L.S.D. 5 Plants from 5 Seeds.

Hello. Easy week. I going into my 3rd week of flowering. Next time I show how I defoliate and do my last trim and prune. > I like to do it then because the plant has 3 phases in flowering. The transition to flowering, the flowering, and the bulking up and ripening of the flowers. I want my plants going into the 2nd phase fully before I send them into a final shock. It will take about 3 days to recover, then the plants go right into flowering. What you take off on the bottom you will get back on the top buds. It's up to you how much you want take off at this point. More on that next week. Other techniques like lolloping can be done at this point. > The clones look good, only 2 look a little yellow (from different plants) As long as i get 1 from each plant I'm doing good. The taller clones on the right will be cut down if all the clones take (meaning: to root). I like things all the same height for a while, till my tall ones start growing. > My plan. I used to grow for 7 weeks and it wasn't easy to find the fast flowering strains back then. Especially when the European seed sellers didn't count the first 2 weeks of flowering. We all do it the same now. Then, I started growing 8 weeks and that opened up a lot more strains I could grow. Now I like to grow 10 weeks with the last 2 weeks in flushing. Through that time I found it very helpful to write things down where I could see them at a glance. Make a plan. Stick to the plan. Be prepared to improvise in case something goes wrong. > Picking the best plant: If you rub the stock and the stock of the fan leaves with your fingers, not enough to hurt the plant. If you purse your fingers together you can feel the resin content of the plant. There are 2 types of resin, sticky and smooth or slippery. Smooth and slippery are more from the sativa line and have more of a head stone, normally. At this point you can smell your fingers and you'll get the smell and taste of the finished product. No don't lick your fingers. :) When you smell, open and close you fingers a couple of times. Notice how long the smell lasts or how quickly it disappears. pick the plants that smell the best and have the most amount of resin (either stick or slippery). If I want to go through a lot of seedlings, the plants can be tested the same way, quickly. If you could wait till week 12 to do this, you get a lot better smell, but you can do this after week 8. To go through a lot at one time, I carry a small bottle of vodka and some small pieces of cloth or clean rag. I wipe my fingers, with alcohol on the cloth, between each plant I test. I also clean my pallet. No I don't drink it, :) I put the cloth under my nose and take a big inhale or two. There that will clear your head and nose and pallet. You can move through a lot of seedlings or a bunch of different clones with this test. If I see a new plant (to me) I can do a quick test. > Applying this test to my new plants. Plant #1 Smell is weak and resin is low to the touch. It needed to be topped, and is the meekest in growth rate. Plant #2 Smell is medium and resin content is medium. It is a fast grower. Needed to be topped young and still grew fast 2 to 3 inches between leaves. My figure 8 method was needed, to slow the plant. The bottom of the plant needs to be pulled into an O and tied on the top (see pictures). I left a tight string on too long and the stems fused. Oh well. If the plant is still growing strong, the top part can be pulled into an O shape and now the plant has its stock like a figure 8. Plant #3 Smell is strong and lasts the longest. Resin content is good, between sticky and slippery. Needed to be topped a week before flowering. Strong branches and good growth pattern. This one is the one to watch. Plant #4 Smell is medium and a little different than the others, a little spicy. Resin is medium. This plant was topped a week before flowering and is now the tallest plant due to stretching the most. Plant #5 Smell is medium and the resin content is medium and more slippery. This plant was topped early. Applied the figure 8 method to slow it down. See you next week. Chuck.