On Day 19, she has continued to explode with growth. She had enough root mass in the reservoir that I felt comfortable taking out the top feed pump. I also topped her. I don't know if I'm going to do a real manifolding technique or my own spin on one. I topped below the fourth, and trimmed the first so I'm left with the second and third nodes. I'm excited to see what the stretch brings. For now, I think I'm going to wait for these four growth tips to get a little bigger and then take these 4 fan leaves leaves off. These fan leaves are some of the oldest growth on this plant. They are curling up because of how close I had the LED light bulb. The old leaves will get chopped once these 4 growth tips grow a little.
On Day 20, she doesn't appear to have minded being chopped yesterday. Look at the difference between day 19 and day 20. In only 24 hours, those little wilty looking growth tips have perked up and grown significantly. She is still vibrant and growing fast.
@TheBudWhisperer, I'm hoping you're right that she recovers fast. I chopped her a second time to set up my manifold last night. I chopped her pretty good. I'll do a journal update soon but I hit her hard so I hope the DWC and the fact that she's well established help her recover. Good luck to you!
@NorCalCloset, oh no doubt. Your also on dwc so gotta imagine the next week or two will see some serious growth. Might try a version of this setup myself at some point so interested to see how this turns out👍
RE: removing all the little ones around the bottom. I think you did the right thing, I now regret not having the courage to do that to mine (I'm still pretty new). Also, I'm really glad I found this diary, as I had been struggling with how to HST/LST and keep the top-heavy colas stable in the last couple of weeks. Those orange bars look like a great, simple solution so thanks my friend! 👏
@TheBudWhisperer, That's what I call mine too! Haha! The boss tolerates the occasional smell when it's late in flower, but not without complaint. I think we'd come to an impasse (meaning I would be told no) if I told her that I needed more space to properly support and then access my latest plant. Someday when I win the power ball, I'm building a greenhouse so she can't tell me no.
@Tried_and_Tested, Thanks! I'm curious too! In terms of volume, this is one of my smaller harvests but I'll bet its comparable in weight with my other larger-volume harvests. I tend to get 3-4 ounces with my setup and a 5-7 week veg. I'll bet this harvest is right in that range for weight when it dries out because of the denseness of the buds. I tend to grow hybrids with a fair amount of sativa in them so I tend to get some fluffy buds.
@@hydrohippy, thanks! Higher temperatures are usually my weakness and it is winter here that is helping me keep my tent cooler. Thanks for your comment!
Everythin going well here, the longest process is going on. When you have to wait for these buds to enlarge and get mature. It is soon there, it will smell so good soon :)