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Starting this journal a little late, but I'm at the end of week 3 so far, I've only been giving her rainwater, no special grow techniques so far, the soil is a compost mixed with blood meal, bone meal, gypsum pellets, peat moss and a powdered root stimulant, I also water with a quarter teaspoon Grandma's unsulphured molasses per gallon of rainwater every other week and so far she seems to be doing ok.
Would it be too late to to start LST at week 4 on an auto? it should began flowering within the next week or two, I normally just remove fan leaves but I heard lst could boost my yield, I've never tried it with an auto???
Hi @Sneekthafarmer The first stage when you can LST is at the very start of your plants life cycle when the first or second true leaves are fully grown. At this stage cannabis tend to grow only straight up and you can start to train it to get multiple tops. This technique when started at the young age will yield the best results and are usually done deliberately with an end goal of maximal efficiency.When you don’t start LST your autoflower at the early stage the result would not be as good as when you start from the beginning, but it will still massively improve the performance of the plant. Second stage when growers usually start to LST autos is at the first weeks of flowering or a week before flowering period when a cannabis plant is growing most vigorously and producing the most branches.
When a grower sees that his autoflower is getting out of control and will soon outgrow its grow area he/she needs to do something that will help to train that plant. This option is a very common occurrence between new growers who can’t or don’t anticipate how high their cannabis will grow and don’t train those plants from the beginning. At this stage an autofloer plant is usually more mature than it should be to perform LST most effectively, but you can still do it and it will still be helpful and can save you from increasing grow space or performing High stress training.The only thing that is different at this stage is that the cannabis plant is mature and it will be difficult to train it as it is strong, hard to bend and usually inexperienced growers will force the plant too much and it can fold over or even break. Good luck mate 👍
It's now the start of week 4, everything is pretty much the same, I decided not to LST this time around, instead I'll just defoliate as needed to allow better light penetration as she bushes out. went fishing yesterday and had some leftover minnows in my bucket that died off an left me with some nasty water so I'll mix it 50/50 with rain water and water my plant today, I usually water heavy once a week with one or two light waterings in between when the top soil starts to dry out.
Started showing signs of flower this week so it's out with the MH and in with the HPS, I'm still defoliating as needed, I also added about ⅛ the recommended strength of miracle grow performance organics for edibles to my rain water, I know miracle grow may not the best choice but I'm just using what I can afford at the moment.
Everything is pretty much going The same as normal, still doing selective defoliation, I'm slowly raising my nutrients as flower progresses, I added air conditioning to lower my temp's keeping my tent between 74°F to 78°F during the day.
Sneekthafarmer
