Newbie Growing: What Have I Done!

[Pennywise]

Potassium is taken up best at lower ph levels, let's see if that makes them happy.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

They're not drinking as much either, could be problematic? Feed is 530 & ph is 5.7 so will see how this goes, have loaded a lot more of my 0-4-5 nutes in and pray they take a big gulp!

 

[Selfmedigrow]

So I checked them today, and the new growth surprisingly looks really good! I upped the pk to almost double and lowered the pH and they look a lot more frosty I think. I read up on pH and will start lowering all feed to 5.6-5.7, maybe 5.8. I noticed that my northern lights plant has phosphorus deficiency too yesterday so will hope this works. Bought PK booster yesterday too so will top all feed up once it arrives

 

[Selfmedigrow]

I have a dilemma, I've just stuck a microscope on my ill plant and there's quite a few Amber trichomes so think I need to start flushing? The other autolime looks cloudy and no ambers so will wait a few more days. Noticed my NL plant is looking for a bit ill and my cbdd mass has slight tip burn, but my ice breaker and medikit are looking fine.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

I don't believe it! Those amber trichomes are from the light! Pulled it out of the tent and all are still cloudy! Live and learn.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Potassium is taken up best at lower ph levels, let's see if that makes them happy.

Unfortunately my autolime is getting worse!! It's at the point where I'm thinking of tossing it to make space for the healthy plants to grow! The flower itself looks okay but I don't know how much this has taken out of the poor girl. Or I might just start flushing and hope for the best.

 

[Pennywise]

I’d let her go you’ll still get some nice smoke from her.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Flush her for a week? Is 5.6 r/o water good for it? Such a shame! I have another going the same way but trying hard to keep her from getting worse! I always thought that 6.0 or 6.1 was okay, but now realise that 5.6 is better in flower. So annoyed with myself for not looking it up properly, but read between 5.8 and 6.2 was optimal. My northern lights is going the same too even though it's one of the easiest plants to grow apparently. I can't believe how fast they turned too!

 

[Pennywise]

Flush with a mild nute solution around 5.8-6.0 ph

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Great thanks mate! Will drop it down to 250 and see how it goes

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Hi guys, I trimmed my autos to see what would happen and they are still alive, still drinking, it's almost their harvest time and there are zero amber trichomes on them. In fact I have a female northern lights near her due date... zero amber trichomes. Is it a case of wait or extra carbs etc as I put some in anyway, and every trichome on all my plants are cloudy or clear. Are these due dates wrong? I read that northern lights takes about 45 - 55 days to flower, is that accurate? Mine is 38 days in and all clear/cloudy.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Thought I'd give a few close up pics of my healthy plants. Looking good so far. Every one of them, apart from my CBD Mass yet, have a ton of frost on them. My auto's are still kicking on, didn't take any of those but look okay, I have loads of clooudy trichomes on them, not a single amber found. Anything I'm doing wrong? Do sativa auto lime plants go amber?

 

[Selfmedigrow]

Few more..

 

[Pennywise]

A lot of photo Sativas won't show amber!

 

[Selfmedigrow]

I have those 2 autos still going, they're not too bad now, leaves are dying but the bud looks okay. No amber trichomes on it though, is sativa but auto, lots of cloudy trichomes. Harvest time?

 

[Pennywise]

I'd say if it's mostly cloudy and sativa it's very close.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

They're sativa CBD auto compassion lime, read the other day that they like 20 hours light a day from seed to harvest. Wish I'd seen that previously. Will my 12/12 affect the length of time it takes to be ready or does it just mean a smaller yield?

 

[Pennywise]

They may run a bit longer on 12/12 and I'd say yield will be less.

 

[Selfmedigrow]

A lot less mate! They look terrible in comparison to my photos Think I will stick to 4/5 plants next crop, photos and large yielders instead of trying to squeeze 7 plants into a 1.1 x 1.!

 

[Pennywise]

I don't run a lot of autos, I think I run 2 auto plants last year.