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Help me dial in my Subsistence Grow!

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So here is the bigger of the two autos that I've been growing outdoors. Holy crap this thing is huge-- So much for ruderalis plants being scrawny. No topping or training of any kind (obviously) and I've just been having it on the same feeding that I've been doing for my indoor plants. It entered flowering maybe 4 days ago. Beauty.
 

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Beach_Town_Brit it's a blueberry from ILGM. I decided to take a risk on them, never got from them before. I was tough on the seeds when I germinated them so I don't think I can definitively say if the other 3 didn't germ because of genetics or because of me. The ones that survived look really healthy though.
 
Ahh! Should have put more time into researching it. I always thought that Autos will stunt their growth if you even look at them wrong. Didn't know they responded to topping. Although I also didn't know the plant would get this big.
 
Check out the #automechanics grow journals on here, and green75 and LuckyAcres YouTube vids. And my little grow journal :)
Lots of hard proof that today's autos respond very well to hard training, topping and heavy defoliation.
 
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Update time. I think we're getting to the point where it's time to install the scrog net. I got one with 4 inch holes - I'm vacillating as to whether or not I should use that or something with smaller holes.

Anyway, some of the leaves have a weird thing happening where it looks like the tip has been snipped off but I can't see any bugs in my small tent that would be able to do that. Does that happen to fan leaves from tops that have been fimmed maybe? I don't know, doesn't seem to be spreading, it seems to be isolated to a couple leaves.

Also looking like we have some orange spots on some of the leaves. Hoping to figure out what's causing it. Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with them, got a few tops and I fimmed almost all of them today.

Damn gnats are still around. this week, I put more neem meal on the mulch and sprayed with a spray of:

Karanja oil
Dr. Bronner's Soap
Agsil powder
5 drops eucalyptus oil
5 drops lavender oil


Also I foliar fed them with a little filtered water mixed with a pinch of aloe powder and a pinch of coconut powder. Maybe the salicylic acid in the aloe will encourage the freshly fimmed tips a little. donno, could be bs.

In other news the outdoor autos are rocking along. That little planter is getting crowded. I'm gonna have to do some serious training of that bagseed photo plant once I harvest these blueberries.
 

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Hmm I'll check them out. One of my main reasons for not going auto was because i thought they were sensitive and small. Looks like I have more to learn about that.
 
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Quick little update. I've been manicuring the last couple days, making sure I have a good amount of colas. I was a little premature on putting the net in but it gave me an excuse to rearrange my fan / ducting so it's all external now. I raised the lights almost to the top of the tent so I can get a little stretch on them and start weaving them through the netting. The holes for sure look too big, probably will use a net with smaller holes next time. Also put a glass of water in between the pots last night and there was an insane amount of gnats floating in the water. Awesome. I also put a couple small glasses of water right on the soil, nestled in the mulch. Hopefully this attracts some more of those bastards.

Soil is drying out a little which is good. I might lay off the top watering this Sunday (my next feeding day) and just foliar feed. The blumats are working great as of now. The blumat maxi with the distribution drippers really did make a difference. I think I stunted the left plant because of how the smaller carrots were trying to keep the huge pots hydrated.

Also lifted the mulch and saw some happy looking worms. Hell yea! I was wondering if they were doing ok since I hadn't seen any since I put them in.
 

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SO my timer for my lights has thrown me for a loop. This whole time I thought it was running 18-6 and last night around 1:45 am I noticed the lights were still on. The light controller is brand new and I've never used it before. What a bummer, kind of throws a monkey wrench in my confidence. I'm definitely going to have to figure out what the deal is before I flip to 12/12.
 
Same thing happened to me with a digital timer. I thought it was on 18/6 and turns out it was 24/0. I swapped them out for mechanical timers.
 
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Ok guys, it looks like I have about 10 weeks left on the property before I have to start moving things. I could probably stretch the grow a little longer but I'd really like to avoid having to come back to the property to maintain the plants while I'm moving. Normally I'd veg them longer but it looks like I might need to flip to flower pretty soon. I really don't want to, I don't think they're big enough yet...

I don't have experience with Afghan or WW as far as stretch during flower. I know for a fact I won't be getting as much of a yield as I possibly could but given the time constraints, does anyone have an opinion on whether or not it would be absolutely worth it to veg for longer before I flip.

I know for sure I'm going to have to double screen them anyway based on how huge the holes are in this net.

What do you think? Should I flip?
 

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Ok well I guess I'll flip today then. I'll be updating throughout the flowering process but probably only occasionally.
 
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