Second grow. Granddaddy PurplešŸ˜ˆ

So after my first grow with 2 Green crack and 1 So-fi. 3 plants which went super well in my opinion. I am striving for a better grow. Iā€™ll be the first to say that Iā€™ve definitely surprised myself with how potent and how well the buds smoked. I want to say thank you the most to @SolomanGrundy @Mmanson1981 which without them I donā€™t think Iā€™d have ended up with as much knowledge and understanding for plants as I do now.

Going into the next grow I want to change some things. 1 being how many plants. I was able to pull off 3 plants in my 4x2. I want to do 2 plants because of just how annoying it was to defoliate the leaves. 2 Iā€™m wanting to focus on getting tighter buds. I like fluffy buds but i want to learn and experiment my own tight buds. With this being said I think there may be some nutrients out there I can get that could help. Iā€™m using the fox farm trio, big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big. As well as the cal-meg. Next I want to try topping my auto flower. However wasnā€™t sure if that was possible to top and Autoflower so I was wondering if you guys think that would be a good idea?!

Looking at this chart here I noticed last grow that the buds were getting the biggest around weeks 8-9-10. So would BembĆØ be a good one to add? I know my guy @SolomanGrundy said I should introduce stump tea veg boost.

Please let me know your guys thoughts and opinions. Would like to introduce some new nutrients for tighter/bigger buds.

Anyways, looking forward for the next grow. Excited to learn and grow more. I want to thank all who have supported me! Especially the 2 I mentioned! Thanks a lot

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I topped all my autos my first run when I thought they were phots. Treated them like photos but was accidentally sent autos lol. It worked! Kept them super manageable.

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Same as Milkman, I treat the autos as I do my Photos.

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1 of the 5 I did not and it honestly outgrew height wise 10 -12ā€ taller than the other 4. So Iā€™ll forever top autos in future and and introduce lst immediately and keep a close eye. However with supplemental light bars Iā€™d run 8. Height wasnā€™t the issue but the width. Felt I was able to see them develop better with finding the right ppfd almost immediately. These photos Iā€™m on my second grow now I feel like itā€™s harder to control everything. Iā€™m a busy country boy. Tent has 3 openings. Utilize them all to get access.

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Awesome! Thanks for that information! Well than I shall top my autos this grow. Iā€™m going to try and get a new grow going in the same tent when my next grow gets to flower. Thanks for clearing that up though man

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You may want to take some advice from some more experienced gardeners due to that being my first. I have a journal on that one. It was because my journey of my first photo grow kinda got blindsided. Had to learn something completely new in 1 day that I just was a sponge for 6 months preparing for. Check it out. It wonā€™t take long. Dont like it or anything but you can see the management side of being able to do it. If you have the power and the lights. Milkā€™s blue dream or dream gone blue?

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I top them by day 15 or 16ā€¦ after that i have noticed it slows them down

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I just started my second grow. This time they are photos. I would have known by now if they were autos.

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There are some magnificent auto growmies on here. They can really help out. Just do as much research as you can and keep on learning. Youā€™re never going to master anything bc everything is always changing.

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Definitely know a lot at this point. Definitely understand what I need to do. Just was asking people what kind of nutrition they use while using ff trio!

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Got ya man!

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Iā€™m curious too

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Congrats on a nice grow it was great seeing your success and evolution as a grower, thanks @SolomanGrundy and @Mmanson1981 for helping a new growmie, happy gardening

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Another good nute to use is gaia green or jacks 321ā€¦ i used gaia green on this northern lights rin and you just top dress every 3-4weeks and thats it

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Ok so whatā€™s top dress? Like spray it on? Sorry not familiar with this term lol

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Any advice on new nutrients I should add for more potency and denser buds?
Iā€™m using The Fox Farm Trio. Including Cal-meg.

Thinking about flowers kiss (if this helps) and maybe more if some think it helps

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Its a dry ammendment. You sprinkle on top of the soil work it in with you hand then just water

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If you wanna get fancy you can use the dirty dozen from fox farms its all 12 products.

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So itā€™s everything on the chart?

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Yup. I never used it all tho

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