1st auto flower

[SoOrbudgal]

Now this is what i did this a.m. to my small cont. auto grow. I just removed lower tiny bud sites an took leaf from centers.

 

[Cheeba]

I’ll check out those videos SoOrbudgal and “lightly” lollipop.

 

[Xena]

Cheeba after you dry when you’re cleaning stuff up to jar harvest all those hairy nuts and 💨 smoke a bowl full of em.

Bill Ward is a good watch, I found him searching for NLxBB autos grows and he has a few and does a great job.

 

[FurnaceBoi]

Ya autos are a trip. I'm gonna do my predictable photos indoors. Gonna try for 3 outdoor auto crops this summer

 

[Cheeba]

Day 46. Plants are 24” (fimmed) and 14” (topped). Cleaned up lower area. Is it okay to super crop main cola of an auto?

 

[Xena]

Helluva difference. Unless your topper ends up with massive buds compared to the other it looks like I’ll be fimming next time.

 

[Cheeba]

Yeah the fim didn’t slow her down, looks like no training at all. Maybe I missed lol

 

[Cheeba]

Super crop complete!

 

[Cheeba]

Day 58 side by side comparison. Fimmed gal on left, need those buds to start fattening up. Topped gal on right, fewer but thicker colas, about one week behind. Light at 17”.

 

[ZigZag]

Those are pretty "crinkled"....Looks like a combo of nutrient burn, maybe not enough water near the surface, and probably some genetic issues as well. I've had auto fems that expressed genetic issues like twisted leaves particularly, which they grew out of after the first three weeks, or once they got their fourth/fifth set of real leaves. Try flushing your soil with plain PH'ed water (not too much directly around the stems), raise the lights, see how they look in a few days.
Hope they "get growing" well for you!

 

[RetiredGuy]

Looking good, cool how that super cropping worked out.

 

[ZigZag]

Good to see that super crop worked out. It's always a bit stressful to do that to your best colas but its always gone well for me. It amazing how resilient these plants can be!

 

[FurnaceBoi]

Nice Cheeba . I have been enjoying, not growing lol. Looking great! Another month to go. Woohoo

btw I'm becoming unimpressed with fimming. I find it too unpredictable. I'm no pro so topping and cropping work for me.
Yes JohnEmad , I've learned so many techniques here. Playing with them has me with a working system quickly.

 

[JohnEmad]

I like your experiment. Comparisons speed up the learning curve in at least a couple ways. Nice growing.

 

[JohnEmad]

Same with me. I fimmed twice and found it didn't change the apical dominance much either time. Topping makes sure it does. I probably don't know how to fim properly but no matter.

 

[FurnaceBoi]

JohnEmad ya the films produced tops yes. But I found them hard to predict and control. My topping works fine.

 

[FurnaceBoi]

JohnEmad ya. It just seemed to clog up my plant. Probably f...I...m... the FIM lol

Is that a F..FIM?

 

[Cheeba]

JohnEmad and FurnaceBoi thanks for the comments, def learning with each grow. I’ll let you know what each plant yields, it looks like topping is gonna come out ahead.

 

[Cheeba]

Day 65 and trichomes are clear as a window. One cola pic from topped gal, chonkier with lots of leaves. Two pics of fimmed gal with super crop, her buds are slowly putting on weight but only one finger wide. Several weeks to go...more sativa than indica.

 

[CaptainWiese91]

not bad ! pretty autoflowers