New Grower my first pictures please advise

[steelydan]

1 super skunk auto & 1 northern light big bud, day 33 from sprout.
I have a 1 mtre x 1 mtre space surrounded with reflective mylamar. A 600 bulb and i digital ballast with a 660 setting. They are in bio allmixx and are getting biogrow with each feed.

1/ How do i know when they are flowering?

2/ When do i switch to bio bloom (for flowering)?

3/ Do i add the biobloom or use it as well as the biogrow?

cheers
norman wisdom

 

[swampman]

autos can Run the full time frame of light u choose ..
18/6
20/4
24\0
Most will choose 18/6 but spot also grow 20/4 ..
At 33 days u can start adding in bloom nutes at very light feeding first time and work them up on the next ..

 

[steelydan]

Thank you, i am on 20/4, I set my alarm for 8am and switch them off until midday. I have been giving them the low end of biogrow ie 2mill per litre (it says 2-4 per litre.) I am going to buy some biobloom on monday. I am keen to keep it organic. I live in London so can only get the nutes that are sold here (i read of lots of different nutes on here but many are available only in USA) Are there any brands other than biobloom that i could use that are organic, does it matter?. I have 5 plants and my space can be altered as they grow bigger ie 5 half mitres by 5 and half metres does this sound OK.
thanks
norman wisdom

Sorry i meant my space can get bigger to 1.2 mtres by 1.2 mtres

 

[steelydan]

Thank you, i am on 20/4, I set my alarm for 8am and switch them off until midday. I have been giving them the low end of biogrow ie 2mill per litre (it says 2-4 per litre.) I am going to buy some biobloom on monday. I am keen to keep it organic. I live in London so can only get the nutes that are sold here (i read of lots of different nutes on here but many are available only in USA) Are there any brands other than biobloom that i could use that are organic, does it matter?. I have 5 plants and my space can be altered as they grow bigger ie 5 half mitres by 5 and half metres does this sound OK.
thanks
norman wisdom

 

[swampman]

I'm not good with Liters and Meters ..
And being in the Usa I couldn't answer the feeding question with the biobooom ...
I use mostly homemade compost ..and trying to transition to TLO( True Living Organics)

Best of luck someone else will come along and help soon ..

 

[Nam80232]

Digital ballast, hps or mh? Your pic's are showing early stages of flowering. First comes pistols, if female, then they swell and you start to get clusters of pistols all growing "hairs" that's the flowering stage! IMHO you should be running your flowering lights now. When switching from veg to flowering many people flush first with ro or ph'd water then switch their nuets to bloom nuets. She's looking great! Grow karma sent your way!

 

[steelydan]

Thanks, the ballast is an ecolux with four settings 300 / 450/ 600/ 650. I have it at 650 and around 9-12 inches above the canopy. I am using a HPS sunmaster Dual spectrum 600 "grow+ photonic which i am told will take them right through to the end. ( yep i can see white hairs on 4 of the plants. Unless i hear otherwise i will get some bio bloom and switch to that, or should i use it in conjunction with the biogrow? There are several organic bloom nutes at my local gro shop so if anybody in the UK has any suggestions then great otherwise i will stick with the bio bloom.
thanks you all
norman wisdom

PS is it important to flush them before switching to bloom nutes, they usually need about a litre of water a day, so when i go to water them they are dry. Don't want to get too technical on my first grow that will come with time

 

[Duck Commander]

Unless i hear otherwise i will get some bio bloom and switch to that, or should i use it in conjunction with the biogrow? There are several organic bloom nutes at my local gro shop so if anybody in the UK has any suggestions then great otherwise i will stick with the bio bloom.
thanks you all
norman wisdom

PS is it important to flush them before switching to bloom nutes, they usually need about a litre of water a day, so when i go to water them they are dry. Don't want to get too technical on my first grow that will come with time

Have a look at the bio bizz thread i set up in the organic section it will help you later on:thumbs:https://www.autoflower.org/f89/bio-bizz-knowledge-base-21587.html
I would add in the bloom at 1/4 strength first time you add it and increase it by 1/4 each feed untill you get the required dose for start of flowering. Usually 2ml:thumbs:
We can get all differant types of nutes in the u.k all the bio bizz range and plenty more. If you want to use just bio bizz i would suggest adding in Alg A Mic and Bio Heaven if you want to go the full wack than add TopMax and root juice see my link for details of them Si.

P.s you could wait another week before starting the bloom. Has vertical growth stopped?

 

[steelydan]

I am not sure about the vertical grow, but the average size from the soil base is 18 inches i will measure one today and come back in week. I will have a look at the link you sent me. My grow shop is in Fulham and has a selection of "nutes" but i am cynical of getting advice from them as like all shops they want you to spend money. I will look on the website and see what they have in stock and get back here. As this is the UK i have to say i am growing tomatoes/chillis etc or they bar you from the shop. (understandable as it illegal to tell people how to grow weed)
thanks for all the tips:key:

norman wisdom

 

[fakula]

I'm using the biobizz range aswell, you can start adding the bloom nute for sure, also if you have the wads invest in some Biobizz topmax, your space is grand too, i manage to cram 5 in a 80x80 space so u wont ned to worry about that