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UPDATE:
6 Seeds have sprouted directly from 5 gallon buckets
6 buckets in total
3|6
2|5<- location chart
1|4
3 white widow auto ( #1,2,3)
3 blue berry kush auto(#4,5,6)
I’m giving these girls full spectrum, 24/7. My plan is give as much light as they will handle, time will tell.
It’s fall here , so temps should not be an issue .
4inch exhaust , passive air , 2 circulation fans ( 4”& 6”). Going for a smell free space outside of the stairwell closet.
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Light risen to 30, all are looking very healthy , staying low to soil , looking for bushy sea , not tall skinny bush
Soil is holding water nicely , finding that perfect threshold is important
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Day 27- these auto flowers have grown in very full .next grow will limit to 4 instead of 6 depending on final outcome but right now it’s looking very tight in there
Separate Pics In week 3 are as follows
3|6
2|5<- Location chart
1|4
I would. Start removing a few really big leaves. Go slow. Once you are comfortable, remove a bit more. You are looking to open up the foliage a bit and allow new, more complex growth to dominate. Then you can do a fee big defoliations if you think it is working. There is a lit if discussion on the right times and how much. I don’t know. My last grow really responded well to this approach.
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Very aggressive defoliation was needed,
(Week 4 day 27 ) room is only 3x5and was very full
My goal is having a grow that is easy to maintain with Nice big passages
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They are showing no damage from the defoliation. The Canopy is growing back quite fast , alot easier to deal with but next grow probably only go with 4 plants , 2 white widows , 2 blueberrys. I haven’t decided lst or top , SUGGESTIONS????
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Day 34 -removed aprox 30 sun leafs
Looks like they are bouncing back nicely. Good immediate return growth. This is a critical turning point though. Let’s see if they manage to switch to flowering now. This was a risky time to go extreme, because it is just when the plant is about to switch. Too early to say until that happens. They all switch then it will be worth the experience. Although next time I would still do less, more often. With autos I think you are really trying not to stress them, because it is like a sprint, not a marathon. There isn’t time to recover from small mistakes. Fingers crossed still for you.
Day 40
Everything looks good , have continued to remove some of the fan leafs , they are growing back quite fast
Day41
2 plants not flowering yet
Day 42 heavy defoliation day
Day 44 plants seem to used to the heavy stripping , bud sites are growing very nicely in my opinion. This plant has only been in the soil for 44 days . Happy with growth
There is 2 plants that haven’t flowered , debated sacrificing them for light but I’m going to see where it goes
You can buy ladybugs if its a massive problem and yellow sticky pads (flytrap). And keep the soil dryer than normal to help kill the eggs. But the ladybirds will eat those fuckers!
yeah but only the biological one works. First thing is thinking holistically about gnats, you want to catch their eggs in the soil, just let it dry out completely, the dry breaks the eggs down : no eggs, no gnats. next thing is the larvae and the adults, try bacillus thuringiensis or bt israelis , these are nematodes that will kill these off by paraciting their brain ... plus they protect against mold for even after the chop. Hope this helps growmie ! 🚀
@Lucidite, okay , I saw you removed your fan leaves on your last grow , do you recommend I start? If so when , I have some yellow leaves also ( should they be first to go ) I’m no expert on indoor grows but I’ve taken a keen interest to this
@Mackinnon, I’m not an expert, having only done it on 4 plants so far. But they didn’t spread wide. They just got multiple calyxs’ instead of just one main one. Def tidier. But like I said, I would be tempted to do minor training to control space, not to break apical dominance of the main stem.
That is a big big defoliation. Be careful. It is a balance. You should let them recover and bush out again before doing more. You don’t want to over stress them. Good luck!
@Lucidite, I Went a lil too extreme , it may bite me in the ass, or it may work out perfect . Well find out !!!
I don’t plan on doing any /much more unless they block the bud sites during flower
I might just use the tuck method
@Fruitgrower, I harvested 500g but I would advise not to do heavy strips.if I were to try agian I would do more frequent light strips
I’m trying a Scrog this time
Mackinnon
