Northern lights auto grow stall

Hey friends, so I am in week 8, about 3 weeks into flowering with a northern lights auto (and a 1 week behind platinum kush auto, 3 week behind gg auto.

The NL went ballistic on stretch. I bent her best I could, even snapped the platinum kush auto down to node 1 in the process. Anyway, she kept going way beyond light tolerance and above the max height of the light after I moved her to the side a bit. After 2 weeks in flowering I had to do something so I did a 3 node super crop. It killed me but then the rest of the branches kept going also. I did 2 lesser depth super crops, all during flower.

My dilemma is I seemingly have shocked this massive girl AND it looks really saliva weighted to me. Problem is seems all those little buds stopped getting fat AND I'm seeing a brown hair or two already. The snapped platinum kush is fattening up nicely just like the last one, only shorter.

No leaf problems but only a 3 gallon pot, which is my usual.

Medium is soil, been of fox farm and organics with extra perlite, ph going in has been 6.2, temp is highish around 80 f, organic flowering nutes started about 2 weeks ago. Here is a pic. The lowest bud is the platinum kush. Gg is out of sight.

Any suggestions on the NL auto? She's a Beaty I would hate to lose.

Shitty purple pic! Why so low on ph? Have you been adding ewc or compost?

I have only added some organic nutes. Truth is I've never had one go this big and soil with minimal nutes has always been enough with my autos. Here is a better pic or two. PH? I have gone between 6 and 6.5 with success in the past in soil

If you add ewc or the like on top then it will balance the ph,but hey stick with what works.Next time add the veg nutes right at flip and keep adding, stretch eats a lot.

myke said:

Shitty purple pic! Why so low on ph? Have you been adding ewc or compost?

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Trying to get multiple better pics uploaded, hmm

The soil I use has been hot before, even after loosening and mixing. It's an auto, so I normally steer clear of any nutes during veg. The soil seems to have plenty and ewc are included.

Do you think raising the ph now is a good idea? I'll try anything since it is an auto and I'm probably running out of time.

lackofpatience said:

The soil I use has been hot before, even after loosening and mixing. It's an auto, so I normally steer clear of any nutes during veg. The soil seems to have plenty and ewc are included.

Do you think raising the ph now is a good idea? I'll try anything since it is an auto and I'm probably running out of time.

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Well it allows calcium to uptake easier witch is crucial for flower.So your call.Myself I water with 7.2ph.Straight from the tap.

myke said:

Well it allows calcium to uptake easier witch is crucial for flower.So your call.Myself I water with 7.2ph.Straight from the tap.

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Thanks for that tip. I'd love to try straight tap and may well do next time.

So, bad ending here, or maybe not completely. All the hst bending I did must have caused her to hermie. I felt some early seeds in a few spots. I didn't want to waste more time on this with other solids going in the space so I chopped her...but i saved the tiny buds. A VERY interesting and energetic feeling after toking! I'm going to try some more again tonight to see if it still is any good (or I was just dreaming!)