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She broke soil this evening.
So why not, let's start another diary 😎
Day One in the books.
Great start.
Day Five
Still looking good
Growing like a little weed
This one is starting to gain
Have started feeding her, lightly
I figure another week or so, then her growth spurt will start kicking in
Otherwise she's doing well
Still haven't decided which direction I'm going to grow this one.
But I did go ahead and top it a couple of days ago.
I'm in no hurry so I'll probably let this one veg a while.
She is gaining speed, growth rate is increasing, leaves are getting bigger.
Her leaf/branch nodes are really close together.
So I may try topping the top two nodes and make a cannabis shrub.
Don't know yet, but I'll have to decide soon 👽
Growing and getting stronger
Topped her again this week
four branches now
will be stringing her up pretty soon
increased the feed and water amounts this week
Made a lot of progress this week.
Got the last two toppings cut and the plant has recovered.
I'm fairly certain I'll stop here at 8.
I'll leave the hooks set where they are and start using string taped to the edge.
The plan being to train each stalk node to remain flat and then turn upward at the edge of the bucket.
Overall, training the plant is going fine.
Pretty sure I've missed a couple of splits.
Meaning the stalk is stronger and thicker on one side, rather than being split equally between the two.
Still moving forward of course.
Overall still looking good and going strong.
Branches were close enough to the edge of the bucket to start using string.
I put the plant into 48 hours of darkness to kick start the flowering. I was amazed by how much the plant grew in the black. Afterwards I put the light schedule on 12/12 and noticed the plant's growth rate really picking up it's pace.
There is an inner circle of branches complimenting the outer circle from the stalk.
They look REALLY good and cause visions of a bumper crop. But I've learned, they won't make it.
Once I cut the strings, they all will point inward rather than upward. Which causes an airflow issue for the rest of the plant, and in turn, contributes to a mold issue for the flowers growing in that center space.
Once I rebuild the losses from the flood, I intend to get a large wire grid to replace the need for using string.
Using the string as a method to tie down causes tension and the plant will react by putting its focus on strengthening the stalk. You'll end up with a really cool looking plant, but the flowers produced will be thin and see thru. All of the plants resources went to the stalk rather than the flower.
So I will cut the strings and set Pinocchio free 😝
Growth spurt is really kicking in
She's getting really big and needs a haircut soon 😱
Still have a few more weeks to post, to catch up from the flood event
Will get those up as quickly as possible
👍
With the strings off she's really moving inwards
But still growing taller by the day
I've cut off a couple of the branches that had split off from the main line
They were tiny and weren't going to produce anything of substance
This is another quick post to catch up
She's really starting to show some flower power now 😝
And to be honest I was not expecting her to get this tall this early
I went ahead and thinned out another missed split
It was a tiny branch, now I'm down to 13 total and I thinking about taking one more too
7 are the tallest
She's the tallest girl now with no sign of slowing down either
Lot's flower nodes, a lot 😝
I did take one more branch off - down to 12 total now
The rest are keepers with 7 taller than the others
basically just going thru the grind
water feed water feed water yada yada yada
room smells good though 😜
She is really taken shape this week
All of the surviving branches are filling out nicely
Hairs on the flowers are getting longer
Aroma is getting stronger too
I smile everytime I enter the room 😛
oh yeah, everyday my smile just gets bigger 😁
just going thru the grind water and feed
rotating the bucket every other day
at this point it's all about pampering her
making sure she doesn't want or need for anything
oh yeah, i'm all caught up now
next post will be real time 👈
I got a little overzealous with the nutrients, the leaf tips are burnt
She's been on water only and a lot of it this past week
It's not bad, I caught it in time - before any real damage could happen
According to the write up on Gorilla Glue, she should be in the final stages
But I'm still hoping for a little more growth, as always 😝
I'd like to see of those gaps fill in a little better
Regardless, she looks to me
Fed her a mild solution of base nutrients but otherwise it's been water only.
More leaf tips than I care to admit got burnt last week. There's no new damage. What's green is emerald green. What's burnt is now dead and brown. Pretty much believe I hit nutrient lockout and got lucky with the recovery.
As of today, I've started seeing orange hairs and a few milky trichomes. So I'll be checking her a more often this week.
Almost done 😝
Still not done. But she's only a day or two away from being finished.
Lots of red hairs and most of the trichomes are milky white.
She's been on water only all week.
The amount of new growth is still surprising.
All the little nuggies are getting fatter 😝
I expected to be taking her down over the next 2 or 3 days.
Grow went as expected. Standard water and feed schedule. Advanced nutrients. Very easy to grow. The most notable thing is the overall size of the plant. Even with a mainline grow, she still grew to 85cm. If you didn't top her, she would easily outgrow a tall indoor tent.
Ended up being a large plant with high yield. I am glad I have a reference here on GrowDiaries because I will be growing this again. 😝
I want to do a better job at getting an even split when topping. This grow got a little lopsided and four branches didn't make it to full size.
Still a good grow overall 👍
@Mrs_Larimar, Thank you ma'am 😀 Little by little it is getting back to normal. Once these two plants finish up - I'll be setting up a new system in a new place, (the barn got completely wiped off the face of the earth).
@Chillpill123, Thank you 😀 The technique is called Main-Lining. I used to top my plants two or three times. Then I came across an article written by Nug Buckets. There he details his method of topping and low stress training and produces astounding results. So I modified my method to lean towards his perfected method.
This grow is a good example of what Can Go Wrong...
What I mean is:
If you'll follow the stalk, from the trunk through each and every split.
You'll notice places where the stalk splits, that one is larger than the other.
These are places where the "Main Line" did not split into two equal parts.
And that's the trick of the whole method.
Getting the stalk to split into two equal parts and continue growing.
Even though I missed the equal split, in several places.
The yield on this plant is still significantly higher and it still looks good too 👍
Thanks again for the compliment and pull a search for Nug Buckets and Main Lining.
Cheers
@Chillpill123, Thank you Chill, She's drying out now - but the wet weight was 584g 😍 - so the overall should be pretty good and oh yeah, she smells outrageously good. 😝 Thanks again 👊
@ChefDan420, Thank you, you'r kind... I really screwed up too, I put in twice as much juice and made the mix WAY TOO HOT - Once I figured it out I was like Oh💩!
water,water,water,water,water 😝
@Chillpill123, Good luck on the grow. Jealous of your pot, I would like to use that kind 😜
But I would suggest going easy on the LST or Topping with an 'auto' strain. My experience, those are on a genetically pre-set clock...screwing around with that too much gave me poor results.
Again, Good Luck👊
Thanks for this great diary! Probably one of the best training tutorials I've ever seen. Almost makes me want to try immediately myself :) Following in order not to miss the finale!
@Buddha2, You're Welcome 😀 and Thank you for the fine compliments. I believe that's part of Grow Diaries mission -> To help growers, of all types, to get better at the craft. 😎
Just takes some patience. By that I mean, just because you can flower a plant after four weeks, doesn't necessarily mean you have to do that.
In my experience, indoor or outdoor, if you let your plant mature in veg mode, you'll end up with better flowers at the harvest.
Good luck to ya @Buddha2 👽
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