Budswelling Royal Gorilla and C. Banana

@Bluesbreeder,2 Grams is 2 Grams. As you learn and perfect the technique I think the results will get better. You've already learned that this works best on Sativas. Maybe try it on a few hybrids next time. Overall a great harvest! Gratz!

@Quexos,royal gorilla results : 130 gr budswelling 128 gr no budswelling does not seem to have any affect on this plant like more effect on a sativa. But must say biggest harvest ever 480 gr total that's 1,7gr/Wat :-)

@Bluesbreeder, Wow! That is a considerable difference! Nice job!

@Quexos,i was introduced to it by this website but it's in dutch and this guy tried it . he did not see it got a lot bigger but the trichomes production was a lot more on the treated bud then on the normal one. https://www.cnnbs.nl/maak-wiettoppen-harder-dikkermet-simpele-handeling/ i used it on the ultimate diary but did half of the plant and i had some big buds. and i did it on every bud on every plant in my Auto Cinderella jack diary and that made 433 grams of 4 plants in a 80/80/180 room with 270 Watts of QB's so it will be a combination i think with good lights and the budswelling that gave me my personal highest yield so far

@Bluesbreeder, Thanks for info. I'll look up the lights and try to read some articles on budswelling.

@Quexos, you can find all info on the lights on this website where i bought them. https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/kits i have 2 x 135W QB V1 so now there a V2 that's even better. but they have problem with stock. the lights are very popular. well yes it's stress to the plants and it should make the buds bigger and more trichomes but hey i think it works but i don't have prove but read some articles about it. i just do it 1 time in week 3 or 4 but some keep doing this every week but i am scared to keep doing it :-)

@Bluesbreeder, very interesting technique 💪

@CRiSPrGrow, it made a lot of difference on the C Banana but almost none on the Royal Gorilla but overall a great harvest! will keep this experiment going for a few grows.

@CRiSPrGrow,well let's wait and see when i harvest them! not sure but it's a jungle out there so i will document it with photo's to see if it's worth the trouble. i will take pics of both plants with and without budswelling so we can compare . but it will be better to take them out of the tent and check it before i cut them down.

@Quexos,for me the same i have arround 70 seeds in my fridge and i can only put 4 in my tent in a 15 liter pot. i'm thinking of doing some sea of greens just to use all seeds . maybe i'm going to do experiment with 2 seeds in 1 pot. i'm not sure what but i will see.

@Bluesbreeder, I'm blaming winter for me not being able to use my seeds. Trying to get seeds through customs is a crapshoot at best. I can't afford to lose my seeds to winter. If you grow Bubba's, my idea is to manifold them to 8 tops then put them into flower. Based on what I saw letting it grow naturally, she will produce some serious buds if you focus her energy. You can also really fill up your tent because they barely stretch. I was going to grow all 4 of my remaining seeds when I get a chance. Too many seeds, such a small tent!😥

@Quexos,yes i think next weekend . But if it takes longer i’m going to wait i really want them to be milkey all the way this time ! Good luck with your bubba’s gift got them also waiting to grow. I have to many seeds can’t grow them all :-)

@Quexos,if you give it time it will reward you for it :-)

@Bluesbreeder, I'm okay waiting for the trichomes to get all milky. I get antsy waiting for a few of the ambers to show up before harvesting. I always end up harvesting after losing patience after a few days. I'll use your restraint and not harvest my Bubba's gift later this week. I know it needs more time, but I get all Edward Scissorhands.

@Quexos,patience is good if you want potent weed :-) and the buds need to fatten and trichomes need to get Milkey . have enough stash from previous grows so i have got time.

@Quexos,i read the same thing about sativa's growing 3x higher when you put them in bloom. but the plants are also topped and the 2 side stems are going trough the roof. well i hope i stopped it from growing higher.

@Bluesbreeder, They've about doubled in height. I would think they would be done, but I was reading a journal the other day that had a 3x stretch growth! It wasn't your strains though. Supercropping will probably be enough, especially since you can raise our lights a bit more. Your lights have such a tiny profile! They are great! Kinda makes me not want to sprout some of these full on sativa seeds that I have planned to grow. I only have around 5 feet of usable space.

@Quexos,they grew explosive in this last week. i can get the lights about 15 cm higher but that's it. i really hope they stop growing.

