Indoor "Critical+ Autoflowering CBD" - Kush's Newest Ghetto Grow

[Mañ'O'Green]

@Kush growing in a small container is difficult to begin with so from that standpoint you are doing very well. It looks like you are starting to get too much N but that may be more a function of the amount of water the plant is respiring. When a plant is growing rapidly and taking in a lot of water drop the EC by 25%. when the plant slows down you can move the EC back to normal.

Carry on!

 

[Kush]

@Kush growing in a small container is difficult to begin with so from that standpoint you are doing very well. It looks like you are starting to get too much N but that may be more a function of the amount of water the plant is respiring. When a plant is growing rapidly and taking in a lot of water drop the EC by 25%. when the plant slows down you can move the EC back to normal.

Carry on!

Thank you so much for your help, Mañ'O'Green.
I didn't know that my container was considered to be small. Its volume is 3 gallons, which I thought was an average size for growing an autoflower plant. With that being said, I do feel sorry for not using a larger fabric pot.
Controlling the EC sounds like a cool way to fix things, however I have no experience with that. I do have a pH meter, but don't own an EC meter. Will have to go by feel, I guess...

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Thank you so much for your help, Mañ'O'Green.
I didn't know that my container was considered to be small. Its volume is 3 gallons, which I thought was an average size for growing an autoflower plant. With that being said, I do feel sorry for not using a larger fabric pot.
Controlling the EC sounds like a cool way to fix things, however I have no experience with that. I do have a pH meter, but don't own an EC meter. Will have to go by feel, I guess...

Well your container looked much smaller to me in the picture.

Growing indoors without an EC meter is like playing Russian Roulette soon er or later a plant will suffer.

 

[Kush]

Growing indoors without an EC meter is like playing Russian Roulette soon er or later a plant will suffer.

I hear you. I will try to get an EC meter and learn how to use it.

And here is the plant at 24 days old. It is now 36 centimeters tall.
It grew 6 centimeters (that's almost 2.5 inches) taller in just 24 hours.
I am starting to worry that it may end up being too tall for my grow box.

 

[Kush]

25 days old.
She has grown only one inch in the last 24 hours, which tells me that she is probably slowing down her vegetative growth and is moving to the flowering stage. I could be wrong, though.
Still no real flowers visible, only preflowers.

Today I watered the plant with 1,5 liters of pure water. I will continue to give her 1,5 liters every single day, as opposed to 4,5 liters every 4 days.
I don't know if this will change or affect anything...
Which one of the two watering schedules do you guys think will be better for her?

 

[Kush]

26 days old. The plant is now exactly 40 centimeters tall.
Unfortunately, it is now showing some problems. Yellowing clawed leaves with brown spots on them.
Will ask what this is caused by in the infirmary.

 

[Kush]

Today is day 27.
Since it turned out that my soil is just amended coco coir, I started feeding the plant like in a coco grow.
I bought a fertilizer that has a little bit of Cal-Mag in it and then fed the plant some of it. I also fed her 1/4 strength worm castings tea.
Will continue to monitor how she reacts to these feedings and will continue to feed her like in a coco project.

 

[Kush]

27 days old and 47.5 centimeters tall.
She grew 7.5 centimeters (3 inches) in 24 hours.

 

[Filthy_Casual]

27 days old and 47.5 centimeters tall.
She grew 7.5 centimeters (3 inches) in 24 hours.

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Starting to stretch! Timing seems about right. If I’m not mistaken it’s going to be a hungry time to watch for it drying out!

 

[Kush]

28 days old and 51 centimeters tall.
She's grown 3.5 centimeters taller for the last 24 hours. My measuring stick will be too short to measure her height by tomorrow. Gotta find out something else to use as a height gauge.

I know that defoliating an autoflower is a big no-no, but I went ahead and removed 6 leaves that were on the very bottom of the plant and that were not getting any light whatsoever. Some of these leaves were healthy, and others were deformed and sick. I don't think that this bush of a plant will even feel their absence, so I am not worrying about stunting the growth of the plant or anything. Hope I am right about this.

She is entering the true flowering stage, I believe.
The top of the plant is starting to form a nice Cola. I predict that it will be of the donkey dick type.

I think I will switch to flowering lights (2700 Kelvin) and flowering nutes when the plant reaches 30 days of age.