Budzilla 2.0 - Smoothie Auto

This plant was a real champ throughout our time together. This was the first time I went into a grow with a predetermined training goal in mind and I have to say it partially backfired. While this plant had wonderful resilience to stress, she was just such a super bushy lady that her genetics were working hard against my selected grow style. Nonetheless, when I had to dive in and get dirty - doing what felt like hacking her to bits, removing massive undergrowth - she surprisingly bounced back, brushed the dirt off her shoulders, and kept on. Because of all that, I'm also very surprised by how dense the buds were come harvest. Dense, almost hard nugs. As I stated above, this strain doesn't vibe well with my anxiety - but I will be turning her into oil for cooking, so this darling will not go to waste! *** Post Mortem *** Environmental stress, as well as training stress were dealt out hard to this lady - if I could do it again, what I should have done is abandon the spiral once I realized she was a Bush-zilla. Doing some basic LST across the net basket would have suited her better. The super tight internodal spacing made shaping her very challenging. Another thing I could have done way better - which may have preserved the spiral better - was I should have removed the undergrowth way earlier in the game. I think acknowledging the stress I was already dealing made me shy away from taking more drastic moves earlier - which actually would have ended up saving me later on. These are lessons I will keep in mind with future runs. In my opinion, it's always better to choose the style based on what each plant will be a good candidate for, vs deciding the style and forcing it upon a plant. This was an interesting grow. Many lessons were learned here. Thank you again Fastbuds for the opportunity to grow these genetics!