Alot has happened this week.
Day 16 Potted up to a 3 gallon with 9TBS 4-4-4, 3TBS 2-8-4, and 300mL of worm castings in the 3 gallon pot. Watered in thoroughly, and let her rest a couple days.
Day 18 BAMM! off with her head! Topped her when she was 6 nodes tall at the fourth node, and let her recover for 2 days.
Day 20, time to tie her down and start the mainlining process. Using pipe cleaners (red) and metal coat hanger (white).
Day 21, already recovered and facing skyward.
Day 22, This plant has strong branches and stems!!! and a strong will to go to the light. She does not bend all that easy. Best to train her when young and malable. No water all week, still moist from the transplant.
I can see this plant will need daily attention to get her shaped the way I want.๐
Grower's Tip: See photo above. If you want to reuse your plastic plant labels, don't use a sharpee. Scrub
the plastic label with a pencil eraser untill the finish is no longer shiney and becomes dull. This allows the graphite from a pencil to stick to the plastic surface. Use a softer grade of pencil, such as 5B, to make your writting darker.
Simply erase the label to reuse. I have used this method for many years outdoors in my pepper gardens.๐
Till next week, I bid you all adieu! ๐
@Mrs_Larimar, Still have to stay vigilant. As you know it only takes one little gnat to restart a colony! The mainlining is fun. Not sure when to stop though, and let her growup.
@Mrs_Larimar, Thanks for your kind reply. I think I spent 4X as much time on my diary as I did on my plants ๐. I really hope new growers will look at my grows and become inspired to give it a try.
Hi DeaneR wow big army against the gnats, thy for the tip with homemade traps, I got 2 more things that helps. i tried everything you take, it helped much but best efford i had with predators
i took Nematodes .... ( Steinernema feltiae)
that killed them very good... but it takes a little and using the other things too , braucht me pace . the nematodes est the larvae of the gnats. so you have to fight the flies ...but all larvaes get killedand the nematodes stay in your soil looking for more
And the second is bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) In my opinion the Nematodes helped best together with yellow traps
@DeaneR, they send the nematodes with a cooling pack......they dont like it hot... cool makes them stay like dead.
They dont like it hot....you se its no problem to let it send to you
@Mrs_Larimar,Haha, yes a big army to win! I though of getting some nematodes after Bulbi suggested them. I cannot find them locally, and I fear they would die in transit in this cold Canadian winter weather. Have also considered BTi, but it is hard to find locally as well, and a bit pricey online from the USA. For now, I will have my troops stand their ground in defence!
Solid looking grow, thanks for sharing all the details. Your training techniques are impressive, especially when she was small.
I'm sure your results will be impressive as well. Going to follow along.
@DeaneR, haha I hear you.
I do not have a filter at all,l. When you get to the front door you can already smell from the outside. I don't care a bit as it is legal here in Ontario. Wait until I put some plants outside, haha, the whole neighborhood is going to smell.
@BarrieGrower, Thanks bud, I am running a 6 inch carbon filter in my 2x4 tent... It can't keep up, lol.
When I enter my house it face slaps you at the front door ๐. After a few minutes you become acclimated to it, and don't recognize it anymore. I can't imagine not using the filter though. I need to set up an exhaust to the great outdoors, instead of dumping back into the grow room.
@Silky_smooth, She has put out alot of pre-flower pistils over the last few days. I top dressed her with Gaia bloom 2-8-4 dry amendments yesterday, and plan to flip her Wed. Mar. 27. I want to allow a few days for the rootzone life to start breaking down this organic feeding...plus I need some time to build a ScRog frame.๐
Sheโs looking great but just should cut her down a bit keeping only the top 2 max 3 nodes of every branch to not overcrowed her during her what i think is gonna make for an amazing flowering period ๐๐๐๐๐๐ keep it up ๐๐๐
@Silky_smooth, I see what you're saying. I thinned out some shoots today. I'm thinking about trying to let the terminal ends turn upward, rather than topping them, and trim out some of the branching that is crowding. Not sure if I'm explaining my thoughts correctly, lol๐
@Canadian_Steelheader, Thanks, this is only my second grow, and I'm battling a war against the dreaded fungus gnat (more on gnat in my next weekly post). Trying to setup for a controlled canopy in flower.๐