'Melanie' Mexican Airlines Auto

Jan 10 (day 22): Start of week 4. What a nice start to the week, she has pistils which have literally grown overnight 😍 She's looking really well with lots of growth on leaves, branches and new nodes. She's looking so beautiful and well developed for her age. I may even be on track to hit flowering phase next week which is insane, given my last autos went for 14-15 weeks! Jan 11 (day 23): Holy shit! So I believe that pistils mark the start of 'the stretch' but this is ridiculous. Today I can see that the second set of branches is pushing through to the top of the canopy! I have gently tucked the bigger fan leaves underneath the branches to get more light to them. Growth is literally EXPLODING with tonnes of new nodes coming out! Top of the soil is dry, but a little moist underneath so will let her go another day. Jan 12 (day 24): I know I let her go another day because its good to let them dry out, but she looked quite sad and thirsty today 😢😥😓 She's had a good water now, so she should perk up soon. I did a little watering experiment today as their growth is so quick that I want to make sure she is getting enough water. I mixed up a litre of water with week 2 of the nute schedule. I also added microbes as you can give them twice a week when they are having a growth spurt! I then watered her until run off and monitored exactly how much she took. I've been feeding 500ml up to now, but she took 900ml today so will up her amount going forwards. Funny how she is the shortest plant, but took the second largest amount of water out of the 4 of them. Loads of growth again on all fronts. I tucked some of the fan leaves under the new branches again to get some light to them. She's still straightening up and looking better, so rotated the pot today to keep her even. The watering process for all 4 plants took a whole hour today, so by the time I had finished the light had gone off on the timer 😤 Hence, the photos are pretty crap quality today as the light was off. Looking forward to seeing her looking happier and perkier tomorrow 😅 Jan 13 (day 25): Looking well today and hydrated. More growth on all fronts again and tucked some of the fan leaves under again to get more access to the new branches. Didn't get a chance to take photos today. Jan 14 (day 26): Still growing crazy growth wise and she is thickening out FAST! She can go another day water wise, so won't be feeding her today. Need to start a bit of light LST soon and have been trying out a new method on Miranda the Monster, so have ordered some large clips from Amazon. Jan 15 (day 27): Ready for her feed today and more growth as always. Fed her 1L of water and week 2 of the biobizz nute schedule with a preventative dose of Calmag. Her canopy is a nice block of green now, so she is trying to even out. I think tucking the bigger leaves underneath has helped. Jan 16 (day 28): End of week 4. Cant believe it's the end of another week already. Turned the light up a bit to 50% as there are no signs of heat stress, so I think she can take a bit more light and should have the nutrients to take it. Clips have arrived from Amazon so I was able to start doing a bit of light LST. I am trying out a method where I am adding sticks and clipping the larger fan leaves to them to keep them tucked underneath. This will prevent me from defoliating and potentially stressing her, so the smaller branches can get light but I don't need to lose the larger leaves completely. I've also clipped some of the new branches into place so they are positioned. Ideally I will get her into a nice candlestick shape and each major branch will have its own space and plenty of light. She looks pretty good post the LST and all the new branches are positioned and have access to light. Exiting the week 8 inches tall, so has grown 2.75 inches this week! Another good week with lots of green growth and a full canopy. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.