Photoperiod Mistake or blessing

[virginia gent]

I got this seed free and it was not in breeders packaging and was marked auto haze (Female Seeds, I think) and it has been treated like a auto until last night. The plant is 37 days from seed, 14in tall, in a 3.5'X3.5'X6' mars tent with a mars reflector 96 (at 18in), veg and bloom on, and four 4' T5 with 10,000k bulbs all on 18/6 and will be reduced to 12/12 by this time next week. Plant is in 3 gallon airpot with Pro-mix bx with 1/3 by volume of black gold potting soil, a cup of perlite and lime. Filtered and air enhanced tap water with Fox Farm nutes, Sensi cal/mag extra and superthrive for feed. Six inch clip-on fan for circulation and a 6 inch duct booster with carbon filter for exhaust. Just cleaned plant with a gallon of sledgehammer and followed with a gallon of cal/mag and superthrive both at 6.8ph (soil 6.2ph). First bloom feeding is in another day or so. This is my first attempt to grow a photo and since I didn't start the plant right I don't expect much accept to learn from this. I think this is a female plant which is why I am going on with this grow, "horns" at the nodes. Please feel free to let me know if I am screwing up.

 

[Arthur]

Beautiful plant, fingers crossed it's a girl! Keep your eyes on the internodes, look for these

Little white hairs. May be a bit after you make the light switch.

 

[pop22]

Autos, being all cross breeds, will pop up a photo period on occassion, no matter how good the genetics, its just the genetic odds playing out. And your plant looks pretty good. Expect it to stretch when she flowers!

 

[virginia gent]

Day 45 from seed and about 10 days on a reduced light schedule, 12/12 since last Thursday. I have started to feed at a rate closer to what a photo should get and see no sign of nute burn. I still think this is a female and so I have begun to remove some leaves and lower buds/branches. Growth seems to be picking up a bit, almost a 1/2 inch per day, plant about 18 inches, led at 20 inches and T5's off to keep temps right. Right now I am feeding 1 gallon of 30ml big bloom, 5ml each grow big, tiger bloom, microbrew, kangaroots, kelp-me and 1/8tsp beastie bloom every 2/3 days and a gallon of 10ml cal/mag with several drops of superthrive once per week. I will replace kangaroots with bembe next feeding. I will use some sledgehammer before I switch to cha-ching from beastie bloomz and once more a week or two before harvest to fight salt build-up. I have tried a two week cleaning, a one week cleaning and no cleaning before harvest and I can't see a difference except less yield with cleaning, taste and effect are the same, for me.

 

[virginia gent]

Day 50 from seed about two weeks into flowering and the Gods of Pot have smiled upon me, it's a female. I can see now why I should have trimmed the plant more and I guess feeding at the auto flower rate didn't help. I take no credit for the form, nice even canopy, it just happened. Still no sign of any problems but my "soil" keeps dropping in ph so am feeding at about 6.8 for a time or two. Growth rate is increasing, almost an inch per day. Now I wish I knew for sure what this plant is, I have three more seeds if this plant turns out OK so maybe someone can tell.

 

[virginia gent]

At almost 4 weeks of bloom schedule, day 58 from seed, the buds are filling slowly. The plant still looks healthy and I am feeding every other day with a gallon of twice and than a gallon of cal/mag with superthrive. Next week I will clean with sledgehammer and change from beastie bloomz to cha-ching. Still no sign of nute burn or spots so I guess amounts are OK and ph is still good. Resin is not visible yet, the growth rate is steady at about 1/2 inch per day, plant about 25 inches tall. LED at 18 inches.

 

[virginia gent]

Day 66 from seed, about 5 weeks of bloom, and vertical growth has stopped at about 27 inches. I am seeing some tip browning, nute burn I guess. From now on I will just give Big bloom, tiger bloom, cha-ching and bembe until harvest with a shot of cal/mag and superthrive each week. I am not sure if removing leaves is a good idea now, may need them if this is more than nute burn. The T5's have been changed to agromax pure bloom bulbs. Led is at 17 inches. I have to go to the beach in the middle of September so ready or not I will harvest by day 100. Next time I try this seed, I have three left, I will treat it like a photo from the start.

 

[Chester]

Nice work ...

 

[virginia gent]

Now I know this was a mistake, not a blessing. I have lied to myself long enough, every bud has seeds. I never saw any sign this was a hermi, I guess I didn't look hard enough. Hermi is the only reason for all these seeds, I have never grown a male so I know the tent was clean. I don't think I will be using SeedSupreme again. The plant will get water until the leaves start to turn, what a waste of tent time. I go to the beach in September so no planting till I get back, that means no harvest till Thanksgiving.

 

[Chester]

I've often wondered where seeds come from ... seeded buds still smoke ... if you have enough pass it out at your the local VFW after you cure it ...