First Auto, I need help stopped growing week 6

spacecadet · December 30, 2021, 3:33am

First time growing an auto and it’s stopped growing at week 6 (about 13"). I’m just starting week 7 and she hasn’t grown in at least a week. I checked PH, it looks good and I’m not due to feed for another week. It’s supposed to be a 9 week grow. Any ideas?

chrisj · December 30, 2021, 5:05am

Hi @spacecadet

Welcome to GN. Maybe its the variety you are growing. Auto’s are usually much smaller plants and the energy/growth is now focused on the flowers. You can see the flowers still have couple weeks to go, and its looking good.

spacecadet · December 30, 2021, 9:39pm

Thanks for reaching out. Glad to know this is normal.

happilyretired · December 30, 2021, 10:43pm

Your plant looks real good. Harvest when it is ready don’t go by the timeline from the seed provider/seller. The plants are on their own Clock. Keep posting pictures and we will be right here with you.

MrMonkey420 · January 2, 2022, 5:12pm

Great reply
You all are awesome.

mudman · January 2, 2022, 6:55pm

Sounds like your girl is done stretching and fully committed to packing on flowers. Breeders’ timelines for autos are kind of “best case scenario”. You still have a while left, but that’s okay. Looks like you’ll end up with some nice colas.

spacecadet · January 6, 2022, 12:53pm

Thanks for the advice you were right she is starting to fattenup.

Skinnyhb · January 6, 2022, 12:59pm

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@TheMadFlascher <— Gets it.

dillydilly · January 6, 2022, 1:21pm

I purchased my auto seeds from ilgm (white widow) and that’s about when they stopped stretching and started focusing on bud production. 3 gal pots I think they only got 2 1/2 feet tall.

Week 6 and week 10