Week ending 08/06. At one point this week, I noticed that I may have underwatered a bit, but the plants fully rebounded. Seemed to be showing signs of excessive nitrogen as well, so come feeding time, switched to no nutrient PH'd water. Added a container of water to the 4x4 and it has helped kick up the humidity a bit. The shortest bushy plant has not seen much growth height wise, however is expanding outward and getting bushier. Finished off the week with some minor defoliation of yellowing growth and larger fan leaves that kept light from reaching bud sites. All in all, a great week for flowering stretch!
Great looking ladies you've got there. Quick question - I'm about to kick off some auto's on my next grow, can I still LST/Defoliate them without stressing? They're fem'd, but I'm a rookie and still worry about f'ing up my $60 seeds.... haha
@PurpsInMyCloset, It depends what the true wattage is of your lights. So I run a total of 5 Quantum boards LED, and give a total of about 250 watts of lighting to every 2 plants. If you have a reddit account, I would check out R/microgrowery. I try to post there frequently, and there is a ton of information about QBs. I've had some impressive yields, heat mitigation is easy, and you can source them from Alibaba. But, for your current light, see what the actual wattage is, and the foot print and base it off that!
@Cloyy perfect! I really don't like the idea of defoliating any seeds that i'm paying for, haha, but i'm willing to try anything to get some solid colas. One last question.... I got 8 seeds, thinking of doing 4 and 4. I only have a 600w "YGrow" (Amazon...) LED. Do you think that's enough for 4 plants at a time? Curious what you're running!
@PurpsInMyCloset, Thank you! LST and LIGHT defoliation are my go to. Save the defoliation until they shift to flower, and only enough to clear covered bud sites. You can top them too, but only if you have good growth by week 2/3. If it's your first time with autos then I would stick to LST, and light defoliation during flower. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions on your grow!