The plant is starting to pop out hairs on the end of it's growth tips.... she is starting to flower. I did some defoliation because the fan leaves are bigger than my hand and the plant was shading itself except for the upper canopy. I put a hoop cage on it to spread the branches and I tucked the main stem under to reduce the height by 6 inches. With the plant going into it's stretch I will quickly run out of space between the plant and the grow light so a little LST training was in order.
I top dressed the plant with Gaia Green Bloom 2-8-4 @ 1 table spoon per gallon (3 gallon pot). Also added some worm castings @ 3 table spoons per gallon. This should be the last feeding till harvest since it only has a 10-11 week life cycle, this is the half way point and it still hasn't depleted the original coco amendments from when it was planted.
The difference in size between the first Blue Dream Auto I started in August and this second attempt at the same amount of weeks growth is staggering. I am wondering if the ruterales genetic was dominant on the first attempt. That plant only got 8 inches tall after 5 weeks... this one is 24 inches.
The past two weeks the plant has gotten an unintentional CO2 boost because I am brewing a 10 gallon batch of beer in the same closet I keep the grow tent. All creatures bennifit from the brewing of a fine IPA :)