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NL Auto - First Grow
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Auto Northern Lights FL
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weeks 5-6
Grow Conditions
Week 7
Flowering
18 hrs
Light Schedule
30
°C
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Day Air Temperature
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Start of week 7. Having some obvious issues. Gave her just plain Ph'd water yesterday to hopefully flush some of the nutes out. Will water her again today maybe. My grow tent arrived so I will have to transplant all the exhausting equiptment currently attached to the bucket and the grow light. From tonight onwards I should be growing inside the tent, fingers crossed.
Just put her into the new tent next to a random bag seed that hasn't really done much from being outside for 2 months. Hoping to get some progress with that but not risking the NL auto so I placed the light more central to her.
Day 44. The signs of nute burn are very obvious still. She isn't dry enough to give water too yet. I will probably feed her tomorrow with a very weak feed.
Day 45. Burned tips are still bad. Not sure how to proceed. Defoliated some very dead leaves too
Day 47. Decided I'd calibrate my pH meter as I'd gotten very complacent and forgotten it needed to be done every so often. To my horror, what I thought was water at 6.5pH turned out to be 8! I am really surprised she hasn't complained much more about this as for sure her last few waterings have been way off the mark for pH! Gave her 1L of properly pH'd water today, hopefully it will make her happier.
Day 48. She seems happy after the flush from yesterday. Hoping to see some improvements as it's getting harder to notice changes daily now. I decided to try a picture with the flash on to see if any trichs are forming and surprisingly got back a sparkly looking flower. Hoping they form into bigger buds haha.
Day 49. Continuing the feeding of just pH'd water. Might give a small feeding next watering.
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Grow Questions
Penguinstarted grow question 5 years ago
Does it look like she is suffering from nute burn in the most recent pictures?
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Plant. Other
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Penguinstarted grow question 5 years ago
Will nute burn have a big affect on my final yield? Are my buds likely to increase much in size? Leaves discolouring normal at this stage? Does she look likely to produce just popcorn bud at this point? Can I do anything about it? Also not many leaves on the plant?
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Buds. Not fattening
Buds. Other
Leaves. Tips - Burnt
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Wicked_Stixanswered grow question 5 years ago
A little nute burn won't affect your yield, but you are starting to lose leaves. Those leaves are what process nutrients to feed your flowers so losing a lot of leaves will lower your yield and quality. Your buds do have the ability to get much larger if the issues you have are corrected. The leaf coloring is not normal at this stage. And yes fortunately you can correct this and get her turned around. I saw that you just gave her a flush. This is definitely what she needed because I think your issues are from excess salts built up in your soil from all of the nutrients. After letting her dry out a lot then you want to feed only every third watering. So feed, water, water, repeat. This will help prevent nutrient and salts from building up around your roots. It also looks like your flowering stretch is about over so you want to back off the nitrogen as much as possible. The plant doesn't have much need for the grow big from here on. I would check out the fox farm feeding schedule and feed half the recommended dose on their chart every third watering. Also make sure you adjust the pH to around 6.5 to avoid other lockout problems. This should clear up your issues. Good luck finishing up your grow!
Penguinstarted grow question 5 years ago
My Blurple apparently uses 230W actual draw but is advertised as 600W. If that 230W value is correct, does that suggest my new, much more expensive QB is not as good? Will it make a difference to the plants health? What are the benefits from the QB? Thanks!
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Buds. Other
Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
Setup. Lighting
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OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
I have a 150w quantum board from a chiness seller , it's a 3500k with UV and IR , it was supposed to replace my 2 50w ufo "burple" light that was just fine for flowering.
But I decided to plug both my quantum and my ufo's and the result is amazing because the "burple" light are bringing more blue to the spectrum that is giving me short internodes (except when I choose a high distance between the lights ans the plants , then it is stretching ) and the plant are shorter but bushier and like I said if you put the light higher then you will work on the height.
Stop talking bout me : What is the nenefits of a QB ? Better spectrum and basiclu the real full spectrum compared to the purple light ( mostly blue and red ) , they are producing less heat than the other light without using fans for heat disssipation which leans they are noiseless and the fact that they are emitting less heat can allow them to be placed lower in height. The QB are made of a lot of little leds that covers a bigger "area" than the others boards and so a better light repartition than a COB or a HPS that are more efficient in the middle than in the corners ( the light will reach the corners of the box easily ).
The QB wattage is also ALWAYS the real draw compared to the purple light so what you ordering is what you get.
It will make a difference to the plants health ( to me ) as the spectrum is a higher quality one with the QB and the light repartition is more efficient
Penguinstarted grow question 5 years ago
Does my girl look like she is suffering from a deficiency or is it a normal fade for day 60 since sprouting? What can I do as she definitely has a while to finish I feel? Any estimates on how much longer she has before getting close to chop? See most recent comment for details.
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Leaves. Dropping off
Leaves. Color - Yellow
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OGgrowsanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi @Penguin it seems to me over-fertilization, phosphorus or potassium. there are certainly 2-3 weeks to go before it is ready, the buds will still get quite fat, wait about 5/6 days to feed it only with water, you can give a fattening booster and after a few days start making flush. good luck mate 👍
Penguinstarted grow question 5 years ago
Runoff was at 2200PPM. I flushed her with 5L of pH 5.8 water. I got the runoff to 1000PPM where I left it. The pH was at 7 though and was higher than before the flush. Why is that? I always pH before watering. Also, is the flush going to cause trouble for her? I kind of panicked.
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Setup. Substrates
Feeding. Chemical composition
Feeding. Other
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Athosanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi there. First of all, according to your posts, you are growing in soil, so the pH should be between 6.0 and 7.0, not 5.8. Secondly, soil will buffer your pH, which is why our run off is higher. Third, soil runoff of 2200 PPM is quite low, rich soil mixes can have a run off as high as 10.000 PPM (I'm talking from experience); as the plant consumes the soil nutrients, the run off will drop weekly. If you flush the soil, you could end up with soil devoid of any nutrient for the plant to take in.
Penguinstarted grow question 5 years ago
Optimal time to harvest? I can see a few amber trichomes but find it hard to tell the clear and cloudy apart in my best effort pictures. I'd love a stronger head high with couchlock being a secondary trait I'm looking for. Can I achieve this by harvesting at a certain time?
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Other. Harvest - Drying
Other. Other
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rhodes68answered grow question 5 years ago
Well you want fewer amber trics at the expense of having some clear still around.
Looks like another week, still more clear than one would like on board.
If you are already in flush you timed it well. If not now would be good
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