May 02
Entering preflower, I think I don't have much training time ahead but I'm sure I'll be able to get her even and clean. Some small branches are trying to pop out under the already 6-7 ones but I just can't get light on there, we'll see later on if I harvest in sequence!
This won't be the most successful grow but it will have been a realllllyyy instructive one. Next one if there is soon will most likely give better result.
So far, without being too harsh, I think she's doing great still. Might not be in the most perfect healthy state but it's not a big deal in the sense that she's still pretty happy right now and that's fine with me.
From start she has been on 24 hour non stop and I don't see any problem with it. In any case you are sure to not halt her growth by doing so and each one of these led should consume about 6 watts. On 8 we get to a grand total of 48 watts which is very fine. Current light setup might have been upgraded to a potential increase in yield of 25 to 35 % I'd guess. But for the price I paid for all of this, it's very much worth it. Doubling the light setup would raise me to a 100 watts, and light coverage would be sufficient to grow 4 autoflower. Since I only have one plant I'm keeping it on the not too expensive side without sacrificing too much, but a third setup of 4 led with 2 reptile UV led would probably increase significantly the final quality and quantity. In any case, even tho I can say it has pained me to train her since she's so small and bushy, I would probably keep this strain around for sentimental reason, I really see value in life itself and this plant is part of mine, eheh. Good night guys.
May 03
I think I can notice 4 pistils growing out of the main head. Magnification from camera. It took me another hour or so to train her but I think it's worth it. I'm at about 9 new heads that are getting a good amount of light, I don't know what will happen to the other smaller ones under these 9s, we'll see if they have time to produce anything ^^. Funny expectation, if the branch don't stretch a good inch from today to 4-5 days in the future, this is gonna be chaotic there xD. Aye aye, I'll be away from pretty girl for roughly 2 day. I gave her about 350 ML of water 2 days ago. Since she has shown minor sign of problems relating to soil ph, I gave her 1 part decarbonated Perrier with about 2.7 part neutral water. Perrier is made from source water which contain macro-nutrient essential to plants. It's PH is also officially cotted at 5.5. There is debates on whether or not carbonated Perrier would be beneficial to a plant, but here I choosed to play narrower. I'm still spraying her with water once in a while. I am progressively lowering the frequency since she is approaching flowering and I don't want the humidity level to raises to much, for any question just message me. Aight, guud night.
May 05
Just came back, she need water, it's obvious to me since I know her grow rate which has been slower the past 2 day it seems, pot feel lighter and soil dry ^^. I'm a little bit sick and I just came back so I'll relax a bit and take care of her later tonight. I'll try giving her 600 ml of water this time, she's getting bigger and with flowering approaching I think it's time to look for a increase. Fan leafs did increase in volume from the newly trained branch, but it feel like she has been going at 75% of her speed, but it might also be her entering flowering phase so slowing her vegetative growth, I'll post more picture after training of her later tonight, good night ;)
May 07
I have read somewhere that cannabis plant often go for a good stretch before the flowering really kick in and I think that's what she's heading for. I am quite satisfied with the current evenest of each tops, I am expecting the main branch to grow higher even tho she's pretty much equal for now. I think it's normal and as long as possible I'll pull her down from the need of light coverage but everything should be fine, I don't think there will be any problem with the light. I am really looking forward to see how high she will stretch. Ideally, I don't want her to grow too big, but I am very interested in the idea of her being full of tops. The bigger the branch, the better nutrient are delivered and if light is managed correctly, you'll end up with a bigger harvest, bigger colas. So far I gave her nutrient 1 time, she got nitrogen toxicity because the soil is in fact rich enough for pretty much the whole grow, when I bought my fertilizer I thought about the fact that autoflower grow pretty much all in one at the same time but with that soil, I should have gone for something more on the P and K side. I am considering buying a new small amount of fertilizer for cheap, that is better adapted to my need. I do have little worries about micro nutrients but I do believe I am stressing a bit for nothing. In worst case I'll just answer to her need which is totally fine. Have a nice day !
If its natural colours of photo, then your plant is ready for small feed in my opinion.
Her bright green colour of leaf shows me that.
Her redish leaf stems shows potencial mag problems, so i would add some calmag to feed or epsom salt.
Her curly down and droopy leaves looks to me like overwatering. Pot should be dry before you water.
There is plenty ways how to determine is your plant ready for watering, plant showing you that - worst of them ;)
For soil best ph is from 6.3 to 6.5. You can google nutrition absorb graph related to ph and you will see yourself.
Happy growing. Its wonderfull adventure !
@AsNoriu, Alright that make me feel more secure about the amount to give them, if you want to go organic I found that chart recently, it has lab analysis about NPK ratio in commonly used organic fertilizer. If you better prefer write that on google:
Horticulture
NPK value of everything organic!
https://thenutrientcompany.com/blogs/horticulture/npk-value-of-everything-organic-database?fbclid=IwAR3B9R_HzbczkfAy3-msG0E0T9h3NuIB8ZzeA2I0oPumiJigra0OVBKiJcU
@WetAndSmelly, fox farm grow big 80 ml. But i used around 100 ml of CalMag and around 200 of big bloom. But its my last run with fox farm. They are not total organic. I am after good smoke for me not after quantity for sale. So its different for each of us ...
Its only 6 weeks of veg.
@Adrenalized, Thanks a lot man :) Yeah I'm proud of her ^^ but yeah at this point the mainstem appears to be shorter than the one that stretched 😂😂😂 I've found out that some lower yellow leaf were yellowing browning :x I'll make an update in a bit
Cute plant. I know you already know this! Let this girl dry out a bit before your next watering. She is showing some light green/yellow newer growth that looks like a sulfur deficiency starting. Could be from a high ph see if you can get down below 6.5. Mix 1 teaspoon Epsom salt(magnesium sulfate) to 1 gallon water use this in with your next watering she should green back up. Then go back to your regular routine.
@Philindicus, First, thanks a lot !! Yes I think these symptomes are mostly related to soil ph being to high. I don't have a reliable way of measuring liquid ph and I am a bit afraid of putting the recommended amount of vinegar in my watering solution, I will invest myself into it at next watering, thanks for the tip about sulfur, I'll look into it when I go buy my bloom nuts.
I’m gonna put at work on 24/24 and as a good boss I will tell to others that you’re doing ok with no sleep.... 🙄
That plant is droopy, first I’ve thought it was slightly overwatered but I couldn’t see any speed bumps on the leaves, typical symptoms that goes with it.... then after reading you were on 24h cycle I have found why ....
Overwatering ? Too high Ph ? Potencial Mag deficiency ?
Bad time for leaving her alone ... At least dont water till pot is light. Just spray plant every 4-6 hours.
@AsNoriu, life come first and 2 day will just plainly show me if the worries were worth it, she's far from about to die. Not just sure about the precursor sign since it's my first :P
I loved to use first two weeks 24 and then reduse to 18/6. Many things shows and many people agrees that 18/6 best cycle even for autos. Plant learns to sleep with open eyes, but its not so efficient tho .... ;)
Even people after 100 grows still finds out or experience something new with every grow. Hope first grow will go smoothly and you wont need to learn a lot ;)))))
Enjoy the ride !