Sorry for missing last week's update, have been renovating so grow had been put on the back burner.
Have had some potass def showing as I've been feeding the remaining nutes I'd pre-mixed at around 350ppm (Had no water to mix up a new batch), run off has been coming out at 50ppm so not nute burn though it could be stressed a little by the lights being only 16" away. Have since switched to Maxibloom as I just drop one teaspoon in my 5L mixers and I feel it's a better ratio of NPK for flowering. Have re-added Calmag to bring base ppm of my soft water from 50ppm to 150/200ppm and for potass issues in coco. Have also started adding Shogun Sumo Boost since last week, just a slightly cheaper alternative to Canna Boost.
Bud sites starting to more visibly form now, smell is fruity but weak and leaves getting quite sticky, sticky residue left on hands when brushing through. Would have expected this to finish around mid April but because I've been underfeeding past week might see it finish by the end of April now unless it suddenly takes off within the next 10 days.
Most main branches have all stiffened up now so removed most of the LST ties. Have been defoliating some of the leaves but not gone too mad as not had the time.
Its always awesome to see Dinafem genetics at work . Keep up the great work on your grow and best of luck on the race to the finish line ! :D :D :D
-Happy Growing!
@ismyRice, autos are a weird bunch , I like them cause you can save time but at the same time I dont like it because you cant control your grow as well , the plant just kinda does what it wants then flowers when it reaches maturity . I love dinafem aswell Im going to be planting some "Gorilla" from them real soon .
Thanks for taking the time to respond man !
-Happy Growing!
@The_Projexx, Thanks for the support buddy! Expecting about 8 weeks to finish now. Thinking back to previous times I've grown this strain, I'm pretty sure the flowering shows up a little earlier when I haven't defoliated, not sure if it's me, when I seem to heavily defoliate and top/fim an auto, it actually lasts longer, or maybe I should say it's been lengthening the time until it's ready to harvest compared to when I just LST. Not saying that like it's a bad thing because it allows me to grow the plant how I like, just always heard not to stunt autos as can't manipulate the veg period, I love Dinafem!
Shes looking beautiful and I love all the detail you put into your updates. Really benificial for the rest of the community. Great work all around. Best of luck the rest of the way and keep doing what your doing.