BCP F5 - Mars Hydro FC4800 Diary

Blackcherry Pie F5 - 34 days completed and in midst of 35th day in pictures above. Just irrigated the plants. I topped them this week and they have responded well. FYI 6 different strains and 1 nutrient formula. The perceived pickiness of this plant is severely overblown by people feeding it poorly. Just my 2 cents... Same formula i use for nearly all grows the last 3 years. Rarely is there a leaf symptom due to nutrients. Occasionally, i have to drop N slightly, but other than that... it is rock solid. I did not remove any fan leaves after topping. Initial stretch is not a concern if you never intend to have buds on those nodes -- within reason. So, i'll let the first few nodes stretch to reach light. They need to distance themsleves from apical meristem as well as each other. This length will mostly be horizontal and it never has a chance to grow good buds, so don't worry about it. I won't strip leaves or secondary branching until i can easily see the stronger 6 or 7 primary vertically growing colas. Then, i'll break apical dominance until all terminal nodes are equal in vertical height. I may even prune a branch back before it is all said and done. I want consistency in my canopy as i did before. I've gotten away from trying to control it and just let it go free, and i have not liked the results, lol. By the time it is mostly organized, the things i prune off will be used to create temporary clones. If any phenotye shows amazing traits, i'll likely keep that strain for future breeding fun. I don't want mother plants eating up my time.. i want seeds... extra genetic variety? no problem with hundreads of seeds. Simply plant 2x or 3x what you need and only keep the strong ones. throw out a few? oh well they were free. ______________________________________________________ This diary is sponsored by Mars Hydro. Check out Mars Hydro instagram and GD profiles: marshydro_aliexpress on Instagram - follow link through their GD profile @marshydroled on GrowDiaries *** seems the IG account dropped the "2". Pleasue double check as IG likes sto ban accounts related to marijuana. Best to follow link from growdiaries.com profile @marshydroled to be certain***