New Grower My first auto growing is coming to an end!! RECAP!!

[vv15629]

ok so I have a 2 plants going an easy ryder at about 5 weeks and purple ryder at abouut 8 weeks and will be chopped sometime in the next week. So I have a 34"x34" area and heres a run down of my setup and grow

-(1)250w CFL 2700k, (4)85w CFL 3200k
-6 PC fans for ventilation
-3 gallon pots
-OF soil
-Sea Grow 4-26-26 nutes
-cal/mag and blackstrap molasses sups

I started seedlings in solo cups filled w/ 50/50 OF/LW and tiered to 3 gal pots of OF at about 2-3 weeks. Began feeding water mixed with cal/mag and molasses at about 2 weeks and began feeding nutes at about 3-3 1/2 weeks, then I alternated back and fourth between the 2 premixed gallons every feeding. I dont have much to compare too but plants seem to be turning out nicely, the easy ryder def appears like its going to yield more than the purp ryder.

Sine the PR will be ready to chop very very soon and I dont have a microscope to check trichs, whats the best way to determine when ready? Amber hairs? Yellowing leaves? what ya think?

ANyway any recommendation for future grows? Also, i had a link to a thread on hear that was great for drying and curing, anyone have it?

 

[Hugo]

I can totally see why that simple combination works. What's your N type in cal/mag? Fully nitrate? Ammonia?

Muddy has a good thread on Auto-flowering life cycles in reference links or new growers forum, can't remember exactly where.

I would say there's only 3 things to add: mycorrhizae, fulvic and humic acids and micro-nutrients solution. That's by order of importance IMO.

 

[bgrt]

if you have a decent camera they can be as good for checking trics just get a good clear picture as close as your focus will allow and then zoom in on your comp and see the colours(take pic in natural light). only if thats an option.
look for macro mode flower symbol or a manual zoom if you have one.

https://www.autoflower.org/f23/time-we-all-work-so-hard-achieving-perfect-cure-204.html
id say this is the thread about harvesting/curing you want.

 

[Muddy]

At 8 weeks I doubt your Purple Ryder is ready to be chopped. In my experience most auto strains go at least 10 weeks, if not 11 or 12 to maximize their yields. But it does depend somewhat on when you started feeding bloom nutes. If you started at week 3 or 4 when you first saw pistols, then they might finish earlier. If you waited till vertical growth stopped before switching nutes, then they will go longer. Check this thread for more info: https://www.autoflower.org/f44/when-harvest-autos-your-leaves-will-tell-you-4889.html

Also, deleted your other post by the same name. No need to double post.