49 days since germination and finally this week she started to flower, basically showing signs around day 42, beginning of the week.
Comparing pictures taken this week (day 49) to pictures last week (day 42) one can see she stretched a bit to prepare for flowering.
I'm feeding BioBizz Bloom to help her in this transition period. The veg state produced some nice looking fan leaves, massive batteries ready to fuel her flower creation.
The canopy is not perfect, would have liked all colas to be on the same level, might still work on that a bit by tying down those top two colas to be the same hight as the others, but that's about it.
Photos taken outside in natural light this morning
Looking really good! It seems that she didnt mind the fiddling too much. The canopy is nicely spread so you should get some good action ๐ in a few weeks :)
@@Lucimago, that's very kind of you thank you. Stressing a bit as I thought she would show a bit more flowering action by now, but not complaining as it means more veg time ๐
Hey man, if I may, I don't think it's a bad thing to cut fan leaves, I have done it many times with photoperiod plants and they love it. It does "annoy" the plant for a few days of days but then they explode with new growth.
It looks like it could be a problem for autos because they have such short veg period that those few recovery days are critical to the final structure of the plant, and you need every day you can to make the plant as big as possible before starting to flower.
I am a noob at autoflowers, but from what I read it seems that any technique that has the potential to slow down the plant in any way is dangerous. Including topping, defoliating and transplanting. It may be a good idea to germinate the auto seeds in their final pots to avoid potential stunting from transplant. Not saying this from experience, just read it on the internet :)
Still they look very healthy to me and the LST has opened them up in a way that the plants will still be able to grow big buds. Onwards and upwards! :D
@@Lucimago, thank you for the feedback, appreciate it. This is only my second auto so I'm still making mistakes, but at the end of the day how else should one learn ๐