Indoor Northern Lights Auto

[Rbailey]

Hey, dudes!
Started my second grow 3 weeks ago, and would like to share my progress. My last grow finished very well after a series of issues, so this time around it's looking even more promising!

Medium: biobizz lite w/25% perlite
Lighting: 2x 240w qb
Strain: seedsman NL auto
Humidity 45-55%
Temp 72-75
Fan: AC Cloudline with intake fan and circulating desk fan
Day 21 from breaching soil

I fed them a bit too early once they hit 18 days old, and they were kinda pissed for two days or so, but appears to have no lasting damage. Slight clawing that reversed, and planning to only water them with clean ph'd water for the next week. The top right gal was a late bloomer and a bit slow growing. I fed it calmag in addition to a light grow big feed, and it's starting to catch up with the other three. Thanks for viewing and any critiques, and I'll keep the updates coming!

EDIT: using filter for better pics, thus the glossy shine

 

[pg2052]

Looking good! I'm growing a NL auto myself -- I'm like 27 days or so. I've done a fair amount of defoliation and leaf tucking over the last week or so, and it seems like it's really help to bring those budsites into the light. How are you looking since your first post?

 

[Rbailey]

Fell off the face of the earth, I did lol! Started these guys second week of November, and my oh my has this been interesting. Did plenty of research on this problem, but love this community and want some good advice :smoking:

Hope everyone is well

My 4 seedsman NL autos are well and truly oddballs, now. I finished my last grow with great results in about 90 days, but these NL are a true slog. I've read they go up to 150 days, but two will be done around 180 days at this rate. Three of them are behemoths, a 4.5' tall, a 5.5', and a 6.25' tall. The last is only 3.5'. No lst because I have humidity problems and didn't think they'd get so tall. The 4.5 and 3.5 footers are well into flowering and only have a few weeks left. The 6.25' has slowly started extending pistils, with the 5.5' close behind. My issue is height. I'm tying down the tallest that just began showing extended pistils, and it's already bent over by about 6 inches to keep it from hitting the roof. The 5.5' is getting dang near close. The buckets themselves don't help, as they are quite tall.

My questions are:

1. Did they send me a mix of autos and photos in one batch, or are they just weird?
2. Do I increase dark period to get them to flower truly or just let them ride on 20/4?
3. If I increase dark period for the two big gals, do I do it same day and just move my timer back?

I really, really, really don't wanna risk my healthy and near done flowering plants because they are really looking great. I don't have pics because I'm not around home for a while, but it's becoming worrying especially as I'm away. I'm giving them 1g of water everytime the pots feel a bit light, about two to three times a week, feeding soul bloom nutes and calmag to all four every third water or so since they showed preflowers. I did this with my last autos and they weren't nearly as tall, but were also great producers.
Confusion! Dismay! A quest for answers!

Thanks, guys, any help is loved and appreciated

 

[Rbailey]

Awesome, thanks for the help.

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

if they are flowering with 20/4 lights on they are not photoperiods.so no need to go 12/12.
NL is sposidly a good beginer growers strain......but with so many 120+ day grows id recomend NL to nobody (never tried it meself)
good luck n keep er lit