Really like your plant. Great job. Looks very healthy. As a first time grower on day 9 I have a few questions. At what stage did you add nutes?
ok... I did not use any type of potting soil, I used plain top soil with compost added in it. I germinated her with the paper towel method, when she had a nice long tap root (took about 36 hours) I planted her directly into the soil. At the start of week 2 I began with a bio-tone microbial plant food / soil conditioner / root starter. it rocked that little plant like crazy. She started having visual growth on a daily basis.
What nutes did you use?
Starting at week 3 I alternated a grow nute with a bloom nute. Keep in mind, this little lady is an autoflower strain and I had learned here and at other websites that with autos you can skip a lot of growth nutes and work in the bloom nutes early. So I did that. Even now my hubby and a couple of our friends comment on how her buds getting longer and fatter each day.
Did you LST or FIM or top or any such thing as that? Not at all. I just fed her alternating growth and bloom and plain distilled water every 4th watering schedule as a 'mini flush', and just let her go.
Again congratz on the grow and I hope it goes well into the next phase.