Beginning of week..
She is already spittin out calyxes and pists! Daaaamn!.. I cant remember which week I saw preflower on my last WW Autoflower.. But if shes about to flower, I think I'm just gonna keep her in this 9oz solo cup.. Lol.. Stupid? Maybe.. We will find out together! But she has gotten a bit taller this last week.. Today her leaves seemed a little curly.. Mostly the top leaves.. She was a bit dry when I watered her.. And after I watered, they seemed to curl a bit more.. Curl downward btw.. This same shit happened to a fellow grower I know.. Maybe humidity levels? Or letting them dry out too much? Overwatering would be impossible in this cup lol.. It drains as quick as it flows in! Lol anyways.. I guess ill see how she looks in the am.. Tent has photoperiods in mid flower.. Thats why shes on 12/12 btw.. Hoping the photos will be ready when she gets deeper into flower so i can then go to 18/6 so she can bulk up nicely.. If ahe stays small enough I got a rigged up suitcase that would be great.. But im waiting on some seeds to ripen so i can harvest before that can happen..
Next day..
Well shit.. I did a thing.. Lol.. Spur of the moment.. I topped her.. At 4th node and removed the bottom single (first true) leaves.. I had already removed those branches because they were very weak looking.. And slow growing compared to the next node and so on.. So no more 1st node.. Left with 3 node.. Since shes a mutant.. She will have 9 tops.. Hopefully stretches a bit before full-on flower mode.. Otherwise the top of this plant is gonna SUCK lol.. Like I said.. It was spur of the moment.. Not even thinking.. Just *chop* without even thinking about it lol.. I think I should transplant.. My next off day.. Into a bigger cup.. I'll have to see what I got lol.. She has been spitting out roots like crazy at the bottom of this cup.. She could use a transplant, Im sure.. Oh yeah.. But the leaf curling did clear up the next day.. i have no idea what that was about.. Weird.. This is a pretty hardy strain too.. I bet she turned mutant because she is so inbred.. Well.. Just a thought.. They say to outbreed sometimes to avoid the horrors of inbreeding mutations lol
Mid week..
Shes doing good. I went ahead and removed another node.. It just wasnt growing like id prefer and that leaves her with 6 branches (2 nodes). Still poppin out pistils.. I just want her to veg a tad bit more before the actual flower stretch.. Should end up with a pretty cool lookin plant in a 9oz cup.. Hopefully the big bad "rootbound" monster won't get her.. Still have yet to meet this rOoTbOuNd people talk about.. As long as I water before the medium is dry for too long, they always THRIVE like crazy.. Now I'm sure there is a point when they just can't grow anymore.. But as for the plant being "suffocated" or whatever comes with rOoTbOuNdNeSs lol.. Ok I'll stop.. Just pushing the limits and seeing what I can get away with.. Gonna do a whole 2x4x5 SOG with some photoperiods in cups.. Big cups so they can have more root space (obviously).. Anyways.. She's happy and healthy..
Aye, growmies... Got some springtails.. Medium is coco/perlite using General Hydroponics Flora Series including a couple supplements.. Has anyone else had to rid springtails? Using Dia××××××ous Earth or Neem Oil preferably? And how to use... Thanks growmies!
Try to clean if there is some colonies in the grow area, if they are in the soil u have to use some product like azadirachtin if u cant beat them with a dry/wet cycle to force them to exit and maybe go on some sticky trap over the soil.
@coyote2thick,
Its usually about another 2 weeks for me.. Then once the flowers are being more focused on, I cut out the grow all together.. In veg I dont use any bloom yet.. 100% gro.. Then, in transition phase, I use 50/50 with the grow and bloom.. Then after those 2 weeks, I just use 100% bloom.. The actual dose is different for each plant tho... But that's how I do the ratios for the weeks
@coyote2thick,
I usually give the gro even for transition phase.. While she's still stretching and making more leaves.. Once the buds are being more focused on, i cut out the grow completely and replace it with a bloom booster.. Thats just what works great for me so far
@ThatSweetSmoke,
Mine started showing pistils pretty early on like yours.. But I think it's still just preflower phase.. I think mine has still been vegging like normal.. But you should still be able to notice the flower stretch when it does start to flower.. That's what I have expericed with this, at least.
@Ferenc,
Thanks! They are nice and colorful.. But these damn foxtails.. They are annoying. Its hard to keep the temps below 85F right now.. Sometimes it reaches 90F-91F.. Once its colder outside I can usually keep it at 80F easily.. I can't wait till winter!
@Donjuanweedo,
I did poke holes in the red cup.. 3 on the outsides.. So it could even drain from the sides a bit.. And 1 in the very middle... The clear cup is meant to catch the runoff.. So the clear cup has no holes..
@Ferenc,
Thanks growmie! She is fun to work with.. Besides the yellowing (which I know is normal at the end of flower.. But Im usually able to avoid it till flushing) .. Other than that she is doing awesome! Oh.. And now some springtails.. Fuck..
@Hempy_the_kid,
Shit was trippin me out.. Guess Im not gonna be using my humidifier anymore.. Was growing for a year and a half without one with no issues.. Damn.. More wasted money.. Lol. Thanks for the input.. I was beginning to think baby powder was somehow being shot into the intake or something.. But glad to know this issue is just the humidifier. Thanks again growmie!