Good week of progress.
#4 and #5 are continuing to flower and the tops are trying to grow. Tucking leaves and getting light penetration is becoming challenging.
While adjusting #6's LST from last week and trying to pull the top down a little further, the main stem snapped pretty bad. I taped it and left it for a week. I removed the tape a week later to find the stem is healing itself. I bent it down just a little more to lower the main top site so the others will continue to grow and get light. #6 is just barely showing pistils now.
I cleaned up the bottom skirts a little bit as leaves were getting in the way of watering. I'm trying not to defoliate too much right now until they really explode and start flowering more.
The light is 100% at 24" now.
#4 and #5 are getting about 2 liters of water each every 2-3 days in the MG soil.
#6 in the organic soil I think has more drainage. I gave it 1 liter of water and there was a bit of runoff just from that.
Overall, I think my mistake from my first grow attempt was UNDERWATERING. Growers in the comments suggested overwatering, so I basically starved them even further. These days I'm following my common sense instincts - if I think it's time for water, I water them. I try to use enough water to reach the middle and bottom of the soil so I basically water until I see runoff starting to come out of the bottom. The next few days they explode with color and growth. Water is always pHd to around 6.5.
They are growing with organic granular nutrients in the soil from seed, and topdressed twice. I will refrain from giving anymore nutrients for a few weeks.
@JabzXtreme, and your sure its not bud rot ? if the plant is in flower to long the bud can start to rot. 6 months ago I lost half my harvest ( 6 ounce) to mold in the curing jars so I know the pain. as for avoiding bud rot from age keep an eye on the trichomes
@The_Bearded_Grower, I guess. I have a lot of air flow with 3 fans on high. The humidity was only about 55% usually, except it would go up after watering. I have a little dehu in the tent but I guess it sucks. I only empty it like once a week.
What kinda fungicide you using? Looking for options to have on hand. These are looking killer! I’ve noticed a lot of these WW autos get some dark color late in flower, pretty cool! I had an ILGM amnesia haze autoflower that looked very similar with the purple tips of buds developing. Good luck with harvest!
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@Ezzjaybruh, thanks for your comment! I'm using organic Grower's Ally Fungicide Concentrated. Used 3 tablespoons with a gallon of water in a Vivosun Sprayer, and it was enough to cover all 4 plants making them dripping wet. Next day no mildew on leaves and did not come back. Some of the deep lower foliage sugar leaves mildew still stayed, but I tried not to oversoak the buds so that's my fault for not hitting those areas enough. I'm very surprised how well it worked with only 1 application. It did turn all white hairs brown though, but buds are still growing and producing new white hairs the next day.