Day 22 - HA! When she was least expecting it, after two fakeouts, I tied her up MWAHAHAHA. She seemed a little more into it than I had expected. This will be my last association of LST with har har kinky tied up wimmins. You're welcome.
Day 23 - Pulled it tighter and started digging branch sites up out of her canopy to give them more light. She's handling it like a champ. At this point I'm running lights at 60% or so for a few hours a day to get her to stretch a little bit, as the distance between her nodes is super short and the space between them has led to her underfoliage being a little damp. Issue was resolved in two days as she is growing like a monster at this point.
Day 24 - Every time I yank her main stem down, she's upright in about two hours! The recovery time and the amount of movement she shows is endlessly fascinating!
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Day 22 - HA! When she was least expecting it, after two fakeouts, I tied her up MWAHAHAHA. She seemed a little more into it than I had expected. This will be my last association of LST with har har kinky tied up wimmins. You're welcome.
Day 23 - Pulled it tighter and started digging branch sites up out of her canopy to give them more light. She's handling it like a champ. At this point I'm running lights at 60% or so for a few hours a day to get her to stretch a little bit, as the distance between her nodes is super short and the space between them has led to her underfoliage being a little damp. Issue was resolved in two days as she is growing like a monster at this point.
Day 24 - Every time I yank her main stem down, she's upright in about two hours! The recovery time and the amount of movement she shows is endlessly fascinating!
LST came on hard this week. I've been super worried about it because, as my first experience, I don't know how hard I should be mooshing and tugging her parts get get results without damaging her. So far I have roughed up a couple leaves bug she is otherwise just fine. Her growth at this point is out of control, and while I was sort of against the idea of defoliation on a plant that doesn't get very big, and ended up snipping a few leaves off to avoid them dragging on the dirt.
She's turning into a tiny monster! On day 26 LSTing her was actually hard to do, with all the growth and her general sturdiness. I pushed a plant tie stake down into the soil to keep her main stem low and she wasn't having it. Just yanked right back up and said "NAW, MAN, NAW." Had to hook a second tie to the first one to keep her down.
Her recovery from the bends seems to be about three hours, pretty fast?
One last note - Doing LST is fun! Once I got past the fear of bending her, the fussing around and trying to get an optimal canopy feeds something deep down in my OCD glad and it's an all around hoot.
@@@Kinimod, I was told to use p/k during. The first week of flower. Bad idea? It's the only nutrient I'll be using during the grow apart from Bio Root.
@Budcoin, I was super close to scheduling her chop for tomorrow. Going to give her until Sunday, which will be day 55 exactly. Her leaves are fading and her trichomes are maybe a third amber. Thinking I'm going to remove fan leaves and chop her as one piece. Just hang the whole kit and kaboodle up. Our RH in the house is 20-25% in the winter and I want to slow her dry as much as I can. Pics will of course be incoming. :-D Will take pics, prune all of her fans, take more pics, chop her, hang her, take more pics. :-D Won't be able to get a wet weight with a whole plant hang but I'll weigh her anyway.
By the way yours looks super frosty! Sorry for the mishap. Mine had one, too, last week. Dunno what caused her to go all yellow, but I have suspicions*. A flush fixed her though and her discolored leaves didn't die or shrivel so *Shrug*.
*Her first two doses of P/K were me listening to the dude at the grow shop and not reading the bottle. Gave her 15ml of P/K per gallon for three feedings. She didn't get what you would call a regular nutrient burn, so the symptoms were confusing. Someone else said PH lockout, which it certainly looked like, but I had been measuring PH both in and out of the plant. But hey, as I said, flush fixed her so here we are. I think I'm gonna be hitting the higher end of the yield size for her strain. At least I'm hoping so. If I manage 1.5oz I'll feel like I have hero level first grow and retire forever... Or not. :-D
Happy Growing!
Hey there Hexus, have you tested her runoff? Ph could be too low, if youre using good soil calcium or magnesium or any other secondary nutrient deficiency doesnt happen too often. I usually flush if i have any issues unless im sure my soil ph is correct. I suggest to check your soil on time before its too late :) If indeed your ph is off balance flush with twice the amount of your potsize. Let the soil dry thoroughly and follow with a friendly dose of nutrients. Lets hope this isnt necessary. Looking great for a first grow
@ArucambaAutoflowers297, I really appreciate the help! PH is 6.15 going in, and 6.8 coming back out. Been pretty obsessive on PH. The next time she's dry she's getting a flush either way, and then a 1 tsp/gallon dose of cal mag, which should fix her if that is the problem, and won't hurt her if it isn't.
I kind of have it down to one of two (Four) problems at this point, all of which will be solved by the flush, but it'd be good to know the actual cause.
1. I listened to the dude at the grow store who told me to hit the plant with Canna P/K 13/14 at 12-15ml/Gallon for the first week of flower. I did three waterings this way and stopped after five days. So there may be an overdose of P/K. But it's been a really slow, creeping up symptom so I wasn't as sure about it.
2. It *looks* like symptoms of Cal/Mag. Older leaves are getting paler with brown spots, new growth is fairly pale, and slow.
3. She's right in the middle of her last two/three weeks as well, which might be a contributing factor.
4. I actually am just guessing and making a fool on myself, and have no idea.
Here's a pic in natural light in case it can help.
https://i.imgur.com/n5OMp5d.jpg
Again, really appreciate the feedback!
EDIT - RE: Natural light pic - I do not spray my leaves with water. This is the first time ever, with the folair cal/mag, and it's not in direct light. Just making that clear.