@Bluesbreeder, This is going to be my first winter growing. I'm going to do several things to help keep my plants safe. First, I'm going to insulate the bottom of the tent so its not sitting on the cold tile. Secondly, I will change my lights so they are on at night when its coldest. I will also put a ceramic space heater with a thermostat in the room where I keep my tent. My tent is too small for a heater, but the room is okay. I'll just set the thermostat to come on when it gets really cold. Finally, I think I will save my brand new, expensive seeds for the spring grow. I'm going to use mostly bagseed. If Winter is Coming I want to be ready!😉

@Quexos,hey well the humidity is lower i forgot to change it . It’s 50% Well i have 2 little fans and 1 died on me last week. So maybe that’s the reason. And also it’s a jungle in my tent. But i think the cold is the key factor . When the light’s are off it’s getting 14 degrees celsius and that’s to low. Well i can’t do nothing about it just one week of flushing and i cut her down. Hope the rest of the buds will be ok. It’s time to grow some autoflowers now so incan leave the light on for 20 hours and get some heat from the lights . Winter is coming :-)

@Bluesbreeder, I agree. The one that wasn't pinched looks like it has larger buds. It's not a noticeable difference though. The real test will be at harvest though. Both plants are so similar that the budswelling might be the only difference between the two plants. Hopefully there will be a significant difference by then.

@Quexos,well the stalks are real spindly but like you said it's a good problem to have buds to be to big and heavy :-) well i don't see a lot of difference for now looks like the one without swelling has bigger buds :-) hahaha if you see the photo of the 2 plants the one on the lift side is the one i did budswelling on. but let's wait and see what the end result will be. i'm thinking of keeping this experiment going in future grows and try to experiment with it. seems fun to do.

@Bluesbreeder, I just can't believe that your Banana is still stretching! I really want to see the outcome of the budswelling. I know you've seen and done it before, but its a pretty aggressive technique, and I really would like to see the outcome of your experiment before I do anything like that to my buds. My grow is several weeks behind yours. Depending on your results, I would have plenty of time to try that technique on my buds. Look on the bright side, you are going to have one helluva lot of fresh buds in a bit. Soon, the jungle you call your grow tent will be just a smoky, hazy memory.

@Quexos,well the Royal Gorilla is doing normal as last time but the C.Banana is hard to control. and it grows like hell in flowering period Damn. typical sativa !! well i'm not afraid of the outcome of the budswelling did it on 2 grows before and all ended well :-) But i was thinking i will only do 1 plant of each strain so we can compare it on 2 strains . for me it's also to see if my feeling is right and the article i read about it. so i can compare it myself to see if it's worth the trouble.

they look brilliant and it's awesome that they don't the fans making more noise lol

@Apprenticegrow420,they are not running really hot . you can always put your hands on the lights. so no problem for here

@Darkgreenkid,hey well i know what the weed is about because my previous grow was the same strains and they are nice to smoke. but not really 100% satisfied with the C. Banana as sativa. the best sativa i have grown still is Liberty haze from barney's farm. but next spring i will be trying Bruce Banner from zamnesia in search for the perfect sativa. but yesterday smoked some fingerhash of the 2 strains together and it hit me quiet hard actually but it's potent weed both strains so no wonder :-)

@Quexos,Well still don't see a lot of difference :-) but i'm leaving the plants in the tent so i can't really check that well. i have a small room and when i take the plants out i can damage them so the last weeks i don't move the plants anymore and let them stay in there place. i only rotate them from time to time but it's also hard now with the support sticks and also my tent is 80x80x180 so it's really small.but hey the harvests are always between 300 /400 grams so i ain't complaining :-) But we will see in the end i will take all the plants out and try to document my end resluts comparing the 2 plants together and i can also check if there is a lot of difference in the yield at the end. and still that's not an exact science . like you said the plants are growing differently but at the end we will get a better view if it's worth the trouble.

@Quexoswell it has to show at the end if they get fatter. yes i don't see no signs of stress anymore. well i read the article on a dutch site and he did it once like me in week 3 and his buds did not seem bigger but much more trichomes on buds with budswelling then without. another article i read said you got to do this every week but i don't see myself doing it every week. think at the end of flowering you could get mold from this. yes it's not that it's a real problem with the sativa's they are big but just for a nice spread of light it would be better they would have grown the same height.

@CRiSPrGrow,A whole lot of HAPPINESS on point👍👍✌️✌️