My First Closet Grow (CFL / AutoFlowering Strains)...

[RickyNewman]

Oh and I transplanted into 8 litre pots from 3 litre pots. This SHOULD see them through to harvest now :-) woohoo lots of room for those sexy roots :-)

[smoketoker]

Very nice plants. I can't think of anything suggestions, I think you're doing fine. The yellowing of the lower leaves is normal, even when you are feeding them the lower leaves still tend to die off eventually.

[RickyNewman]

Hey,

Thanks smoketoker! :-)

I have now bought a big plastic box, t5 prop/veg lamp and have 12-15 seedlings at different stages in there vegging, I plan to place these into the tent after the autoflowers are done and whack to 12/12 as these are normal strains there on in. I will then veg/propagate in the little box (which i will get pics up of soon) and then transport into the now so called "flowering tent" hehe :-) nice little setup i got going if i dont say so myself

Going to play around learning stuff with some of the seedlings in the box, gonna do some LST, FIM, Topping, High Stress training, see what works best etc.. anyway, onto a picture update of the current grow:

@Smoketoker: the yellowing on the leaves shouldn't happen until the last couple of weeks of flowering.. i'm only at varying days from 6 days to 10 days into flower for those babies. Pineapple Express yellows like a bitch, more so than normal but still shouldn't this early, think it was needing food real bad.

















Untill the next time, peace :-)

[smoketoker]

Hey Ricky,
It's normal for the lower leaves to yellow, the very bottom leaves that is. If the problem begins at the bottom but is working it's way up the plant then they need nitrogen.

[pecador666]

Looking good mate, cant wait to see them all fat and gooey.

[RickyNewman]

Hey,

Thanks :-)

@smoketoker; yeah the early leaves went yellow then it started going up onto the fan leaves and working its way gradually up, looks like I started feeding just in time :-)

I have a question, do you think I should try some Molasses? I heard it does wonders for budding.. anyone have any opinions / comments on it? Whether I should try it out or just leave as is...

[smoketoker]

I heard positive stories, but never tried.

[PhatJay]

Nice to see you kept your log going Ricky, so many people don't. I think logging your early grows is one of the best ways to learn. Your plants are looking pretty good, they should give you a nice smoke.

If you want to use molasses make sure you get the UNSULPHURED kind, it is sometimes labelled Black Strap molasses but not always, check the ingredients label. Only use it once a week. You use 1 TEASPOON per Gallon of water (about 1ml per litre) and no more. Overdosing molasses is a bad idea and it will hurt your plants.