Hello GC. SET UP POT: 5L MEDIUM: organic soil 70% , perlite 30%. AREA: 70cm x 30cm x 60 cm box. LIGHTS: clf 8 bulbs from 20w to 25w (about 10000 lumens). A/C: 3 x pc fans and 1 big for the carbon filter. WATER: table water LIGHTS SCHEDULE: 24/0 all the way. FERTILIZER: some liquid BIO BLUM and ALGOFLUSH. AIM: 150gr. Area and Box Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Really curious about auto-flowers. I'm tagging along for the ride. Looking great so far. Do you know how many days it is supposed to finish in?
http://sensiseeds.com/en/feminized-seeds/whitelabel/northern-lights-automatic NL should be ready after 80 days. i will do this until 90 days to see if the buds will get more rock-solid than the last harvest. i believe all the indica automatic strains finish in less than 90 days from seed. I love them... they grow fast,they are healthy, they are cheap, their yield is always average or more and after a month they ALWAYS flower buds!!!!!!
Day 10 i will add the last 23W bulb.8 bulbs with 140W total and more than 11000Lumens in position. Only 1 leaf has a problem. it stopped growing and will die soon. But she is going great. Tequila is growing 50-100% faster than Tijuana. best genetics plus perfect conditions make best results.
Day 11 I will start lst tonight and let we see how she goes. The bending will be done in 2 phases because the main stem is hard already.
Day 12 Tequila is growing really fast. I like to see those sidebranches grow taller now, since i will not FIM or topping on her and i'm counting on them.
Day 13 Day 14 Tequila is the best plant i've grown so far. The fan leaves are HUGE, the main stem is FAT and the sidebranches are BIG after just 2 weeks. I tied her down from the next node.I will defoliate the fan leaves they touch the soil or they are in the "dark side". If she starts flowering when she will be 30 Days old, we have 2-3 weeks left of veg stage. The growth rate is now on 100%. Without lst this plant would have been 50 cm tall. I will try to keep her low like 20-30 cm and after Day 30 the growth rate will be 50%, i will leave all the budsites grow towards the light. Can Tequila fill all the grow area with budsites? We will see that in the next episodes...
Day 15 I cutted the 1st set of leaves and 1 fan leaf from the "dark side". I tried to bend up 2 lower sidebranches so they will start growing upwards but i will do it tomorrow..
Day 16 All the lower branches grow fast and big. Even the one that is in the ''dark side''. I was about to cut it but i will leave it. Should i top 1 of the sidebranches to see how and if it works?
Looking good farmer. My opinion is do not top an auto flower. It can diminish yields because it has such a short life and stressing it out at wouldn't be a good thing to have. Keep on lst'ing. If you aren't worried about yield then top it. Just make sure you take it easy with the nutes since autos are light fert sippers.
I'm thinking about topping 1 sidebranch only. She is going just perfect so what else could happen. i like to test it but i should talk about it with my friend. As for the nutes i grow in organic soil and i will not fertilize until flowering(i took my lesson from Tijuana)