Week ending 09/03. Dialed back a bit on nutrients this week, switched to nutrient feed once, then plain ph'd water the other two times since on average I water 3 times per week. Buds are getting super heavy on plant 2, so I had to support the branches a bit better, and will have to even more this week. I applied a light coating of neem oil to the top soil as my fly traps have shown there to be at least a few fungus gnats, nothing crazy. Did some light defoliation of plants 3 and 4, otherwise continuing to let them do their thing with minimal intervention. In order of "ripe-ness", Plant 1 is the furthest into it's flowering cycle, followed by plant 2 who's trailing behind just a tad bit in overall development. Plant 3 is lagging a bit behind plant 2, so I may end up leaving a bit of time between each harvest.
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!