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I was gonna wait 'til i finished my first grow to post a blog, but I see that posting my mistakes may be more useful than my successes, so gonna start now. The grow journals here have taught me a lot. My goal is to grow an oz or so per month of primo ganj for personal use. I'm gonna be a legal beagle and stay within the new NY law by planting just 2 small autos per month. Once I have 6 plants, i won't plant 2 more until i chop 2. I'm looking for quality, not quantity.

Before I found this website I looked up reviews of seed suppliers that ship to USA. Since then I've found a lot more seed recommendations here. I searched for smaller auto strains with high THC. My first grow is Northern Lights Auto from Growers Choice.

Thanks to various member here who've inspired me, provided tech advice, and put up with a lot of stooopid questions.

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I like your grow room. Envious of the space. LOL I hope you don't mind me asking into topping when I am ready. I think I want 2 more plants under my belt. I need Indica now. Critical Purple I am thinking. They are the first seeds I bought.
 
Mara Cachafa
I got my info on topping autoflowers from a thread on AFN:
www.autoflower.net

HST Topping,Scrog,Mainline,Fimming,Circular Training,Supercropping,By Budelee

Cool, Welcome along for this ride too @ChillFred ,I'm thinking I'm gonna fim one of these plants as well,I have 5 total ,three healthy ones and two smaller ones.I guess it won't really hurt( in the long run).the main thing is the results not the yield( ouch that hurts to say) .That way we will...
www.autoflower.net www.autoflower.net

Critical Purple sounds like it should be on my menu!

I think my grow room was originally a stairwell. It was a 4'x4' extension of the basement into a 30" crawlspace. Here's what it looked like:
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My GG is in what I call week 2 of cure. Taste is still evolving. The smell is pleasant until you crack a bud open then it fills the room. I may be imagining this but the smell after immediately grinding gives me a buzz. :) Good Luck. I'm taking a little taste of the Tangerine Dream. It will be longer in the pot by 2 weeks maybe. 9 weeks now.
 
Mara Cachafa
RastaDaniel said:
...how is your side project grow room going?
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I've made only some small improvements to the grow room. I have a big list of more stuff left to do. The biggest items are fixing the side of the house so the rats don't get in this winter, and sealing up leaks so I can filter intake air. Winter is coming. But today I took some African refugee kids canoeing and busted some concrete at my sister's house instead. So many things to do in retirement.
 
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RastaDaniel said:
Bubblegum looking good in the corner...
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I guess somebody sent me the wrong seeds. She doesn't smell like Bubble Gum at all, but a strong smell of coffee. Really smells good. I wish I knew what she is, but definitely not auto and not bubblegum. It was 3 freebies from GrowersChoice, so I still have 2 more to try.
 
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Mara Cachafa said:
I've made only some small improvements to the grow room. I have a big list of more stuff left to do. The biggest items are fixing the side of the house so the rats don't get in this winter, and sealing up leaks so I can filter intake air. Winter is coming. But today I took some African refugee kids canoeing and busted some concrete at my sister's house instead. So many things to do in retirement.
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Sounds like solid project, only thing that keeps rats out is concrete wall.
 
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RastaDaniel said:
Sounds like solid project, only thing that keeps rats out is concrete wall.
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I used cement stucco over galvanized steel stucco mesh. It looks like concrete, but it's only 2cm thick. I don't think they can get through it.
 

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Hi Mara. Bannana Kush is on sale at ILGM. Buy 10 get 10. I went for it. It is a 60-40 Indica. My GG was a 50-50. It has been my favorite for my first 3 grows. Banana Kush will be next at 27% THC potential. This pic is the current LSD #2 I have of four growing. The most surprising thing about my current LSD grow is no LST and it is ambering up nicely. Previous grows left me doubtful of when to harvest. One of them, LSD #3 did not grow for over a month. Today it is filling out nicely. It will flower soon. I have begun feeding less and finding I have much fewer issues. Anyway, I hope you are well and continuing your successes.
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What a gorgeous plant! I've topped or LST'd all mine so they would fit under my little 100w lights.
My first GG4 is a wonderful smoke. Looking forward to the 2nd, maybe in a month.
Thanks for the tip on Banana Kush, but I don't think I'll need any more seeds until I grow this drawer-ful.
 
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Mara Cachafa said:
What a gorgeous plant! I've topped or LST'd all mine so they would fit under my little 100w lights.
My first GG4 is a wonderful smoke. Looking forward to the 2nd, maybe in a month.
Thanks for the tip on Banana Kush, but I don't think I'll need any more seeds until I grow this drawer-ful.
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You are probably right about the drawer full. I have close to 60 feminized seeds I have hesitated on growing while I learn more from the autos. But, once I have my inventory up to par I will start on those. LOL

Sounds weird, but I am setting up to grow Hibiscus as well indoors from seed. Hoping selling those finances more seeds. ;)
 
Mara Cachafa
I'm growing my 2nd photo mixed in with my autos, so everybody's on 12/12 for another month or so. The autos don't seem to mind.

What kind of hibiscus is that, the ornamentals? I brew hibiscus flowers in my herb tea, and the Dominican restaurants sell it as a sweet cold drink (hibiscus is 'flor de jamaica' in Spanish).
 

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Overview day 1 NL at 3 weeks, BG at 2 weeks, PK at 1 week NL at 6 weeks, BG 5 weeks, PK4 weeks, GL day1 NL week7, BG week6, PK week5, Gold Leaf week1 NL 8wks, BG 7 wks, PK 6wks, GL 2 wks NL 9wks, BG 8wks, PK 7wks, GL 3 wks NL 10wks, BG 9 wks, PK 8 wks, GL 4 wks, GG4 1wk NL 11wks, BG 10 wks, PK 9wks, GL 5wks, GG4 2wks BG 11wks, PK 10wks, GL 6wks, GG4 3 wks, JR baby BG 12wks, GL 7wks, GG4 4 wks, JR 1 wk BG 13wks, GL 8wks, GG4 5wks, JR 3wks, VL 1wk BG 14wks, GL 9wks, GG4 6wks, JR 3wks, VL 2wks, GG4 day2 BG 15wks, GL 10wks, GG4 7wks, JR 4wks, VL 3wks, GG4 9wks BG 16wks, GL 11 wks, GG4 8wks, JR 5 wks, VL 4 wks, GG4 2 wks, GL newborn BG 17wks, GG4 9 wks, JR 6 wks, VL 5 wks, GG4.2 3 wks, GLS1 1wk View full entry

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