White widow autofem indoor journal

[Retodd]

Do you think it would hurt while it's still in veg?

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Have a look at this thread

 

[Blazed227]

Yes I wouldn't top twice, u gotta remmer u only have so much veg time before she flips .. an if she's stunted from topping she won't get bigger an will flower smaller then she could have been... I wouldn't do anything but let from here in out

 

[Retodd]

Thanks Blazed227 it was worth asking. I did find some reading on it yesterday. You can do it, just nots autos

 

[Retodd]

Forgive the picture quality they're actually super green right now. Did a count on Bessie and she'll have 12 colas and Topsy will have 10. I'll start Topsys LST tomorrow since she lost leaves today. They've only been folier fed with distilled water up to now, but I'm mixing up some fish emulsion for the next ones. Cannabliss how many colas did you have on your 3.9oz one? Also I've seen how everyone uses calmag and I never have. On you good, bad, ugly you said you wished you would have started earlier with it. My soil is really rich and I've just used all natural approach coming to indoor the way we've always done outdoor. Should I pick some up at the store, or say fuck it and just stick with my approach of using fish, my soil, and terpinator? Thx all

 

[Cannabliss]

I believe in the end I had about 16 or17 colas. The reason I stated that I wished I had given my plants some extra Cal-Mag in the beginning is because I was using R.O. water. R.O. water doesn't have anything, so we basically have to add some Cal-Mag before adding nutes, etc. I had simply forgotten to add Cal-Mag to the first 2 feedings or so, which is why I had that slight Mag deficiency. You're growing in soil, however. Your soil should already have all that in it, so you don't need to add it unless you start running into deficiencies that require you to add it later in the growth.

 

[Retodd]

I was gonna say, I could crush and disolve what I have on hand if you thought it would work. 16 or 17? Damn it....I shouldn't have topped them yet then. Guess I won't catch you. At least I'm having fun doing it tho

 

[Cannabliss]

uhh.... hmm.... I have no comments on whether to use those as supplements. I'll leave it to someone else with more knowledge of that to reply lol.

Well, to be honest, I don't think it would've been a fair comparison. My Ww was a feminized photoperiod plant. You're growing an auto. I vegged her for around 4 weeks before I flipped. I could've vegged her longer, but I was on a 4-month schedule. In the end, it wasn't going to be fair to you because you did not have the option of vegging longer to allow the plant to grow more potential bud sites before you decided to flip, which would've resulted in a bigger yield. With the Ww Auto, you don't really have that option. Correct me if I'm wrong, you are growing an Auto, right? I don't want to feel too silly here haha.

 

[Retodd]

Yeah man they're autos. It's funny cuz I thought you did too...lmao. I'm a result of over reading about indoor growing. I googled 'high yeild high thc indoor grow' and WW autofem was #1 on a bunch of sites, so that's why I bought it. It said I could expect 190-240 grams per. That's when I started reading about yours when I studied it on here. I'm hoping I end up w a SOG still. I'll be happy with whatever I get on totals. This is a stress reliever for me to go in and hang out with them daily and see the progress. Should I try the photos next? My plan was to grow the blue cheese after these. Don't know if you remember but I have 5 WW, 5 BC, and 5 jock for outdoor next year. All are autofems. As a thought I should prolly get the autos down pat before moving on to a different type...lol

 

[Cannabliss]

A SOG would make better sense than to try to SCROG an auto. As far as topping goes, most auto growers rarely top their autos. If they do, they usually recommend just once, and that's if the plant is super healthy. That's why when you mention multiple toppings, both my eyebrows were raised lol. Don't get me wrong, autos are great, but I prefer photos simply because I can make sure she's healthy before she flips. With an auto, she'll flip whether she's sick or not. And as we all know, you never want to flip a sick plant. The good thing is that you have plenty of autos to practice on. If I were you, I'd just continue to grow the remaining autos, but do a bit more research on them to make sure you grow them as an auto and not a photo. Then you'll be nice and ready to grow a photo and SCROG the hell out of her lol.

