Quick One RQS - First outdoor grow

Day 7: Another hottest day yet, the balcony temp in the sun is a fun 40°C. Despite it all, she's doing very well, new leaves are growing in the scorching heat. Day 8: Watering every day during this heat. After watering, the soil moisture is at 7/10 on my analog measurer. In the morning it drops to 3/10, so watering every day is necessary I think. I'm still not sure how this affects the root growth. I've switched to watering the plant directly one day and the next day I water around the edges of the pot so the plant's roots have to grow to find water. PH is 7. Not great not bad. Day 9: It's hot af. Noticed her leaves are dropping down during the night, probably because it's 30+ even during the night. Day 10: On eradication duty. Crickets/locusts are attacking my poor plant. This baseless attack will not be tolerated, no munching on my weed. Day 11 and 12: There's not much to report, all is well. Transplant soonish? Day 13: 38°C outside, growth has sped up quite significantly. Next week will be cloudy and rainy so we'll see how she handles that.

Day 14: Start of a new week and everything is looking great. Five and seven leaves are starting to show up, vegetation is in full force. The heatwave is finally over and temps will go down from 36°C to 25°C, A lot of rain is expected this week so growth will probably slow down a bit. Gonna get some veg nutes in hopes of offsetting the lack of sunlight? Added nutes 28.08 Day 15: Strong winds and rain today. Managed to move her inside just in time before the storm. Decided since there's going to be a lot of cloudy weather over the next few days that it's the best time to transplant her to a new pot. Root growth was rather small, but that is to be expected with constant watering during the heatwave. Gonna give her 3-5 business days of rest and then probably start some LST, gotta plan it out first anyway. Shoutout to my local postal network for losing my fabric pot and Mycorrhiza mix so I had to use a basic plastic one... Day 16: There is no new growth today, but it is to be expected with a transplant and no sunlight for 2 days straight. I'm still sticking to the idea that the transplant was a good thing, the previous pot had massive drainage issues. The bottom of the pot was completely wet while the topsoil was bone dry, root rot would have been a guarantee eventually. Day 17: No sunlight, no growth, only rain. Day 18: Mostly recovered and showing signs of growth. 3 days of recovery is about as well as it can go for an autoflower. We acting silly up in here, was bored so I decided I might as well stress her more today. Go big or go home. With some encouragement from @Rangaku, I went for LST. Notes: Buy thicker and softer wire, this one is too hard to bend. Hopefully, it won't scrape the plant stem. Day 19: Amazed at how she flipped toward the sun so easily. I think LST was a full success, there is some small fraying of the lower stem but that was to be expected with a wire this harsh. Fed her 0.5ml of nutes and 0.3l water since I'll be gone until day 21. Day 20-21: ??? wasn't there, cloudy I think?

Day 21: Start of week 3, and everything is looking good. LST is working even better than I expected, once again big shoutout to @Rangaku. A few white marks on lower leaves, no pests and I don't think there's any nutrient deficiency this early so it's probably nothing. I'll keep checking for pests under leaves every day just in case. Day 22: The white spots on the leaves have turned brown. It's not that big of a deal but it should warrant some action against those bugs. Nothing has been found under the leaves but I've seen several white flys and something that I can't identify. Day 23: Still deciding how to fight the pests. I think neem oil would be the best option, unfortunately, it doesn't exist in my country so I'll have to go another way. I don't think it's a deficiency of any kind just bugs slurping on stem juice occasionally. Removed images for days 22 and 23 since they all look the same anyway Day 24: She's getting taller by the day. I think I'll let her be for 2 more days before I do another round of LST. This time I'll try and make her turn to the right to make a spiral. There are one or two bugs here and there but that's normal for an outside grow, you can't protect her from everything. Day 25: All is well, I water much less now since it's a comfy 30C and she's growing quite well. It's time for some more LST later today. I'm hoping for one more LST session during the early bloom period and that should be it. Day 26: Watered in the morning and added 1.5ml of nutes, then I waited a few hours for the plant to soak some water up so she wouldn't be so rigid. Lowered the canopy a few centimeters and turned her to the left. Should be the last of the LST, I think she hitting the preflower stage as pistils are everywhere. IMO the quick one strain is a bit too quick, I'd like it more if I had at least one more week of veg to shape her a bit more but it is what it is. Day 27: Flower

Day 28: Not even a full month in and she's already flowering. It's getting harder to track her progress since she now has multiple nodes growing, albeit slowly. My opinion remains unchanged, she's a bit too small to start flowering. One more week of Veg would do wonders for her growth. Goals for this week: - One or two more veg nutes feed before switching to bloom nutes - If stretching continues at this pace maybe one more LST session on day 32? - Evaluate the recent lower leaf discoloring - Pray for sunny days to continue Day 29-30: Not much to report just letting her grow out, hopefully she starts the stretch soon Day 31: Unfortunately, I have not given her as much attention in the past week or so. I think it's all going fine, she will probably remain small for the rest of the growth. At this rate, I project a smallish harvest of 15-20 grams. Transplant seems to have had a bigger impact on growth than I thought it did.😑 Day 32: Cloudy Day 33: Counted over 10 places where pistils are forming. I'm revising my harvest down to 10-15 grams, but I'd gladly be surprised. Bloom nutes soon?

