First ever grow and would love some constructive criticism and advise!

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AlphaSnor

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Hello! hope everyone is doing well. I am busy with my first ever serious grow and I have my doubts here and there. Maybe i'm being paranoid because this is period that counts and I don't want to screw it up now. Anyway, first some info you should need:

Strain: Royal Dwarf Autoflower
Light: 100W spiderfarmer LED with some 23watt CFL and LED bulbs.
Medium: Canna coco with perlite
Nutrients: All organic stuff. Tbh I just bought what I thought would work wel and got met the NPK I needed. I used wormcastings, bat guano, sea weed in powder form, some Epsom salts, egg shells, bone meal, banana peal tea and coffee grounds. Most of the time I dumped it on top of the medium and watered over it.
Training: A lot of LST and a little bit of defoliation.
Waterings: I didnt have a shedule, just watered when I felt it was needed.

Now my worry nr.1: I really wanted to go organic and thought coco coir was the way to go for me. I love it so farm and tbh all is going well. Now even tho I have read a shitton over the past years (yes i wanted to do this for a long time) apparently it is not recommended to do organics in coco and treat it like hydro. So basicly my question is am I good or did I shoot myself in the foot?

Second quetion. Are the leaves too light of a green? and in a photo I will send there are spots on some leaves that are a different shade of green and I have no idea what it is. I have read about a lot of deficiencies but im not sure about this one or if its even a deficiency.

Last question is, i have a lot of bud sites all over the plant even on the lower parts of the plant. Should I cut these off so the plant can focus on the top cola's or, since its an autoflower, I should not stress the plant and let her do her thing.

But I think the main reason I made my first ever forum post is that I would appreciate some advice and opinions :)
Thanks!
 

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smokinrav

smokinrav

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Be careful with organics and water fed nutrients. It's easy to overfeed or create a toxic environment. You have a bit of burned leaf tips, indicating nutrient toxicity. Maybe the first signs of leaf curling, too.
Good luck!
 
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SWAGGER 1966

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Well you are certainly having a good go
But I think some times your better off to treat your baby's with care and not spoil them just give them vegitive supplements and keep an eye on pH when you're ready to flower them leave them in darkness for 24 hours then kick them to 12/12 and feed them a good. Feed but don't over do it
You can listen to loads of (EXPERTS) BUT GO WITH YOUR HEART GOOD LUCK
 
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SWAGGER 1966

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AlphaSnor said:
Hello! hope everyone is doing well. I am busy with my first ever serious grow and I have my doubts here and there. Maybe i'm being paranoid because this is period that counts and I don't want to screw it up now. Anyway, first some info you should need:

Strain: Royal Dwarf Autoflower
Light: 100W spiderfarmer LED with some 23watt CFL and LED bulbs.
Medium: Canna coco with perlite
Nutrients: All organic stuff. Tbh I just bought what I thought would work wel and got met the NPK I needed. I used wormcastings, bat guano, sea weed in powder form, some Epsom salts, egg shells, bone meal, banana peal tea and coffee grounds. Most of the time I dumped it on top of the medium and watered over it.
Training: A lot of LST and a little bit of defoliation.
Waterings: I didnt have a shedule, just watered when I felt it was needed.

Now my worry nr.1: I really wanted to go organic and thought coco coir was the way to go for me. I love it so farm and tbh all is going well. Now even tho I have read a shitton over the past years (yes i wanted to do this for a long time) apparently it is not recommended to do organics in coco and treat it like hydro. So basicly my question is am I good or did I shoot myself in the foot?

Second quetion. Are the leaves too light of a green? and in a photo I will send there are spots on some leaves that are a different shade of green and I have no idea what it is. I have read about a lot of deficiencies but im not sure about this one or if its even a deficiency.

Last question is, i have a lot of bud sites all over the plant even on the lower parts of the plant. Should I cut these off so the plant can focus on the top cola's or, since its an autoflower, I should not stress the plant and let her do her thing.

But I think the main reason I made my first ever forum post is that I would appreciate some advice and opinions :)
Thanks!
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BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS EXPEREMENT I NORMALLY DURING VEGITVE GROWTH TRIM AL BOTTOM BRANCHES
SO THE PLANT CAN CONCENTRATE ON THE UPPER COLAS ?????
 
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AlphaSnor

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Thanks for the advice! I do think I did get a little overboard with the nutrients. Even though I thought using organics leaves more room for error but even then I should not pamper her so much haha
 
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AlphaSnor

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smokinrav said:
Be careful with organics and water fed nutrients. It's easy to overfeed or create a toxic environment. You have a bit of burned leaf tips, indicating nutrient toxicity. Maybe the first signs of leaf curling, too.
Good luck!
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Appreciate the feedback! I will tone it down a bit on the nutrients. Should I just use plain water for a while?
 
