Grow Room Northern Lights Auto by Nirvana LST

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She was born in lateJanuary, soil is bat-mix , Alga Bloom flowering nutrients.

Pot size is around 2 gallons, 150w CFL.



I managed to keep her in check with LST, she grows really lanky and very bendable. However, the stem becomes rigid as soon as the first white hairs appear.

 

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After upgrading to a )slightly larger) tent, I decided to stick with the 150w cfl however. She is not so crammed up anymore.

I have no idea of her age, I'd say 45 days old, maybe more.

I have found little info, grow journals, etc about this strain, maybe some of you who have experience with it can give me some tips?

Much appreciated

 

[teaparty]

She has passed day 60 for sure, and trichomes have started to be visible only a week ago. Dunno the exact age.

My PH meter was off, and I recently re calibrated it, I certainly noticed the difference.

Soil is Plagron Bat Mix, rated as rather "strong". I have been using flowering organic ferts "Alga Bloom", up to half strength, with every watering - some rust spots had appeared on the lower fan leaves, so the last watering I used RO water ph'd with vinegar. You can notice some browning on the blade tips as well, but that might just be from heat stress- the average was 84-85 F / 29-30 C.

I have 2 questions :
- What should I do for the next watering? Continue to use pure RO water, or start over with 1/5 strength nutes?
- How long do u think she has left, considering that the trichs have appeared only a week ago?

 

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She has passed day 60 for sure, and trichomes have started to be visible only a week ago. Dunno the exact age.

My PH meter was off, and I recently re calibrated it, I certainly noticed the difference.

Soil is Plagron Bat Mix, rated as rather "strong". I have been using flowering organic ferts "Alga Bloom", up to half strength, with every watering - some rust spots had appeared on the lower fan leaves, so the last watering I used RO water ph'd with vinegar. You can notice some browning on the blade tips as well, but that might just be from heat stress- the average was 84-85 F / 29-30 C.

I have 2 questions :
- What should I do for the next watering? Continue to use pure RO water, or start over with 1/5 strength nutes?
- How long do u think she has left, considering that the trichs have appeared only a week ago?

I would try a light feeding but I do things differently I top dress with organic fertilizer.
The plant seems to be looking good but may need a few more weeks if she is still drinking a lot of water. One way to know is watch the hairs wait for them to turn some strains will put out new hairs till the day they die and others will go all red. And keep track of the smell as well another good indicator. Not all autos will get amber trichs so be mindfull of that as well. Hope I helped a little plant looks good .

 

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Also if you can get those Temps down some it would help as well.

 

[teaparty]

Thanks for your reply. Nothing I can do about temps, the mini tent is inside a cabinet, which doesn't have the back boards, but in no contact with the outside air. Still it never goes higher than 86F.I do have 2 pc fans blowing the air under the bulb, thermo is placed in a corner as you can see in the pic, maybe it is a hot spot there.

The bulb is a 150w CFL, which I can touch with the back of my hand for as long as I want basically.

She still seems to drink a fair share, and the smell is at its strongest the first day after watering, despite my improvised mini carbon filter. Buds are fattening up each day still.

What do you mean by "top dressing with fertilizer"?

 

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Top dressing is a term I use. It's basically putting a thin layer of organic dry fertilizer on top of the soil and it will work it's way down as you water the plants. I use Age Old Organics dry fertilizer line up is have all of them the Website has a lot of really good info on there. The make liquid fertilizer but I only use the Dry line up.

 

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Plucked off a few of the tiniest, lowest popcorn buds today.....they brought a smile to my face, things are looking great

 

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I have wanted to try this one myself but I have a large stock of seeds I need to grow first please let me know how you like this one.

 

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Some close-ups

Sorry I haven't figured out how to rotate pictures after uploading, they appear vertical in my PC picture browser