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.

Weedwatcher The light has not changed since the reset , the plant has been topped on day 23 and watered all the way to the bottom, at the beginning of week 4 I saw a root peeking through the drainage hole in the dry soil that hadn’t been touched by water yet then I topped and it it took about 1.5 liters to get it to the bottom and it channeled to one side and then I helped it wick all the way around until the drainage holes were wet for the first time. I then gave it a full 96 hours to dry back. In the beginning of week 4 I was watching for pistils and its height wanting to leave it natural so I gave it 3/4 tsp Big Bloom with 1/4 tsp Tiger Bloom , I can sense that it’s going to continue to vegetate and get bigger and taller before flowering like it says about it being an XXL size plant and I have a limited vertical space so I went ahead and topped above the 5th node and watered to the botttom so it didn’t get stalled in dry soil at the bottom. Continuing alternating feeding (BB/TB) every other watering, now about 72 hours dry back because it already had a strong root system and it need that much water to take in to thicken the stems and branches and to prepare for buds naturally. Every few days I was looking for the chance to put the LST clips on the 6 new strong main branches that will become colas as soon as they got long enough. On day 28 I got the LST clips on the secondary mains and on day 29 on the very top main branches. Now the hardest part is trying to water evenly and through the foliage and the one bottom branch I tried to pull over in to it’s own light/space already. I know some people would have defoliated already but I am definitely been considering it overall but I do have space limitations. I did see some light twisting and heat stress on the tiny new growth on some of the new mains after topping but it was because of the 90-95+ degrees temperature outside and the AC struggling to keep up so I opened the side flaps completely halfway ever since and also removing one of the covered ceiling duct holes during the peak heat in the afternoon even though bugs can fly in and then I cover it back up with the AC catches back up. I hope those little twisted leaves do ok and that it still comes out fine. It is a weed. It has water it has food and it has strong comfortable light.

Weedwatcher The beginning of week 5 leaves are lush stems and branches are vegetable like. Not any signs of preflowering actual white hairs. At the end of week 5 , started a progressing flush of plain water because the very tips of the growth shoot fan leaves showing signs of excess, nitrogen excess not toxic yet, reached peak vegetative growth the light is strong and keeping the canopy completely flat and all the branches growing up vertically and tiny shoots coming out of the inside of the nodes on the main branches. So plain water , then 2 days later plain water again and it took 3 whole liters to saturate the whole pot evenly and saw some runoff. On day 33 I decreased the light cycle from 20 hours on to 18 hours on and 6 hours off… to save electricity AND to try to induce or trigger flowering. Day 35 and still not one sign of white hairs/preflowering … the tiger bloom and big bloom I started in week 3 worked perfectly but it did have a tiny amount of nitrogen , so on day 35 I am waiting to water with plain water again until it is completely dry to starve out the vegetative hormones and excess nitrogen/vegetative nutrients. It is healthy and completely flat canopy just fragile on the tiny new twisting growth on the main top growth tips, but otherwise healthy and strong and compact and many many places where I should see white hairs but I don’t so I can’t call them budlets or flowering shoots or clusters either.

Weedwatcher Its day 40 and a few days ago I reduced the light schedule to 18/6 … then a couple days after that I gave it a 96 hour dry back watered again and the tops elongated a bit but we’re facing and growing slanted sideways under the flat even light pressure … so I reset the light to about 26-28 inches from the tops, I was aiming for 28 inches but that’s as high as I could raise the ratchets before it gets really hard to get the fixture to sit level… then I increased the dimmer to 40% from 35%, I fed on that day with big bloom/tiger bloom again after the long dryback trying to move toward flowering , Now I’m seeing some healthier vertical stretching or growing again and the new top growth flattening out a bit, the roots have relaxed and taking water more evenly again,and stems were already starting to turn purple/red … it took 2.5 Liters of water to evenly saturate to the bottom in 3 passes , 1 liter at a time, I saw it reach the first few drainage holes and turn them wet and then saw it wick to the last 2, not a drop of runoff. * its day 40 and what I still don’t see is even a single white hair (pre flower) … and I am concerned and becoming confused again , its healthier than last time but as you can see I am out of vertical space to raise the light fixture and keep it flat and even … all I could do now is lower the dimmer when it gets within the range of stress and light pressure or heat stress again… I have no defoliated or cut anything yet except the one single topping (HST) event. So as far as I can say or tell it is this on day 40 and the light has been raised to its limit and as far as I can say or tell that preflowering stretch hasn’t even started yet. So I am confused and concerned and deliberating the next move.