Week 10: I started flowering on 9-4-18. So these pictures were taken at F2, everything is doing well generally speaking. Switched to flowering and started cooling more heavily along with the light schedule change to help boost the flower stage.
Oh i was unable to find hay locally, crazy but i've been busy and i just started to mulch with the defloliated leafs from the plants. I just had them there and why not. It's why you'll see the green on the pots at the bottom of the plants. I noticed it really helped with the water evaporation.
I would like help with Mainlining. The stems are very thick, should i try to wait for them to get a few inches above my cut and maybe become more flexible and pliable to bend horizontal and make my second cut, (2 > 4 colas) or try bending now? I'll add photos
Typically the longer you wait the older and more woody and less pliable the stems become. Your plant training looks incredible already, you're doing all the right things and at the right time. I waited a little longer than I should have and ended up snapping some branches under very light pressure. However snapping and healing is a training in itself. After you've done your initial top and tie, you want to let the plant grow well before you equally top all new growth (and repeat if needed) for the amount of colas your aiming to get.
Great job with the training it looks great. Can't wait to see it progress.
Thinking about another batch of seeds for my next grow. I can't decide on Bodhi or Exotic Genetix. Any recommendations would be helpful, Also, what do you folks think of Oni Seeds.
Exotic genetics sound great to me ! And Oni seeds is Unknown to me ! I noticed that you wanna buy from an US breeder : Dark Horse Genetics is good too ! And if you wanna travel a bit , Dr kripling is a good UK breeder with a nice bruce banner strain ๐
@DudeGrowsWeed,
Yea man its meming everywhere. Honestly he just puffed it and never inhaled, no coughing and it was mixed with tobacco, But everyone freaked out and two CEOs resigned.
Hi @Heavier! Usually the rule for mainlining is to wait for the plant to develop 5 nodes, then top at the 3rd node. Then wait again for 5 nodes, top again at node 3, repeat this step until you got the desired number of colas (4, 8, 16...). Topping too soon would result in a shock and you'll loose some days while topping with at least 2 nodes above will speed up the growth process for the new stems. Hope this helps, keep us up-to-date and happy growing! ๐
@Stick,
Thanks for the explanation on early topping, i think i've already topped too early before i read your comment, but slowing the growth may actually be a good there here to keep them all growing together where i can. I want an even canopy so this MIGHT have worked out for the best. But i will definitely wait next time and appreciate your answer.
@earlsmeds,
honestly worried about mold because of the canopy being so dense. humidity is too high for comfort and can reach as high as 70% after watering.
Thanks for the positivity! Hoping for a good harvest. My yield will go to my grandfather who is battling cancer.
I would recommend increasing your HH by 40% if you are using the BK. If you haven't seen this yet I would recommend giving it a read.https://support.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/t/nectar-for-the-gods-f-a-q/17885
@BlazedBeast,
Absolutely right, thanks for the post as well. This post helped explain to me why i was having so many deficiencies and i started adding microbes to my feedings. Need more HH to avoid the phosphorous deficiencies as well i imagine.
You should wait a bit : few more inches will be great and you'll still get flexible stems to bend. Let her recover from the last toping before doing it again , few more nodes could be good to : it will let her recover from the stress & thrive a bit. Hope it helped
@Heavier, I did see it online after noticing your post. Definitely a weak puff, but I give him credit for trying and doing it publicly. Anyone resigning because of this was probably just waiting for an excuse. Itโs the 21st century and weed is here to stay!
@DudeGrowsWeed,
Yea man its meming everywhere. Honestly he just puffed it and never inhaled, no coughing and it was mixed with tobacco, But everyone freaked out and two CEOs resigned.