Day 37
I started leaving the plant alone more, watering almost every third day. She's started to show sex. Pistils started up near the very top of the plant and seem to be spreading downward. The temps are around 25°C and the rH is 60% today. No water today. Moved a couple leaves around to expose the tops to the light, which is set at 18".
I may start bringing that down a bit. Manufacturer says I can have it set to 12".
Day 39
Added in a galvanized tray to the floor of the grow area and took the plant off of the milk crate, lowered the light back to 18 inches. Watered around 1 liter pH'd to 6.3.
Light defoliation removing some of the bigger shade leaves.
I removed the ties so the plant could adjust itself. Going to move all the branches into their final spots soon. But she's in a overall shape I'm happy with.
Slight clawing comes and goes. She looked a little sadder today. If she doesn't perk up from this watering and claws any worse I'm going to try and flush the soil.
I re amended it with kelp and myco active top feed for veg by pro mix and didn't measure anything out. I may have gone a little heavy but she seems to be doing okay despite that grose overlook on my part.
Now that she's pretty much on the floor the temps might start to cool down some. Hopefully not too much.
I definitely should have amended with the bloom feed by now. It will take a week after I apply for it to become available to the plant. Unfortunately I just couldn't swing it yet. But I should have it in the soil by the end of this week if not sooner.
Day 40
I finally fed her some bloom fertilizer today. She was thirsty, needed the food and I wasn't going to be able to grab what I wanted until later this week. So I gave her a 1/4 strength feeding of Fox Farms Tiger Bloom. I wanted to try and stay away from bottled nutes this time. But it's what I had on hand and it would be available right away.
Pistils are showing up on the tops of almost all the branches. Filling in more everyday.
I applied the feeding through 2 liters of water, there was a little run off. Temps are a little cooler as I suspected. Sitting around 22-23°C and the rH is just under 60%.
Day 41
Soil was dry enough for watering and I wanted to try and flush a bit of the nitrogen out. I'm definitely balancing on the border of too much. With the slight clawing and lighter colored new growth, although I'm not getting burnt tips I've ruled out over watering.
So I gave her 4 liters of dechlorinated water pH'd around 6.5 . Tested the run off and it was in the same area. Temps are around 22-25°C and the rH is just below 60%.
Day 42
Last day of week six and she's actually starting to flower. New pistils showing up everyday. I may increase the dose of her nutes on week 7. I feel this plant may take longer then expected, this may be due to my own hand, the genetics just showing some odd behavior, or perhaps a mix of the two. Temps are a little cooler then I'd like in the day and makes me worry about the night temps. I have no way of checking them other then manually, so I may have to set some alarms next week to check and maybe lift the plant up off of the floor a few inches. The floors here are cool and it's winter here.
Looking good! I love growing autos and I plan to run some meph soon. I just started two autos recently myself. Very excited!
I'll definitely follow your grow
@DoctorAutoflower, I know. I learned my lesson, or some patience. Not really sure which one.
But I've been learning and trying to do better so will start posting again soon.