Is this normal? Week 6 of flowering

Looks like a healthy amount of nutrient burn mixed with some healthly cannibalism. Are you still giving her nutes? When are you going to harvest?

 

If you're using a soil of decent quality for your grow, the nutrients you need to add over and above what are in the soil already is not too much. If you're using a box store soil, you can bet it's loaded to the gills with chemicals straight from the bag. Nutrients don't grow a big healthy plant with fat dense buds...light does that. You can burn one up with nutrients and not get anymore in weight because of it...likely less. But overall, you're not in too bad a shape and the buds look really good on this plant. Just stop with the nutes until you pull the plant. I think it's safe to say you've fed that puppy enough for a flower cycle. LOL We use Roots Organics Original for our grows and I can take a plant from seed/clone to harvest on the soil alone by just repotting the plant into fresh soil and slightly larger container once it's gotten root bound in the old one. The stuff is worth every penny it costs because it keeps me from having to worry about feeding. I repot plants during veg, of course, but it's also not a big deal to repot them while they're flowering too. You always want to let the pot/plant dry out really good before you switch them over because they stay together better as far as the root ball, and it stresses them less. You also don't need to repot a plant unless it's grown larger than the container it's in (wider and taller than). Unless it's root bound in the current container, there is no need for a new one. But pretty good job for a starter and you'll just keep getting better from this point on. Good job. TWW

 

Yes,as the plant is using up all her sugars etc in the leaves and will no longer be needed as she doesnt need leaves anymore. There are some good advice pages on flowering etc etc. Worth a read if, like myself, you aren't sure of something. Good luck with the harvest

 

If I'm brutally honest, no, not really. It's severely under dosed. I would give it 75% of the maximum dosage on every watering for two weeks and then use empty water for one week after that.

In future try giving your plants 50% dosage in every watering, but if you get any deficiency signs like this again raise it a little. Also, it's worth using veg nutes 2 or 3 weeks in to 12/12 as some flower nutes don't have enough nitrogen to make it all the way to the end. Looking at your plant I'd say the nutes you're using fit this description

 

Are you sure it will be ready in just 1.5 weeks? Most quick flowering strains take 8-10 weeks of 12/12

 

Only way to be sure is to check the trichomes with a magnifying glass


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Ahh right ok. Sorry, I didn't realise that. So how long ago was germination? I find most autos take 10 weeks, but some can take a few weeks longer

If you definitely only have a week or so to go then don't add nutes now. You probably did let them run low a little early but it's no where near as bad as I first thought. Letting them get nutrient deficient in the last week is standard practice for most growers

 

Are the calyxes swollen? Any white pistils left? Do you see many amber trichomes on the calyxes?

If you're going to be harvesting in a few days then I take back all I said about the plants being deficient. They look just how you want them to be at harvest time, I was expecting you to harvest in about 3 weeks from now