As of day 44, I have been at war with the height of this plant! It has totally filled the tent, and I have had to keep performing LST to bend the branches down. The light have been directly attached to the top of the tent as well. It has been so much work to keep this plant from crisping it's top buds that I will probably buy a taller tent before I grow two autos at the same time again. But hey, I am not complaining that this plant has been so vigorous! It's probably going to yield very well by the end.
The Blackberry is starting to show it's dark colors, which is nice to see! As the buds continue to age, I am sure the colors will become even more striking!
To combat high humidity some of the lower leaves were removed. Many low leaves have also fallen off on their own as the canopy is dense enough very little light is making it through.
Happy growing, and stay safe! 🥦
Day 48: I think vertical growth has stopped, and just in time as I am out of ways to raise my lights. The plant is going to continue to flower just a little closer than I would normally want it. I expect this may cause some mild issues on the uppermost leaves, but the buds are developing just fine so far and I predict they will do alright. I will have to be careful with bloom boosters/EC to not worsen the situation though.
I removed some bottomed branches and undid a lot of LST plant ties to open up the plant, and removed some dead and dying lower leaves as well. I have also dropped the hydrogen peroxide and will run enzymes for a little while as I feel like the coco and roots could use some help breaking down organic material.
Omg! Dude! You got a KAREN! Lol let me explain...
If you look at my current journal you will see who Karen is. In your pics I can see a runt with her leaves all mutant like mine! LOOK AT MINE! Yours is about to explode and surprise the shit out of you.
@GutterHoe, yeah it's definitely the same issue! This Blackberry plant is actually unaffected, but my Auto Blackberry Kush which is right next to it has all the traits of your "Karen" plant. It's the second time I have had a purple/black budded strain do it, and after researching it pretty heavily I am convinced it's a genetic issue that comes along with breeding for deep colors. The plant with the twisted growth is budding very well now and is pretty vigorous with deep red/black tones so I can forgive it for the fucked up growth! 🙂