RQS Easy Bud - First Grow

After weeks of being uncertain about my lights, I decided to bite the bullet now she's flipping to flower soon. Upgraded to 3 extra lights so another 70 watts the new lights are CFL 2700 K, should be the perfect time to do this Tonight when lights are out I'll be spraying her with Humic and Fulvic acid as she's not had this on the leaves for a while, I fed a TINY amount the other day and the tips started burning again, I fed, then flushed a little and had the correct PH at input and runoff and she still got burned, makes me a bit worried for when I start giving her bloom nutes Day 20 The new growth is starting to be a little bit pale, I think it's very early signs of a deficiency but feeding through the roots just isn't working she keeps getting nute burn, it's been commented a few times she might be low on nitrogen, especially after a day under an extra 70W of drawn light, I've decided to Foliar feed a little Diluted it down 1 drop of 1:1:1 and 1 drop of Bio Bloom in 20 ml of water (a whole 0.1ml) then that 20 ml of water was added to a 100ml of water and 5 drops of Humic and Fulvic acid solution, this was then sprayed all over the leaves which she drank through them in about 15 minutes after lights out, last time she got a foliar feed of Humic and fulvic acid the night time growth was crazy, but the next day was insane with the extra light and the Humic and Fulvic, I reckon day 21 is going to be such an amazing day for this little girl I can't LST her properly, the stem is so rigid, I basically pulled her over in the soil, there's another node coming through now so I might be able to pull this down and one of the bud sights is starting to grow up and out, might get a couple of Colas off her if they start growing and I can keep the main on under control Day 21: Humic and Fulvic acid worked it's magic once again, loads of new growth and the lights really seem to be ramping up her growth aswell, I've managed to LST her a bit better today to pull the top of the plant down to the same level as the rest of the growth, no Apical dominance anymore and the side growth is really exploding, there's a bud site that I can't get good pictures of that's stretched out of the shadow to reach light in the space of 24 hours it's gained about an inch in length! The foliar feed of Nutes seems to have not caused much of a nute burn, but it's levelled out her colour a little bit, I think tomorrow I'll need to water again as we're getting dry but still damp today, in the morning I'll give plane old Distilled water just to keep that nute burn away and probably start feeding her through the leaves it seems to be having a much better effect, I reckon another week until she starts to flower there's no sign of pistils yet she seems quite content to be focusing on growing new budsites nodes and grow a lot more apexs which I'm happy to let her do should get a decent number of Colas, if she keeps up this growth for another week before flower we're onto a winner here, can't wait! Day 22: Growth is continuing very well, this morning I woke up late and by the time I was awake the soil was bone dry, watered around the outside of the pot to really get those roots stretching out, PH at runoff was just below 7, gave about a Litre today her needs are certainly increasing, I also added generous helping of H2O2 to really oxygenate the roots following the drought, adding hydrogen peroxide always triggers a huge growth spurt in a couple of days, the roots must love it go nuts and grow then the above ground growth has the capabilities of growing a lot more! Dropped the lights even closer today because I'm conscious how bushy she's getting , CFLs aren't the greatest at penetration and my LEDs aren't the best lights in the world, but since introducing the new lights the growth has gone insane, thinking the short stature is due to genetics of the particular seed, there's a LOT of nodes now by week 3 we're looking at 6/7, and if I'm right we're looking at at least 3 possibly 5 unique colas, especially now I'm going heavy on the LST it's triggering her to grow all over, but the top needs tying down every day Really excited for this girl to flower! Today I mixed Citric acid and Bicarb of soda and added a shot glass of tap water in a small dish and sat that next to the plant, this creates CO2 (eventually) ramping up the CO2, light and adding water + H2O2 should give her everything she needs for another growth spurt in the next few days ;) Day 23: Seeing a lot of people suggesting to stop using H2O2, important to point out I'm mixing the Hydrogen Peroxide with water about 1 teaspoon for every 500ml then leaving it to sit and break down, h2o + oxygen are exactly what the plants roots needs Her stem has really thickened up over the past few days, I put this down to the new lights + she's probably getting ready to flower, LST has been quite successful in creating a very bushy plant , it's become pretty impossible to check how many unique nodes she's got on the main stem all I know is she's still growing really well, it's proving quite hard to feed her through the soil without almost guaranteed nute burn, Autos are obliviously very sensitive to burning , this + the Humic solution is making it hard to get the balance right through the soil, I've decided to start foliar feeding for the time being instead Few people said last night that she was looking over watered, I think they've