Is my Ripley's OG a photo?

MYGODSMOKES

MYGODSMOKES

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McStrats said:
2 weeks into 12/12. I noticed a little yellowing in some of the lower leaves so I fed Grow formula instead of Bloom. It worked previously in a similar situation. They will go mostly yellow eventually but I find that wen it happens too soon it cuts the life of the plant short and I end up harvesting a week or 2 early. My plan is to keep this one as green as possible for as long as possible.

The smell at this early stage of flower is like onions and garlic and its all over the house. Once I move it back into the grow room (2 weeks) she'll have the carbon filter. For now she's in a closet until the autos are done. View attachment 4070358 View attachment 4070359 View attachment 4070360
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Is that your ripleys?
 
whitebb2727

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McStrats said:
2 weeks into 12/12. I noticed a little yellowing in some of the lower leaves so I fed Grow formula instead of Bloom. It worked previously in a similar situation. They will go mostly yellow eventually but I find that wen it happens too soon it cuts the life of the plant short and I end up harvesting a week or 2 early. My plan is to keep this one as green as possible for as long as possible.

The smell at this early stage of flower is like onions and garlic and its all over the house. Once I move it back into the grow room (2 weeks) she'll have the carbon filter. For now she's in a closet until the autos are done. View attachment 4070358 View attachment 4070359 View attachment 4070360
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I don't like bloom feeds. I would rather have a balanced feed all the way through. Looking good.
 
McStrats

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MYGODSMOKES said:
I agree a bushy plant is a healthy one. But i didn't want to grow inside the bucket. These are not Auto's, i had about 30 nodes per top. Highest top from dirt was 6 inches. It was a cluster fuck!
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With good lighting and proper care those little nodes join together to form larger buds. They need the stored energy that is in the leaves to do this. RIU has tons of good info from people who have been
MYGODSMOKES said:
Is that your ripleys?
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Yes.
 
MYGODSMOKES

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Won't that only give light to the side that's up? I want a huge top! I moved the lights so it's more to the side of it rather than beaming right down on it. The sugar leaves were canoed up about 8 inches down.
 
MYGODSMOKES

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Well lights are out or i would get pics. I redone the arrangment again. So now lights are at a 30 degree angle on either side of it. I have been rotating mid light cycle because the one is a higher watt. Hopefully it continues to grow evenly. It has really started stacking big time now. I am guessing 3 weeks till she goes dark.

How long is a good dark period? Also does it really help with anything?
 
McStrats

McStrats

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MYGODSMOKES said:
Well lights are out or i would get pics. I redone the arrangment again. So now lights are at a 30 degree angle on either side of it. I have been rotating mid light cycle because the one is a higher watt. Hopefully it continues to grow evenly. It has really started stacking big time now. I am guessing 3 weeks till she goes dark.

How long is a good dark period? Also does it really help with anything?
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Dark period is essential for flowering. A photo period female can stay in perpetual veg until you flip to 12/12. With autos they'll flower under almost any light schedule as their lifespan is time-sensitive. I do mine on 24/0 and I have good results.

As for the extended dark period some more experienced growers do before harvest...I don't really know enough to know enough.

Looking at your pictures I think the light is too far from most of the plant. the light itself also either isn't the right spectrum, or the manufacturers wattage spec isn't what they claim. I see it all the time. Home Depot have a 110V shop vac they claim is 6HP. I build industrial vacuums and know that the highest HP Baldor will do for 110/1/60 is 2HP as it pulls around 18 full load amps and 20 amp circuit is as high as you can go - the shop vac manuf knows its a fib but they print a bogus spec anyway. Lighting manufacturers are the same. I see it every day.

I might be wrong but the structure of your plant has both those issues written all over, defoliating it is also keeping the buds popcorn size instead of matting together to form larger ones. It should still yield some decent smoke though :bigjoint:
 
MYGODSMOKES

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I haven't done any defoliation on my auto. I was asking about time in dark before cut. The auto will fill out for sure. It already has started. All buds from what i have seen start or small... Not a pro or have very many grows under my belt though. I'm not arguing anymore about stretch. I will post of harvest and then see what i need or don't need.

Im running 18/6 and if i knew stretch would have been so bad 24 would have been nice. But the top of the plant is actually less than 8 inches from light in pic. I will pull a close up when lights come on. All my pics that have been posted are more than 8ft away
 
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