Looking gorgeous Rozzy..interesting you're going with coco I've been researching like mad before I give it a go in the new year, I may bend your ear you've clearly got the knack
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Week 5 - Sour Diesel, Afghan Kush - [14/09/25]
Northern Lights, day 1!
The next grow has officially began! I figured I'd go for a more oldschool and well renowned strain, and the northern light autos from RQS seemed to fit the bill perfectly. It's only a 4x4 tent so the yield won't be huge (and will take a lil while!), but I'll do everything in my power to make sure the flower is perfect. A lot of lessons have been learned, a lot of time has been spent researching and a lot of time will go into caring for these 3 babies. They're under a 640w full spectrum LED light, in coco coir and will be fed with advanced nutrients until the flush! After this crop, the plan is to get a bigger tent so that I can list multiple strains with even better quality at even lower prices, and on a much more consistent basis! For now though, let's bloody grow! I wish all biggas a good day, week and month, and if any experienced growers have any little tips/tricks to improve, I'd love to hear them! 🙂
Happy growing mate. I love using these foam ties, they are cheap and make 'low stress training' really easy. I usually trim the foam to pin the stems down with them early on and then use them as spreader bars between stems later in the grow to keep airflow between buds.
Good luck mate 👍
Good luck mate 👍
Yeah its great stuff, you can buy it on a roll too, if you spiral it round a stem you can pretty much free form them
Thank you! I'm definitely gonna do a bit of LST on these and wasn't sure how to go about it so that's a huge help :)
I really appreciate that man!
I really appreciate that man!
Thanks for the tip! The pots are only about 3 gallons but I've grown some monsters in 3 gals before! The grow before last (grapefruit autos) were out of control by mid flower
Hey boss,
I just want to drop my 2p here as I have grown this exact auto strain from RQS. If you take my advise you should swap this out to a better strain before you put too much effort into it, just to be let down by the results at end like I was.
Autos have much less potential for yield and I ran several auto strains when I started out growing none of which tasted up to today's standards.
I would advise against growing from seed as a beginner because they are a hit and miss. If you heard the term pheno hunting before it refers to growing a number of plants of the same strain from seeds and taking cuttings labelling them and at the end of the grow they choose the best pheno to keep and clone for consistent good quality.
If you insist on keeping the autos I would suggest you start low stress training as soon as you can because time is limited with them.
Once it starts to get bigger strip down all the lower sites so the plant will put all her energy into the tops, this way I got nice looking results but I was always dissapointed with how they smoke. Once I got hold of some fire cuttings my whole game changed for the best :)
Either ways best of luck and feel free to reach out if need any help with growing.
I just want to drop my 2p here as I have grown this exact auto strain from RQS. If you take my advise you should swap this out to a better strain before you put too much effort into it, just to be let down by the results at end like I was.
Autos have much less potential for yield and I ran several auto strains when I started out growing none of which tasted up to today's standards.
I would advise against growing from seed as a beginner because they are a hit and miss. If you heard the term pheno hunting before it refers to growing a number of plants of the same strain from seeds and taking cuttings labelling them and at the end of the grow they choose the best pheno to keep and clone for consistent good quality.
If you insist on keeping the autos I would suggest you start low stress training as soon as you can because time is limited with them.
Once it starts to get bigger strip down all the lower sites so the plant will put all her energy into the tops, this way I got nice looking results but I was always dissapointed with how they smoke. Once I got hold of some fire cuttings my whole game changed for the best :)
Either ways best of luck and feel free to reach out if need any help with growing.
Thanks for the advice and the kind words man! They seem to be doing pretty well so far so I'm gonna keep them going, I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate some more oldschool genetics and if the bud isn't up to par it'll be priced accordingly. The plants aren't quite in flower yet but they're really healthy and seem to be adapting well to the environment so I'm just interested to see where they can go. Next run will probably involve a pheno hunt so I'm a lot more excited for that!
