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    Growing Autos at 12/12

    Hey gang. I've been working on a perpetual grow with Autos for 3 months now. Planting 2 pots every 3 weeks or so. I've got 10 plants in the tent right now. I JUST learned from the seedbank that 3 of the plants I have in there right now weren't autos, and were misrepresented on their site as...
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    The Great COVID-19 Grow Room/Tent Cleanup Thread

    Rather than start another post about how bad things are, how about the good stuff we've done to our grows? Since we're all pretty much stuck at home right now, how many people have used this time to clean out their grow room/tents? Upgrades? Reorganization that you've been putting off? Just a...
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    Suggestion for a better "pole mounted" oscillating fan?

    Hey, gang. I bought a pretty big fan for my 4X8, but I'm realizing now that the floor footprint is a little too much to spare. I'm going to have 4-6 plants on the "flower" side of the tent pretty soon, and need the space. Suggestions for something about this size (or appropriately sized) that...
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    Is this a potassium deficiency?

    Trying to do my own sleuthing before I just come here and post pics asking for other people to tell me what this is....but here I am posting a pic and asking to check my findings, so I guess it's all the same anyway. According to the chart, this looks like a potassium issue. Am I right? It...
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    I think I'm ready for my first chop - Can I get a second opinion really quick?

    Hey gang. I THINK I'm there. Ordered a digital microscope the other day, as I thought I was getting close. Looks like I was right. Thinking these Diesel Autos are about ready. Can I get a second opinion? I've got amber tric coverage at about 20-30%. Did I go too far, or am I just right...
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    Blotchy seedling

    Hey gang. I've been looking at pics all morning, and I don't really see much like this. I keep trying to find a leaf chart that I saw a while back and should have saved. Is this a Cal/Mag issue, or PH? (I've been adding a little Cal/Mag and PHing to 6.4 the 2-3 times I've watered this plant.) Or...
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    Autos: Defoliate, or not?

    Tried this thread in the Newbie section, and didn't get a response....so I think it may be better served here... I've read a few times in other threads that I shouldn't be defoliating autos, but I can't find a definitive thread on the subject. I THOUGHT I had pretty good success defoliating...
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    Autos: Defol, or not?

    I've read a few times in other threads today that I shouldn't be defoliating autos, but I can't find a definitive thread on the subject. I THOUGHT I had pretty good success defoliating the autos I've grown, but was I stunting growth? Whenever I've done it in the past, the plant seems to rebound...
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    When to plant in northern hemisphere?

    I'm in the northern hemisphere, and grow only Autos in my basement tent, so I don't have any experience outdoor growing. (Or growing in general, I'm only 3mos into the hobby.) I got some freebie seeds that are just feminized Gelato. The way my tent is set up for only Autos, I can't ever use them...
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    Building my 4X8 Auto-grow tent/room

    Hey, gang. Thought about putting this on my grow journal, but decided a thread here made more sense. I started growing only about 2 months ago, in an attempt to get a constant supply of cheaper medicine for my Fiancé, who suffers from Crohn’s disease. I started out like everyone else these...
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    She won't get out of the dirt.

    I've got a Bruce Banner Auto that sprouted about 10d ago, and she's just lying there playing in the dirt. Should I train her to stand up straight? She started straight up, and now is coming out of the ground sideways. Thoughts? I have another that's just a seedling right now, and I don't want...
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    Nute question: Dr. Jimz "Chicken Soup for the Soil" Opinions?

    Since I'm going to have 10 plants all in different stages, I'm thinking through the nutrient schedules. I've been using the 3-part GH system with good success, but I'd like to try and simplify the process if at all possible. Has anyone ever used this...
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    Check my logic on a 4X8 tent, please...

    Rather than have jars on jars of weed with one big harvest, I've been thinking about getting a 4X8 tent to do a perpetual harvest every month. Since most autos complete in less than 120 days, I'd be able to do 8-10 plants. Is it fair to say that 8 plants would fit in a 4X8 comfortably? Would 10...
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    Can I clone an Auto once it's gone into Flower?

    I may have waited too long to clone. I've been reading the last few hours, and it appears that I should have cloned a few weeks ago when it was still in veg. Am I right? I was going to pull from the plants in the back, and make 3-4 clones in the hopes that 1 would make it.
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    Should I give up on this seed?

    Hey gang. It's been 4 days and this is all the further this seed has sprouted out of the ground. I'm either growing the smallest plant EVER, or I think I've got a dud here. Thoughts? I planted it when I had about .5cm of taproot out of the paper towel.
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    CptTripps' first grow journal.

    Hey gang. I've been lurking in the Newbie forum for a month or two, and posting there for the last month as I started my grow. Figured this would be a better place to document my trials/tribulations, so here goes. (I'm dumping a month worth of progress in this first post, and then I'll do...
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    I've got to laugh at myself...

    Newbie mistakes 101: I didn't realize there was a switch on the side of the timer that actually activated the timer function. So I've been thinking I've been running 18/6 and it's been 24/0. Good thing it's the first 4 weeks, and they're autos. (I guess that's one of the reasons I was told to...
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    Can you plant/clone off of topping?

    I topped a plant yesterday morning, and for the hell of it, stuck the top in a cloning cube. Low and behold it doubled in size overnight and two fan leaves started to grow out of it. Is this just a result of continuing to get water? Or is this a false positive? Will it grow a root structure and...
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    Are these different strains?

    I ordered 4 seeds “Diesel Auto”. One shot up like a cannon, and the other has been limping along. Same nutes/medium/light/watering. Plant on the right has been doing great and the left one is about 1/2 the size and looks much different. I’m thinking they’re not the same strain. The color of the...
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    Short bushy plants after 3wks

    Hey Gang. I'm about 3 weeks deep into Veg and These guys just aren't getting tall at all. They look like small bushes. I have the light up high, thinking they'd stretch for it, but alas....no dice. Iv'e got them in 5gal fabric pots, with about 3 gal of medium in them. I didn't want them to get...
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