I’ve actually read that hanging her in one piece is actually more beneficial than cutting her down into little pieces. So yes if you can hang her in one full piece it’s even better for you!
Sounds like you already had a plan!
I’m very glad that everything worked out for you. You’ve done a great job for a first time grower. I’m proud of you
I appreciate it, I think this is a hobby I’m going to get really into.
Good luck with everything. If you need me you know how to get me 
Will you do that to all autoflower’s or just this strain?
Typically if the plant looks mature enough at the time (week 7) then yes.
If the plant looks premature in week 7 I skipped this process for an additional week then reevaluate it and act accordingly.
Typically it’s just my way of eliminating nutrients preparing for harvest.
@Lostgirl Im finally all finished with trimming the whole plant. It took me about 20 hours of trimming and I got 275 grams. I saved all the trim too so I might make hash or edibles out of that. The foxtailing definitely made it harder to trim but it didn’t seem to reduce my yield too much. It’s not going to be cured for a month or so but I’ve smoked some and it definitely works. I dried it long and slow so it doesn’t taste of hay or anything like that. Thanks again for all your help throughout my grow, I couldn’t have gotten these results without your guidance.
My pleasure. You are a good student. Now you can enjoy the fruits of your labor. Girl scout cookie extreme is some really good weed as well. A very balanced high.
Congratulations 
I’m beginning my next grow now and I used up all of my starting FoxFarm nute bottle. I remember you saying that FoxFarm was not your preferred line of nutrients. What brand would you recommend? I would prefer a liquid fertilizer, with 2 or 3 parts to mix throughout the grow. Have you tried General Hydroponics FloraNova before? I’ve been seeing quite a few people using their two part formula. I’m not going to water with nutes for 30 days since I am starting in the final pot with FoxFarm Ocean Forest instead of a smaller container with potting soil this time. I think this has been a good idea because I’m getting a much stronger start than I did last time. I was seeing the third set of leaves forming on my last plant until around day 10 and I’m seeing them on day 4 this time. I’m running a OG Kush femininized photoperiod from RoyalQueenSeeds this go around. I’m interested to see how much one of the parent plants of GSC shares in common with it and also be able to do better training with a photo instead of an auto. I’m thinking about topping and then using bud clips to try to strengthen the main 4-8 branches. I’m also going to run 2 more autos in a different tent in a few weeks so I’m looking to get some gallon jugs of fertilizer so I can support multiple plants without running out.
Personally never tried the general hyponics nutrients. I seen some YouTube videos of growers that used it vs Fox Farm test and liked it.
I personally like Advanced nutrients ph perfect. It’s a very simple three-piece combination mico, grow, and bloom you use equal parts throughout the entire grow. It has a very simple feed chart. Basically it’s quarter strength in veg and half strength in flower until harvest. The nutrients are chelated so you never have to pH your feeds. (That’s a huge benefit). If you have a local hydroponics store you can pick it up cheap. If you buy on Amazon all three bottles together comes out to be about $39 (still cheap)
Thanks, I’ll check that out
I got the nutes you recommended and my new grow is going much better than the last one started off. My next two seeds also got planted today in a different setup. I was wondering if you’d recommend going with the feeding schedule on the ph perfect website?
This is going to be a very long reply. However be sure to read everything and answer all the questions that I’ve asked. This way we can speed up to par and be on the same page to get your plants going nice and smooth.
(You won’t be sorry)
I’m assuming these are autoflowers that you have just started? And the pictures above of the 12 day old plant is a photo period. Correct?
Also, I want to confirm, your using Fox farm ocean Forest soil on all three plants correct?
Let’s concentrate on the 12 day old photo for now.
You asked me “is this feed chart a good feed chart to use”? Yes and no, the particular chart that you have pictured above is what’s called a 1/4 strength feeding schedule
I’ve used it before successfully. I also used it before on girls that required more than 1/4 strength. It’s really going to depend on how your girl reacts to this amount of food (nutrients) Below is a master feeding chart that shows full strength in milliliters per gallon. (Print this for your records)
We’ll get back to feed chart and what you should use in a little while.
Note
You’ve got approximately 30 to 35 days of just watering your plant because of ocean Forest pre-charge nutrients available in your soil.
This leads me to a few important questions.
