'Miranda' Mimosa Cake Auto

Jan 10 (day 22): Start of week 4. What a nice start to the week, she has pistils which have literally grown overnight 😍 She's looking really well with lots of growth on leaves, branches and new nodes. She's looking so beautiful and well developed for her age. I may even be on track to hit flowering phase next week which is insane, given my last autos went for 14-15 weeks! Jan 11 (day 23): Holy shit! So I believe that pistils mark the start of 'the stretch' but this is ridiculous. Today I noticed that her stem looked much thicker and she was much taller. I decided to measure her to check if I was imagining things, but no, she's now 9 inches tall! That means she has grown 2 and a 1/4 inches in TWO DAYS! The second set of branches is also now pushing through to the top of the canopy! I have gently tucked the bigger fan leaves underneath the branches to get more light to them. Growth is literally EXPLODING! Tonnes of new nodes coming out and a second set of tiny pistils! All the plants are growing at a ridiculously fast rate, but Gertie has been the tallest plant to date. Not any more...Miranda the Monster has shot up and is now the tallest plant, which you can see in one of the photos. Top of the soil is dry, but a little moist underneath so will let her go another day. Jan 12 (day 24): I did a little watering experiment today as their growth is so quick that I want to make sure she is getting enough water. I mixed up a litre of water with week 2 of the nute schedule. I also added microbes as you can give them twice a week when they are having a growth spurt (which its very safe to say she is having)! I then watered her until run off and monitored exactly how much she took. I've been feeding 500ml up to now, but she took 1L which is double the previous amount and the most out of the 4 plants. I will up Miranda the Monsters amount going forwards. Loads of growth again on all fronts. I tucked some of the fan leaves under the new branches again to get some light to them. She's still straightening up and looking better, so rotated the pot today to keep her even. The watering process for all 4 plants took a whole hour today, so by the time I had finished the light had gone off on the timer 😤 Hence, the photos are pretty crap quality today as the light was off. Jan 13 (day 25): Looking well today and hydrated. More growth on all fronts again and tucked some of the fan leaves under again to get more access to the new branches. Didn't get a chance to take photos today. Jan 14 (day 26): Still growing crazy growth wise and she is thickening out FAST! She can go another day water wise, so won't be feeding her today. She's still living up to her name of Miranda the Monster, so have decided to give her a bit of light LST today. I am trying out a method where I am adding sticks and clipping the larger fan leaves to them to keep them tucked underneath. This will prevent me from defoliating and potentially stressing her, so the smaller branches can get light but I don't need to lose the larger leaves completely. I've also used some of the soft bendy wire, but its much harder to use when working with the sticks so I've have ordered some large clips from Amazon. I've also gently started to lean the top cola to the side in a bid to get an even canopy. Ideally I will get her into a nice candlestick shape and each major branch will have its own space and plenty of light. I'm going to see how the method works out and I can then apply it to the rest of the plants if it does. Jan 15 (day 27): Ready for her feed today and more growth as always. Fed her 1L of water and week 2 of the biobizz nute schedule with a preventative dose of Calmag. She looks fine post LST, her canopy is a nice block of green now, so she is trying to even out. Jan 16 (day 28): End of week 4. Cant believe it's the end of another week already. Turned the light up a bit to 50% as there are no signs of heat stress, so I think she can take a bit more light and should have the nutrients to take it. The new trial method of LST seems to have benefitted her, so I will apply it to the other plants today. Clips have arrived from Amazon so I was able to remove the bendy wire and use them instead. Exiting the week 14 inches tall, so has grown 7.25 inches this week, which is over double her previous size! Another good week with lots of green growth and a full canopy. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.