Pictures are from day 15, right at the end of week 2. There has been a bit of a heat resurgence where I live with outside temperatures reaching 30 Celsius and it getting almost as hot indoors, therefore the temperature in the tent for the last 2-3 days has been a a couple degrees above my ideal 26 degree temperature, however it should cool down soon and I can get the temperatures back under control. I have been using my garden highpro fan more and more throughout the days to give the plants wind. The youngest plant is now also in veg and showing a weird leaf curl (mutation?). I water the pots with around 1L every couple days whenever the soil dries out, however I will now also start putting water into the drain trays to get the fabric pots wet from the bottom for better root growth. The water is supplemented with the Zamnesia x Bionova X-Cel from the Monster Bud Boost Pack (NPK 1-0-0) at around half the recommended dosage (2.5ml per 10l), as I want to avoid nitrogen burn. The water is pHed at 6.3. I will look into LST soon and maybe even consider experimenting topping/ defoliating on my smallest plant later as well. Any thoughts from you guys on defoliating/ topping for autoflowers? Thanks for reading and have a great week!
@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!!👍