OOPS! It’s not an “auto”. Now what?

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My 1st grow was meant to be an outdoor autoflower. Found out yesterday through ILGM support that I purchased photo feminized. I just couldn’t figure out why my auto wasn’t flowering. Now I know.

My girl is approx 12 weeks old. Growing like a weed every day. Getting thicker and taller every day.

I was wanting autos in order to be a little more stealth since I’m in a non friendly state.

No sign of flowering (with my limited knowledge). I guess my strategy is to keep feeding and see what happens?

—— Worried a little about it getting too tall? Do I keep it in full sun? Should I move it to a spot with a little less sun to make it go to flower?

  • Seed: Do-si-dos, Photo, from ILGM
  • Vessel: Coco + Perlite, 5 gal fabric pot
  • Nutrition: Jacks 123 + Silica
  • PH of Water: 68 (do not test runoff or ppm)
  • Environment: Outdoor
  • Location: Southern US, hot and humid
  • Temps: Upper 80s to upper 90s
  • Humidity; Day, Night
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She will begin flowering when the day length at your location reduces to 12 to 14 hours.

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Look into super cropping to control the height :love_you_gesture:

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A supercrop right now probably be good. Still have time for a good heal before full flower.

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6.8 pH is that water only or does it include Jack’s?
For pure coco and perlite the feed pH should be 5.8. It is considered hydro.
I would catch and test runoff pH & TDS before flowering starts just to see where it is. Often times issues pop up a couple weeks into flower. I like to address the issues I can fix beforehand.

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@beardless
Thanks for the input. I’ll collect and measure my runoff ph. Will lower my ph on my next water mix.

I have no way to measure ppm.

I’ll get back with you. Thanks

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How are you measuring your nutrient solution :love_you_gesture:

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@OGIncognito
Hi
I have a Apera ph tester and the up/down solution. Is that what you mean?

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You got it Growmie and that Apera is a gem! What’s your input PH after mixing nutrients :love_you_gesture:

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@OGIncognito
After mixing I get a reading of about 7.2. I try to reduce to between 6.5 and 6.8. I’ve learned today that is still too high.

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6.5 is the sweet spot with 6.8 being at the top of the range. Curious to see what your run off PPMs are. Tag me when you have that info :love_you_gesture: