These plants are growing vigorously. There are three of them in total. The foliage is growing very fast and the roots are very thick, white, and healthy. I am thus far very satisfied with how these are are growing. My plan as an over-stretching preventive measure is to use the topping technique on the plants twice (four tops per plant).
All three plants appear to be separate phenotypes described below:
Plant 1: Noticeably shorter than the other two and has very small leaves.
Plant 2: Taller than plant 1 and has very large leaves. Five blades per leave on node three. Seven blades per leaf on node 4.
Plant 3: Slightly taller than plant 2 but comparably large leaves. Seven blades per leaf on node three. Nine blades per leaf on node 4.
I have never grown nor smoked a Sativa dominant plant before so I am very excited and looking forward to seeing how this grow goes and testing out the final product! In the past I have grown Skunk #1 and Northern Lights from SensiSeeds without disappointment in quality and yield.
Also, I have to give apologies to the viewers of my journal for the low quality pictures I have been publishing. I currently do not have a phone with a working camera and so I have resorted to using my laptop for taking pictures. But, I do hope to have acquired a new phone with a decent camera by my next grow!
Your feedback and suggestions are appreciated! ๐ค
At what height would you recommend initiating 12/12 to prevent this strain from over-stretching after topping each plant twice to produce four tops? I hope to finish them at 3-4ft. Would I get away starting 12/12 at 9-11 inches?
sativas are known for being able to stretch high, so 9 to 11 inches sounds about right to me..
eventually it always depends on the genetics and the environment, so it's a bit difficult to say, but what you said sounds quite plausible..
if you're vertically limited in space, then i'd rather err on the lower side..
she's looking great by the way!
happy growing
Hi Buttlover i have the same shit with 1from 4 Plants . I have Black Lights Automatic from Sensi Seeds (NL #5 ร Black Harlequin). I have 2 Colas with Budrott on 1 Plant . Maybe NL# 5 is a sensitive Strain for this mold.
@Bud_Spencer, As a result of a recent leak the home the humidity levels have been overing in the 80s at times while the rooms dry out. And before the leak the humidity levels were still a bit high for the flowering phase. So, I should have ideally had a dehumidifier to begin with. But it is interesting to hear that you're having similar issues with Black Lights. What have your humidity levels been like?
@ButtLover, nothing stopping her now mate propper bbw is right hahaha ๐๐ happy days mate im sure you cant wait they will be big beefy plants by then!! Ill update mine towards the end of the week mate done abit of lst on one of them yesterday seems to have taken it well
@Budmarley2221, Thanks! The biggest one grew over an inch and a half since I posted those pictures yesterday ๐ She's getting me a bit nervous about height control ๐ She's a real BBW ๐คฃ I'll be starting the 12/12 cycle tonight so the harvest time should be somewhere around July 31st to the beginning of August. I'll be keeping an eye out for your journal update, bud! ๐
@MisterSix, Thanks! ๐ค I will have an update week on this journal tomorrow evening. Be sure to come back and check out the update pictures! They're growing like wildfire ๐ I did kind of sever one of the tops on one of the girls a few days ago ๐ข Other than that it's all going good. Almost ready to flower! Should be ready for harvest in August I reckon. I haven't grown a thing since 2015 so I'm really looking forward to this ๐