Week 6
Strain: Lemon AK
Breeder: Fastbuds
Feminized Autoflower from Seed
Seed Count: 5
Week Start: Saturday
12/01/2018 - 12/07/2018
Monday
One of my Meanwell LED drivers died Friday, so I had to shuffle things around to keep all the girls supplied with adequate light. I moved #1 and #2 to the big flower tent (which is empty at the moment leaving #3, #4, and #5 in the 5x5. Got my replacement driver today and wired it in, so the 5x5 is back to full coverage. Only problem is that now that LST has spread everything out, I really only have room for 4 plants in there.
Moved the biggest plant, #5, to the other tent under CMH, and now plants 1-4 have plenty of room to spread out in the 5x5.
Thursday
The girls are lovin' life and growing like crazy. The 5x5 with plants #1 - #4 has filled in nicely so each plant has plenty of air and light and they're loaded with buds. The LST has definitely helped bud production. Plant #5 in the photo tent is growing right up to the CMH fixture so I'm going to take a risk and supercrop her. Haven't tried that with autos yet but I don't really have a choice. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Friday
#5 has perked right up and is lookin' great. Added a bamboo stake to help support the horizontal portion of the main stem since it looks like the buds will be heavy.
Back in the 5x5, I've had to raise the lights 3 times this week. Plant #3 is stretching the most so based on how well #5 reacted to supercropping I did the same with #3 including the extra support.
Interesting side note
The structure of these plants is almost reed like. Supercropping requires almost no effort … the stems are soft and hollow like wetlands plants. I'm guessing the early silica application helped the firm up the stems. A gentle pinch and the stem bends easily.
Final measurements for the week before supercropping
Plant #1 – 31” , plant #2 – 32” , plant #3 – 39” , plant #4 – 31” , plant #5 – 40”
Thanks for reminding be ... a couple of pieces of GSC larf that got away. The good news is, even at 50W I can keep my hand on them without discomfort !