Bruce Banner (Hempire Seeds), 9x8=72(-1)

Week 5, concluding fifth week of vegetating: Hi(gh) Guys! I want to use this opportunity marking time, because I’m going to add another week of vegetating. And to reflect on every decision I made in way people maybe can learn something along the way. a. I’m ever content about my manner of popping the seeds, called the coffeefilter/ziplockbag-method, so no room for improvement there. b. During first week my LED was hanging to high, so the seedlings stretched, causing the stems to look lollypopped already. After adjusting this before second week arrived the internode space became perfect, and stretching stopped. c. End of second week I’d made the mistake causing to lose the lobe-leaves, first set of single serrated leaves, and the set of triple serrated leaves, which after deliberating with HighTV made me realize the mistake made there was not checking Ph. again after adding spray-nutes to already Ph-down water. This left me with an more lollypopped look and an growth retardation. Luckily they didn’t get stunted. d. Third week of veg is considered lost in terms of progress, oh dear! e. Fourth week, waiting for right moment to FIM. But considering downtime last week, actually third week. FIMmed first 5 plants on Wednesday, but realize better to wait next time until maybe even fifth week, and they are further developed. f. End of fourth week I’d also remove the lowest branches on the 8 biggest plants, causing another little grow retardation, but in the end helps to redirect energy to the remaining branches. g. FIMmed another couple of plants, but can already see only one FIM of the first five succeeded. h. End of fifth week, had to top almost all FIMmed plants, because only 2 attempt’s actually payed off. Initial idea of FIM was less stress, but I actually caused more stress-moments this way, further retarding grow. i. On the pictures you see I’d place little flags earlier, with 6 or 8 on them? Right now three of the ‘6’ flags lay flat because they probably end up with 8 branches next week. j. They now all have 8 branches except one 6. From these branches only the four best will remain. HighTV advised me to lose them around the time right before they show signs of flowering. k. When 4 branches are left, i will start defoliating to improve airflow and light penetration. And further remove side branching/ lollypopping until i have the desired canopy. I will take all of these experiences into consideration next time I’m going to apply this technique, and I do want to give it another try to figure out how long it takes when I don’t make all these little mistakes. The most important lesson to learn is if SoG can improve the yield in such way that only 3 grows will suffice to last me year? If after two attempts it shows me this doesn’t work, I’ll be returning to my previous method with 16 plants in 6 liter pots. Only then I’m going to try and buy a different LED for next indoor season. But 4 grows that way are possible with some planning, advanced training doesn't. Time will tell eventually, please bear with me. Don’t forgot to like if you do (…or like anyway!) ;-) Grtz, Budcrack