Nirvana's Northern Light Feminized + Autoflower Grow

swann

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they look like they are starting to flower, but not sure. Yea i didnt want to take the chance of them not flowering cuz of what everyone was saying about them so i just threw them into 12/12 when they got to how tall i wanted them.
nice looking plants by the way =) Great work
hell yeah man thanx, but you just basically grew to how tall you wanted them and put them in 12/12? if thats the case then they werent auto,theyr suppose to grow to a certain hight and then flower, how tall was yours before you flowered because mine are about a foot tall and showing bud sites, about how long should i wait to put them in 12/12 i planted them september 9 they all have white hairs and theyr growing, what should i do??:leaf:
 

Crypnotic

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hell yeah man thanx, but you just basically grew to how tall you wanted them and put them in 12/12? if thats the case then they werent auto,theyr suppose to grow to a certain hight and then flower, how tall was yours before you flowered because mine are about a foot tall and showing bud sites, about how long should i wait to put them in 12/12 i planted them september 9 they all have white hairs and theyr growing, what should i do??:leaf:
Your plants have veg for five weeks and a foot tall. I say put them in 12/12 now and do not wait any longer. Put them in 12/12 and leave them and dont change the time again. Plants looking good Swann.
 

swann

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Your plants have veg for five weeks and a foot tall. I say put them in 12/12 now and do not wait any longer. Put them in 12/12 and leave them and dont change the time again. Plants looking good Swann.
yeah i did, i figured they should all theyr is i guess is preflowers and no real bud development, i'll keep updating.:weed:
 
Hey all, great thread by the way.
i got some nirvana NL AF beans for my 1st grow, using CFL in a 60x60 grow tent. Was getting a bit worried as it's been going for just over 2 weeks and is only 4 inches high, but reading this thread has put my mind at ease. Built myself a ScrOG but think it will be a while till she's big enough to use it!! Have got her on 20/4 light schedule and planned to veg for 3 or 4 weeks, that may change to 5 or 6 weeks, depends on size. Had to remove 4 of the fan leaves from round the top as they were covering the nodes below but don't think it has done too much damage, if any.
Here are some pics of her. First 2 were after 13 days, last 2 day 16 after cutting the fan leaves. Any comments greatfully received:weed:
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dwarfman420

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Update: Day 46 2 days into 3rd week of flowering lighting (12/12). Continuing to neut with foxfarm every other watering. No problems as of yet. Watering has been increasing as they drink a lot. Rock Locks though are the turtles of the bunch as they have all showed sex but haven't really started to "flower" much yet. They don't take as much water as either the Big Buddahs or the Northern Lights. They were bonus seeds sent by the distributor, non auto's i believe.

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swann

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Hey all, great thread by the way.
i got some nirvana NL AF beans for my 1st grow, using CFL in a 60x60 grow tent. Was getting a bit worried as it's been going for just over 2 weeks and is only 4 inches high, but reading this thread has put my mind at ease. Built myself a ScrOG but think it will be a while till she's big enough to use it!! Have got her on 20/4 light schedule and planned to veg for 3 or 4 weeks, that may change to 5 or 6 weeks, depends on size. Had to remove 4 of the fan leaves from round the top as they were covering the nodes below but don't think it has done too much damage, if any.
Here are some pics of her. First 2 were after 13 days, last 2 day 16 after cutting the fan leaves. Any comments greatfully received:weed:
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how big are your pots? and shouldve started them on 18/6 they flourish like some kind of alien weed or something, but once you see you have females invest in a work light, you could find these at lowes, theyr red and with like a cage around the light and a protective piece of glass you have to remove in order to make your weed into the bomb, look back on this thread and youll find what im talking about, smoke on man!!:joint::weed:
 
how big are your pots? and shouldve started them on 18/6 they flourish like some kind of alien weed or something, but once you see you have females invest in a work light, you could find these at lowes, theyr red and with like a cage around the light and a protective piece of glass you have to remove in order to make your weed into the bomb, look back on this thread and youll find what im talking about, smoke on man!!:joint::weed:
Thanks man, i'll look into that. Pots are 10inch deep and filled with 12 litres of houseplant compost. seeds were feminized so no danger of any nutz popping out. Bought from Nirvana back in July, so a bit worried they may be from the dodgy batch i've been hearing about, guess time will tell. Would it be worth switching to 18/6 now or should i leave as it is?
 

