Zauberkraut grows LSD by Barneys Farm

2024-01-04 Start of Week 3! Today I decided to cut or rather to FIM – no clue what it stands for – the ladies again. Well I am a bloody beginner, but from what I can tell FIMing is superior to get real bushy plants. I think the plant pushes the growth of all nodes below far more, than with regular topping. I now it's quite naive to make such claims without ever having finished a grow, but for now that's my hypothesis. Anyway... I also cleared a few low hanging and old leaves and some small shoots with little to no chances to develop. My reasoning behind it was: - small branches which won't have decent changes to develop a big bud, might steal energy for better buds - the old leaves were slightly damaged due to having the lamp to far down to early and because of the cutting process. I think "ugly" leaves with brown spots and so on are prone to illness, so I removed them as precaution - removing a few leaves and branches might push plant hormones to stimulate growth, as a defense to "being eaten" - due to training the canopy already is so dense that it also serves as a precaution for mildew, which I sadly already had, due to far from optimal ventilation at the beginning. Probably I will top them in about 5-7 days for the last time before starting the flower period, which should take round about 8-9 Weeks. The mourning gnats seem to have peaked in population, at least I think the nematodes are already doing their job. Every now and then I spray the top soil with plain water to keep it moist for the nematodes. From now on on I will water with 500 ml of water every morning, so they have plenty of water to photosynthesize during the day. Around 100-200ml goes to drain. I will keep the water at 500ml, until there is no drainage anymore, then I will increase again. I also adjusted the lamp to hang approximately 30cm away. | Plant | Stem Diameter | Training | Luna | 7.2mm| FIM | | Sunny| 7.3mm| FIM | Growrate: ~3.6% I am ditching height, because it's flawed anyway due to LST. Excited for tomorrows first measurement after 24h, especially after the FIMing today.