New Grower I probably should have waited until fall...

[jrok (JaysBuds)]

Hey @pigskin, I just chopped my CP at 15weeks from seed (10wks flowering). She has a really short stretch period (3-4 days) but stacks HUGE across the following 10wks of flowering. I didn't do much training ( ponytail and minor lst to keep the canopy even) but I really wanted to see what she'd do on her own. I ended up with 19 tops each 12-15" long. I'm SO impressed with this strain, no doubt on the next run with more training / scrog she'll be a monster. Good luck finishing her up!!

 

[Iriee Vibez]

Hey @pigskin, I just chopped my CP at 15weeks from seed (10wks flowering). She has a really short stretch period (3-4 days) but stacks HUGE across the following 10wks of flowering. I didn't do much training ( ponytail and minor lst to keep the canopy even) but I really wanted to see what she'd do on her own. I ended up with 19 tops each 12-15" long. I'm SO impressed with this strain, no doubt on the next run with more training / scrog she'll be a monster. Good luck finishing her up!!

Hey Jrok, this is a very timely post! I was wondering if this timeframe was normal, and you confirmed it. Tha plant is amazing, man! Nice job. I can't believe it wasn't trained, and turned out like that. How much did she end up producing? Looks like some high quality smoke, man.

Thanks for sharing, man! Inspirational for sure!

 

[jrok (JaysBuds)]

Thanks for the kind words! This is my first grow after a decade long hiatus, and first auto ever. When I say 'just chopped ' I mean yesterday/today, so best guess is a couple oz's, but no idea yet. Smells like oranges/citrus and rose petals.

 

[Iriee Vibez]

Thanks for the kind words! This is my first grow after a decade long hiatus, and first auto ever. When I say 'just chopped ' I mean yesterday/today, so best guess is a couple oz's, but no idea yet. Smells like oranges/citrus and rose petals.

Got it. Jumped the gun a bit! The smell sounds amazing. Was was your temps humidity like? My plant was rally hit by heat and humidity issues early on, which is why I thought she was so slow to flower.

Your plant has the perfect structure. All buds and short! Nice!

Would be thrilled to get any where near that!

 

[jrok (JaysBuds)]

I managed to maintain a miraculous (to me) 70-80 deg with about 40% Rh throughout. 3.5x3.5x6' tent with a mezeihi 600 (actual 237w). My 4" fan was running @100% the entire time but my cheap filter could barely keep up. The light was maintained at about 20" from the canopy top. I found that any closer and she would start curling / flipping leaves so decided to just keep it at 20 - which gave me really good coverage and penetration. I also used the android app 'Jane' for keeping a log and personal journals - I highly recommend it!

 

[Iriee Vibez]

I managed to maintain a miraculous (to me) 70-80 deg with about 40% Rh throughout. 3.5x3.5x6' tent with a mezeihi 600 (actual 237w). My 4" fan was running @100% the entire time but my cheap filter could barely keep up. The light was maintained at about 20" from the canopy top. I found that any closer and she would start curling / flipping leaves so decided to just keep it at 20 - which gave me really good coverage and penetration. I also used the android app 'Jane' for keeping a log and personal journals - I highly recommend it!

Thanks Jrok. I have seen my CP react the same to the light being so close, but chalked that up to the ambient heat. I think I have a pretty good balance now, as the GG likes the light a lot.

 

[jrok (JaysBuds)]

One thing I ran into at about wk 4 of flower (wk9) was a huge downward ph swing in my soilless mix and then a battle with PK deficiencies. Not knowing soil was a huge challenge (my past grows were all dwc) I thought it was yellow tip /septosis but it didn't get too far - I used Advanced nutes ph perfect Grow/Bloom/Micro at about 75% strength and CalMag at full strength (every 3rd watering). AN Micro and CalMag have a TON of nitrogen, so cut out Grow nutes at week 10, replaced with full strength Overdrive till week 13 then PH'd water till the end.

 

[Iriee Vibez]

One thing I ran into at about wk 4 of flower (wk9) was a huge downward ph swing in my soilless mix and then a battle with PK deficiencies. Not knowing soil was a huge challenge (my past grows were all dwc) I thought it was yellow tip /septosis but it didn't get too far - I used Advanced nutes ph perfect Grow/Bloom/Micro at about 75% strength and CalMag at full strength (every 3rd watering). AN Micro and CalMag have a TON of nitrogen, so cut out Grow nutes at week 10, replaced with full strength Overdrive till week 13 then PH'd water till the end.

I am using the base with big bud now. Wasn’t planning on supplementing with Cal Mag unless I saw a reason to, as recommended by AN. Sounds like you used calmag instead of big bud. Did you use cal mag the whole grow, even veg?

 

[jrok (JaysBuds)]

This was my first forray into LED and everything I read in preparation said blurple LEDs strip magnesium. I stated food in week 4 from seed, and was only doing about 25% strength @ every third watering - but yes, in veg as well. I'm curious what your recipe will be in dwc as I've got 2 more beans of this strain that I'm going to drop in the fall - most likely in dwc /scrogged this time. Based on the structure, this strain really does seem to be intended for a screen, though I may go with a larger light for the 2nd round, to ensure full coverage of the whole footprint.

FYI here's the thread I started when my rust spots first started showing, gives a little more information surrounding timing etc...

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...-or-rust-of-some-sort-moving-into-buds.66178/

 

[Iriee Vibez]

This was my first forray into LED and everything I read in preparation said blurple LEDs strip magnesium. I stated food in week 4 from seed, and was only doing about 25% strength @ every third watering - but yes, in veg as well. I'm curious what your recipe will be in dwc as I've got 2 more beans of this strain that I'm going to drop in the fall - most likely in dwc /scrogged this time. Based on the structure, this strain really does seem to be intended for a screen, though I may go with a larger light for the 2nd round, to ensure full coverage of the whole footprint.

FYI here's the thread I started when my rust spots first started showing, gives a little more information surrounding timing etc...

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...-or-rust-of-some-sort-moving-into-buds.66178/

Thanks JRock. I will read the thread for sure. This is valuable information since you have the same plant and using AN. I have been following the feeding schedule pretty much to a tee, except giving less, ranging from 1/2 to 2/3 strength. Just started big bud three weeks ago.

For your tracking purposes, what did you consider to be the start of flowering. Showing sex, pistils, preflower?