Monstercropped grab bag

KindSir Received these after they were rooted in soil after being monster cropped 3ish weeks into flower. They are still recovering from going back into veg.

KindSir Bruce Banner is taking off height wise, while the Spruce is fattening up. Tons of branch sites from the monster cropping. The Sour Grape Sodas are coming along slow but still healthy. The BB and Spruce started to exhibit some nutrient deficiency signs, so I started feeding and transplanted into 1 gallon pots, and everything has been going good since.

KindSir Same as previous week. Bruce stretching, Spruce fattening, and SGS still coming along a little slow but starting to pick up pace with height and some side branching. Growth still looks a little weird (single leaves, 4 bladed serrated leaves, etc) from the monstercropping but they're finally starting to grow somewhat normal. I can't even tell which branch was the main branch on the Bruce Banner, it ended up growing 4 different main branches of similar length, which is perfect for scrog later on. Started using Agsil 16H which is a potassium silicate. You need very little, but it also raises the ph a lot.

KindSir Beginning of Week 4: The Bruce Banner is really opening up after shooting up to be tall and lanky. Will have to tie or stretch out my Scrog tent soon to train it out. The Spruce has some incredible branching, so I'm not worried about her short height, but the branching might actually make it a bit more bushy than I intended. The Sour Grape Soda sisters, while a great smoke, have been pretty slow so far. I think that's mostly from not taking to the monstercropping very well, but they're healthy in every other regard. Day 30: I put in my scrog net, not because I needed it, but mostly for the tall Bruce Banner, so instead of tying it down, I just lowered the scrog net. I was sort of iffy on the net when buying it, but we'll see how it works since this is my first time using it and first scrog ever. I'll raise the net later on when I transplant to 5 gallons. I noticed some spots on one of the BB leaves, I'm assuming calcium deficiency. I should be at 4 grams+ at this point but since this is my first time using Mega Crop I was taking it slow. Will push it to 4g or even a little more next watering. Day 32: Watered with my remaining mix of 3.5g Megacrop in the SGS and 4g to water BB and Spruce. The Spruce starting showing some calcium deficiency as well so the upped dose will help. SGS twins are slowly trying to catch up to the Spruce, but the Spruce just has tons of branches still hidden under fan leaves. I'll transplant to 5 gallons within the next couple days. Day 33: Transplanted the Bruce Banner but the roots weren't bad at all so I'm leaving the rest for now and check for any shock.

KindSir All plants are now transplanted and put under the net. The Bruce Banner, after going through some calcium and I'm assuming magnesium issues, is now recovering after upping dose and transplanting. SGS girls are slow, as usual. The Spruce is just a wild forest of branches, none pf which are exactly tall. Needed some slight defoliation. I feel things are going a bit slow, still trying to understand why. Seeing them everyday is deceiving though and the fact I'm so used to big fat fan leaves from seeds, I'm not used to the growth in these monster cropped clones. But just keeping steady and sticking to the plan. Day 38: TROUBLESHOOTING. Seeing pictures from the guy who gave me my clones, he has some of his own started at the same time and his garden is putting mine to shame. Much faster growth, only using T5 fluoros. I'm actually grateful to see his results so I can see that there is things I need to fix. So I begin my troubleshooting. I'm beginning to realize just how strong these LEDs are at 18 inches, and I believe it's causing some of the stunted growth, leaf tips twisting and the Cal/Mag issues. I backed off the light to 24", and lowered the power with a Kill-a-watt to half power (240w). Day 39: Everything is taking to being transplanted nicely. BB still a bit ragged but the new growth is looking healthier. Besides the BB, there are no nutrient deficiencies I can see. Only watered the BB today, but I upped to 4.5g Megacrop/gal. Day 40: Boy the BB is looking much healthier today. Amazing what a couple days can do. The LED at half power wasn't giving me a temp I liked (72 on a good hour) so I put the light up even higher to almost 36 inches, and increased the power to 100%. If temps become a problem I can always dim and lower again. I don't like wasting the energy but the heat is needed.

KindSir Everythings healthy, SGS still slower than usual, but very green. If they were all as big as the Banner they'd be going in flower in a week or two but we'll see how the room fills out.

KindSir Everything running smooth. Going to probably switch the lights here soon even though the SGS could fill out a lot more, but the Bruce Banner is growing like wild. Every day I'm tucking 2-4 branches. Surprisingly the SGS are my thirstiest girls, I'm watering them double as often as the Spruce, but I think that has a lot to do with more of the soil not being covered so the light is heating it up more. Still running 4.5g of Megacrop per gallon and they're super green and show no deficiencies whatsoever. I've still been slowly defoliating the lowest growth. I'll try to remember to take a pic of it that soon.

