(1st grow) c-4

@Fast_Buds,thanks it's definitely a strong plant took the topping no problem didn't even stunt the growth i'm impressed so far

@@mrmateo, I wouldn't have even chimed in, but I just finished two runs (4 total plants) of C4 myself. They finish quickly, but I'm still undecided whether they respond well to FIMing or not. The first run they seemed to be stunted from FIMing (or maybe just runts), but this last run, they branched out and produced pretty well for 65 and 68 day plants. The flavor and aromas have been consistently top-notch, and if you get the purple pheno, it's a delight to behold...but the pink phenos seem to yield a little better on average.

@Silverback_Guerilla, thanks for the pointers, yea i noticed on a lot of seed sites they claim autos get just as much bud as a photo in less time,like you said I did too much butchering ,I should of bought a new bulb too I did 2 other grows of photos with this same bulb lol so it's past time to switch bulbs,i plan on doing a all sativa grow in my auto scrog next grow,i saw now that hlg sells red or blue supliment lights I might buy a few of those to fill up the space or like you say I might add a few small for side lighting ...I've defoliated more then half the plant off on every single plant I wanted to try this my 1st auto grow so I don't go the rest of my grows wondering, I spent a lil money on this lesson but I think from what I learned from this grow and along with the hlg lights and scrog all my future grows will be producing a pound easy

@@@@@@@@mrmateo, She's got great structure...you did a great job with it. If it were a photo, you'd have 9 or 10 more weeks to really swell up all those flowers, but being an auto, I think she's gonna finish in a few weeks anyway. When scrogging, late-flower defo is usually necessary, else you don't get the kind of canopy penetration you're wanting, but with those HLG 550's you may not even need to. Or, if you grow taller auto varieties or let your photos veg for 5-6 weeks, you can just add a couple of those new 70-80w QB bar lights to the sides of your tent so that your lower flowers get enough PAR without having to defo and lose the potential energy that those leaves would have otherwise produced. You're not gonna miss the HPS at all man...QB's are the way to go for sure..👈 I'm sold on autos....they are plenty powerful, and I can do 6 runs a year...variety! And regarding defoliation as a "technique" with autoflowering varieties... I just can't get behind it. When you defo, your plant immediately spends all of it's energy growing new leaves rather than focusing on branch development...yes, it only takes a few days to grow back new leaves, but a few days out of the life of an auto that will live a total of 65 days are too costly... If your goal is to finish your auto with foliage as pristine as possible, then by all means, defoliate. But if your goal is to finish with maximum flower yield, do not. (steps down from soapbox)

@@mrmateo, it sounds amazing❤️ I can't wait to grow this beauty!!

@Kushlove420,it smells just like a pack of juicyfruit bubblegum and the buds get dense, you are going to like this strain and thanks for the comment