Doug's Varin - First Grow

01/14/23: Today I transplanted these girls to 1gal pots. This was the first time I have ever transplanted plants of any kind and it was a lot of fun. Each plant was looking healthy as far as I can tell. I added myco bliss to the holes and the rootball of each plant. I watered each plant with a pump sprayer full of water Ph'ed at 6.3 after adding 2ml/gal of seaweed extract. This strain is supposed to be 100% sativa. My seeds are from Garden of Green. And I am starting to question their claim that these are Doug's Varin. I am not sure that I should be able to tell at this point, but I would expect that the leaves of these plants should be less round and a bit briter green than they are. I also expecteda little more stretch within the internodes at this point. Some of these nodes are basically stacked on top of eachother. And so it seems to me that what I am growing has at least a little bit of indica in it, and thus is not actually real Doug's Varin. However, I could just be completely wrong and building false conclusions. I don't actually know what the heck I'm doing here afterall. 😂 I'm hoping for a little more stretch at this point and so I have raised the light about 10in to about 30in from the shortest plant (#2). I have also increased the light to 50%. I'm really looking forward to seeing how these ladies respond to the transplant over the next couple of days. They are currently working on node 4. I plan to top node 5 on each plant once available. 01-18-23 These ladies responded nicely to the transplant and I've noticed no signs of trauma. So through my questioning here and in som3 discord channels, it seems clear that this is no 100% sativa and likely not even real DV. However I am committed now and cannot just scrap the grow because I do not know what they are. I've decided to do something that most will tell me is a bad move for a beginner grower. I'm going to mainline these at the third node. I figure that right now I'm only planning to keep 4 of the 6 and so I might as well try this while I have a few plants to loose in the event that I end up killing a couple... lol Today i clipped back everything below the third node.. know that I am going to mainline it on Saturday or Sunday, I decided to go ahead and start some of that trauma now, hoping that it might help send some more energy to that third node even before mainlining. I also watered with 50% of the recommended soil feeding schedule of Fox Farms today. 01-19-23 Today I clipped everything between the third node and what will ultimately be topped off as clones on Sunday when I mainline these ladies. I did this in anticipation of the mainlining with the idea that I would allow more light to the shoots on node 3 a few days before mainlining, hopefully allowing the shoots to mature a bit more. This may not have been the best idea, and it may be best to torment the plant all at once rather than over time. Not sure what the best approach is. Looking forward to seeing how they respond to this over the next couple of days. For now they look like some kind of grass type Pokémon design. Lol