REPORT
Day 28
I don't know if I was expecting it to be bigger than this being almost at one month, but considering that I started just now with giving a tiny amount of fertilizer and the weather was late in showing some mercy, I am pretty satisfied so far. The leaves look ok except a little burn end point and the growing tips are coming up nicely.
Day 32
At this point the lady is growing some more vegetation. The leaves are getting bigger and the lower branches are also fighting to get vertically access to the sunshine, so I had to find ways to make it happen.
Day 33
Just put some pictures to enhance the difference between the last week and this one. It has been raining during the last couple of days but it doesn't seem to influence it negatively.
Day 35
Unfortunately, the unexpected happened. During a night storm, the strong wind almost totally cut off the main growing tip of my poor lady Cheese 😥I found it swingin but it was too damaged to be fixed so I had to cut it off (pic Day35.a).
THE PROBLEM - WHY DID IT HAPPEN?
However, I realized that I made a mistake tighting too much a bend on the side; the stem in that point was already too thick, so I believe I should have kept it down softly with a thicker twist tie AND JUST THEN apply a little pressure down from the end of the branch (which is softer obviously) and tying it to the border of the flower pot. In the way I did it, instead, the twisty tie gradually cutted some of the branch and the wind did the rest (at least I think that is how it happened).
SOLUTION
I overcame the sadness and worked on some bending and tying of the branches, which eventually turned out to be a good thing because the plant didn't suffer or at least didn't show any bad sign and I was able to redistribute every growing tip in a better way (Day 35b.-c.-d)
@Fredsai that my friend is a grasshopper and they shouldn't pose too much of a problem
I like to use diatomaceus earth to deter insects from chewing on my plants Best of luck hope I solved the question 😀
@CoastGrower,Thanks for the advices buddy, I've just checked and secure all the branches 'cause it looks another storm is coming.
Have a nice one and enjoy your growing ;)
@Fredsai, your 11L pot is jist a little to small but it will work.
If you transplant an autoflower you’re stressing the plant to much and growth will stop for a couple days to up to a week. If you would have 5L pots I would transplant but now it will do more bad than good.
You are already stressing your plant with the broken stem, ALWAYS take some ducktape and try to fix it weedplants are the best self healers.. and never use sharp or thin things to bend her down😉
Only rain here.. normally it will get a bit better on friday.
My NL drinks 2.5 L every other day, big plants are thirsty :)
Good luck!
@CoastGrower, you called it man 😁 it's still growing bigger every day!! Actually I just noticed that the need of water increased drastically in the last couple of days and I had some thoughts about transplanting, I think she would fit much better in a bigger container, even though I'm afraid that it could have more Cons than Pros (I have an 11L plastic flower pot), what do u think?
@Fredsai, it’s getting warmer here so I can’t complain. Both are flowering nice. My Md doubled in size in 7 days :).
A little rain never killed no one.
@CoastGrower, we are still waiting for it!! 😂 I feel it's like an urban legend, oeple keep coming saying that "a storm is coming" but at the end nothing except for some light rain has showned in the last while! Hope the weather is kind with your plants ✊
@Cannibalgardens, Thanks man :) I hope I will manage to trim it, dry it and cure it decently to keep the aroma, it will be my first time so I'll try not to ruin anything :) Good luck with your grows 🙏
Our Cheese XXL auto well into bloom now and clearly loving the outdoor life 👌
Keep the updates coming my friend as harvest is getting closer 👊
All the best ✌️
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, Thank you mate, I'm so looking forward to taste it, it's the very first time I'm taking care of a plant (and an autoflowering) on my own, so I feel it really like a personal challenge :)
I'm writing right now, please have a look at the next two updates, I would greatly appreciate if you could advise on the current state of these buds 🙏
Have a great one and cheers!!
Fred
@DILLIGAF, thank you so much man, I looked for it on google and you're right, it looks definitely like a grasshopper/cricket :) Especially thanks for the tip on diatomaceous earth (I was like: 😮 diawhat?), I will study a little how to use it and certainly I'll try it!!
Is it recommended for growing only or it could be used also at some point in flowering?
Cheers and enjoying your growing 🙏