Autoflower training

[HobbitGDF]

I have only been giving her small doses of water. She turned lime green and droopy and that's my classic over watering. It's a 2gal pot.
Should I transplant?

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Trying another auto outdoors. GSC day 1

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I had such fun growing these outdoor autos hope you enjoy it as much as i did bboyfromwayback. I'm gonna run a few more this summer in 3gal fabric on the roof till it gets too hot up there. I'm gonna grow what's called Candycane LOL and a few others.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

I have this one in a 3 gallon bag as well. Man I great roof, full sun 12hrs + a day but illegal state so she’ll be underneath our pergola. Still get 12hrs of sun just not as direct.

Only reason I’m growing her is I’m almost out of GSC and full tents indoors. How do you feed your outdoor plants? I’m thinking of putting a pan out to catch rain water and use it so that’s one less thing to ph but not sure if that’s a good idea or not.

 

[Catfish22]

I would still pH that rain water. Remember the acid rain?

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Probably right, shortcuts never workout

 

[HobbitGDF]

Since the pot size is 2gal, she uses it fast also plus humidity is 40-45%.
I feel she would do better in 4gal,

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I feed outdoor as the soil i make gets used of it's goodies i mixed in when i make it. As i see less maybe green in the leaf i'll start giving them top dressings of worm casings an poo/fish tea onces a week. I make a 5gal bucket once a weeks of it use it up within that week. But not real heavy feedings mostly the sun an well water do there thing. Working with clones not seeds gotta shape them up more as they get big. I do have 2 plants from seed also going outdoors. I only place the autos up there on the roof, not even sure about that today if i will i'm rather burn-out temporarely need a vacation without thinking. I got 6 photo containers in my garden cart 10gal. waiting for planting. I'm just holding out till after June 5th to condition them an transplant.

 

[Catfish22]

A little update on the three amigos.

The 00 Kush that did not auto will finally be going in the new tent 12/12 so it will flower. I'm real worried it will get root bound in that 3.5 gallon (13 L) pail.

NL1 the bendy, curvy chick is throwing some branches with budlets up. We'll see if they fill in and rate the cola label or not.

NL2 The Runt. Packing on some flower weight and maintaining stealth cover as a bonsai.

 

[Dannyboy58]

I haven't been following closely the last week or so, have you been taking the fan leaves off all along or did you do a big defol when they started to flower? My autos are 5 weeks old now. I did a defol a week or so ago and had to leave town for a few days. My wife sent me some pics and they've gotten super bushy so I'll definitely trim them again when I get home but just wondering how much to take off.

 

[Puglover1]

Yeah that pot is small for a photo, good luck with it. My Cat-trained NL looks better, I think I'm going to have a runt NL also.

 

[Canuck147]

Sorry I haven't posted in a while - life has kept me busy.

Pics are from a couple days ago - Bruce has finally decided to produce buds - that's all Cookies is doing now is packing on the buds. Lucy is a contender.

As for the training part of this exercise - 1 out of 3 is okay. Cookies is the only one that kept the shape I wanted. The other 2 - meh - not so good. They reverted back to growing close together - and we didn't spend much time together to do any re-training.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Looking really good though even if they did'nt stay. I unleashed mine also 84days old still plumping. Turned my lights off now they are baking outdoors 85f.

 

[Puglover1]

It is really helpful watching these gals grow, seeing all of the stem being filled in with buds. I think an auto grow should be the first, for a beginner to learn. Nice 'Christmas tree' picture backdrop Canuck147 "I love Lucy, she don't care ... "

 

[Puglover1]

SoOrbudgal I saw a chyron on the TV today, y'all got a major heat wave ahead it seems. Good luck with that and your girls.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Buds already looking chunky

 

[SoOrbudgal]

My outdoor plants are in the shade most of today upper 90s f real breezy. So because i know grow in smaller 10-15gal i'm more mobile. These are not really good conditions for young plants or older. Really dehydrates leaf. Tis the reason to not neglect outdoor, this will be another challenging summer. Grateful for my indoor supply from winter grows. I'm abit worried about the weather. Oh here's some big news on our road.........right across our road in the ranch they leased land for a " hemp grow" I kept hearing lots of work but could not see what was going on. Now i see the tops of huge greenhouses looks like lite depo 3 100ft houses. All hemp. 500yds up a hill from our place......LOL wish me luck.

 

[Catfish22]

I'm gonna make an obvious observation.

My kush, even though it had to go to 12/12 still kept 4 budsites fairly flat. I'm thinking with autos perhaps the indica dominant strains are best suited for topping,

I'm also thinking that the sativa dominant ones would be a bit more controlled laid down.

I'm going to try again with a lemon, kush and northern lights. I haven't really decided what to do except I'm going to lay that lemon haze down. I think its structure will do well with that. I'm just gonna keep it pinned down for the duration this round.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Yes to pinning down an holding them down till at least last 2wks if that's what you need. After that they don't drink much an don't move much just sit an swell. I released too early an they stretch up while they still got the energy to do so.

 

[Catfish22]

Yes SoOrbudgal , I kinda forgot about the stretch. I'll keep 'em down until that's over this time.