Howdy,
as requested by some fellow followers and growers, I took more media this time, to show the situation better. Photos have been taken in order to show the plant overall, the details of the cola and related tricomes and then there is a 4K video to better see it. I hope that you can like it ^^
Plant kept the same height: 50cm = 20 inches
Temperatures were warm, most of the week above +30° (86F), air was dry and sun was strong.
Plant got water early in the morning and in the evening after the sun.
Please provide a feedback about the maturation of the plant, this should be the 5th completed flowering week.
I am still struggling to understand why this year all the plants sucked so much in size, even comparing with other autos I grew
Last time that I grew a Sticky Orange Auto was my best asset, it came 78cm tall out of clay pot slightly larger than this year, producing 280g fresh and 58g net dry weight.
PS: Why there is no audio in my videos? They are taken with mobile and compressed with DivX converter into mkv pro.
The only big change that I did this year was to follow this advice from YouTube, they explained since auto-flowering plants have a very short living cycle, to avoid the trauma of transplantation, was better to put the cracked seed directly into the soil of the final growing pot.
So I did, because it sounded smart, but results still show a worsening compared to previous years.