pounds to cover acres instead of just 10 ounces! I found a bloom booster with 15-30-15 but was told to go lower on the nitrogen, so I found one with 2-7-4 and have been using that. I can't say I've noticed any difference. This is a very short shoe-string budget grown because we live on a very limited income and I need the medicine.
In the last week, the taller plant has started to look like it has light burn, probably because I added a 60 watt cfl for the flowering plant, and I can't move the light up anymore because of the height of the other plant and the space constraints, so I moved it just out of the grow area, it can and does still get light, but is not getting burned. I hope the lone clone makes it so I can transplant it and let it turn into a real plant.
I can say I have learned a lot, freaked a lot, learned to let things just slide, because after all they are just weeds and will grow regardless. I just wish I was harvesting two nice big healthy plants instead of a bonsai Northern lights. I can say that I dried a few of the buds that were more done, and they were GREAT! And I guess that's all that matters.
When I start my next grow I'll let you know.
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