Jesus Moosh

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I went 12/12 with my nirvana NL AF 14 days ago after 31 days from seed. In the last 4 days or so buds have been popping up everywhere
 

swann

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Thanks man, i'll look into that. Pots are 10inch deep and filled with 12 litres of houseplant compost. seeds were feminized so no danger of any nutz popping out. Bought from Nirvana back in July, so a bit worried they may be from the dodgy batch i've been hearing about, guess time will tell. Would it be worth switching to 18/6 now or should i leave as it is?
naw man put it in 12/12, thats what im doin at the moment and theyr grrrreeaat!:hump:
 

swann

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I went 12/12 with my nirvana NL AF 14 days ago after 31 days from seed. In the last 4 days or so buds have been popping up everywhere
yeah what the fuck is with that, i see more an more people who bought this strain are having to put it in 12/12, i thought these were ''auto flower'' someones fucking up, but still though 4 out of 5 popped and went in the dirt so and still growing, flowering too, smoke on:weed:
 

Jesus Moosh

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yeah what the fuck is with that, i see more an more people who bought this strain are having to put it in 12/12, i thought these were ''auto flower'' someones fucking up, but still though 4 out of 5 popped and went in the dirt so and still growing, flowering too, smoke on:weed:
I dont know how long an auto flower takes to show preflowers but i didnt have the time to see if they would AF or not and just stuck them on 12/12 so i can harvest begining of december.
 
Sup One great thread Im a big fan of this strain
question for anyone, when growing 12/12 from seed Non-auto flower which spectrum do you use? 2700 or the 5000+? I was thinking 5000+ (to help it veg well) with 2700 side lighting or support lighting, when they start shootin pubes switch to full on hps
thanks all
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look at my thread in my signiture

Forgot to mention about your ladies, Looking nice btw they look healthy
Thanks JM, good to get someone elses opinion - you're never too sure how things are going when it's your first grow. Got to ask about lighting schedules tho. I got my beans from Nirvana about the same time as you, do you think yours would have flowered on 18/6? I've read some posts that say 12/12 reduces yield. Read your thread by the way, some usefull info in there - i'll definitely be keeping my cat well away from my tent now as well:lol:
 

Jesus Moosh

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Thanks JM, good to get someone elses opinion - you're never too sure how things are going when it's your first grow.
Thats the whole point of RIU mate and this is, what i hope to be, my first successful grow

Got to ask about lighting schedules tho. I got my beans from Nirvana about the same time as you, do you think yours would have flowered on 18/6? I've read some posts that say 12/12 reduces yield.
I had mine on 20/4 for a week once they went into the rockwoll then switched to 18/6 for around 3 weeks then i flipped 12/12 31 days from seed. I dont quite know when AF's are meant to show preflowers but they didnt untill day 9 of 12/12, 40 days from seed. If mine would of AF on their own i dont know, i wasn't going to risk it as i'm constrained by time and also want to smoke some for christmas. As far as yield decrease i am not to sure, I am hoping that because most didn't inherit the AF gene that maybe the northern lights genetics are more dominant in all area's including yield as the ruderalis genetics seem non extistent.

Read your thread by the way, some usefull info in there - i'll definitely be keeping my cat well away from my tent now as well:lol:
Cheers for taking a nose through my thread, as for the cat it wasn't his fault, i was babbysitting a mates bitch and it was her, found leaves in her poo. Turns out it wasnt such a bad thing the most chewed plant turned out to now be my biggest and 3 of her branches/colas i've had to LST. But i have heard some horror stories about cats and grows.
 
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