First grow Chrystal 1

@BazingaGirl, Yo! Been following along and all looks good and healthy dude. Hope ur not stressing over it. These actually remind me of my big bud grow - check weeks one to five and you’ll see it’s pretty similar to what I’m about to suggest. First off - you’re in veg. With a photoperiod and are topping/fimming so I assume ur going about 8 weeks before flower??? If so the good News is that there isn’t much you can do wrong at this point. If you’re looking to spread em out flatter and bushier with more branching then I would start by removing a few of the biggest fan leaves and bending her over on a slight angle. When I say a few fan leaves I mean no more than necessary to get some additional light exposure to the lower growth nodes. And don’t worry about some leaves dragging in the dirt - it happens. Now regarding the deformed leaves - this also happened with my big bud grow when it got excessively cramped - is what it is and you want to spread out the plant and expose the stem as much as possible with lst/tie downs if you can. I’ve seen ponytailing (what you’re doing) a few times but never really bothered with it myself because it inhibits growth of the top for the sake of the bottom. That said, I’m also wondering if the leaf deformity is on the plant that you fimm’d??? If it is then it’s likely that the deformity you’re seeing is the result of this. You tend to get some weird leaf growth after a fim - it’s one of the nuances of that technique. Otherwise, it’s just the branches fighting with each other to pick up the available light. Hope it helps and if you need any more clarification hit me back anytime👍👊😎

@TheBudWhisperer, I really appreciate your time and help watching and coaxing me along. Yes I am freaking out a little, I don’t want to hurt my babies. I have been examining everything you do on your grows and will try and get those stems bent some. I did pinch the stems today and they are very firm so I will let the plants dry out one more day before trying. I will go slow and easy. Today I will take a few leaves, and tomorrow after they have dried out some more I will bend them. I find it fascinating that I have 4 of the same pheno and one of them looks nothing like the others. I am not journaling that one. Thanks again for all your help.😀😎

@BazingaGirl, no prob. And all good. Appreciate the likes and interest in mine as well. Every one I do is an attempt to impart the very knowledge and experience I’ve gained from others here so it’s nice when it’s received well by a new grow addict! Slow and steady is always best - bend er lightly and little bits at a time every day or two to keep er down and the main stem exposed to ur grow light. In time it gets less stressful and experience is always the best teacher. As I said before - you can do a lot without stressing her when she’s in veg. It’s during flower that the plant will become more finicky and you gotta be a little more careful. Good luck - I’ll be watchn😉👊

@BazingaGirl, hmmmm 🤔 - odd. That’s pretty much how I do it too. Only diff. Is that I use regular tap water and only soak em for about 8 hours and/or until you can push em down and they sink to the bottom of the container. Then it’s into the towels and away in a dark cupboard until the tap roots pop.... could be you just got a bad batch I guess.

@BazingaGirl,@TheBudWhisperer X2 sounds like a bad batch I do pretty much the same method. Cup of R/O water tho. and I put them under a Pyramid lol it works great. Sometimes they will pop in like 12hrs! only thing different is I dont use paper towel i go straight to rapid rooters. Paper towel method works great, I just find i like the rooters.

@TheBudWhisperer, I told Nirvana about it and they gave me a $15 credit towards new seeds. They should arrive shortly. I already have 5 plants under a 900w. LED. Not sure if I can fit any more in the tent. I am also trying to grow enough for a friend fighting cancer, so I am on a missioin.

@Thee_HoffGuyy,@bazingagirl - I’ll 2nd this. End of the day it’s your grow so make it your own😉👍!

@Thee_HoffGuyy, ​I will look at your diaries closely.​ It seems like all I do these days is study about Cannabis. I find it fascinating. My goal is to keep all of my plants the same size. I have 5 going all together right now. Since my Northern Lights didn't come up, I started the last few seeds I had 2 weeks later. What do you think about 5 plants in a 3x3x5 tent under 900W? Enough light? I do have another 600w. I can hang in the tent if necessary. Thanks for all the help.😃

@BazingaGirl, it should be enough light. but if you feel like the plants want more or you feel like you want to give them more go for it!! they will grow bigger so really it is all up to you/ what the plants want you kno. if you do add the extra light you may need to train more but i think you should be good in that size of a tent.👌 yea Cannabis is such an amazing plant and theres always something new to learn from it😊

@BazingaGirl, your doing very so well so far, they are looking healthy and vigorous 👍

@@HerbalEdu, I really appreciate you saying that. Poor little babies are only 3.5 inches high and on their 5th node. I still think I am going to top them. What do you think?

@BazingaGirl, i'm like you with LST, discovering ^^ i checked a few diaries with the LST tag and it seem it's around week 2 3 4 people does the first topping.