Hi Kannibalistics,
yeah looks like your plant is doing a bit like mine is - healthy but tiny.
In quite a different setup however: indoor closet, 28L (~7gal) no-till soil + water only, gas lantern lighting routine, and 150W LED lights of indeterminate quality.
In my case, I think I got the slow growth
mainly because my soil life wasn't active enough in the beginning, plus the babies got heat stress and very low humidity in the beginning under HID lights. The LED lighting solved the heat problem but is iffy intensity-wise. Ohyeah. AND I topped her, as I was afraid of the 1,40m they said she could grow up to
With all these differences, all a comparison can give you is a bit of an idea of how much more growth you can expect.
So this is how mine looked at 30 days:
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That's when she started going into bloom.
And no, she didn't catch up although she doubled in size. this is her today, at 8 full weeks (I've LSTed the branches apart to at least get the light to all budsites) :
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(estimating 5g yield haha!!)
So, I'd say: don't expect a big harvest, she will grow more whilst going into flower but not that much
In your case, it can't be the light - you have the real thing!
Instead of moving the plant to the shade when it's hot, at this point I would cover the soil with a layer of mulch (grass clippings, chopped up weeds...). That prevents the soil from drying out while your plant can soak up all the sun she can get, yumyum!
Speaking of which, what soil have you got in that pot and did you end up going with -- a 3 gal pot I think you wrote?
it can't be bad though either, seeing your plant has zero signs of lacking anything...
I get the feeling it has to do with autos, which I am finding so much harder to grow than photoperiodic strains!
My impression is they just leave zero leeway for any environmental shock, stress or mistake we may make in tending them.
Just my 2 cents tho!