Thanks man yeah- there are white hairs but youāre right which is why its throwing me a little bit. Iāll go take a look under a magnifying glass- would really like to soak her in light for another week
Oh damn they are still very sparkly ā¦ iād say 75% cloudy 25% clear ā¦ nothing amber
Patience is the mother to all virtueā¦ Nice buds man!
It suure is- i am in no way inpatient hereā¦ I have plenty of smoke 
just had my friend drop off an ounce of GG4 homegrownā¦ super sticky and amazing (Alaska where itās legal). I will be drying and curting this out for at least 10 days before i even touch anything (more like a month but iāll try a little after 10 days at least).
I still.have the bubblegum (day7) and cheese (day6) hangingā¦ both are not quite at the point where the branch is snappingā¦ still bending.
Iām still even nuting her and sheās fattened up quite a bit since that last pictureā¦ probably one more week of solid flower and a good 2 - 3 day flush and iāll cut her (short flush i know but im still experimenting with things and wouldnāt mind seeing the difference between a 3-4 day flush and a 10 day flush ā¦ by flush i mean watering with pure tapwater).
I would wait for a minimum of three months, then it will be ok
That seems a bit extreme man- you should be able to enjoy a nice smoke after a solid month after harvestā¦ never heard of people curing for a 1/4-year before touching anything. Why would i want to cure it out that long? Not arguing, asking.
You can be proud to output that with a 50 buck setup, and for a first run.
imho the next steps to acquire in priority :
big up !
I strongly encourage you to test your 3-4 day (or better - none) against the 10 day flush.
Please do it 
Btw I never ever no way starve them at harvest. DonĀ“t overdo nutes and you will be good.
Proper and slow dry is key. Curing is also great.
Of course this is a discussion for another topic:
The ideal curing time is about three months. In general, more sativa varieties need a longer period of time, the indica is shorter, but three months will not spoil anything.
Thank you for the responses- @sk1 - Iāll keep it to 3-4 days because i dont want it to end up in the crockpot . The first two plants got 10 days of water but im sorta trying t push this last girl hard while shes in all the light to get a little more on the bud and i do want to see the difference so i know in the future if i may have over-nuted something.
So far the bubblegum is on day 8 of hang drying with ambient moving air (not direct) and is still slightly bending as is the cheese (day 7 hanging).
They are getting close to snapping though and that at that point I will trim them and jar them and begin the curing process. I was thinking more of a month-long cure than 3 full months (never heard of that) but i will do some research before deciding.
Iāll probably do one more run with this CFL setup before i transofrom the closet into full-LED.
@Fuel Thank you. For a first grow i couldnāt be happier, trichomes are there and the yeild was higher than expected for CFL-flower. Iām guessing roughly 2 oz of dry per plant but i wont find out for a couple more weeks. Flushing seems to vary by grower. Some people literally flush the roots to the point of literally hosing down the whole pot , others water wit hpure water for X days (is what Iāve picked up so far).
Thank you all for the feedbackā¦ One of the funnest, most stressful things ive ever done (when i left the lights off for 15 extra minutes i almost had a panic attackā¦ ordered a timer that day.
3 months? Really?
Iāve had a 2-year cured nug before and it wasnāt spoiled at all it was one of the smoothest bowls ive ever smoked (grew that one too, on a window sill).
Iāll have to research long-term curingā¦ I mean the plants do continue to cure out as long as you leave them jarredā¦ i dont smoke a TON of weed so i would think waiting a month or so and then starting in on it wouldnāt be badā¦ You really think a full 3 month cure before even tasting it?
After these three months, most varieties are at the top, both in terms of taste and efficiency.You can be sure to taste
Thanks - Iāve never actually read that before, good to know.
That is the mentality I took (advice from my cousin whoās been growing for 20+ years). Light on the nutrientsā¦ He told me one of the most common mistakes growers make is over-nuteāing their plants.
Soā¦ Iāve been doing literally a few drops of flower solution per gallon of water - I think I found a decent rate but i wont know until i have more time to experiment and cross-compare (and actually smoke the stuff).