 

[Retodd]

Will do. I am looking forward to doing the cheese too. I thought of trying that spiral type of LST I've read about. I'd only do it on one of them though. It looks hard tho. You had me lol a bit too when I read the 'raised eyebrow'. I topped the one time to stunt it. Limited grow space n all. I've just been doing my best to get a giant yeild, more for testing myself than anything

 

[Retodd]

Yeah, so it's the outsiders I'm uploading atm....I went out to see some nice buds starting. All of them are covered. They were started indoors May 21st and was in the tent for a month. I have to address the fungi today. I did the LST on Topsy early this am, so I'll upload their pix later today around 4 or so. I'm not complaining on the outdoor ones since they were just random seeds. 4 out of 23 were female. Good news too...I ordered a new iPad on rush delivery, so pix will improve. See you all in 4-5 hrs✌🏼️

 

[Retodd]

Officially 3 weeks old! They're looking really good. Both have recovered really well on the LST. I guess I'm at that point of just watering and talking to them a couple times daily. They do love getting a small shower 3-4 times a day. I'm in the dark, but guessing they'll start coming out of veg in another week or sooner if I'm lucky. I guess you guys would know more.

 

[Retodd]

So, looks like I got rust or blight in the area of my outdoor girls. You can see the smoke brush and how many leaves I had to take off. All I can do is pray. If it's one of them I'm fucked! I don't know of any other yellow powder on leaves. I know this is my indoor journal, but needed to vent and share. All this friggin rain this year has nailed a bunch of us.
Blazed227 dhahaha....I forgot to tag you earlier

 

[Blazed227]

That sucks.. hopefully all turns out ok.. hoping I got all my mold issues taken care of... dry for the for coming future so will see.. tons of freakin dew I'm the mornings tho so prolly screwed either way

 

[Retodd]

So today marks week 4. I was really hoping to see some preflower going on, but nothing yet. Still keeping the same regimen of watering 8oz each a day of water with terpinator and spraying with distilled water anywhere from 1-4 times a day. My tent has been warming up for some reason and I keep trying to correct it by adjusting vents. I think I'll crack the door into the room. It's been averaging 84 degrees and they're still on the 20-4 light schedule. I need to find a way to raise the light too. It hangs from really long wires that connect to my hanger ropes and they're zeroed out right now. My 9" fan is above the light, so going to move it too. Btw, my new iPad was delivered while writing this up. Once I figure it out I'll take pix w it and put them on here. Looks like I have work to do on my tent and I've procrastinated to long already. Anyway...✌🏼️ all and wish me luck.

 

[Cannabliss]

I didn't want to feel like we were hijacking the other posters thread, so I'm going to reply to you here concerning the trouble you were having with your lights. If you're having trouble raising the lights due to those long ass wires that come with them, you can try using just one wire per hanger, instead of 2 wires. This shortens the length and allows more room between your plants. Then you just clip it onto the hangers. I took a pic to show you what I mean.

 

[Retodd]

Thanks bud. I had thought of that before, but I figured it would rock back n forth.. I’m just glad I found the other hangers. I hate asking my mom to help reach the higher stuff for me. Wish I had a friend I could trust to get the blower and filter put up.

 

[Cannabliss]

Yea, the light looks much better at that height. I usually listen more to what my plants are telling me, rather than what the manufacturer tells me concerning what height the lights should be. They have NO idea how my plants are reacting. They can only suggest certain heights, but it's up to us to watch the leaves carefully and adjust the height according to how they react.

I was looking at one of the pics and noticed all the wiring close to the lights that could end up being a fire hazard. Any way you can buy yourself a good extension cord and move all those connections out of the way? Better safe than sorry lol.

 

[Retodd]

CannablissBlazed227D.A.A.S.69 So, as a early update thanks to you guys. We’re back on track. I did however take a bunch of fan leaves off yesterday. I only took the ones where the new growth was 3+”. They were struggling for light anyway. In two weeks or so I’ll be able to do more. I also switched positions of the girls because of the 9” fan. Later today I’m going to put the fan in a more perminant position. I need help with that since I can’t reach the top of my tent to tie the hangers. I was accidentally posting on someone else’s thread. Duh. The light has been raised to 18-3/4” above the highest growth. There hasn’t been any bleaching, but the guys had me do it preemptively. I love this forum and all the help I’ve had from all the growers here. I’m learning so much about indoor growing. This give me peace of mind every day when I’m able to come in and nurture my girls and talk to them and see how well they’ve been doing. Well, until I post on Wednesday. I may have the exhaust put in by then. They’re starting to smell a little skunky....lol. Also, I’ve been cracking the door into the room to let the cool air in. It’s staying around 75.