New Grower First Grow, Short Rider, 400W

[Slow2Gro]

Well they are looking pretty good after transplant.
The 3rd one seemed to have stalled, so not sure if anything else is going to happen with that one.
Here are the two 5 days after sprouting and right after transplant.


Here are the two 7 days after sprouting and 2 days after transplant.


They seem to like the OF alot better than the jiffy pellets, lol.

 

[agito]

they look fine to me

 

[Slow2Gro]

Well Thank you for the reassurance agito.
In the 5 pages of my thread you are the only one to really reply past page one, lol.
So I appreciated that.

 

[agito]

No issues bud
once the bud porn comes in they will be flocking :thumbs:

 

[Slow2Gro]

Watered yesterday with 1/4 strength lucas formula that was in bubbling for 24 hours; Waters pH was 6.5 and temp is pretty steady at 72°. I also have a oscillating fan blowing on them.
They seemed to take it well and I've seen a nice improvement in growth.

Day 9, Before Watering/Feeding


Day 10, 24 hours after Watering/Feeding

 

[vinsin]

good luck on your project

 

[Slow2Gro]

Only Day 12

Well they are only 12 days old and look good to me.
I've looked at a few other Short Rider threads and mine seem to be doing great.
They are nice and short and bushy. Doesn't seem like there's any stretching in them.
They are getting a bit stinky though. As soon as I go into my room I can smell them.
I'm not sure how long I should wait, or how tall they should be, before I start to LST them. I bought some big paper clips to help LST them since they are in bags and wasn't sure how I'd tie them down.

Here's how Plant 1 is looking/doing


And how Plant 2 is looking/doing


What's the average time SR start to go into flowering? I plan on putting them under my 400W HPS on the 20th (3 week mark), when I do that should I keep light at 20/4 or go to 12/12 to induce flowering? I would like to have some smoke by New Years, but I also don't want to hurt my yield either.

I plan on giving them just water next time, then a 1/4 strength feeding again, then I was going to alternate Water/Molasses and Water/Nutrients from there on out. Not sure when I was doing to up their Nutes either.

Need to get my jewelers loupe from my coin collection and keep it in with my plants.

 

[realcarlos]

Hey Slow if it's a true auto I don't think 12/12 will induce flowering faster. So it may be best to keep it at 20/4.
This is just info i've gathered so I may be wrong

 

[agito]

go easy on the molasses as it can cause issues if over used
there autoflowering which mean you would keep them on 18/6 or 20/4 until harvest
sthey will be done 8-10 weeks from seed

 

[Slow2Gro]

Cool thanks for info guys. I'll keep them 20/4 the whole way through then.
As for molasses I was going to only do 1 tbsp per 2 gallons of water every other watering. Is that still too much?
From all the other posts I've looked at mine seem to have more going on and are shorter and bushier than others I've seen. So I'm taking that as a good thing.