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Nonagronomist

Nonagronomist

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Kannibalistics said:
Looks great! Healthy. Ive never taken a cannabis plant to flower so this is all pretty new to me. How does mine look in comparison to yours around the same time?
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My 23-day above is a good comparison. It seems as if we've got the same number of nodes, but mine had greater growth in the secondary branches.

I'm in Northern California. What region are you in?
 
heliophant

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Not sure if shes completely dead im still trying to keep her with me. Moved her from my place to a buddies. Because of security issues and really wanting to finish them off. Move went well left em in a closet. Well three days later friend tells me theyre wilting that some of the leaves are brown and dead and twisting. Ph was crazy not sucking up nutrients. Ph meter broke and two days later got it and ph was at like 6.3 and man all im doing now is ph water and hoping they live.
 

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Oh and the reason it happened is because of heat stress didnt set up circulation got too hot too close to light and the water got too warm plus the closet had a rug so it spelled all sorts of doom. Now im looking to get led lights instead. Btw found a cooltube 1000watt hps mn light set up should i go for it at 100 bucks?
 
calliandra

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Kannibalistics said:
Alright so this thing it's growing pretty damn slow, and I'm wondering why. It's growing outside with plenty of sun. Some days it's too hot and ill move it to partial shade. Its day 24 i believe. Plant looks healthy, just small. Has stretched out a bit too. Any ideas?
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Hi Kannibalistics,
yeah looks like your plant is doing a bit like mine is - healthy but tiny. :rolleyes:
In quite a different setup however: indoor closet, 28L (~7gal) no-till soil + water only, gas lantern lighting routine, and 150W LED lights of indeterminate quality.

In my case, I think I got the slow growth mainly because my soil life wasn't active enough in the beginning, plus the babies got heat stress and very low humidity in the beginning under HID lights. The LED lighting solved the heat problem but is iffy intensity-wise. Ohyeah. AND I topped her, as I was afraid of the 1,40m they said she could grow up to :shock:

With all these differences, all a comparison can give you is a bit of an idea of how much more growth you can expect.
So this is how mine looked at 30 days:
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That's when she started going into bloom.
And no, she didn't catch up although she doubled in size. this is her today, at 8 full weeks (I've LSTed the branches apart to at least get the light to all budsites) :
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(estimating 5g yield haha!!)
So, I'd say: don't expect a big harvest, she will grow more whilst going into flower but not that much :mrgreen:

In your case, it can't be the light - you have the real thing!
Instead of moving the plant to the shade when it's hot, at this point I would cover the soil with a layer of mulch (grass clippings, chopped up weeds...). That prevents the soil from drying out while your plant can soak up all the sun she can get, yumyum!

Speaking of which, what soil have you got in that pot and did you end up going with -- a 3 gal pot I think you wrote?
it can't be bad though either, seeing your plant has zero signs of lacking anything...

I get the feeling it has to do with autos, which I am finding so much harder to grow than photoperiodic strains!
My impression is they just leave zero leeway for any environmental shock, stress or mistake we may make in tending them.
Just my 2 cents tho! :bigjoint:
 
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Nonagronomist

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calliandra said:
Hi Kannibalistics,
yeah looks like your plant is doing a bit like mine is - healthy but tiny. :rolleyes:
In quite a different setup however: indoor closet, 28L (~7gal) no-till soil + water only, gas lantern lighting routine, and 150W LED lights of indeterminate quality.

In my case, I think I got the slow growth mainly because my soil life wasn't active enough in the beginning, plus the babies got heat stress and very low humidity in the beginning under HID lights. The LED lighting solved the heat problem but is iffy intensity-wise. Ohyeah. AND I topped her, as I was afraid of the 1,40m they said she could grow up to :shock:

With all these differences, all a comparison can give you is a bit of an idea of how much more growth you can expect.
So this is how mine looked at 30 days:
View attachment 3739447
That's when she started going into bloom.
And no, she didn't catch up although she doubled in size. this is her today, at 8 full weeks (I've LSTed the branches apart to at least get the light to all budsites) :
View attachment 3739449
(estimating 5g yield haha!!)
So, I'd say: don't expect a big harvest, she will grow more whilst going into flower but not that much :mrgreen:

In your case, it can't be the light - you have the real thing!
Instead of moving the plant to the shade when it's hot, at this point I would cover the soil with a layer of mulch (grass clippings, chopped up weeds...). That prevents the soil from drying out while your plant can soak up all the sun she can get, yumyum!

Speaking of which, what soil have you got in that pot and did you end up going with -- a 3 gal pot I think you wrote?
it can't be bad though either, seeing your plant has zero signs of lacking anything...

I get the feeling it has to do with autos, which I am finding so much harder to grow than photoperiodic strains!
My impression is they just leave zero leeway for any environmental shock, stress or mistake we may make in tending them.
Just my 2 cents tho! :bigjoint:
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So here's mine at 58 days from germination (about 30 days into flower). Yes a bit small, but with about 30 days to go, I should get reasonable yield.

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Many, many trichomes, anyway — always a good sign.

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Kannibalistics

Kannibalistics

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calliandra said:
Hi Kannibalistics,
yeah looks like your plant is doing a bit like mine is - healthy but tiny. :rolleyes:
In quite a different setup however: indoor closet, 28L (~7gal) no-till soil + water only, gas lantern lighting routine, and 150W LED lights of indeterminate quality.

In my case, I think I got the slow growth mainly because my soil life wasn't active enough in the beginning, plus the babies got heat stress and very low humidity in the beginning under HID lights. The LED lighting solved the heat problem but is iffy intensity-wise. Ohyeah. AND I topped her, as I was afraid of the 1,40m they said she could grow up to :shock:

With all these differences, all a comparison can give you is a bit of an idea of how much more growth you can expect.
So this is how mine looked at 30 days:
View attachment 3739447
That's when she started going into bloom.
And no, she didn't catch up although she doubled in size. this is her today, at 8 full weeks (I've LSTed the branches apart to at least get the light to all budsites) :
View attachment 3739449
(estimating 5g yield haha!!)
So, I'd say: don't expect a big harvest, she will grow more whilst going into flower but not that much :mrgreen:

In your case, it can't be the light - you have the real thing!
Instead of moving the plant to the shade when it's hot, at this point I would cover the soil with a layer of mulch (grass clippings, chopped up weeds...). That prevents the soil from drying out while your plant can soak up all the sun she can get, yumyum!

Speaking of which, what soil have you got in that pot and did you end up going with -- a 3 gal pot I think you wrote?
it can't be bad though either, seeing your plant has zero signs of lacking anything...

I get the feeling it has to do with autos, which I am finding so much harder to grow than photoperiodic strains!
My impression is they just leave zero leeway for any environmental shock, stress or mistake we may make in tending them.
Just my 2 cents tho! :bigjoint:
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I went with half and half ocean forest and happy frog. I added mykos to it and that's it. And Yeah a 3.5 gallon pot, fast buds site said they would do fine in that. The watering isn't the problem with the heat, it's that it's Just so damn hot that it Will literally crisp the leaves. Averaging almost 100 degrees everyday here, of very very dry Heat.
 
Kannibalistics

Kannibalistics

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An update on mine. It has started to go into flower but still isn't growing much. I haven't fed it any nutes at all, just because it didn't start showing signs of a deficiency. Didn't fix what wasn't broken you know? Im thinking of giving a light feed now, i wanted opinions on if i should feed them veg nutes to try to get some growth before flowing goes through. Or should i just start bloom nutes? I have the maxsea line. Why did this thing stay so damn small lol. Its day 35 by the way.

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