First time auto grower from south africa

A sideways profile might have helped vs birds eye view, hard to tell its height in the pics uploaded. I would wait till the 5th node before starting LST or HST, you can start it around the 3rd node but I like to wait a bit longer. There are some nice guide on how to HST or LST floating around on GD or their is the WORLD WIDE WEB as well. Have a plan befoe you start anything, just giving the plant LST/HST willy nilly sometimes does not help it and only dwarfs its potential. If you have amended soil it lilkey won't need any feed till about week 3 or 4, and if you amending with dry amendments they take a bit of time to break down. If you feeding with liquid fertilizers that are readily available it will not need time to break down, its already good to go. Have a good feeding/watering regime in place so you don't burn em or over water them.

Hey Cannabosie420, sounds like you’ve got a nice setup going with the PotPlant soil and Super Soil mix. That combo should carry your plant through the first few weeks without needing extra nutrients. Usually, Super Soil feeds well for around 3–4 weeks after sprouting, so there’s no rush to add liquid nutes. Just keep an eye on your plant, if it stays healthy and green, you’re good. Once you notice any signs of fading color or slower growth, that’s a good time to start feeding with Terra Aquatica Pro Organic. I’d suggest starting low (like 1 ml/L) and adjusting gradually based on how the plant reacts. As for LST, you can usually start once your plant has 4–5 nodes and the stem feels strong enough to handle a bit of bending, often around day 15 to 25 depending on the strain. If the plant looks healthy, it’s definitely a good idea to train early. It helps open up the structure, improves light penetration, and usually leads to better yields in the end. So in short: no need to rush the nutes, and yes, LST is worth doing if the plant looks ready. Keep it steady and trust the process you’re doing well! Happy growing! 🌱✌️

Give them some nutrients and jeah u can start with lst , u can start lst when u want. Someome wants to do mainlining and start wi lst at the start.

Yep, sieht Nacht zu viel Sonne aus. Stell sie ein wenig schattiger, dann sollte das passen. Viel Erfolg im weiteren Verlauf 👊🍀👍

LEaves will try to reduce surface area in reaction to certain stress - in this case mostly likely intensity of light. it will adapt to the sun, which might make the application of artificial light less effective. In the sun, the leaves have to adapt to handle 'too much' light. instead of a single grow light above, it's inundated by photons from all angles and not just the top of the canopy. as long as it doesn't wilt in the sun, it's probably okay. I'd wager it gets more robust as it matures and you see less of this. are you in a high DLI region of earth? There are maps, usually broken down by month of year, that can tell you a rough estimate of what 'your' sun is providing in DLI on average. These maps don't account for things like cloudy days or wheether your placement of plant get direct sun for the entire time sunrise to sunset, fwiw. more often than not, you'll fall short of these averages over time. if you are getting 35-40dli from sun consistenty, you don't even eed that grow light supplementation unless it is used to delay flowering phase of a photoperiod.

for this tiny 40k lux is enough sun's lux more then 80k+ that's the reason of curling (covering itself from to much ligh)