Hi Growmies .
Day 56 and 21 in flowering today.
I am.still waiting on the hairy Mary to begin but the stems and tops are definitely preparing themselves with a lot of bud sites being evident throughout the canopy and even below decks. Each limb is taking the form of a single plant it seems. ( Even if only dwarf sized !) The potential for "fatties" is good by the looks of them.
#1 is by far the biggest of the girls and has really been productive with her bud sites. I am using a form of defoliation but not in any uniform capacity. she is so full of sites that I have been removing inside Fan leaves that block so many of the inner sites from air and light. Her main has been kept lower than the upcoming 2nd , 3rd and 4th nodes which has allowed them to form more volume of lower growth.
#2 Is the smallest of the girls and looks nice and healthy but is definitely not as vigorous as her sisters. plenty of sites along her stems and a nice ball shape to her frame too.
#3 With her multi tops from the attempted f.i.m ( crazy that an accidental topping created a new training method we can use and that we can even get that "mistake" wrong π ), she is a really nice size to work with and the extra couple of tops have meant a nicely filled out middle. Like her sisters , I have been trying to keep the leaf blocking to a minimum by removing some interior ones and tucking others away.
I did notice a few weeks back that the bigger Fan leaves had slight clawing on them but not too bad to cause real concerns . I did hot them with the max dosage of the alga bloom from light switching which I see was a little too "full bodied" for their needs. I would advise at the beginning of the transition to flower at the flip , that a lower dose of 1ml per litre would serve better. ( following the bottles dosage could be a little toxic for younger flowering plants.) I don't think it has geld them back too much or done any damage but the least stress for their root zone to deal with the better.
All in all a good week for stem girth and flower setting sites and now I am like an Eagle searching the canopy for prey to find those white flowering hairs. lol.
One more week and I get to add the King of the Plagron range to the fun with the Green Sensation.
Have a great week Growmies and keep it green and mean.
Super work! π And learning also! I'm little bit afraid of training because it will be the first time but when I see your ladies I'm gonna give it a try tomorrow also with mine. Start with some easy LST will be the level π Compliments for your knowledge π Have a good and lightfullπ grow week! π
@Siesjuh55,Thank you and welcome aboard. Always happy to help if I can and love this hobby too so do not be silent if you want to ask anything g or comment. all welcome and how we grow as a community. π
@Golden,Thanks for the nice upbeat comment Golden. I am impressed with the lower fan leaves already. some very wide , mean and green light factories. Have. Great day.
@Nofeckingclue79,My pleasure. I had similar in the dwc I tried too. I tried a couple of different ways of air but found the larger flat ones gave the best agitation at the surface and not just big bubbles popping. nothing we do at present can imitate the perfection of waterfalls on creating great water for life. keep up the great work and diary.