Auto flower dwarf? OR did I do something wrong

D

Dmcase36

Member
This is an autoflower lemon from seedsman seed bank, it is on day 28 and it is only 10 inches tall and I'm not sure what the size gallon pot is in I'm pretty sure it is like a gallon or 12" wide and 9" tall. 1/3 of the bottom of the pot is 1lb of autoflower supersoil and the other 2/3 is happy frog potting soil. It pH stays at 6.0 to 6.5 and I water with distilled nursery bottled water only. I feed with seaweed kelp Evey other watering as well as foxfarm grow big. I really don't feed it as much as I do my feminized grand daddy purple (3 girls in back ground) because they are not auto and I was figuring on the supersoil to fuel the auto and was worried about stunting it's growth so for most part it's pretty much just water. I'm new to autoflower so I'm very curious as to if this little beauty is at its right height for day 28 or did I not do enough in some area? She is already showing her white hairs emerging from the pistols at the tops of her (shown in pics)IMG_20200621_184255.jpgScreenshot_20200621-185210.jpgIt is under two feit electric LED 2ft. 32w plant grow lights with adjustable red, blue and white color spectrum switches and in the center of those is a 86w feit electric LED plant grow light Full spectrum lighting with red,blue and white lights just not adjustable switches like the other two. They hang above the canopy at 16 inches and all my plants respond really nice to them as they stand straight up in the air with the fan leaves pointed upward. I run them on 18 hrs a day and off for 6 with all 3 color spectrums running at the same time. It is my veg tent and like I said the auto is kept in there with my regular girls so it can get as much light as possible beings how light schedule does trigger flower. With all that said if anyone has any tips or suggestions about my lil Auto dwarf please feel free to share.
 

Attachments

D

Dmcase36

Member
More light ? Dude those 3 lights it's under put out some pretty heavy rays... I mean I do have other lights I could add in for sure and I have a mars hydro TS 600 Watt spider LED I have coming in mail 2moro that I'm transferring the whole tent with. Supposed to be really good setup if you know what I'm talking about?
 
willy_wonka69

willy_wonka69

Active Member
Ok, either one of three things is going on, the light is too close to the plants, not allowing the plants to stretch. The plants is a indica which normally grow short like that, or your container is too small and roots can't grow. And I would for sure get some more light in their. Those blurps are not good for growing cannabis,
 
willy_wonka69

willy_wonka69

Active Member
Mostly bought by people who don't know better, or by big cannabis farms that buy the high end ones and run a dozen or more at a time.
 
JoeBlow5823

JoeBlow5823

Well-Known Member
Dmcase36 said:
More light ? Dude those 3 lights it's under put out some pretty heavy rays... I mean I do have other lights I could add in for sure and I have a mars hydro TS 600 Watt spider LED I have coming in mail 2moro that I'm transferring the whole tent with. Supposed to be really good setup if you know what I'm talking about?
Click to expand...
Is this your "600w" mars hydro light?
That is a 100w light.

You currently have a total of 150w with the lights you listed. Thats enough for a 2x2 tent at the most.
 
willy_wonka69

willy_wonka69

Active Member
JoeBlow5823 said:
Is this your "600w" mars hydro light?
That is a 100w light.

You currently have a total of 150w with the lights you listed. Thats enough for a 2x2 tent at the most.
Click to expand...
Agreed, most people don't understand that you need a certain wattage per square foot. Blurples overstate their output all the time.
 
slyer8

slyer8

Well-Known Member
I would not count out all "blurples" but I do agree them overstating their output. I would judge them by the watts they consume so that Mars hydro I would agree that it's 100w. For the dwarf I think your light is too close cause if it was a lack of light you would see some big stretches.
 
D

Dmcase36

Member
So i have the marshydro T600 and the 2 feit electric 32watt on each size they are 16inches above the canopy im showing about almost 2 inches since i readjusted my lights and it will be a week 2moro. I understand now what ysll are saying about the blurpes. Im also seeing around 3/4 tbrough there lighting day that she is droopy, i know they droop before lights go out so.etimes but this seems a little early. Also im showing a few yellow spots on some lower leaves. Here comes pics guys please help out if u can? Its crazy but it seems that it is growing at the same pace as these other 3 feminized grand daddy purple plants not auto could it be i know they stretch and compete for the light in close quarters but not vice versa with autos especially.... I think my pot may be too small and im scared to transplant too late for that. Pot is 11inches wide and only 9 inches tall so idk what that is in gallons until i google it. Lol temp is at 80 °F all day 78 late evening.plenty air movement. Im testing ph and ppm every feeding as well as soil checks ph is always 6.6 to 6.8 in water and soil. My ppm for her are at around 400.and that consists of foxfarm grow big seaweed extract and calcium/mag by RAW... I did add 1/4 teaspoon of maxigro to the water this past feeding and it and they seem to be taking it fine.let me now
 

Attachments

Last edited:
D

Dmcase36

Member
Yes that is my T6 light you posted in that link. I also have an aglex 600 in my 2x2 flower tent. The grow area with my auto is also a 2x2
 
Moflow

Moflow

Well-Known Member
Dmcase36 said:
Yes that is my T6 light you posted in that link. I also have an aglex 600 in my 2x2 flower tent. The grow area with my auto is also a 2x2
Click to expand...
Im a bit confused lol
What height is the ts600 from top of plants?
Is pic above with tape measure under the mars light or just the feit lights?
From your pic above you have 20" from soil to light, less height of plant, 10" = the light being 10" away...?
If it's under the Mars led that's a lot of light over a plant depending on how many hours the light is on.
Here's what Marshydro reccomend for distance from TOP of plant.
mars_hydro_ts600_led_grow_light_par-5-1.jpg
How far is the aglex 600 away from tops?
 
D

Dmcase36

Member
No no no from the canopy the lights (T6 and both feit hang the same height)were 16inches from canopy top of plants the auto is 9inches tall. So I moved them up last night to 20 inches above canopy. Hope it helps. That was not a good angle for the measurement for lights sorry I no it looks likes to you differently but I'll do it again for you with a tape pulled from ground to top of plants to top of light.
 
D

Dmcase36

Member
And my grow from you is actually a 2.3 x2.3 and my aglex is hanging about 22 inches above 2 preflowering dwc plants and are doing great
 
D

Dmcase36

Member
Look half the day it's leaves are pointing to the ceiling like the other plants which do that all the time about an hour ago they started drooping but only the tops. It seems like light is too low still idk
 
D

Dmcase36

Member
See this is what it looks like all day until about 7 pm. Lovely reaching for the sky and I raised my light to the roof of grow tent and I'm glad bc all the plants are responding great to it. Better than ever just hope the auto doesn't stop reaching upward. I have a camera in my grow tent running off WiFi so it's always filming. Time stays at 80°f
 

Attachments

You must log in or register to reply here.
Top