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Started seed in soil, sprout appeared above soil and started growing its leaves. No nutrients yet as I am using Foxfarm Ocean forest soil and hopefully should handle the nutrients for the first week or two. Growing under citizen clu048-1812 COB LEDs (6500k, 3500k, and 3000k spectrums) and getting set outside for a few hours of natural sunlight every day building up more time each day.
Also any comments, advice, knowledge always welcome!! Let's GROW together!
Lots of growth this week as this LSD25 decided to really start taking off.. was one of my slower starters but has really taken on new growth and snuck up to equaling size as the plants a day or two ahead of it. Started giving some rapid start with the water when I fed it to help the roots take off. Soon to be topped at the 3rd node for a mainline and have all other growth removed following @green75_ methods for mainlining. Waiting for enough growth to be able to train the new growth on where I want it to go hopefully.
Also any comments, advice, knowledge always welcome!! Let's GROW together!
Lots of progress this week. Doesnt really look like much at the end of the week as the plant was topped and stripped down to it's new two main lines of life, but will be very exciting to see what's to come! Was topped following the master of main lining techniques and methods @green75_ . Hoping to train this plant right if I can stay ontop of the new growth as these autos seem to have new growth every time I check on them!
Go check out Green75_ on several different platforms and see his talents!
Also any comments, advice, knowledge always welcome!! Let's GROW together!
Lots of new growth and more branches to be pinned down. Was able to spread and pin down the new growth as well as do some defoliation of some leaves. Wanting to allow all bud sites to be able to receive and soak up light. Light feeding as the soil has retained moisture and the nutrients well!
Plant has started to stretch out and reach. Preflowering is now happening with lots of bud sites showing. Snapped one of the branches while trying to pin it down and had to tape it back together but showed now strain or stress and looks equal to the other side just not tamed down.
Using recharge for a feeding and water to help do a quick flush as I switch nutrients for blooming. Plant is reaching upward and stacking nicely. The broken branch has recovered nicely and the stems are starting to show some purple color to them.
@BeesGardensCO, Your pictures go a good job of illustrating the process. Mine are in the first week, but will use your pictures for examples when they are ready. thanks
@closetGrow, please do! If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to share! Only my 2nd time to mainline a plant so hopefully growing off past experience.
@BeesGardensCO Great looking diary 👍🏾 Has me intrigued to see the finish so I had to join so I could follow and learn. Like the way you show your stages/phases too.
Can I ask where to check out Green75_ at as I could not find a diary for this grower. Many thanks and keep up the great work.
@KushDee, I follow him on Instagram, but I believe hes on YouTube under lucky 75 with some informative videos! I believe that's his name off the top of my head.
Had a power failure during week 3 of veg that lasted at least 3 light cycles of 18/6. Needless to say, it put a hurting on some of the strains. Notice I said some........Lemon Berry Crisp by Purple City Genetics took 2 days and she only had some yellowing on a couple of the lower feeder leaves along with some browning tips. But Head Hunter and 14 Bombers looked really, really bad. After 30 hours of lights back on, all 3 were in total light shock with 14 Bombers wilting and all leaves are drooping and curled under.
After 4 days of 24/0 light cycle, I4 Bomb and HH's leaves were all dying or mostly dead. The tips from a topping I did a few days before the power failure were all brown; however, at node 1 the plants were both showing new growth that is a perfect canna-green in color. So, after some research, I found this diary. Finding a technique where you purposely top a plant in mid to late flower (3-5 weeks but not including autos) is not common. I assume because it really takes you back a few weeks in growth loss.
Weel, both are topped back to node 1 to where there was new, green growth. Hopefully the energy they save in not supporting the dying tops will help the new growth at node 1 explode. The only difference is I had to remove all the fan leaves. The ones that were not completely destroyed from no light and then light stress were totally yellow. Since they have no Nitrogen nor chlorophyll, they too were removed. They are in 5 gal pots and I can see the root system coming out of the bottom, so I know the roots are strong and of good color. I am confident they will make it, just a month later than I had planned. Since they were gonna need a couple of weeks to get their groove back on, I went ahead and dropped 6 more seeds for 3 new strains I flew to Jamaica last week to get. So, 9 plants in 5x5 is perfect. Thank You for posting. I figured topping back to node 1 would be fine, but it is nice to find a grower who purposely does it as part a LST / Mainlining technique.
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