Hi, 1st grow ever, and wanted to check with you guys, how long , roughly , it will take before harvest. The plant is around 4-5 weeks into flowering, total 10 weeks.
Specs:
White Widow auto-flowering seed from ILGM
MARS Hydro Led Grow Light 300W
16"x24"x60”indoor panda film tent
3.5 gal bucket with 4" airstone
FoxFarm at ~2/3 strength on week 10 (up to week 9 it was half strength)
RO Water + Cal-mag + hydroguard
PH typically between 5.3 and 6 - PPM between 350–600 (toward end of week before reservoir change)
*Change reservoir once a week and daily refill with light nute ro water
Hi, me again. Wanted to check how far I am.
I tried to snap a picture with a phone snap-on magnifier but results are not that great.
Anyway, if you have any suggestions. This is the 12th week. Not sure if I should start flushing or still going with fertilizers…any help will be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks Noctis.
A few more pics. A few leaves are turning yellow/brown, is this expected at this stage of growth or something is going on ?
Also, if anybody as any suggestion on when to start to flush, i.e water only no nutrients.
Thanks again for all the help!
Sorry I missed your earlier post. Leaves will start yellowing when plants finish if you are feeding in lower amounts. However, what you have looks to be more of a deficiency. I didn’t notice before, but 600ppm is pretty low for flowering in dwc. Looking at your most recent pics, it’s a little late to be worrying about fixing a deficiency in my opinion. I feel like I can see some amber there, but there’s still some clear. In your opinion, what do the rest of buds look like?
Thanks dbrn32.
I decided to chop it off, now the buds are drying up. Will see how they turn out.
I read everywhere that you shoul not go full nutes strength when in dwc with an auto-flower so I kept nutes at half strength and up to 2/3 during flowering (~750ppm)
Any recommendation for future grows is appreciated.
Picture of a freshly chopped bud:
I don’t run dwc, so I’m not really sure. But generally speaking you start at a baseline and adjust for whatever feedback plants give you. Some will take a lot of nutes, others will be very sensitive.
I never go full nute strength especially with advanced nutrients. For my last grow with advanced nutrients 20ml of base nutrients gave me a slight burn. I never checked the ppm but the calculator says use 60ml. That would kill everything. Less is better imo and watch for signs of hunger. It does matter what strain you’re growing though. I’m sure some are hungrier than others. @persitidc
