Lombriga's First Grow: Auto Brooklyn Sunrise From DP, Organic Soil, 110W COB, 2x2 Tent

[lombrigafumante]

day 45, im starting to get really worried. been 13 days since the first pistil showed up and no real development of flowers. seems unlikely to be a photo seed either since some more new pistils showed up, but a couple of then are already darkening (??????)

ive done some research and im really afraid it may be root aphids. this unusual extremely early pistil darkening with the plant looking overall healthy is a symptom another grower reported. that would also explain the def she has got before.

i searched for then in the soil the best i could and found nothing but these little fuckers are known for being specially hard to find. if its confirmed i think ill have to kill my beautiful girl since it seems they can only be controlled with nasty pesticides and may still survive. i honestly dont know if ill be able to do that myself

anyway here she is

 

[lombrigafumante]

well i talked with another grower and he told me its probably just a photo seed really or an auto not autoing which seems more plausible to me since the phenotype looks very similar to me with other BSA plants
i forgot to mention, but another funny thing is happening, a single branch is growing 3 leaves at once instead of 2. idk if this is common or not but all the other branches are normal

 

[lombrigafumante]

hey everyone, found this bug fleeing after watering, do anyone know what this is? i didnt take a pic of it alive because i smashed it right away lol, but it was longer and less round

 

[Pennywise]

Not sure, silver fish maybe

 

[lombrigafumante]

Not sure, silver fish maybe

i thought maybe it was a thrip? do u know if these silver fish are harmful?

 

[Pennywise]

Not to plants if it’s what I think it is. Way to big for a thrip.

 

[lombrigafumante]

yeah silverfish would kinda make sense actually as there is a bookshelf right behind my grow, maybe these fuckers are chewing on then
weird thing is that i live on the 7th floor idk how these critters come all way up here

 

[Pennywise]

They can get anywhere really

 

[lombrigafumante]

well another week has passed, day 53 and still no flowers. she keeps throwing white pistils on all her nodes but no stacking. atleast this gave me time to completely flatten the canopy as it was a little bit uneven

gonna give her one last week as i heard some autos can take up to 60 days to begin but if not i'll treat her as a photo plant and put her on 12/12, i just dont know if i really should keep her on 12/12 and risk diminishing yield or if i return to 20/4 after one week and risk revegging

i've raised the lights a little to 35cm as at 25 she was developing light burn, another sign she still plain vegging

been watering just with water, but i ordered the flowermind and gonna use it at 1/4 strenght to see if it triggers something

also thinking of switching to 18/6 to see if that'll do but im afraid it will just reduce growth
rh dropped a lot the last few days, its around 40% now, temps still on the good 23-27°C range

 

[Pennywise]

I’d just flip to 12/12 and be done with. Don’t want to stress her by flipping lights back and forth

 

[lombrigafumante]

I’d just flip to 12/12 and be done with. Don’t want to stress her by flipping lights back and forth

yeah that'll be it i guess, maybe i just gonna flip her today actually, been two weeks of preflower and nothing changed, if she was really a regular auto she would flower right after showing sex right?

 

[Pennywise]

I would think so yes, I’ve only run a few autos though

 

[lombrigafumante]

hey everyone, been 8 days since i put her on 12/12 and it seems like buds are at the very beginning of their development! no stretch yet tho, she seems kinda stunted no noticeable growth for the last couple weeks

humidity is getting harder to control aswell, constantly hitting 60-65%. defols help a bit, but as soon as she grows back new leaves the rh rise again. in these cold days im able to keep it at 45-55% with my room heater, but idk how i will deal with it on hot humid days, cant afford a proper dehumidifier right now. but she didnt show any problems bc of that

also shes displaying some burned and yellow tips and edges, dont think its light burn bc lights are 25cm away and she's flowering, and my lights are good but not that strong. i was thinking maybe potassium def? i started to use the flowermind stuff yesterday at 1/4 strenght, lets see how she reacts

and here is the full plant, 67 days old
as u can see she still the same height from the last few weeks

 

[Pennywise]

Looks like she’s starting to flower, I see nutrient burns on the tips.

 

[lombrigafumante]

Looks like she’s starting to flower, I see nutrient burns on the tips.

yeah it looks like nute burn but ive been using only water for the last month, and the burned tips started like a week ago

 

[lombrigafumante]

maybe i should flush? that would be a shame bc all of my soil goodness would be gone but i want the best for the plant

 

[Pennywise]

What soil are you using?

 

[lombrigafumante]

What soil are you using?

it's organic supersoil made for cannabis, the composition is at the beginning of the thread i think

 

[lombrigafumante]

here
EWC
Sphagnum
Coco coir
Perlite
Bokashi Biochar
Rock dust
Kelp meal
Neem meal
Other vegetable meals
Bat guano
Innoculated leonardite
Glomus mycorrhizae

 

[lombrigafumante]

it is the same from the beginning and aside the calmag def i havent had any other issue