Low budget grow

MommaDuke This is my third try as a first time grower. First fail was over watering. Second fail was light too close. Third try is a charm. I did get all three seeds to germinate by using the light nail filing tip

MommaDuke So far so good. A little yellowing on leaves but okay.

MommaDuke So far so good. A little yellowing on leaves in week 2 but okay. Week 3, fixed the yellow spots by being more careful about pH, I think. Thanks to a comment, I have increased the distance between my lights and my plant. I'm also fighting my tendency to over water. Things are still moving along well. I'll post updates on Wednesdays. FYI to those who commented, thanks. For some reason I'm having trouble confirming my email address, so that hasn't allowed me to reply to your comments. Trying to figure that out now.

MommaDuke It stalled late last week but now things are moving quickly again. Everything is healthy. Not sure if it's related or not, but I clipped two bottom leaves that weren't quite as healthy as others. Things picked up from there, but it might b a coincidence.

MommaDuke It stalled late last week but now things are moving quickly again. Everything is healthy. Not sure if it's related or not, but I clipped two bottom leaves that weren't quite as healthy as others. Things picked up from there, but it might b a coincidence. Week 5, everything is still going along well. It's hard to imagine 4 or 5 more weeks until finished, so we'll see. It's starting to smell good 😋

MommaDuke It stalled late last week but now things are moving quickly again. Everything is healthy. Not sure if it's related or not, but I clipped two bottom leaves that weren't quite as healthy as others. Things picked up from there, but it might b a coincidence. Week 5, everything is still going along well. It's hard to imagine 4 or 5 more weeks until finished, so we'll see. It's starting to smell good 😋 Week 6 and all is still well. I added some LED lights so the bottom third of the plant gets light. These are not strong and they are helping the smaller colas grow. My LED lights clamp to a step stool then I can reposition each one. The stronger lights are up top about 19 inches above the plant. The lower lights are about 6 inches by away. No burning or curling of leaves happening. I've noticed her water uptake has increased to about 1/3 a gallon every day and a half to 2 days.

MommaDuke I know it's controversial to trim autoflowers but this seemed right to me since all my colas now have light and everything is thriving. This might slow things down some but that's okay. I'm experimenting. See you next week. Hopefully it will not be a disaster because I removed maybe 10 fan leaves.

MommaDuke Things are still progressing well. There are many more flowers than I was expecting, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing in terms of maximum production. Not that this newbie is expecting to achieve that, but I'm more curious than anything.

MommaDuke Changed out the fly paper yesterday because I had some fruit flies. I accidentally touched the sticky paper to the plant and tore a few fan leaves. Ugh. I pruned them and there don't seem to be any problems. It's always something. Thanks for the advice to just let this go without expectation on number of weeks. I was anxious about it taking too long for an auto.

MommaDuke A great week. I'm thinking yield will be an ounce when all is said and done. We'll see. I'm also thinking two weeks to harvest. Happy to read tips on increasing yield if anyone has some. Thanks!

MommaDuke According to calculations, this grow cost me about the value of an ounce of good quality cannabis. I won't know this quality until after harvest, but I have a bit less than $500 invested all in. Taking it out of the tent was a setback, just necessary because, life. 🙂

MommaDuke Yes, I've defoliated, a lot. I'll never know what it could have been had I not made a few mistakes along the way. But I'm very pleased with the result so far and this is a good newbie result. Another week or so, then I'll harvest. It had some nice filling out this week, so I hate to cut too soon. All this time at home, I hope to get the next grow going and leave them outside as much as possible. Advice on harvest time welcome. TIA.

MommaDuke Not much product but it's wild. With a quick dry method on a few buda, I was totally lit. What you see in the jar is a partial harvest. Letting the bottom nugs fill out before cutting the rest. Thanks to the person who suggested the bandage after I topped.