Day 15 - So, first day of week 3 and I started LST. I was actually thinking of maybe topping or fimming it, but most people didn't recommend it for beginners. I also spotted the first pistils today. Someone told me it might go into flower in a week, so I decided against it.
Instead I did the first LST. And damn it was stressful!!! I never really touched my plant up until now. It was my baby, seeing it grow so perfectly and evenly was entrancing. It was much more difficult than I anticipated. I had limited space inside the space bucket, also limited space to get my hands in there through my door. Then pulling on my little plant was really difficult. I think I even heard a small crack at some point, but I didn't spot any visible damage. Eventually I succeeded and I think I did good.
Day 16 - Tightened the garden wire a bit. I don't think it needs to go much further? I'll wait now for it to grow a bit so I can put the wire between the next nodes, and pull the new growth down as well. It looks like it's still pushing out a lot of green. Faster every day.
Day 17 - Moved the LST a node higher with a new system: a bit of electrical wire to touch the plant which is tied with a small cotton rope with a knot I can tighten. Easier.
Day 18 - A new branch looks stunted. Some weird holes, brown spots and weird edges of the leafs. I wonder about the cause. Temps went up to 27°C, could be that... In any case I wonder more what to do about it. Cut it since it will always be stunted?
Day 19 - Temps went up to 29°C today, can't help it since it's the room temperature and I don't have active air cooling at home. Due to the stunted branch I removed the LST in hopes of stressing it somewhat less, as recommended by a redditor.
Day 20 - New growth on stunted branch seems fine for the moment, not going to change anything. Think I must have damaged it during accidental rough handling while setting up the LST. My new technique with the rope allows me to be much more gentle.
I also drilled some more holes in the pot so the soil will dry faster.
Day 21 - Watered 1L pH adjusted water. I did 2L last time but my soil stayed dry for too long. 6 days! Hope it will dry out faster now with less water. There was some runoff but not much. Also moved the LST a node higher. Lots of pistils showing, hope it's not entering flower yet.
Looking good ... Just got done harvesting a Northern Lights Auto myself. Got about 63 grams off her,check it out if you can ! I wish you the same success. Good luck with the rest of your grow.
@Vanalle, I have carbon exhaust set up so I didn't smell her unless I opened my tent and even then it was very minimal, great strain for being discreet as far as smell goes.
@Mr_Weeds_Autos, Thanks man, hope to get a similar harvest! I stunted my first seedling and wasted quite some time not watching it grow.
I will check out your diary :) How was the smell during the grow? I've read it's really minimal with Northern Lights.
@Lovemabud,Thanks man! Haven't added any nutes so far, really liking this Plagron soil. Should I start next week since then the soil should've run out of nutes or should I wait until the first signs of deficiencies?
I'm eagerly awaiting the stretch, I feel like it hasn't grown very much this week.
Looking good...I'm at 5 weeks now and kicked of LST around the same time as u. I'm also using garden hooks. Will be interested checking out your updates
Looking good. I guess a grow isn't a grow without a few issues....working around the issues without detrimental impact on the plants health is what counts and looks like u succeeded. Those damn timers!!! I had the opposite of your issues recently...overloaded my circuit and the safety switch jumped turning all lights off. When I realised I flicked her back on..alas 16 hours later pushing my plant into extended darkness...dohhhhh.