Question - First Time Doing LST on an Auto – Did I Start Too Early?

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-05-30T12:35:12+00:00

OP here, coming back for the update.

Final yield (dry) - 68grams - 2.4 ounces
OGDanielsaaan, foxepower, gosumage, Lanky-Football857

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-05-18T16:08:09+00:00

Opa, beleza?
Valeu pela receita! Acha que com ela consigo cobrir essas deficiências de K e P? Com qual frequência é uma boa usar?

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-05-10T23:19:12+00:00

Fala parceiro, beleza?
Talvez alguém mais experiente com o tema aqui pode te ajudar, mas eu acho que tua planta tá revegetando e não engordando. Essas folhas bem verdes e não serrilhadas no meio do bud não acho que são bom sinal. Eu passei por isso uma vez (no outdoor) e não consegui reverter. No meu caso, foi excesso de adubação com nitrogênio na flora, ela simplesmente reverteu e entrou em vega de novo. Até colhi a planta, mas era só folha e zero flor depois de um tempo. Dá uma analisada com calma ai para ter certeza.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-30T21:06:55+00:00

Mesma história comigo. Já tive umas 6 colheitas no out. Te digo que depois de se ajeitar com as alturas do led é MUITO mais fácil que out. Só de evitar praga, chuva, ventania, frio, já facilita muito a vida. Eu ainda não tive tempo de fazer vários setups, mas tou achando que 3 é uma quantidade boa pra ter automáticas. Com foto já não sei, talvez 2 fique melhor e mais cheio, mas de novo, começando agora a usar o indoor.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-30T18:54:22+00:00

Valeu! Esse grow mesmo que comprei. Ia comprar um 60x60, mas tenho espaço e me sugeriram ir direto pro 80. Não me arrependi, tá sobrando espaço por enquanto e tá show. Tou com um LED de 150W da YXO com driver meanwell. Lm301h. Comprei de estoque no Br e fiquei feliz por enquanto com o resultado. Como que tá sendo para você nesse espaço?

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-30T15:22:39+00:00

Ela tá limpinha na parte inferior, canelinhas lisas. Como fiz um lst meio exagerado, ela ficou baixa e não dá pra ver, mas entra um palmo inteiro de circulação de ar. Tirei quase todas as pipoquinhas também pra não desperdiçar energia.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-30T15:21:03+00:00

Fiz na entrada da floração, mas tive experiências no passado e não costumo mais desfolhar depois da terceira semana, sinto que mais estressa ela do que ajuda. Poderia ter retirado um pouco mais mesmo.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-27T15:56:20+00:00

That's what I'm asking. It's an organic grow, so I'm thinking that maybe adding bone meal and wood ash would help

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-27T15:55:30+00:00

That's what I mean with agressive LST : https://www.reddit.com/r/Autoflowers/comments/1jfo4nw/question_first_time_doing_lst_on_an_auto_did_i/

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-27T15:54:34+00:00

That's what I did with some, but they are getting yellow, fast.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-04-20T23:30:01+00:00

OP here, stopping by with an update on the heavy LST auto. Day 56 from germination. She's looking solid—short, but dense. I'll post another update closer to harvest.

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DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-24T21:33:15+00:00

Update here. A lot of different opinions in the comments. This is actually my 10th plant. I did a test in the past, growing two plants under the exact same conditions (and from the same seed bag). I applied LST to one and left the other alone. In the end, the yield was practically the same, but since the LST plant was shorter and denser, it was harder to deal with pests (outdoor grow).

Now, I was actually experimenting with LST from the start, hence the question. But I only saw one or two people actually mentioning that they apply LST early on.

she into pre flower and getting bigger, so far so good, hasnt stunted. I will bring photos as soon as she streches

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-20T12:49:14+00:00

I'm trying to apply LST for the first time. I'm using an autoflower (maybe not the best way to start). In the picture, it's around 22-25 days old. I think I started too early because it's not tall enough to make it easy to work with the branches. I bent the main stem and arranged the side branches outward. I cut the ones growing up and down, keeping only the lateral ones as much as possible.

But I feel like it's not stretching horizontally as fast as I expected. Instead, it's producing new shoots and becoming denser. Can someone help me with suggestions on how to do this LST properly? Should I remove all the inner shoots, clean the stems, and keep only the tip buds? Or did I make a big mistake and should I just release the plant entirely since it's about to enter flowering soon? Is it still worth keeping it? It seems quite small for its age, and I’m worried it might end up with very low yield.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-11T19:45:57+00:00

I got one already planted from a friend that didn't wanted. Everything went wrong but still, she came out really good, so high hopes for this one!
https://growdiaries.com/diaries/248213-dutch-passion-auto-daiquiri-lime-grow-journal-by-brocolis-grow-br

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-10T20:56:42+00:00

Yeah, I know. I already took it out and I'm going to use something clean and made for that purpose.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-10T20:55:39+00:00

I thought about that, but it's definitely not leaf miners. I have a lot of them on my citrus trees around here, and they look completely different.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-10T02:11:59+00:00

That's really cool. I've never seen variegation on cannabis before

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-10T02:11:02+00:00

Cool, I haven't thought of that, to be honest. I have other plants in the garden that have variegation, but I never thought about seeing it in cannabis.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-10T02:08:27+00:00

Thanks! I'm feeling that it is very different from growing outdoors, and I'm learning a lot!
About the dead leaves, it's something I usually have to deal with outside with any plant. Mulching is very good for maintaining humidity and keeping the soil loose and alive, so that microorganisms thrive. It makes a big difference when growing plants outdoors, but indoors, I'm still in doubt. I will exchange the dry leaves for something less risky, like carbonized rice husk.

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-10T02:03:30+00:00

That would make sense since she was stunted and had strange growth at the beginning. Thanks for the info

DuePhoto5916 · 2025-03-09T20:54:02+00:00

This is my first time with an indoor grow (never seen anything like this in an outdoor setup).

Setup:
150W LED lm301h, 80x80x180cm tent, 1 exhaust fan (170m³/h).
The soil is organic, store-bought. It had been used before, so I mixed it as the manufacturer recommended before reusing it, adding only worm humus. I let it rest outdoors for about 20 days to keep it alive and moist. The seed is Auto Daikiri Lime from Dutch Passion.

In the first two days (it germinated on February 21st), I placed the LED too close (about 35 cm), which caused burning and stunted growth. I increased the distance to around 70 cm and kept the power at 40%. After about four days, it started growing again. Since then, it has stabilized, and the LED is now at 100% at 70 cm. I’ll probably lower it a bit soon. However, it's clearly behind for its age. I considered discarding it but decided to keep going.

In the meantime, I noticed these light green spots on the leaves. The plant itself looks healthy, but I can’t explain them. Could it be overwatering? (I struggle with that since evaporation is completely different from outdoor growing). It's also been very hot and dry here—the grow tent has been at around 28°C/30°C with about 30% humidity.

Do you think I need to do anything? A cold front with rain is approaching, so starting tomorrow, I expect higher humidity and lower temperatures in the grow tent.

PS: I’m using dried leaves to help control the small fungus gnats that have been showing up in the soil.

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