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Plants are starting to have some vigorous growth. #2 has definitely caught up to #1 and they are about neck in neck. Lateral branching seems to be more pronounced in #2. Will do the first topping of #1 and #2 later in the week. At that point I will also start LST to prepare for mainlining.
#3 is still lagging behind but has started to pick up the pace. At the moment it looks to be about a week behind the others in development.
Topped the three of them and started some LST.
Planning to top them all one more time before transplanting in their final 5 gallon fabric pots. Once they are recovered I will be topping them a final time, to bring them up to 8 tops each before switching over to flower.
Collecting the final tops for clones to pick out a mother.
LIttle behind on my updates.
#1 and #2 are handling the topping and LST really well. Starting full strength veg notes and everyone is looking super happy. They are starting to outgrow their "3 leaves" caused by the stress from topping. I always top a little earlier then I should but never had any issues besides a few sets of three.
All are growing well #3 is still looking super odd but it is starting to pick up speed.
Got some seriously vigorous growth the last week!
Everyone has been transplanted into their 5gals that I will be flowering in. Typically I prefer 7gals but I've heard this strain gets really big. Not surprised with how fast they are growing.
Plan for this week is to do the final topping to bring them all to 8 tops, setup the netting, and switch them over to flower soon. This run is more of a learning experience with the strain to find the new mother and work out their stretch profile. So far it seems to really like topping and LST ... very little recovery time!
#3 still looks very odd with thick leaves and strange growth pattern. Still going to clone this one cause I've had some f-ed up looking plants that I didn't decide to clone in the past and regretted it because they had the nicest tasting flowers.
#1 and #2 are very similar but #1's nodes are a little tighter and has a bit more of an indica profile.
Starting to have a little smell but not developed enough to differentiate yet.
Switched over to flower! All nutrients are staying the same for the first week.
Completed the final toppi g, to bring everyone to 8, and the final LST to get all branches in position for flowering. Once they grow about another 4 inches or so, I will setup the trellis to better position all tops for the final flowering stages. Later this week I may do a litle defoliation to ensure we don't get any offshoots starting and to keep all energy going to the 8 tops.
#3 is still growing very strange ... but still growing lol
While doing the final topping I noticed an interesting difference between #2 and #3's stems. Both were cut from the same sections but #2 appears to have a very pronounced purple line running down all stems. #1 does not have this feature. I've added a picture showing the difference.
Serious stretch first week!
Netting has been added to the tent and plants are evenly spaced to give each branch its own hole. New #3 obviously has some time to grow into the net. I may put something underneath to raise it up a bit but I prefer to have the shortest in the middle cause the light has a big hot spot right in the middle.
Did a round of super cropping on New #1 and twice on New #2 to get them to the same canopy level. New #2 is already outpacing #1, definitely more stretch.
First round of defoliation has been done to lollipop the plants just below netting level. Another round of defoliation is planned in a week or two to clean up all the larger leaves, opening room for light to get down to bud sites.
got some insane stretch the last week. Lights are now at their highest level. If they keep going I'll have to start bending towards the wall.
Last defiation was done and everything is starting to grow back. The buds are fattening extremely fast on both #1 and #2. Bud formation on #3 is super slow.
Yesterday I noticed something strange, New #1 and New #2 both look like they have some balls starting at the nodes. I let them go and this morning they are both covered. #3 does not seem to have any.
Are these pollen sacks or just swollen calyx?
I'm on the fence about ripping these out :(
UPDATE:
Took down #1 and #2, both covered in nanners and male flower sacks.
Left the little mutant in there. Hope I got the others before they pollinated the little one.
Are these pollen sacks or just swollen calyx?
Two out of my three seeds are showing the exact same balls growing in the nodes.
Third seed has abnormal growth patterns but no balls showing up.
Was looking for a new mother and right before going to flower I took clones. On the third week of flower both plants went hermi. Is there any point of trying the clones again or is the line now compromised and I should start with new seeds? Don't want to waste time. Thanks
Last week was a little rough, ended up chopping down New #1 and #2. Both were showing incredible budding but also put out a whole ton of male flower buds and nanners.
Luckily the runt, New #3, is going strong and is showing zero signs of hermaphradism. It also seems to have recovered from whatever twisted root issues it was having and leaves are looking much better. There is still some odd growth with the leaves kind of overlapping. I have a number of rooted clones that are doing very well but also showing the same strange leaves ... i think there is some sort of genetic abnormality.
Something that is very different then #1 and #2 is that #3 is showing almost no stretch is which very nice! It has only grown a few centimeters in the last week. The bud forming is very aggressive though. I tried to lollipop it a bit and remove the lower bud sites but they just come right back in 2 days! Given up on that haha. With so little stretch I do not see any issues keeping the lowest buds.
I have adjusted the nutients by removing the B vitamins and Big Bud from the mix.
The runt of the bunch is growing really well!!
Stretch is stull non-existant and the branches are incredibly stiff. I do not envision much issues with them supporting the buds. This is a pleasant change from past grows with Cookie hybrids, I've always found them to be very lanky and require heavy trellising. Think I have a special one here.
Buds are starting the bulk up and look pretty dense.
Only change to the nutrients is thr removal of the Bud Bud for the remainder of the grow.
Anyone have any information about this leaf mutation? The leaves seem to overlap under each other.
Not environmental issue, clones exhibit the same growth pattern.
Besides the strange leaves and complete lack of stretch, the bud formation is looking really nice
Hey there Myk, looks like the symptoms of overwatering that is puffy space between the veins of the leaves as well as wrinkled space between the veins of the leaves, nothing crazy but it does make a difference as you can see. Just try to follow a stricter wet dry cycle and you'll see the plant recover almost immediately. I'm noticing something else though : you're showing signs of N excess as you can see from the shiny dark green sugar leaves. Right now you're feeding an even keeled NPK444 where you should be more like NPK244 . Does that make sense? Hope this helps ! 🚀
Buds are starting to stack and getting pretty frosty.
The adjustment to the nitrogen appears to be going quite well.
Adding a second clone into the tent next week. I'm running a test for optimal veg. First clone was with 2 weeks veg and this next one will be 4 weeks veg.
Starting week 8 of flower and the buds are really starting to stack. For a deformed plant and I almost chucked out I am quite impressed with the quality of the flower. It is starting to really really stinky in the room where the tent is, even with the carbon filter running.
This will be the start of a 21 day flush. The plan is to harvest after 10 weeks of flower. They are starting to show some nice red hairs but still a ways to go.
Two weeks to go and the flowers are looking super frosty! Some purple is beginning to come in.
Just straight PHed water for the next two weeks.
The two other plants in the tent are a clone at week 5 of flower and another at week 3. I am running the same nutrient plan for the clones, except about 15% less nitrogen.
myk420
