Summary -- Nearly 2 weeks into bloom phase and she is growing like mad, of course. All risers have been removed, so it's gained 7-8" since entering the box. Expect another week of vigorous growth and slowing down after 18-21 days total into bloom. Went with 12 colas. AFter BBM/NOG dry weight came in, i'm not so worried about how many colas i choos anymore. The plant will likely produce what it is capable of, if I don't cut too much off. Now, will 1 cola produce like 4-9? I may not go so far, but relative to the ranges i am dabbling with, it makes no difference it seems. The vascular tissue will provide!
Will definitely need a 2nd pruning before it conentrates solely on buds.
Side note - with much more mature donors, all clones rooted, but seem to be slow to acclimate to brighter lights than others before. This may be a full 21 day process for a transplant. (important tidbit for timing in perpetual garden)
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62 / 6 Days - Looks fantastic. Nearly as tall as others. Internodal spacing is great. That will dictate level of lights. Iโll get motivated tomorrow and prune it back. The cuttings and re-vege all look fine.
63 / 7 Days - Chopped each down to 12 vertical shoots and removed lower growth. Top 5-7 nodes of axillary growth remain on each (top ~6โ for most). All leaves remain on the plant as it is well-spaced even if shielded. Quite a bit of vegetative growth left. Trying to refine how/when to prune this to get 10-12โ colas or better - can reference # of nodes and length after 7 days. Genetics are incredibly consistent that Iโm not worried about possibility neither are the keeper.
64 / 8 Days - Must have grown close to 2โ. Nearly same height as other plants.
65 / 9 Days - Must remember to remove a riser at end of day. Let them continue to grow into โmaxโ light. Irrigated 2 in bloom area. #4 re-vege can go ~48 hours. #2 (vege) drinks significantly less than the 2 in bloom box.
66 / 10 Days - Removed risers in AM. About 2-3โ below canopy, but should be able to remove the last riser before all said and done with vege growth. This will definitely need a 2nd trim. PM - Growing like a vine. ~2โ? visibly closed gap created by removing riser. Thereโs a problem branch getting much thicker than the others.. if I donโt pay more attention itโs going to skyrocket. Bend it down in AM, again.
67 / 11 Days - #2 in vege area needed an irrigation badly. Iโll see if logistics work out of putting it into bloom box or not. Plants in bloom are bushing out like crazy. Nearly back to canopy of box. Likely remove last riser tomorrow sometime.
68 / 12 Days - Irrigated bloom plants. After taking 6 days, it only took 3. Pots were quite light. Takes about 1.25 gallons to saturate the slightly smaller โ3-galโ pots with some runoff. All risers are removed, but a bit shorter than canopy in evening. 7-8โ of growth since entering bloom box.