Today is start of week 5. She smells like wax baby. Lol. Anyone for frosted flakes???
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Frosty as hell already! Looking good 
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Awesomeness my brother. I’m down for some frosted flakes. Looking happy, happy, happy and soon, you will be baked, baked, baked. 
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People do that. Creates a thick and vigorous plant. It does take a bit to do though. Just like manifolding requires more time in veg also.
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Great visual, thank you!!!
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Whoa. Looking good over here brother!!
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Hey just reading your journal from the beginning. Do you keep those lids of water next to the seedlings for humidity? Do you cover or bag them too?
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yeah, I use them for humidity because I keep my seedling light so close, about 8-10 inches from the dirt. Also, no humidity control where I keep em. I do not cover or bag my seedlings. Those methods work too but I don’t use them. I’m just old skool and love simple, cheap, covert methods. lol Saving up for a big buy all at once for my cabin, lights, water pumps, so on. So I am also experimenting a little too. The craziest thing to me is that my lights are a CFL/LED full spectrum bulb mix and still building some good buds.
Yeah man your grow looks great! Ill keep watching. Youve sold me on LST
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Thank you!
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Looking awesome. Outmuthafrigginstanding brother
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Very nice training! I have 2 of my first ever autos in veg now. Did you top your auto? Im still learning about autos. Those banana kush buds are something to be proud of with another month to fill in. That will be a nice little stock up on its own.
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I personally don’t top my autos at all, only LST. But there are some here that do. Problem with topping is autos grow fast, flowering by week 3 usually. So, for me, the payoff isn’t much for topping since I can’t Veg her until I get the grouping I want. I have seen people use LST to spread autos out early, and then top each cola only one time a week before flower. I think they can get away with it because autos bounce back really fast. But obviously no topping after week 3 especially if she is flowering.
I’m just letting my autos go au natural as I learn how they grow. These seeds were gifts. I have never chosen auto seeds. Mine are like 8 inches tall and I already saw the first pistils last night in my 18/6 space.
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Here is my last auto grow. LST, it was my first indoor grow. I don’t know if there is much to look at but you can kinda see the life cycle a bit better. I got a life cycle description from somebody here too I will see if I can dig it up.
I no longer top my autos as well. I do LST a bit. I did my first three and ended up with little bonsai trees. The 3 that I have going will not get topped.
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Here it is. Sorry, a bit long and I can’t remember who posted it to me, but it was very helpful. Definitely worth a copy and paste. lol
LIFECYCLE OF AN AUTO
A common question I see is when to switch autos from veg to bloom. Many people are under the impression that as soon as they see the first flowers it’s time to switch. Perhaps a little explanation of the life cycle of autos will help to clarify this.
Weeks 1 - 3. Once you’ve started your seeds and they break the surface of the soil, they are in their seedling stage. The first set of leaves to appear will usually single fingered, followed by a second set that may still be single fingered or perhaps 3 fingered. Once that second set appears growth will start to accelerate as the new leaves provide more photosynthesis. This process will continue, more new leaves, faster growth. Depending on the type of soil in use, mild vegetative nutes can be introduced at week 2. By week 3 most plants will start to show their sex. Males will start to produce pollen sacks and females will display pistils.
Weeks 4 - 6. The plants are now entering a pre flowering stage. During this time the plants should exhibit explosive growth, often as much as a new set of nodes and 1" vertical growth a day. This is the time when they will gain most of their vertical height. Many people make the mistake of switching from vegetative to flowering nutrients at this point, assuming that since they see flowers it must be the proper time. This is incorrect. If the switch to flowering nutes is made at this time the vertical growth will stop and the plant will put it’s energy into producing buds. If you need to keep your plants small, or want them to finish earlier, they by all means switch nutes at this point. But if you want to get the most out of your plants continue feeding vegetative nutes until you see the vertical growth slow and stop. Depending on the strain that will usually be sometime during week 5 or 6.
Weeks 7 - 9. By now vertical growth has stopped and the switch to flowering nutrients has been made. The buds will start to fill out and put on weight, becoming hard and tight. Pistols will start to change from white to brown, orange, red, etc. By now the plants will also have developed a strong smell. Toward the end of this phase the large primary and smaller secondary fan leaves will begin to turn yellow. This is an indication that the plant is moving toward the end of it’s life.
Weeks 10 - 11. At this time flowering nutes should be discontinued and only plain pHed water fed to flush the remaining nutrients from the soil and improve the taste. Yellowing of the fan leaves will continue as the plant draws the stored energy from them. Eventually they will die and fall off. By the time that the smaller leaves that come from out of the buds will also start to turn yellow. Then it’s time to harvest.
I know that many of you are thinking that the seed bank said the plants will finish in 8-9 weeks, so why are you saying they take 10-11? The claims made by the seed banks are somewhat deceptive. If you switch to flowering nutes at week 3 or 4 the plants can finish in the times the seed banks say but they will remain small and not reach their full potential yield. Years of growing by myself and others has shown that autos do best if you follow this time line.
Of course, there will always be variations depending on the strain, the environment, nutrients, etc. This information is meant to only serve as a general guideline.
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Thanks. That was a good read. I actually havent fed them anything but water and mycos for their entire lives, so far. I got a living soil that I had watered and started for over two months before I planted the seeds. I was going to see how far I could take them with just soil. No deficiencies yet.
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I agree good read my friend
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