Critical Purple

Seed Dropped on 4/20, popped on the 29th, and 5 days later here we are.

Transplanted into final 5gal fabric pot. Using 90% Rootfarm Hydro Mix with 10% added perlite

Started ponytailing this week - not going to top her as this is my first autoflower and we'll see what just pontailing and some LST can do :)

First minor defoliation - removed some overlapping leaves allowing lowers direct access to light. Also first feed this week - not that she's showing any signs of deficiency, but nonetheless.

Feeding seems to have worked well! Activated 'Bloom' switch on light, now operating at full power (277w). Awoke to some fresh "scent" in the house, filter attached, and more defol to remove overlapping leaves.

Started week 6 with major stretch, 2" the first night bringing her up to about 12" tall. Very thirsty, very happy too though. We can safely call this preflowering, and up to about 16" by the end of the week

Accidentally snapped / cracked 4th branch at 1st node - isn't all the way thru so may be OK - taped & staked for support. Stretch done now she's about 18" tall. Fed CALMAG only early in the week as she was starting to see some leaf rust & purple stems.

Another week goes by, and another piece of old equipment dies... Time for a new PH pen, picked up the BlueLabs pen, a bit expensive but pays to have proper PH - dUh! Buds are stacking, seem a little loose but time will tell. Instead of turning off the light, some pics are in B&W for the next while. Leaf burn/rust/spots still appearing & progressing, might be a PH issue (still not sure what to run at for this ROOTFARM media, probably soil #'s at 6.5). Watering at 6.2, runoff about 6.8 - likely time for a flush too!

Medium PH/runoff is down around 5.4 - THIS IS WAAAAY TO LOW though... Attempting to fix runaway this week. Flushed 27L distilled through at 7.0PH on Monday until runoff came up to 6.2, continue new feeds at 6.5 to bring up and maintain @6.5. Should have mentioned earlier, she reeeeeeeks of lemon zest and roses... best scent ever

Week 10, GCS claims this is a 10week strain - is that 10wks flowering? (I think so, that puts us at about week5 flower - 1/2 way there!)

Week 6 of flower - Whole house stinks! This 4" fan/filter sucks (or rather doesn't)... holy moly.. Still seeing crusties/brown spots advancing up the buds - it displaces the trichomes so not sure if this is affecting potency. Feeding only overdrive and micro now.

Cruising this week with Overdrive - I doubt there's any hope for fixing the brown spots issues - its's ugly but no clue what it is as there could be a few causes. Trichs are still not clouding over yet

Calling this the last week of feeding. Upped the Overdrive to 2ml/L, will start flush sometime next week if all holds out - being my first ever auto I'm not sure if I'm sticking to a calendar/timeframe or watching the plant, probably a bit of both. :)

Plain water from the end of last week into early this week let's use up what's left in the medium and tighten up. After this, it's 48h dark, trim, annnnnnd chop!

Trimmed wet mostly on-plant then chopped and hung. As a re-entry into growing after a long hiatus, this strain is an easy one for those with lots of patience. I've got 4 seeds left and will be runing it again, but 15+ weeks is a looooong time.