Growing three Blueberry Autos from Zamnesia. I have 2 fabric pots of 15L and 11L to experiment and see what differences the pot sizes make. I germinated the first 2 roughly a day apart and decided to germinate the last one just for fun. Because the 3rd one also germinated I rushed to get another pot, a 9L plastic pot, which isn't ideal but will be interesting to watch. The youngest plant is 5 days old and the other two plants are 9 and 10 days old. I positioned the light 35cm above the plants at 50% light intensity as is recommended by Fecida putting the maximum PPFD (at the center of the light) at 480 (as Fecida claims the light to have a PPFD of 960 at 35cm when at 100% intensity). In addition, cut plastic bottles in half and sprayed them with water to serve as humidity domes for all three seedlings, however now I only use a humidity dome for the 5 day old seedling. The second oldest seedling in the 11L fabric pot is showing signs of stress, with 2 small yellow spots on the leaves and a noticeable leaf curl upwards. As it is my first grow I am not sure yet what I have done wrong, and I will watch over the next days to rule out overwatering, excess nutrients, or too much wind (from my garden highpro 15cm fan).
I mixed in a 150g bag of Monster Bud Mix from Zamnesia (the pellets) into my initial 15L and 11L fabric pots. My final plastic pot does not have added nutrients as I did not expect to have a 3rd seedling to grow. I have not fed the plants any additional nutrients yet but I am planning on starting to mix in the Bionova X-cel stimulator from the Zamnesia Monster Bud Boost Pack next week when the plants are bigger.
Thanks for reading and happy growing to all! :>]
@TheGreatGlobeDismantler, No i do not give them much water in that stage, i let them search for the water(good for making strong roots)
but i do not let the soil dry out ofcourse (keep it moist)
sometimes they flower early bc of stress(maybe the temp was too low for her then)..
kweetni wrom😳, but she turned out ok though(sometimes they stay very small, when they flower early.. but luckily she didnt!)
I will be watching your grow too👍happy growings
@Hologram, Dankjewel! I have been watching your grow, im surprised how quickly your Blueberry went into flower. Did she get a lot of water during week 1 and 2 of Veg?
looking great but i would not start defoliating just yet. 🙏
only when they get in the way of the (big)buds and there are no buds yet.
(or when they are bad) thats usually around week 8 or 9 (some times 7 )
Autos need all he power they get in the short time they grow
@Hologram, thanks i will keep it in mind. my reason for defoliating now is because my tent is too cramped (3 plants is clearly too much), but i will take care to be conservative about it
your berries are growing great!!😎
👍yes u can defoilate and top!! but u have to know when and wich one u can take away (the big ones but only one at a time)
wait till at least week 8 to defoiliate, (i only do that when the leaves get in the way of the buds)
just take away a few but not all in once..
topping slows the growth and autoflowers need all the time they have..
but nowadays al lot of growers are doing it bc autoflowers are stronger than in the past..
(i have done it too, got great results but it took a little longer before harvest..)
but i dont think you get more yield with that.. they just compensate your lost
but i am not sure
I just let them grow and remove the lower branches just before flower, remove a leave now and then and keep then as stress free as possible
I love how they grow like a christmastree😍
but it is all up to u ofcourse..
PS the wierd leaf curl is from your fan! maybe it is hitting her a bit too hard atm👊
@TheGreatGlobeDismantler, perfect plan, it think blueberries life is too short to be topped.
But miracles do happen very often in growing Cannabis.. and experimentation is part of growing, (and is fun) just see what works for you🙏
thats a great observation btw👍, they do not like/need fan exp. when they are very young and growing their first leaves..
@Hologram, thanks for all the advice i appreciate it! I will change my fan direction and see what happens. Do you think younger plants are more sensitive to the fan? Because the leaf curl is only on the youngest and i think all 3 of the plants have gotten similar fan exposure.
Also I will take your advice and not top these girls, I will see how LST and defoliation later works (like you said) and maybe next grow I will top one just to experiment and we can compare!
Goodmorning, i am sorry i cannot answer my private chats at the moment (got some intruders in my telephone line)
but Yes on all the questions!!its the end of veg and the start of feeding flower nutes!!👍