Auroras Boring Alice

Diary Legend: 💧- Watered 🌱- Seedling 🌲- Cut Down 🍃- Defoliation ✂️- Topping or FIM'ING 🚂- Training (LST) Wk4 11/8/21: Day 22. The spreading of the nodes is a very nice sight to see. This looks like it might be one of my biggest harvests, even though it hasn't begun flowering yet. With the amount of side branching and the way the main stalk looks, it surely looks like it will be one big producer. More defoliation will need to take place throughout this grow, as I can already see some newer leaves that will be giving me issues soon enough. 11/9/21: Day 23. 🚂🍃As the plant became overbearingly bushy, I had to remove a bunch of more leaves. I'm starting to think defoliating is the key with some plants. I removed a bunch of leaves less than 5 days ago, and it's already needing another trimming. While I was at it, I used that time to also move the staples out further, to keep the growth spread out. The lower branches have quite a lot of bud sites, so this is going to be one bud packed little plant. I did a good check for pistils, still none visible yet, but they should be shooting out any time now, as it's now into the 4th week. Pot isn't exactly dry yet, but it will definitely need a watering tomorrow. After that, the next watering will be with Power Bloom nutrients. 11/10/21: Day 24. 💧Heavy dose of water, as it was very much needed. Plant is looking fantastic after yesterday's work. Unlike the previous defoliation, the plant is still spaced out the next day. I still don't see any pistils hiding anywhere, but I'm going to be ready for when they appear. 11/12/21: Day 26.💧Plant was looking a little droopy, and the pot was fairly light, so I gave it a thorough watering. A little more defoliation will be needed soon, along with the removal of the lowest branch, one that decided to join the party very late. It's just over an inch long, so it will never be worth keeping. Still no signs of pistils, but that is ok, I don't need it to be flowering right away, more growth is always accepted here. 11/13/21: Day 27. 💩💧I noticed some leaf spots and discolouration. While I'm not yet 100% sure what's going on, I'm going to go with my gut, and fed it some bloom nutrients. Unfortunately I was not thinking, and forgot to take the photos of me adding in the nutrients. I went with the recommended dosage again, as I didn't have any issue up until now. I feel the plant had just used up the small amount of nutrients that was there, and had caused the nutrient deficiencies that are present. Looking for answers myself, all I can find is a headache, as just about all deficiencies look the same to inexperienced boneheads like myself. As it was nearing the end of the 4th week, it was already near time to add the bloom nutrients anyhow. I was preoccupied with looking for pistils to add the nutrients, while I should have just been watching the plant. We will see how it reacts over the next week, when it slowly starts to absorb the nutrients. 11/14/21: Day 28. 💧💩🆕🏠Plant looks worse than yesterday, but it's not like they felt the nutrients yet. Upon advice received from my question, I'm going to go ahead and just transplant into a bigger pot, hoping it will ease out of its funk. It might not help, as it might be too late, oh well. In the words of Ivan Drago, if he dies, he dies. I'm not worried if he doesn't make it, though I would like him to. It's not the biggest loss to me, it will just be disappointing. 12:45pm: Watching Rick and Morty while I make this update, damn it's funny. I repotted the plant into a 3 gallon smart pot, and topped dressed with an additional 2tbsp of Gaia Green Power Bloom, to accommodate the additional space and soil. Let's see how it handles it all. Next week's update will definitely hold a new tale. It will either be dead, or thriving, I really don't see anything in between happening.