1.) what type of water are you using?
2.) if tap water, what is the ppm’s of the water?
3.) what size pots are you going with?
You asked “should I start giving her calmag as she’s looking a little light”? Yes, you can start using calmag. How much depends on the PPM of your water that you’re using. Once you answer that question we can go over that.
Watering
It looks to me as if you’re giving the plant sufficient amounts of water and not over or under watering her (good job) I’m assuming your pH in the water to 6.5
She looks very happy and off to a good start. I strongly suggest to continue watering as you are (we’ll get to the Cal mag when I find out your ppms if using Tap water) and you can continue for the next 7 days. At that point we can evaluate if we should start watering to run off
This leads me to my next set of questions regarding nutrients and additives…
1.) Please give me a list of all the different additives you have available?
Let me start here, your last grow was successful and you gain lots of experience. You did this utilizing the most basic of nutrients base only and as far as I remember all you had was calcium magnesium being your only additive.
As of right now you’re using one of the best base nutrients on the market with the micro growing Bloom pH perfect from advanced nutrients. I believe it’s time to step up your game and utilize some additional additives.
1.) Silica by “Bloom City” silica has a very important role growing. It adds strength to your stems for better Bud support. It also plays a key role in trichome production.
2.) B-52 by “advanced nutrients” B-52 is a wonderful vitamin supplement that helps prevent stressors in harsher environments and beneficial kelp as well. It’s a wonderful product!
3.) Big Buds by “advanced nutrients” this is an amazing product that gives you that extra phosphorus and potassium you’ll need during flowering to take your buds to another level. I can’t say enough about this product.
The above 3 additives I highly recommend.
There’s 2 more additives that I swear by and feel these two are the most important additives you’ll ever purchase. Microbial life and feed the most important aspect and growing is a happy healthy root zone that’s aided by microbial life. These two products are incredible.
1.) Voodoo juice by “advanced nutrients” this gives you live microbial life added to your soil to strengthen your root zones for maximum nutrient uptake.
2.) Bud Candy by “Advanced nutrients” Bud candy simply feeds your microbial life supplying them with a 7 course dinner in every feed. Keeping your microbial life well fed and happy.
Please note
I wouldn’t be a good teacher unless I recommend the products that I’ve used and tested. Any product above is going to put you in A game level of growing. With nothing but the best.
In no way am I telling you that you need any of these products to grow your weed. If you do decide to utilize any of the products above let me know what you’ve ordered so I can give you the correct fixing order and amounts to use.
I’m going to cut this reply as it’s getting incredibly long and I don’t want to overwhelm you. Get back to me with the answers on the questions and we can proceed on your calmag mixture
To summarize
1.) what type of water are you using?
2.) what’s the PPM of the water?
3.) what size pots are you in?
You asked, “should I start giving them nutrients”? Not at this time. As I stated earlier we should go another week of feeding just with water and some Calmag then we’ll start watering to run off so we can get some numbers and project when to start feeding.
Reading along and wanted to ask it there a reason for using cal mag so early and not just epsom? Gonna tag along.
There’s a couple of reasons for using it now.
Based on the answer that she gives on the type of water she’s using and the PPM of said water due to the fact she’s using pH up and or down to adjust her pH the ppms should be at least 175ppm in her water or adjusting the pH could do more harm than good. (That’s the main reason)
You should never want to use epsom salt vs calmag or should I say in replace of.
Depending upon the nutrients that you would utilize (in her case advanced nutrients) you would never use epsom salt aka magnesium more than twice in the entire grow. (Unless there was a deficiency)
If using distilled, rain, or RO water calcium magnesium (calmag) should be used at 200 PPM or more if adjusting the pH
Last but not least, calmag had two micro nutrients your plant needs the entire grow.
I hope this helps!
Sums it up rather clearly. Thanks.
Thanks for getting back to me. I started her with distilled water 6.5 ph for the first week, then I switched to tap water 6.5 ph since then to save on money. My tap water is around 350 ppm. All 3 plants are in 5 gallon pots with fox farm ocean forest, and correct, the one in the photo is a photoperiod and the other two are autos. I’ll look into those additives you suggested, I’m a bit tight on money at the moment so I’m not sure how many I’ll be able to get for this grow, but if it seems like a good enough investment it could be worth it.