Day 35: 18/09 - Watered 0.5l - Acti-Vera(Spray 2ml) A small continuity error as I seem to have skipped a day last week no clue which one. Anyways, the buds are starting to frost up a lil bit, good sign I'd say. She's still very very small at a staggering 17cm height a, true dwarf height. At least she's easy to hide. Day 36: 19/09 She's looking great, buds are progressing nicely. She is about 40% smaller than I'd like for this stage but it is what it is. I think it's time to start feeding her bloom nutes, idk how much that will help since the soil seems to be really good and she's got everything she needs. Day 37: 20/09 Buds are thickening up. At this rate, she will completely turn into a one solid bud. It will look incredibly goofy and definitely not where I thought this grow would go. I kinda like the Acti-Vera as a spray, I think it made some difference. Unfortunately, the spray can be used only up to the second week of flower and we are well into that, I'll just ignore the official advice and continue to use it a few more times. Day 38: 21/09 Watered 0.6l - Acti-Vera2ml & BioBloom 2ml Checked the water level later in the day and it was at a solid 2/10 moisture level. I added some feed and moved her to prepare for rain in the next couple of days. It's been cloudy for the past 3-4 days but I can't tell anymore what her rate of progress is. I've compared it to all other Quick one grows and in comparison, she's 10 days ahead of some. I think stress caused her to flower earlier than others, I'ma keep that in mind for future grows. Luckily no signs of herming so it wasn't that stressful I guess. Day 41 24/09 Watered 0.6l I can only afford to check her every 3-4 days now. She has gotten a few pest bites a lot more small white spots and a lot of random dirt on her due to very strong winds over the past few days. On the other hand, the BioBizz Bloom has done some work, the buds seem a lot thicker and more unified. There is no longer any gap between the buds. The prediction that she will simply turn into one single large bud looks more likely by the day. But I think she will very likely catch bud rot before I harvest her. There is simply too much dirt flying around. Remaining hopeful.

Here we are on week 6, I didn't really expect to get this far if I'm being honest. This was supposed to be an experimental 2-3 week grow. I've moved places so I can only update on plants' progress every 3 or so days from now on. This strain should do well if I LITFA. Day 44: 27/09 Watered 0.7l BioBloom & Activera 2ml each: I think she's doing pretty good for now. Due to her small stature, she's turning into a 100% bud. She smells nice and not too strong. I should get a jeweler's loupe to check the trichomes, but I think I still have a week to get at least. Day 45 28/09 Popped in during the day to check in and grab some more pics during the day. I like the Biobloom nutes with the Activera it seems like the buds are growing very nicely from them. Should start looking into how to harvest it and dry it. I'd like to make some edibles from the leftover leaves, sounds doable but I've never done it so it will be fun.

Start of the week 7, and probably the last week for this lil plant. Leaving her to her own devices seemed to work well. The buds are thickening up really nicely and she's getting closer to harvest. Day 49: 02/10 Watered 0.7l Haven't checked in on her in 4 days. Expected her to be in worse condition but she's looking as great as ever. The prediction that she will turn into 100% bud and nothing else has come true. The buds are thick but not that dense. Harvest should be in 7 days. I plan on using a simple Humboldt drying method and curing for at least 10 days. While the bud that she will produce probably won't be super high quality, it's still a good practice to do all the drying properly.

Day 56 and I've harvested the lil plant. I do not have a jewelers loupe or a portable microscope so trich status is unknown. Hopefully, it's alright, although it does seem a bit early. Harvest had to be done as I no longer visit and pests started showing up all over it. I figured it's better to be early than let it succumb to pests and bud rot. What I wanted to see more than the harvest was the roots. I had a feeling early on that they were tiny and I was surprised at just how small they were. It's a wonder that she managed to produce anything with that. I will from now on never transplant autos under any circumstance. I've constructed the most basic drying box and placed it on the balcony that receives no sun. It's a cozy 25°C outside so it should be decent for drying I think. The curry paste weighs it all down since the whole thing is paper-light. Maybe I should keep it open and get some Curry buds 🤔🤔 The wet weight is made up because I like that number and I don't have a scale so 30g it is. I'll update this once it's dry and the curing process starts. So far I rate this grow at not bad/10. Gotta do a lot better next time. After wet trimming, I can see that the buds are a lot less dense than I expected them. Although they do look nicer now.