KindSir Finally flipped the lights to make sure the Bruce Banner doesn't get out of control. Everything still pretty healthy, a little Mag issues showing again (I assume Mag) so I upped nutrients again and I'm at 5g/gal now.

KindSir They're boomin! I'm glad I switched the lights when I did. The Spruce and Bruce Banner are pretty evenly sized at this point. I waited a bit too long to trim a lot of the undergrowth on the Bruce Banner but I finished most of it today. At this point I think I'm done training, I was mostly just tucking a branches that got super tall the last week. I am happier with how the SGS twins are turning out but they're still a bit lacking, and even the leaves seam rigid and just not as healthy as the other two. With how things are turning out though, I can't complain. Also, just in love with the megacrop so far. I've used nothing but MC except for one watering I used silica, but you can't get any simpler. The couple times I had calmag issues I upped the dose and haven't had any problems. At this point I add ph down only if I feel like it since it comes out to 6.6-6.7 without any ph adjustment at 5g/gal. The leaves are dark green so that's when I know they don't need any higher dose for the time being. Had to start running a dehumidifier in the room that holds the grow tent since the hot outdoor temps started to hit, but it has been working well. Overall the biggest weakness of the garden so far is just my laziness. I'll wait a day too long sometimes to water, but they always recover gracefully.

KindSir Most of the "hard" work is done at this point. Although I didn't trim as much underneath as I would have liked to, I still trimmed a LOT, so I think I'm done at this point. I'm also done tucking branches, and I'm only occasionally trimming fan leaves that are covering too many bud sites or if they are stacked on top of each other, so I can reduce any humidity problems. Still at 5g/gal Megacrop, nothing else, not even pH at this point. The SGS sisters put on some surprising stretch to them too, and although I wish I would've trained them a tad more, I think I'm just going to leave them and see how it works out as long as they don't stretch too far.

KindSir Smelly smelly gals. I JUST hooked up my carbon filter (something I should've thought about before the room was packed because it was a pain in the ass), probably a week or two late lol but the smell didn't start getting bad until recently. Now up to 5.5 grams Megacrop, typically every 3 days. Still no problems to speak of. The Sour Grape Soda sisters got tall! I'm wishing I let the Spruce and even the Bruce Banner stretch a little more before switching to flower but you can see the room is packed. At this point I barely even need to check on them, just water every few days and that's about all I have to do besides wait.

KindSir Could've swore I updated this week already, so this is coming a little late. Things are still going smooth. I feel like I should have more to report, but really this room is working like a well oiled machine at this point. Almost always it's 3 days between watering, I measure out my Megacrop and mix it, never pH it anymore (It comes out around 6.6 for me) and water away and shut the tent. A small negligible amount of leaves in the undergrowth have died but I attribute that mostly to the lack of light, as no other issues are arising. Running my dehumidifier in the adjacent room to try and keep the humidity below 50% so no mold/mildew issues arise from just how packed the room is. Come July the humidity will get bad around here though so I should've timed this whole grow better, but we'll see how things work out. The temps have generally been higher 70s/lower 80s, but the plants are loving it so no complaints on that end.

KindSir Skipped a couple weeks here... Heat has been a bit of an issue here in my state. So running the dehumidifier hasn't been easy since it adds extra heat. I'm in the home stretch now but I shouldn't ever finish a grow in late July/early August again! Really glad I bought the LED right about now. I think the yellowing on the leaves was either causesd by the heat one day when I didn't realize how hot the dehumidifier was making the room, OR I did increase the nutrients to 6.2g/gal last watering so that may have been a cause as well, because the Spruce also showed some burned tips. That's fine though, Megacrop only advises going as high as 6 grams anyways, so I cut back to 5.5grams today. I'll probably continue to use nutrients up until the last watering or two, since what I've learned leads me to believe that cutting out nutrients late is just bro science that is unnecessary. I'll decrease a tad but not by much. I have always flushed before, but we'll see how this turns out. Besides the small bit of yellowing shown in the pic, the rest is completely healthy besides a leaf dying from the bottom here or there. Had to add the 2nd net in for support of the taller Sour Grape Soda branches and also the Bruce Banner since she wasn't standing up very easily. Putting the net in over the buds was a pain in the ass and something I should've done earlier, but it's working well enough. It's been so long since I've grown that I can't really estimate a yield, but I'll be happy with whatever it is. By far my least stressful grow, and I haven't even used my Ph meter since the beginning of flowering.