Heya growmies!
First week of flower has come to an end, I ended up getting 4 weeks of veg in, I like it when my autos veg for 5, but looking at other diaries I should count myself lucky with 4, my girl appears to be a bit bigger as a result, too.
her roots are doing great, the homemade UC roots is doing wonders for my baby, no pythium here, just pearly white roots, I'll try to snap a picture of them once I transfer tents
The ring did wonders for evening out my canopy somewhat, but it's time for the big guns, so I took out the trellis and spread her out.
I have also defoliated and taken off some lower nodes, the flower stretch has started and I don't want my girl to waste time on stuff that will end up and shake. I know defoliating is a touchy subject when it comes to autoflowers, I defoliate my autoflowers and get very high yields when compared to the average on this website. Defoliation is a tool that should be in every growers tool belt, to be used in conjunction with all of our other tools, environment included.
when done correctly, you will see your yields increase when defoliating Autoflowers, and you'll end up with less fluffy junk that you loathe smoking in lieu of your fat buds, So I say, increase yields and get rid of the fluffy junk at the same time!
If you are wondering what the Hypochlorous acid in the nutrient list is, I'm using Calcium hypochlorite to combat pythium growth in my growbucket, as well as providing free chlorine for the plant to uptake. It's a very cheap and effective way to run a "Sterile" DWC run, although you have to be very careful when handling and dosing, if you want to know how I calculate my dose, leave a comment or send a message, I'm happy to help out. It's a great and cheap alternative to UC Roots.
Stay tuned for flower, really hope we get some colour, though I fear we might've hit the dreaded green phenotype.
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@Sweet_Seeds, really enjoyed this grow so far. she took a while to get purple, was worried for a second, really wanted to grow some purple weed, she's so big she just keeps going