Autoflower first grow day 43, any tips?

[eugeeen123]

i'll try not to overthink then! i just read ingredients for the liquid fertilizer part of my nutes kit from biotabs (Orgatrex) and contains mixed molasses.

90Gizmo soil was light mix from the beginning as per biotabs instructions. Potassium is provided by Orgatrex liquid fertilized (NPK 5-1-5) i gave at week 5 so not long ago..... and 3 Biotabs tablets slow releasing fertilizer (NPK 15-7-8) added from weeks 1 to week 3. Also added at the beginning some Startrex Organic soil improver at week 1 (NPK 3-1-2). I'm following nutes vendor instructions and at week 5 is the last time you should add their products. After then only water, they say that if you see the plant not doing so well you can add out of schedule 1 gram of bacteria powder to the water.

 

[eugeeen123]

Day 47, after other few leaves removed from the plant i gave yesterday a good watering. Today plant looks fine overall, another lower fan leave is showing first sign of yellowing (became from dark green to light green).

In the mean time i ended up having multiple exchanges with nutes vendor which suggested me to introduce flowering boosters which i already ordered:

PK Booster Compost Tea
contains a mixture of extremely concentrated organic compost, Bat Guano, Kelp, P releasing bacteria, K mobilising bacteria and Selected special ingredients

Bio PK 5-8 (NPK 2-5-8)
flower boosting formula combined with trace elements, phosphorus, potassium, calcium (2,5%), molasses, humic acid and vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B12 to ensure your plants flower to their maximum potential.​

​With the following plan:
Week 1 flowering Compost ​Tea
Week 2 Bio PK
Week 3 Tea
Week 4 Bio PK
Week 5 Compost Tee
Week 6 Bio PK
Week 7 Compost Tee.
​
​Also never hear before but to make the compost tea i had to buy separately also a water oxygen pump (the one used for acquarium). I just have to stop weeks before harvesting.
Let's hope this will improve the plant health and give max yield...and didn't waste a lot of money!

 

[SoOrbudgal]

What's a good watering the amount you gave? My plants are at the same age as yours and autos. I give mine 1/2 gal of water every other day now as they are thirsty, i feed Dyna Grow Bloom 3-12-6 currently. I also begin to give unsulferated molasses 1tbls per gallon of water. I am not a fan of complication. You will learn this if you find yourself getting frustraited with all the different tabs or booster mixes, you may want to rethink those products as you buy more of it. Nothing is cheap as it was 2yrs ago i get it. Are you in the USA eugeeen123? It's normal to see yellowing beginning on the lower leaf when they get to be at least 14days into blooming, it's the mid an upper that would be a concern.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Yes i remove larger fans and again those are 3gal fabric and filled to the top when planted. If your using 5gal pots fill them up as the soil settles which is why we like to add additionl perilite. I'm just suggesting things that have worked for me while learning still.

 

[eugeeen123]

i'm from EU, i never understood well how often to water. I tent to underwater and give 1/1,5 gallon each 3 days. I basically weight the pot once watered and water again once the pot is lighter. Right now i wait 3-4 days before watering again. At the beginning the soil could stay wet even for 5-6 days at times! I saw your booster nutes is rich in potassium, hopefully the additional boosters i bought will do the trick. I also don't like overcomplication, i just want to reach a basic level where i'm confident i can manage a plant start to finish....then optimize from there.

 

[eugeeen123]

beautiful plants congrats, i also love the setup with pots lifted up. Regading the soil right now i have non left i added all my biobizz light mix 20L package. Even if i added all the soil from the package i couldn't fill completely the 5gallon pot whis is equal to 19L. Next time i will for sure buy more soil so i can fill completely the pot. I think real content of the package was more 18L and not 20L. Remember i felt like i was scammed!

 

[eugeeen123]

Day 55 (vendor forecast is 20 days left but i know probably will be more) - plant still looking good and buds started forming. Lost a few leaves that became yellow ? brownish and just fell. Also removed a few leaves from lower part of the canopy but just a few and gradually. Is already the second time i'm adding the bloom nutes suggested by biotabs vendor. Hopefully the plant will do just fine. Struggling to keep temp down, i have an average of 27Celsius with 29C peak on morning even with intake fan at 3/4 power. Also average humidity is always between 55-60% even with dehumidifier always on inside the tent....just bought another one hopefully i can manage the humidity better. Switched to water schedule every 2-3 days from 3-5, plant is drinking a lot more.

