GCA #2

Weedwatcher Lighter soil mix bigger pot. Can start big bloom early about day 12-14+. My current plan or working idea: • Big Bloom: begin around day 12-14 and continue every other watering. • Training: top above the 3rd node when the plant is ready, then LST the new mains and branches. • LST again. • Flower transition: observe carefully around day 21-30 for natural pistils and early flower structure. • If flowering seems to stall: consider using a combination of Big Bloom with Grow Big and Tiger Bloom until the plant is clearly into its bulking phase. • Light management: either… 1. increase intensity after the the initial LST and tie down… or… 2. wait until the canopy naturally grows up into the light (around your 16-17 ), watch for mild signs that top fan leaves and new growth are stressed/cupping/canoeing/tacoing, then reset the light back to about 22 inches and increase power by 5-10%. If I see the whole plant starting to yellow or pale again then I should lower the light intensity.

Weedwatcher Growth looks similar and consistent with the fox farm seedling nutrients solution with big bloom in happy frog but I used a small amount of ocean forest mixed in with happy frog to get the same organic effect. Small amounts of water, every 72 hours, increasing amount each time, plant growth is slowed and skinnier above ground but I think that there is more roots underground they have to go further to get the same amount of ocean forest due to the the lighter significantly happy frog dominant mix, now instead of overwatering I need to water enough and deep enough hitting about 1/3 of the way down below the surface and no longer just a localized slow circle drip around the middle of the surface, full surface saturation. I started big bloom at 1/2 tsp in 1 Liter on day 12 when it was starting to vegetate and build nodes and side branches shoots were forming; leaves turned very soft and silky and maybe even a lighter green, I gave it a full 72 hours between watering to dry back and give the roots some breathing room to expand and progress is slow but continues; still small and waiting for the flowering window to begin. I hope it flowers early because if it were a photoperiod I could flip it already and not waste time or root space and save money.

Weedwatcher Around day 18 it was about 5 inches tall and the plant was paling and beginning to show signs of heat/light stress on the upper fan leaves, so I reset the light to 24 inches from the top leaf mass and I raised the light intensity to 35% power. The plant turned back to a darker green, and relaxed or loosened up. The 2nd feed of big bloom I used 3/4 tsp in 1 Liter. Later in the week I went up to about .5 - .6 Liters of water, and still not a sign or drop of water at the bottom-the soil in the drainage holes is still bone dry. Later in the week I saw the first root tip poke out of the dry soil in the drainage hole, and it sounds like water demand or thirst has increased when the water penetrates the surface after 48/72 hours like a violent sucking/popping/slurping not just water dripping and tricking down into lose soil, I do believe big bloom may contribute to this. Late in the week 3, and on day 20 the temperatures outside are consistently in the 90’s and moving towards the upper 90’s and the air conditioner was struggling to keep up and maintain 71 degrees, on day 21 I think there was some heat stress on the newest growth and some brief cupping of the larger fan leaves. it was on day 21 i increased the AC Infinity to speed 2, and I gave it a feeding with 3/4 tsp Big Bloom and 1/4 tsp Tiger Bloom … maybe .6 - .7 Liters, soon after watering the larger fan leaves started a wide cupping look but the soon after that relaxed, and then I noticed the the fan leaves that had previously had one single Leaf finger kind of drooping or hanging kind of limp after the light raise/bump had flattened out, I do believe this is contributed to Tiger Bloom. I do not see any white hairs yet, the nodes are getting longer but still only the 5th node just starting to elongate and separate from the 4th, but also bunched with the 6th node shoot in middle. I hope that the new tiny leaves forming didn’t get twisted or mutated. If it was a photoperiod I would not be as concerned but also seeing other peoples outside Autoflower grows then this one should have a chance in a 5 gallon and a light soil mix and with adequate consistent light intensity and I have already started tiger bloom-I am hoping for pistils soon and for flowering structure and stacking to start forming but it may differ between genetics and different strains.