the plant is only annual if you allow it to become annual, i've got 3 'house plants' that grow in my house and due to the lights being on (house hold lights) it keeps them from going into flowering thus are constantly in the veg state (what you want) the only thing about keeping them in the veg...
he's actually right in a sense and so are you, allowing that much standing water onto your leaves (nutes or no nutes) can burn your leaves as it magnifies the light coming from your lights. now if you had nutes in the water you would leave a dirty scum mark (like white mold) on your leaves...
some of the best ways to tell with autos is by the fan leaves and the colour of the pistils.
as some autos can have 100% cloudy trics and stay that way till they die it can cost you a lot to go by the normal way.
fan leaves - all the leaves will wither and die off, they will start to turn...
you've only been at it for a year? thought you were a long term grower man !!
dont blame ya! as for people listening to people to much i think its wise to take everything everyone says with a pinch of salt. i didnt and i took everyones words for the truth....didnt end well.
now i'm not one to troll on the trolls or give out advise seeming ive been in the game not even a year but f**k me! was he just setting himself up for it ?
Ph has been bang on for a while now, yeh thats because i had to go away for the weekend and left a brother in charge of everything, hence why the top half inch is FUCKED! would i be able to use dark treacle instead ?
reckon it could of been me thinking it was part of her life cycle so i cut the nutes ? i would say from what i saw this morning probs 40% pistils have turned now
after having a chat with a couple auto growers i am pondering this, i think im just getting the early harvest jitters or something but i swear nearly all the flowers started to turn or have turned, should i really be aiming for all the leaves to turn yellow?
but one thing i noticed a couple...
from the beautiful smell and the state of these leaves its harvest week !!, theres a lovely lemon smell in the air and can defiantly smell the skunk genetics coming through !
TEK!! noo! there is so much we could of done together lol, when you know where your going drop me a message with ya email man i need the guru with me as i walk through the valley of the shadow of an auto !