When to start training autoflowers
How to Train Autoflowers For Bigger Yields - White Widow Budget Grow Week 3
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what is up guys from seed to stone here
and in this episode we'll be following
these white widow Otto's through week
number three this week came with its
fair share of challenges to overcome
like correcting some issues with one of
our widows and I ended the week by
starting their low stress training I
found out some not so shocking news
about one of our plants and lastly I
talked about the pros and cons with
growing in the budget set up so far I
ended last week by giving these three
their first new treat feeding a few days
into the week I noticed two out of the
three seemed very happy but one was
showing some very early signs of
nitrogen toxicity in a slight calcium
deficiency
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now some might ask why are two plants
thriving and one is showing some issues
even though I fed the exact same amount
of nutrients to all three while there
are a handful of factors like the rate
in which a plant matures and root
development but the simplest way to put
it is different plant phenotypes last
week I already showed how two plants
were showing similar yet slightly
unstable fee nose while one was showing
signs of a strong phenotype what's the
phenotype you might ask think of it this
way your mom and dad had you and you
have your own traits characteristics and
things that make you unique but let's
say after having you they had another
kid although that kid was created by the
exact same parents due to so many
genetic variables there are tons of
different ways that they might assort
themselves meaning your sibling might
look like you and have similar DNA but
they also might have different colored
hair be taller or shorter and might be
prone to different health issues
throughout their life
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unless you were growing from clones
plants work the exact same way because a
phenotype is different they might be
more indica than sativa dominant grow
shorter but bushier versus taller and
lankier and also like I mentioned before
responded nutrients in a different way
this is why it's important to stay on
top of your garden and give the plants
the attention they need well enough with
the birds and the bees let's get this
issue fixed to make things easier on me
I'll still be feeding these girls the
exact same nutrients for this feeding
the color looks great with the other two
meaning our nitrogen levels are correct
and they aren't showing any signs of
deficiencies I'll be cutting grow and
bloom nutrients and just feeding cow mat
which has small traces of nitrogen
already in it which will keep our other
two happy without over feeding the other
plant depending on how far the issue is
progressed for you you might even need
to create separate feeds for each plant
that's up to you to decide as your
Gardens caretaker after feeding these
gals I give them a day to rest and now
it's time to start their low stress
training the purpose of the training is
to expose new growth sites that might
not be getting direct light plants
biologically put more time and energy
into growing branches that are directly
exposed to light by exposing these lower
growth sites they will now be
prioritized as well as you'll see a
flood of new tops start to grow within
the coming weeks another useful reason
people train is to maintain their canopy
size making this a perfect method for
people growing in limited space trading
early on is tough because a plant is
smaller and more delicate but at the
same time it's actually a lot easier
than most people think all I do to start
is simply just bend the plant over
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I'm using some flexible wire to first
build a support to keep the base of my
stock standing upwards I attach this to
the side of my fabric potholing in the
opposite direction that the plants will
be bent over towards once the first
support wire is in place I gently bend
the plant over the other way and secure
it with another wire and making sure to
leave enough space in the loop so as the
plant grows it won't become constricted
in the wire if you make them too tight
your plant will naturally start to grow
around the wire and this can cause some
complications down the road I repeat
this process on all three plants until
each one is properly trained
last step from here is to turn the
plants around so they're bent out
towards the edge of the tent the par and
ppfd outputs of light panels are usually
stronger at the middle this will allow
the majority of the lights energy to be
focused directly onto the new growth
sites
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well I showed you my methods for this
week now I want to talk about my
thoughts with the grouse so far and some
of the pros and cons and growing in a
budget setup first let's talk about the
plants in specifics so far they all look
happy and healthy the overall color
looks great and their Leafs are praying
upwards one aspect I'm not super happy
about as one of our gauss's already
popped pistols at day 21 this is earlier
than I had hoped for one of the reasons
I started photos was a fair amount of
auto strains don't let you veg them out
long enough to produce decent yields
come harvest time it's been my
experience that autos are unpredictable
temperamental and generally due to their
veg cycles end up bottlenecking
themselves in the long run that's not to
say you can't have decent results with
autos you just have to find the right
breeder and strain to date the favorite
auto have ever grown has been Northern
Lights by crop king seeds
they've edged out for a decent amount of
time they were fast growing and produced
amazing results with each plant yielding
close to a hundred grams which is
actually pretty decent for an auto as
finicky as autos are I don't plan to
stop growing them any time soon I'd love
to find an auto strain that veges out
for at least five to six weeks and
produces not only good yields but most
importantly great quality buds if you
have any recommendation let me know in
the comment section to this video the
next thing I want to talk about are the
pros and cons with growing in a budget
10 so far let's start with the cons the
light we're growing with is a course of
budget LED I'm not saying much LEDs are
bad but generally the rule of thumb is
if you can't afford a decent LED stick
with a CMH HPS kit until you can at
least that's my opinion there are some
nicer budget LEDs on the market but I've
already started to see the effects of
growing with one these three ladies are
by far the smallest plants that have
ever had at week three my temps are
perfect humidity is a tad low but still
at a suitable level at 45% RH and my
newts haven't changed at all although
their slow growth could be partially due
to their genetics I suspect a lot of it
is due to the plants not receiving the
quality of light that they need to
really flourish my second question to
you guys is what budget LED would you
like to see me grow with next I don't
ever plan to get rid of the budget tent
and I'm dead set on searching for the
best budget LED I can
fine additionally if you guys want to
see me grow with CMH HPS i have a 400
watt kit that actually comes in cheaper
than this LED that I'm sure would
produce better results than this let's
talk about the pros one of the benefits
to this light is it's not pulling a ton
of watts from the wall and because of
that it operates without putting out
really any heat this allows the tent to
stay truly budget-friendly because it
makes managing my heat that much easier
also with all the equipment combined I
would say that this setup is pulling
maybe 300 watts from the wall in total
that's including everything which only
increases my monthly electric bill by
about ten to fifteen dollars a month
whereas the main ten increases my bill
by about a hundred to 150
truth be told that I wanted to grow
before I even started this channel up
but my first visit to a hydro store kind
of shied me away from growing all
together the guy in the store told me
that I would need thousands of dollars
in equipment to even run a small setup
this was a pretty intimidating thought
because I'd never even grown before
although I understood his points this
goes to show that you can indeed grow
cannabis on a tighter budget you might
not get the exact results that you want
but you can at least build a good base
setup in which you can slowly add on -
anyways guys I hope you enjoyed the
video all products and equipment I used
are linked in the description of this
video I'll see you guys next Monday for
our cheese and Jack Herer grow and as
always guys happy growing
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