We have lift-off! She has stretched her little heart out this past week. This growth spurt inevitably came with a load of foliage, so I've been defoliating through the week - just a little each day - to keep the airflow nice.
She is loving the Bud Explosion. Bud sites are starting to swell up nicely, and the fragrant aroma is getting more and more every day, quite zesty, very citrus. More lemony than orange at the moment, but still early days. The first hint of frost is beginning to set in, and she is looking a very healthy plant, hopefully should get some nice trichome production.
This is my first photo-period plant, and in all honesty it's gone a lot smoother than some of the autos I've grown! No deficiencies, no pH or EC issues, no heat stress :) I deliberately gave it a long veg time so it didn't feel rushed, but moving forward I wouldn't want to have 1 plant taking up that much space for that long. SOG might be the way to go, but that's for another day.
Current feeding:
CalMag: 0.5ml / liter
Megacrop: 5.5 grams / gallon
Bud Explosion: 1.5 grams / gallon
Will be running PK 13/14 for a week, probably starting some point this week when I next need to change the res.
pH is currently 6 in the res, rising to 6.1 / 6.2 in the autopot tray.
Let's see what this week brings :) Happy growing.