Honey Cream (R.Q.S.), 9x4,889=44!

This cycle, growing Royal Queen Seeds Honey Cream fast flowering strain, was the second time growing with heavy training and HST techniques. I’d certainly improve compared to the first time (Bruce Banner) mostly because I had the timing perfect this time, and no retarding mistakes this time. But there is always room for improvement, and I’d pick up some ideas for next time. One big thing is in realizing that, let’s say the quality of the branches you’d continue with is very important. And the higher branches seem to deliver on compacter growth, less stretch and bigger bud. So next time I would select ‘top-level’ ;-) branches and cut down the lower ones. I think this makes the difference. Also, working with 9 pots (11 liter) on 80x80cm, people told me to reduce the amount of branches, but I think I disagree. Keep in mind the findings above, and I think you can easily grow 4 to 6 branches per plant. They can sit close together if the ventilation suffices, without the risk of mold. So the 44 branches can be 54 in fact! During this cycle there where some really hot days, but the plants took it well and showed no signs of heat stress. Also tweaking with the space above where my ‘upperdecker’-grow sits, the lamp was fairly close to the plants, but they showed no sign of heat stress. All in all I can look back on the best cycle I’d ever grown! Thanks and i'll be happy to see you back next time ;-)