Well, you need to say a bit more about what you mean by small, etc. All living things need nutrition. You didn't say, what you planted it in.
Let us say it was plain sand, no food in it. You will get a meager, tiny plant, that doesn't do much...starved.
If, oth, you planted into a rich mix, of hot organic soils, you might find the plant stays small, because of too much food, she stalled out, stopped growing, leaves are brown on the ends, etc.
Too much water, ie, hardly any at first, will drown and stall young 'uns. So, highly drained soil is desirable for this plant. The roots can't be waterlogged.
But, once you see that, you don't have to go wild about nutes. Most of that is Market Lies and Hype.
Many of us see good growth if we have drained soil medium and do wet, then dry, then water. If you have soggy soil medium, that dry out a bit, can't happen.
So, yes, you need to feed for yield, but it introduces a new set of problems.
I have been through all kinds of feeding ideas, but now I just use a general purpose plant food, throughout. I don't worry about bloom food, I just control the strength, by diluting.
Every two weeks I make it a little stronger feed concentration, but I start at 1/5 recommended dose.
Hope this helps.