supertroy1974
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Total n00b here, I got a couple of seeds free in an ounce a lady friend bought, we popped them and grew them out of 4 I had 2 females that I kept until the natural light in my garden window triggered flowering. After harvest I was hooked, but I didn’t want to deal with photoperiod, so I opted to go with autoflowers. First batch of bubblelicious from great north seed bank was a bust, only one popped and it didn’t thrive. So I bought a batch of 5 sour girl AF seeds from crop king. All 5 popped, but growing them has proven a challenge. The light in my garden window wasn’t enough so I wasted a month with 2 inch tall plants. Then I got a decent light, and they grew, but much too slow and now I have 5 inch plants in full flower. If I’m lucky i’ll Get a full joint out of this grow. So I have one more autoflower grow (white widow from Crop King) before I say screw it and just start buying regular. Feminized seeds.
Questions:
1. My grow space is 2.75 square feet. My light is a viparspectra 300 LED at 24 inches from my canopy. I’ve read elsewhere that you should budget 25W/square foot minimum but 40W is better meaning I have about 109W/square foot. But the guy at the grow shop acted like I was abusing my plants, so i’m Genuinely confused. Was they guy just trying to sell me a more expensive light or am I legit not using enough light.
2. I’ve experimented with iguana Juice and ionic as nutes (in like 1/4 of the recommended dosage) but every time I do the damn things get nute burn like inside of 20 minutes of watering, so should I just not give nutes to an AF? I’ve read elsewhere that AFs a super sensitive to nute burn, but I thought at 1/4 the dosage it would be okay. Am I overfeeding, or should I just say fuck it and go nuteless on my next grow?
3. For most of the rest of the grow, i’ve Been using straight tap water with Mammoth P. Since this grow has been something of a disaster, i’m Considering just foregoing the mammoth P. Is that wise or is this a situation where the mammoth p has been working despite me screwing the pooch.
4. I plan on using happy Frog for my next batch of soil. Is that auto flower friendly, or is it too hot and I should consider a soil with less added nutes?
Any insight y’all can provide would be appreciated, even if it’s just general points about working with autoflowers or telling me to ditch the AF’s and go with feminized normal seeds
Questions:
1. My grow space is 2.75 square feet. My light is a viparspectra 300 LED at 24 inches from my canopy. I’ve read elsewhere that you should budget 25W/square foot minimum but 40W is better meaning I have about 109W/square foot. But the guy at the grow shop acted like I was abusing my plants, so i’m Genuinely confused. Was they guy just trying to sell me a more expensive light or am I legit not using enough light.
2. I’ve experimented with iguana Juice and ionic as nutes (in like 1/4 of the recommended dosage) but every time I do the damn things get nute burn like inside of 20 minutes of watering, so should I just not give nutes to an AF? I’ve read elsewhere that AFs a super sensitive to nute burn, but I thought at 1/4 the dosage it would be okay. Am I overfeeding, or should I just say fuck it and go nuteless on my next grow?
3. For most of the rest of the grow, i’ve Been using straight tap water with Mammoth P. Since this grow has been something of a disaster, i’m Considering just foregoing the mammoth P. Is that wise or is this a situation where the mammoth p has been working despite me screwing the pooch.
4. I plan on using happy Frog for my next batch of soil. Is that auto flower friendly, or is it too hot and I should consider a soil with less added nutes?
Any insight y’all can provide would be appreciated, even if it’s just general points about working with autoflowers or telling me to ditch the AF’s and go with feminized normal seeds