looked at the picture and not the grow diary details, I'm giving 500ml every 2 days at the moment, in the past day the soil has dried out completely, I've been reassured that the droop 90 minutes before lights out is just the plant resting before the night growth begins no sign of pre flowers yet, we've probably still got another 5 days to a week of veg then I think flower will begin, she's starting to give a lovely smell already , the growth in 3 days has been crazy, she's become a decent sized bush Thinking I'm going to need to install a SCROG net, to help spread out the bud sites but also to support her, when the buds start coming through, looking like 4 decent colas might form when flower starts, which would be excellent Day 24: This girl is thiiirrssttyyy, I think she's getting ready to flip to flower, first few white hairs are coming through on the stalks, I had hoped we had another week of growth before this happened but I'm still happy with the size, over the past few days her main stem has grown really thick and the side growth is about as thick as the main stem was last week, yesterday I gave a second water because the soil is drying out very quickly, it's currently dry up to the first knuckle of my finger, but I'm going to wait until tomorrow to water and probably feed as well It's pretty much impossible to count how many nodes she's got on the main stem because the growth is so thick! Hoping that she will stretch out quite a bit during the next few weeks to open up some of the bud sites otherwise I might have to consider defoliation, there's a lot of bud sites that are completely shaded by the top canopy I'm quite lucky that distilled water is cheap where I am, but tap water is really hard, Set aside 2 litres today ahead of tomorrows water, last time I used tap water there was a few issues, so I'm going to mix tap and distilled water to reduce the salt content quite a way, Day 24 update, we've 100% hit flower, she's starting to grow pistils on pretty much every single node, there's 2 hours until lights out and I could probably water her, but I've read that letting a pot get dry is what's needed for the roots to focus on growing out into the pot to find moisture, the soil is damp about 1.5 inches below the surface, I've noticed some surface fuzz growing on the soil, I know this isn't detrimental to the plant if anything it's a sign of healthy soil (H2O2 will do that to soil if it's used properly) but letting the soil dry out over night isn't going to cause too much harm to the plant I'm sure there's still moisture to be had, I'm tempted to give the leaves a misting tonight with humus solution, but she'll get a good water with Humic, fulvic and a single drop of bio-bloom tomorrow, 1 drop of nute in 750 ml of water, tomorrow I'm watering with 50% distilled water and 50% tap water, I need to be up early to do this at lights on instead of later in the day to maximise the benefits over the course of today what will be the nodes have started opening themselves up a little, what was once a very bushy plant is now already starting to stretch out, excited to see what happens next week! 😆 Day 25: lot an awful lot to report today, growth is still on going, the side stems are starting to thicken up and stretch out, this morning the soil was bone dry and it was able to take 1 litre of water no problems with very little runoff, runoff did eventually come though which was at ph of 6 that was the driest she's ever been and seemed to be thriving this morning, today's picture is post watering and she was visibly sucking up water into her leaves for a hard day of photosynthesis! Watering this girl this morning has set off some serious growth! Giving her so much water was nerve wracking but she's suddenly exploded up top! Doesn't seem to be showing any signs of nute burn which is excellent and the Humic and Fulvic acids seem to have really done their thing! Exciting times ahead! 3 days until week 4! Looks like she's focusing on leaf growth for the time being, excited to see how much she explodes going into flower Day 26: I couldn't help myself, I had to open the grow room to have a look this morning even though I told myself I wouldn't but boy did yesterdays water send her crazy! She's really stepped up the leaf growth over the past week, and it's looking like 5 main colas, asking todays grow question to see if I can expose more bud sites early and will this make a difference, todays pictures look a little yellow, they're not in person but I'm thinking we're looking at a spot of nitrogen deficiency, she was fed minimal bloom nutes yesterday (1 drop in 1 litre lol) and doesn't seem to be showing any signs of burn which I'm happy to report, but I'm thinking I'll foliar feed her some 1:1:1 just to balance out those slightly yellow leaves Day 27: Today I watered again, after spraying with Humic and Fulvic acid solution last night, the soil was dry an inch down again (so water intake is increasing) just gave plain water 50% distilled 50% tap, I think there's some kind of deficiency starting but I can only see it under the grow lights now when she comes out of the cupboard so it's hard to say what it is, spraying with Humus solution triggered another growth spurt this normally takes 24-48 hours to take effect so maybe tomorrow she'll shoot up again, noticed some slight curling on the leaves which can't be heat but I think light stress, lifted the lights to counteract this