450 watts sodium. 22-0 lighting period. Autoflower bubbalicious from nirvana. Sent from my GT-N7000 using GC Forum
Yeah, well im not expert but id say that 22 hour days and 2 hour nights is a bit much. But again ive never dealt with autoflower. I might sugguest moving your lighting period to 12/12 thats general for flowering a plant but then again auto flower may be different. You definately have sufficient wattage though ..:S
Gotta stay on 22-0 I got told. I'll guess they'll be this size? =/ Sent from my GT-N7000 using GC Forum
who said 22-0? that might just be for autoflowering but i know i would NEVER put my plants on a 22-0 cycle in flowering, vegetation yes but flowering nah, 12-12 all the way. What did u use to vegetate them?
Supposedly its the right way cuz they are auto flower... Some people leave them 24-0.. Sent from my GT-N7000 using GC Forum
oh ok fair enough well ive never dealt with auto flower , never will. Dont like the idea of flowering being out of my hands.. but yeah not sure man id say its the auto flower.
[quote name='"sonocroc"']Pretty sure they'll fatten up within the two weeks.[/quote] Thx man I hope Sent from my GT-N7000 using GC Forum
What kind of soil and nutrients did you use? I doubt it's the light cycle you used - autoflowers are a different animal and require different conditions. From what I've read on here, a lot of folks have had trouble with Nirvana's auto flower strains - particularly with getting plants to flower.
I used some nitrogenous bumps... a custom recipe from a botanical gardener. They are blooming, but I dont know if its too soon to harvest. I want to get the most of them...
The buds look like they have longer than 2 weeks left imo. You'll need to get a hold of a 30x scope or similar so you can get a good look at the trichomes...it's the only way to know for sure you're chopping at the right moment. Also, you might want to look into using some tested and proven nutrients for the cannabis flowering cycle. Your buds certainly look good for a first timer, but considering the amount of watts you have on that, there is a lot of room for improvement. Good luck to you. -Doc
Thx Doc. I should get the scope... that's a good way to tell... Did I mention that they were 4 plants? For plants under a 450W Sodium.. is it "overkill"?
Nah, not overkill at all. 4 plants is just about perfect for a 450w. I was just saying your buds are indeed small for the amount light you have on them, so you likely have several deficiencies due to PH and/or the nutrients you are using.
Give them a bit they will fill in and get fat the last two weeks the nugs bulk. I have my dinafem roadrunner autos that i run on 20-4. It is what they say to grow it on.
Well actually I think I screwed up on vegetation stage cuz I didn't let Em grow at 22-0, and I did 18-6 for about 6 weeks and 12-12 for 1 week. I did them wrong. I hope I didn't screwed it up too much.. Didn't know they were auto flower...
i don't think that caused the issue...lots of people do 18-6 for only 4 weeks of veg and get monster sized plants, myself included...
Everywhere I've read autoflower should be 24 hours because obviously they don't need photoperiods to bud so why use 12/12? That's half the amount the plant has the potential to receive in a day. Also, I've read the last couple weeks before harvest is when your buds grow the most. BUT this is from research not personal experience. I'm currently on my first grow