Below are pictures I am bringing over from my Trichome thread. I probably should have just posted my trichome questions here...But I got some much needed help...and I am a ton more confident about when to harvest.
Well, it has been about 8.5 weeks since I started germinating. I just harvested one of my plants, and I plan to keep a close eye on the last two girls. They have been slower...and I have a good idea why. So let me write down some of the bad first...and some of the changes I plan to make for my next grow.
1) I was heavy handed with my veg nutes. This was evident on all the plants but especially the plant that I just harvested. I had some burnt tips and some splotches on fan leaves that indicated I over-did the nutes. I was able to flush the plants and back off...but I believe I did some damage to them. I have learned a lot about letting the plant tell you what she needs.
----------->solution: Start off with much less nutes (40% reduction of what I was using)...and watch the plant for signs.
2) I switched to Flower nutes too soon. It is likely I stunted their growth.
----------->solution: wait until vertical height stops--put a yard stick in the room and actually measure the plants to know when. Aim for week 7ish---but, let the plant tell you.
3) Veg with 6500K bulbs. I did my entire grow under 2700k. This may have provided less veg...reducing my yield.
----------->solution: I have already built a shelf with 6500k builbs. The plants will stay on this shelf for few/several weeks. They will be moved under my HPS at the middle to end of preflowering.
4) Pots. I think my pots were ok...but just ok. I used the typical 2gallon garden pots that you buy at the box store. This may have also contributed to smaller plants.
------------->Solution: I have ordered fabric 3 gallon pots ---for some 02 root pruning. These pots are taller than most 3 gallon fabric pots...they fit well in my space.
5) Smell. Now I do have my exhaust venting above my roof. That is all well and good...but when I open to door to tend the garden...the room/part of the house will have an intense odor for about 1hour. I love tending the garden...I have that door open often.:thumbs:
------------->Solution: I am going to consider an Ona bucket.
6) Watering. I was generally good with watering. I was able to gauge when they needed water well enough by lifting the pots. However, I did let one plant wilt moderatly due to not enough watering.
-------------->Soultion: This is just gonna take time. I will get better with more experience.
7) CO2. This worked fine. In fact, two fermentations have been enough. The room is cool enough so the large amount of sugar ferments out in about 11days-14-days.
--------------->Soultion. Once I refine some of these other problems...I will consider increasing the ferment speed to get 3 full cycles per grow.
The good news. Despite my failures these plants did great. I am thrilled that I was able to have good success my first grow. Although I have a photo plant (Northern Lights) I need to finish out, I can't imagine doing anything but autoflowers after. I plan to get more seeds in the next few days. I am so convinced that Autos are right for me, I plan to buy some bulk seeds.
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