This week, the 4 main branches developed further and got longer and way thicker. I have tied all new growth down with this metal wire you see on some pictures. Sometimes, I distributed even the leaves with that to ensure that all new growing tips were not shaded. I tried to cover the soil with leaves so that all the light from above can be caught by the plant, as I don't need the expensive light to illuminate the soil. To maximize the amount of light distributed into the leaves, I used white thick paper and surrounded my plant with it. I gave it some hours of natural sunlight indoors at a window, then some hours darkness and then I put it under 120W LED illumination. I had 20W of 6500K, 20W of 4000K, and 80W of 2700K and it was sufficient. I low stress trained and high stress trained my plant almost every day a bit but not too much, so I could place the lights very near the leaves.
Hi there,
this is my first time growing Hulkberry Auto from RQS and apart from one outdoor summer grow 10 years ago, it is my second growing season. I have started this seed at 07/02/2023 indoors, intending to veg it into a big plant and then getting it used to outdoor conditions while flowering, so the plant has plenty of leaf surface area to catch the strong spring sun.
I did top it at the 3rd node and formed a cross shape with the 4 emerging side branches. I chose a relatively wide pot so I could fix the upward growth into a horizontal position.