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SWAGGER 1966

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The best thing you can do is keep an eye on the trichomes I prefer them mostly to be cloudy milky maybe some as bit amber but not too many clear should be hard to find that's me you need magnefire you can get a nice size one looks like a pencil magnifies 40x place is in Hainault
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AlphaSnor

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SWAGGER 1966 said:
The best thing you can do is keep an eye on the trichomes I prefer them mostly to be cloudy milky maybe some as bit amber but not too many clear should be hard to find that's me you need magnefire you can get a nice size one looks like a pencil magnifies 40x place is in Hainault
Starna Scientific Ltd.
52-54 Fowler Road
Hainault, Essex IG6 3UT
United Kingdom
Company No: 793931
VAT No: 245256464
Email: sales@starna.com

Phone
Sales: + 44 (0) 20 8500 1264
Technical Support: + 44 (0) 20 8501 5550
Fax
+ 44 (0) 20 8501 1118
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Yes I actually bought one a couple a days ago, tho it's a 30x scope with build in light
 
myke

myke

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I think your doing fine man,coco and organic can be tough.Have you added anything for CaMg? Coco strips that away as you probably already now.
oh ha i c that epsom but the egg shells will take months to give ya any Ca.
 
speedwell68

speedwell68

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SWAGGER 1966 said:
Well you are certainly having a good go
But I think some times your better off to treat your baby's with care and not spoil them just give them vegitive supplements and keep an eye on pH when you're ready to flower them leave them in darkness for 24 hours then kick them to 12/12 and feed them a good. Feed but don't over do it
You can listen to loads of (EXPERTS) BUT GO WITH YOUR HEART GOOD LUCK
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They are Autos. They should be between 18/6 and 24/0 not 12/12.

I am quite new to Autos and have sought the advice of others and the consensus is that Autos require less nutes than Photos. Mine are in a peat based off the shelf soil called Jack's Magic, the sort of stuff you'd use for general gardening, I just add a touch of Mycorrhizal fungi granules where the root will expand into it. They get nothing but water for the first two weeks after germinating. Then they get grow nutes (Blattwerk Pure & Epsom Salts) mixed at 50% until they hit the second week after flowering begins. After that they get Plant Magic Oldtimer's Bloom, PK 4-8 at 50% with a touch of Epsom Salts every other watering until the end. My plants are green and lush with no sign of any nute burn. My guess is that your mix is too rich.
 
pulpoinspace

pulpoinspace

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looks good might be a little overfed i'd ditch the coffee grounds. if you really want to go organic in coco get organic hydroponic nutrients. although i don't recommend it.
 
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AlphaSnor said:
Hello! hope everyone is doing well. I am busy with my first ever serious grow and I have my doubts here and there. Maybe i'm being paranoid because this is period that counts and I don't want to screw it up now. Anyway, first some info you should need:

Strain: Royal Dwarf Autoflower
Light: 100W spiderfarmer LED with some 23watt CFL and LED bulbs.
Medium: Canna coco with perlite
Nutrients: All organic stuff. Tbh I just bought what I thought would work wel and got met the NPK I needed. I used wormcastings, bat guano, sea weed in powder form, some Epsom salts, egg shells, bone meal, banana peal tea and coffee grounds. Most of the time I dumped it on top of the medium and watered over it.
Training: A lot of LST and a little bit of defoliation.
Waterings: I didnt have a shedule, just watered when I felt it was needed.

Now my worry nr.1: I really wanted to go organic and thought coco coir was the way to go for me. I love it so farm and tbh all is going well. Now even tho I have read a shitton over the past years (yes i wanted to do this for a long time) apparently it is not recommended to do organics in coco and treat it like hydro. So basicly my question is am I good or did I shoot myself in the foot?

Second quetion. Are the leaves too light of a green? and in a photo I will send there are spots on some leaves that are a different shade of green and I have no idea what it is. I have read about a lot of deficiencies but im not sure about this one or if its even a deficiency.

Last question is, i have a lot of bud sites all over the plant even on the lower parts of the plant. Should I cut these off so the plant can focus on the top cola's or, since its an autoflower, I should not stress the plant and let her do her thing.

But I think the main reason I made my first ever forum post is that I would appreciate some advice and opinions :)
Thanks!
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Coco needs to be treated like hydro. It needs more water and daily feedings. Amending coco is tricky and doesn't work unless you really know what you're doing. For example you are showing a little too much N and too little K.

Amendment requires the building of a microherd to break down the nutrients, whereas hydro nutes are immediately available to the plant. Looks like you will make it to the end. Overall your plant looks good and you've done well. Best of luck finishing her.
 
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myke said:
I think your doing fine man,coco and organic can be tough.Have you added anything for CaMg? Coco strips that away as you probably already now.
oh ha i c that epsom but the egg shells will take months to give ya any Ca.
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Hey thanks for the advice! Yes actually just the epsom salts. I think the eggshells where not really needed because as you said, the nutrients might only be available by the time the plant is already finished haha. Would you recommend more or different CaMg supplements or just the salts is fine?
 
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