Finished w week 6 of flower, 69 days since sprout.This lady is closest to chop out of my 3. Loupe shows 40/60 clear to cloudy trichs.
Gorilla Zkittlez from MSNL. Tall & Lanky pheno with few buds that are pretty damn big. Smells super dank of sweet berries, extremely sticky.
Besides chopping the 4 lowest branches, I have not defoliated ANY leaves. Nodes are far apart, branches are short, buds are large. I see trimming being a breeze.
She is foxtailing which I've never seen before this. I read its an undesirable trait and means the bud is inferior but I still think she's beautiful as ever.
Upon realizing this plant gave me few buds, I decided to train during flower to increase yield. The experiment with rock weights on branches may have increased yield. It definitely doubled the size of the branches which in theory should double the amount of water and nutrients these buds receive. I also super cropped the second pair of branches from the bottom. Couple weeks back I went through all buds, opening and separating the 2 buds at the base of the larger, main buds (idk if that makes sense) to increase light penetration. I believe all these practices have helped increase yield in some way.
I didn't train this girl during veg because I wanted to see how it grew without it. I'm not happy with this decision and will most likely do LST for all future autos. I doubt I'll get an ounce off of her. Was a true learning experience and I won't forget growing this tall, wobbly bitch.
~removed all training ties and weights and will let ger grow naturally until chop~
I’ve done LST in some way or another on my last 4 autos and will continue to in the future(they were all MSNL gear). I was heavy handed at first but prefer topping with a more subtle approach to low stress training. Your plant looks healthy though.
Enjoy your harvest!
@Puff_TM_Dragon, thanks! I've done LST a few times and guess that's the way to go to get the most out of a grow. I checked out your diaries, beautiful plants! Good luck from one growmie to the next 💚