Used a standard soil mix (Sunshine #4) ā¦ Right away the plants started yellowing leaves (from sprout) so I researched and ended up making my own cal-mag using epsom salt and activated calcium (food processed eggshells + vinegar)ā¦ leaves turned deep green within a week. Was awesome to watch
I pulled a couple of clones off the bottom and sent one straight into flower (which is budding out now) and the other is in full-veg mode. That third ācloneā was already flowering so i just potted it and left it in the flower room (in a pic a few posts up) ā¦ The two buds are getting frostier by the day.
Good times. Canāt wait for round 2.
And hereās the end result
Roughly 5 ounces dry ā¦ .VERY good stuff on all 3 plants.
thereās some ācheeseā budshotā¦ everything turned out better than expectedā¦ Yield, potency, and the power i got from the butter i made out of the trimā¦ very potent butter didnāt use anything quality. This stuff is straight top shelfā¦Bubblegum grew in straight purple a little purple in the cheese buds as you can see (researching now what actually causes that). Awesome experienceā¦ now im flowering out the three clones i ended up with via experimentation ā¦ Then Iāll start round-2.
Thanks again for all the help everyone. Total successā¦$50 setup.
Random question (dont want ot start a thread) Does āautoflowerā mean growing from seed right into a 12/12 cycle?
congrats again! beautiful nuggage, especially for a first harvest, and with fluoros.
What did you use for the soil mix? Seems to work well.
Thanks man- yeah im super stoked on how potent it turned out. Sunshine #4 soil mix with some āaround-the-houseā cal-mag solutions and a VERY light amount of miracle grow liquid.feedā¦ general plant food type during veg and general flower type during flower. .i would have gone with some kelp-based stuff since i live in Alaska and itās everywhere but i literally had this stuff laying around the house and just did some research and gave it a go trying to minimize cost at every corner (since i assumed iād be making mistakes on my first grow anyway).
Turns out i have a bit of a knack for this and just went off pure interest, soaking in as much info as i could regarding super-crop technique, when to flower, ideal temps/humidityā¦ all that stuff.
Basically bare bones basic gardening soil (with perlite and other additivesā¦ but im pretty sure nute freeā¦sunshine #4 is the brand/type) with liquid nutes almost daily. I messed around with watering schedules and landed on basically daily , rotating between a light water and a heavier water day after day. always with a light amount of nutrient.
Had some gnats starting to show so i backed off the water a little bit and took care of them pretty fast (next time I will be treating all my soil first so any eggs in the soil will be either dried out or dead before i use it).
But yeah nothing special reallyā¦ just a lot of bulb adjustment, leaf tucking, and general TLC.
Update:
I found there was a fine line in balancing how close to get the CFL bulbs (because of course you want them as close as possible without causing heat stress/damage) and got the bulbs a little bit close one day on the cheese ā¦ ended up scorching a few good sugar tips but didnāt damage the buds ā¦ and really focused a lot on keeping bulbs at different heights (using a hanging technique with bulb adapters from Home Depot) so they were always in optimal position/proximity for maximum efficiencyā¦ i will probably alwways use CFL bulbs at least a couple to supplement a future LED setup because I like the way you can tuck them into fairly tight spots to get light where you otherwise could not (or Iāll get my supercrop techniques up to snuff so i have a flat canvas and dont even have to worry about that).
I guess Iāll chalk it up to (luckily) having a lot of time on my hands away from work to make daily adjustments- bulbsā¦ a branch holding a branch holding a leaf bent 90 degrees toward the light with a whole other stock balancing off the counterweight of that to open up direct light on a lower node that was otherwise in pure shadeā¦ crazy branch gymnastics
In case you didnāt find the answer yetā¦
Nope, āautoflowerā is a genetic trait wherein a plant starts flowering once it reaches maturity ā it doesnāt start flowering based on a light cycle. Thereās a debate thread about the pros and cons over here, and I think we have a few grows tagged with #autoflowering where you can see how they grow.
When I found out you canāt clone them, I immediately hated them 
Nothing worse than not being able to grow an amazing plant again.
Thank you! I have a lot to learn, wow (sorry was trying to figure out how to reply without bumping and double posted)
Except for the amazing plant that didnāt get grown because youāre growing the same thing again.
Just playing devils advocateā¦ sorry about the thread jack.