 

[eugeeen123]

Day 68, at this point plant lost lot of leaves that went yellow/brown and fell off. Followed all nuted vendor instructions so at this point i don't know what else to do to slow down foliage loss. Struggling very hard with temperature with full air exchange and fan always on, i'm on a 20/4 cycle and can't do much else. I have AC but it is on the opposite side of my apartment. Average VPD is 1.7 which is pretty bad (high temp AVG 26.6C, low RH AVG 49%).

I'm getting ready for harvest, bought a little microscope to check trichomes evolution and also a little secondary tent for dry only (with carbon filter and air extractor too for odor control) . I placed the tent just below AC unit so I'm pretty confident i can get to 21C and then just mind the RH. This is getting fairly expensive but hopefully I'll get rewarded.

 

[Bluey]

Your grow is looking great.

Climate control is not cheap hey but neither is top shelf bud...not around here anyway.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Do not worry yourself with the loss of leaf at this point forward you've done a beautiful job. I'm sad for the folks that need to use all the smell diffusers or run air conditioning so frequently. Hey your nearly finished maybe 3wks by the looks of the plant. I like my last couple weeks because they know the time is nearing to just quit they know they are'nt gonna produce seed so they just start to change from filling up from plumping to just aging the oils in the trichs. I just give them water and let them suck the energy from itself get all yellowish they've got lots of vitamins in they leaf left. Be proud of her and yourself

 

[Going2fast]

Looks like a healthy auto to me. She's a beauty. Right where she should be for 68 days. Another 10 I would say. What strain is it again?

 

[eugeeen123]

Thank you all for the positive feedback, it is crazy to think already 70 days have passed and i had no idea how to grow before! Strain is auto bruce lemon diesel by super sativa seeds club. They say 75 days is the expected harvest day. But i really don't know when i will harvest, if i understood correctly i have to wait until 70% pistils have turned red. Then time to look at trichomes and check for a little bit of ambers but not too much compared to the cloudy one. I'm still messing with the digital microscope having an hard time distinguish between cloudy and amber trichomes. Looks all the same to me!

 

[Bluey]

For a 1st grow and growing an auto you have really excelled eugeeen123 Expert training, gorgeous full healthy buds
Soon you'll be drying and curing which will determine the final quality.
Well done.

 

[eugeeen123]

let's hope for the best! drying and curing first time gonna be quite hard as well, i want to avoid mould at all cost of course!

 

[Bluey]

I used the grow room for my dry of the main colas. I made the mistake of having too much air movement and they dried a fraction too fast. I was hoping to over dry them and I did, simply because I couldn't open the storage jars every day. I was limited to once a week. I then brought up the moisture content of the buds over the next 3 weeks and now just open them once a week at the 7/8 week mark.

They are curing well. We've only been using the lower buds and popcorn to date and this past week the potency/effects have picked up quite a bit. I rated the bud as pretty shit/extremely average weed but now I'd say it's good. It's still a bit rough but it's slowly getting smoother and coughing has reduced to almost none. Can't wait to try the main buds that I let grow for another week or two...

 

[eugeeen123]

Day83, i setup my new little dry tent just under my AC unit in my apartment. Temp stable on 22-21C based on my tests so i should be good. I mounted also an extractor and a little box fan inside so i have constant airflow. On the other side though RH is just stellar high...around 70%. I will for sure put a dehumidifier near the tent (not inside i heard it could be detrimental to drying buds) and hopefully i can put RH under control.

Back to my main grow tent..... i Played a little bit with the portable microscope but it is very hard to get a clear picture. Starting from this week i decided to cut with the bloom nutes and will give to the plant just water until chop. Based on the pictures is it correct to suppose that I'll be harvesting in around 14 days?

Thanks all for the support!

 

[Bluey]

Very healthy looking plant you have there.
I think you'd be fine to harvest in 2 weeks.
Do you have to harvest all at once or can you space it out over time and let some of your lower buds go linger if needed?

 

[eugeeen123]

i thought my best option was to harvest all at once, and transfer everything to my dry tent. In the meantime the plan was to start another seed in my main tent.
I've read that you can harvest over time but then the lower buds moisture could mix to the "higher" buds already in the drying process which could cause issues. So i discarded the option to do it over time. Does it makes any sense?

 

[No3odiesShad0w]

Everything's looking great! I wish I had that much success on my first grow! Keep up the great work and you'll be well rewarded. 👍

 

[Bluey]

Yes. Perfect sense