Day 44
Temps have been a consistent 22-23°C, maybe even getting warmer during the lights off period. I haven't checked the thermometer during this time. But I have passed out on the couch a few times and it's not cold in the growing area. My plant is in the corner behind a partition. She was fed again today, raising the dose of Tiger Bloom from 1.25ml per 2L, to 2.5ml per 2L of water.
pH around 6, rH is around 60% today.
Light got raised while taking pictures and I forgot to lower it for a few hours. I noticed her new growth looks a little darker then it was so I only lowered it back down to 18". Not sure if the addition of more PK helped balance that out or if it was the light. Either way I'll probably keep playing with the hight of the light.
Day 46
The plant continues to grow and the bud sites are getting a little bigger. She's currently 17" high and over 2' across in all directions.
I'm not exactly sure why she took so long to show pistils but I have a few ideas.
One being the amount of nitrogen I added to the soil before the germinated seed was put in. Like I've said before I didn't use any measurements so when she started to show signs of overdose I was freaking out a bit. But she's definitely didn't progress, she calmed down and the color has evened out. I just hope she used up enough during veg that she won't have too much during flower, affecting bud development.
The second being the pot size. She's in a 7 gallon fabric pot and form what I have read it's on the large side of containers for autos. But I heard that if autos become root bound that it can trigger them to flower early. This was in the context of starting them in solo cups. So it made me think that maybe the plant would take longer to flower with the more space for the roots to grow out.
This is just an idea.
In overall health she looks good now. But being my first auto it's been difficult gauging stages of growth and what the plant needs during these times. There is more leeway with photoperiods for sure. My biggest concern is bud density. I know excessive nitrogen can impact bud development and I'd hate to grow a bunch of larf due to a mistake like that.
For now I'm going to continue to water until I get a good amount of run off between feeds. Feeding every other watering probably moving up to half strength on the next application.
Temps are around 23°C and the lows are only 20°C.
Humidity bounces between high 50s low 60s.
No water today. Light is set at 12" .
Day 47
She's grown another inch over night. The plant is now 18 inches high and 26 inches wide in all directions.
Bud sites Keep developing. I gave her 2 liters of water pH'd to 6.5
the temps and humidity consistent. Light set to 12"
Day 49
On the night of day 48 I bent the main stem over to one side opening up and evening out the canopy. The next morning everything was perked up again. Temps are consistent, humidity is in the mid 50s right now. But that will change when I feed her tomorrow. Bud sites keep getting bigger. From what I can put together from other 3BOG diaries I've checked out. She should take another six weeks or so putting her around 90 days. It's a little longer then the 70-75 days Mephisto gave as an estimate. But I'm not upset at all. The seed was worth every penny. The plant is so vigorous, tonnes of side branches. The internodal spacing was really tight, only starting to stretch more then one inch at the seventh node. Just above this is where I bent over the main stem and Id have to say I'm happy. And probably lucky. I was very indecisive about how I was going to let her grow. Part of me just wanted to let it tree and the other wanted to tie her down. This led to the wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube (wo)man that I now have.
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.