If you're into old school genetics , check out The Real Seed Company . They do all sorts of land race from around the world and a few Western classics too . Iv'e grown a couple .The best so far was the Afghan90. The flowers were lighter and leafier than modern varieties , but the skunkyness really lingered in an old school kinda way .
There's no question they will adopt and flower with nice looking buds like all autoflowers. Try to run a non auto of the same strain and see the difference in flavour and effects.
Autos are like a watered down versions of the original strains having the ruderails genetics added to them to make their life cycle fixed.
You will be shocked how much more you can get out of "normal" plants with your setup. :)
Autos are like a watered down versions of the original strains having the ruderails genetics added to them to make their life cycle fixed.
You will be shocked how much more you can get out of "normal" plants with your setup. :)
Yeah, I get you there, but in all fairness I've had better results from autos than photos so far. It could just be that I've only been growing a year though. The mangos from the last crop were photos and I think down to my own mistake they started flowering too early and didn't get very tall. The bud is pretty nice but honestly not the best I've grown. The best I've done so far has been an auto (choc orange by dr krippling) and honestly it was up there with the best I've had in my life! But the next run will definitely be photos just so I can pheno hunt and get some consistency going. Growing from seed in general has been a bit hit and miss so far
It is for sure a bit of a hit and miss and also some seedbanks are better than others. I wasn't much impressed with RQS but had few from the US with exeptional results.
With regulars you get more control and can veg one plant to fill up your space before flipping to flower. Cleaning the lower sites that get small to no light will give you better tops in both cases tho.
With regulars you get more control and can veg one plant to fill up your space before flipping to flower. Cleaning the lower sites that get small to no light will give you better tops in both cases tho.
This is them at 22 days from sprout and they seem to be loving life! No signs of any flowering or any major stretch yet so that's a positive sign! It means they can get a lil bit more height before the actual stretch and hopefully fill the canopy up
All looking healthy there mate, are you just letting them go straight up or have you got any other plans for them?
I'm just gonna let them go straight up, tuck some leaves so the branches/nodes can get good light and separate the bud sites with a trellis net before any buds actually grow. Also gonna cut the really low down branches that'd grow crappy buds. The plan was to do some LST and use the trellis net early on but I figured I'll let them do their thing and get some height before I mess with them too much 😅
At that size I would be tempted to nip out the tips and aim for a more even canopy.
If you do decide to top autos then never cut them just gently part the top and knock the tip out with your fingers, if you do it right the plant won't notice anything has happened and they will bush out big time, losing the main kola gives you the benefit of being able to get the light closer to the canopy.
Whatever you decide to do keep us posted they are looking happy and healthy 👍
If you do decide to top autos then never cut them just gently part the top and knock the tip out with your fingers, if you do it right the plant won't notice anything has happened and they will bush out big time, losing the main kola gives you the benefit of being able to get the light closer to the canopy.
Whatever you decide to do keep us posted they are looking happy and healthy 👍
Good luck! I've heard you can grow NL outside in the southern parts of the UK. Anyone else heard such rumours?
All plants will grow in the uk during the right time of the year.
Gorilla grows using autos can do 2 crops a season, 3 if they are under cover and get good sun
Gorilla grows using autos can do 2 crops a season, 3 if they are under cover and get good sun
I've heard similar rumours about some oldschool strains, I don't think NL specifically but there's a lot of strains that people say do really well in the UK climate... I grew a solo strawbnana plant outdoors in 2022 and was genuinely shocked at how well it did
I really appreciate the advice but autos just seem to get out of control for me! I think it may be something to do with being in coco and also maybe because I keep feeding veg nutes during early stretch (until bud sites are really forming), OR possibly because I've been lucky with genetics, but I tried running 5 autos in there before and sadly had to kill 2 of them due to sheer size. This pic is the canopy with 3 grapefruit autos in it (grow before last) and that wasn't even the buds at full size!
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