Blueberry Bastard (ABC)

Zeven__Fyve Day 7 - Doing good, looks healthy

Zeven__Fyve Day 14 - No issues

Zeven__Fyve Day 21 - Looking healthy

Zeven__Fyve Day 28 - Topped on day 27 and appears to be doing healthy still. First pistil hair spotted on day 26.

Zeven__Fyve Day 35 - She's doing really well and transitioning into flower quickly, already stretching her tiny limbs by a good amount each day. There is still absolutely no smell from her, but a gentle stem rub smells strongly of fresh blueberry pie. No limonene smell whatsoever. She was repotted into a 3 Gallon grow bag, just in case she needs more room to run her roots.

Zeven__Fyve Day 42 - She's stretched quite a bit and is transitioning quickly into flower. I removed unnecessary shoots and leaves on day 40 to help her put as much energy into the colas, because any popcorn nugs on a plant this size would probably be pea-sized and barely worth robbing energy from the colas. I tried to limit how much foliage I removed as ABC leaves are so small, but despite only taking mostly lower branches, she looks like I went overboard. I don't think I'll ever stop having that "uh-oh" moment after doing early flower defoliation, and with this girl it's all the more nerve-racking because the leaves are so small and she looks so naked 😏 At this stage I would normally only be watering and feeding through the self-watering base, but due to her small size I think that might put too much stress on her root system, so I'm also giving small amounts of the same water/feed mix on the top so that her root system isn't struggling, which can result in leaf tip/edge damage. Moving into week 7 I will add a very small amount of cal-mag-iron nutrients to her feed, as well as very small amounts of big bud formula. While small, she's definitely draining the reservoir underneath her and seems content so far. Her limbs seem strong enough already to hold sizeable buds.

Zeven__Fyve [Day 49] - She's been in flower for about 3 weeks and is now at the critical point where she's putting all her energy into the buds. I'll be ramping up lighting on her and with any luck she'll be able to handle it. I've put a homemade CO2 bottle next to her on the ground which should help a little. I haven't seen any obvious signs of nutrient deficiency. There is some increased Anthocyanin production happening thanks to the chillier nights, although I've been trying not to chill her too much just yet and keep the night time temps reasonable. The next 3 weeks or so will be critical. I'm used to bigger plants that devour nutrients, and to date this bastard variety has been extremely low maintenance.