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First week : germination
I started germinating this sticky orange seed along with a master kush which did not germinate.
It put the seeds in a glass of water for about 12 hours, then put them in wet paper towel for 2 days. Then in these little cardboard cups.
The sticky orange started growing pretty fast imo
At that point the plant was growing so fast i knew it was going really well. I continued doing lst and i did the topping on the 4th node.
For my first time i have to say it's pretty satisfying
Man, this week has been amazing. It's growing SOOOOO fast I can't believe it
I started defoliating the smaller branches at the bottom because they were not receiving any light, as my leaves were just so huuuge, and also there were so much of them.
I don't really if that's the reason, but they were kinda falling down so i figured i needed to defoliate because the leaves were big but the plant itself pretty compact, i thought it lacked energy to both sustain the leaves and grow at the same time. I wanted it to grow more vertically. But maybe the issue comes from nutrients because i wasn't adding anything the to water.
Please tell me what you think the issue is, i'd be glad to read your analysis
What a week
Now i can say that i know which branches is going to grow flower and which is not, in which case i'm defoliating them over time. I'm being careful about not defoliating too fast because there are some really big and old leaves and i don't think it would be good overall for the plant if i cut them all at once, so i'm taking my time. But yeah this week has been mostly about defoliating and taking care of the branches that are actually going to produce the most weed.
I also did some lst on all these important branches in order to have an even canopy and get this lollipop shape. So far it's been pretty even but the last few days the two main branches have been growing faster so in the future idk how it's going to turn out, i wish the side branches would also grow faster.
With that said, my lack of vertical growth has been resolved as the plant has gained 15cm this week and i think it's going to continue this way as i almost cut out all the useless branches. (i'm gonna cut the last two tomorrow or the day after tomorrow i guess)
Again, feel free to comment if u have any advice or suggestion !
Nothing much to say this week, i continued defoliating in order to have that lollipop shape, did some light lst so that each branch gets enough light and did some topping on some branches
what's your take on doing more topping on the main branches? lmk please
at that point the plant was weak and sick, i'm posting this 1month later and with time to think of all the possible reasons i think i could come from: le leaves i left at the surface with created mold, the lack of one or several nutrients (i didn't use any since the start because it's my first grow and i wanted to try without to see if it was possible), or maybe i defoliated too much, or i didn't water enough, or maybe a combination of all these reasons and more... again i'm a beginner so i can't be sure of anything.
You will see that the following weeks, the plant will still grow but there will be less and less leaves because i continued to cut the sick ones.
I NEED ADVICE : i don't know if the flowering phase started or not. There are some little white things starting to grow but it's still small (you can see it on some pictures). PLEASE someone lmk if it really started so i can lower the humidity and maybe the change the light schedule.
Also, i noticed the ground level started to go down so i added some soil and as you can see the plant is doing much better since then. The leaves are growing again and are not facing down. There are still some sick ones among them but i decided to keep them and just wait and see, i'm afraid to defoliate too much again.
THERE IS HOPE AGAIN FOLKS LETS GET IT!
I don't know if my plant is flowering or not! look at the latest picture (week13) thought the sticky orange was supposed to enter the flowering stage after 6 to 8 weeks, and i know mine was sick and didn't grow for 3-4weeks but now it's showing little white things so idk pls help
People have answered already but we were all beginners at some point so I will give a few good tips .
Research and education. This is the key thing. In 100 grows you will still learn stuff. This is paramount. For example you talk of training and multiple toppings. You have a 60x60 tent.
Google plant anatomy and training techniques.
Feeding. Get nutrients and the correct ones. Google cannabis plant nutrition.
Environment needs to be right. Google. In fact Google growing cannabis and READ IT.
Label and record daily data. What to record will come after reading.
Grow in Coco and perlite with Coco nutrients.
Get a light equal to30watts per square foot of grow space.
Main thing tho is knowledge. You will kick yourself when you realise a bit of effort and reading could have saved you tonnes of time and cash.
ONLY DO SOMETHING TO YOUR PLANT IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT OT WILL DO OTHERWISE JUST DON'T.
I CRINGE AT SOME STUFF I USED TO DO.
READ AND WITHIN A YEAR YOU WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR A SUCCESSFUL GROW. HOW SUCCESSFUL DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF LEARNING YOU DID. EVERY SPARE MINUTE, READ
ArtLaDebrouille
