Giving Mango Sherbet Bag Seed a Whirl

Mango Sherbet Week 7 Notes 11/04 Gave Mango sherbet a little extra water this morning since the dirt seemed a little dry. Smoked and put on some Netflix before setting Mango Sherbet down on a table and started off the prep work for LST by making holes about two inches apart all around the top of the new fabric pot I’m using for the grow. After that I picked out which direction I wanted to bend the stem, then worked the spot I wanted to bend for a minute to get it flexible before tying it down to the bag. After that I just worked clockwise around her as I used gardening wire to bend and pull the leaves and new bud sites out, moving branches and the fan leaves as much as I could to evenly spread everything out. Maybe I overdid it with the LST lol, but it was extremely zen and kinda fun to figure out and implement, so hopefully it’s fine. I’m finding a greater appreciation for how malleable and tough this plant is actually turning out to be, and how much it’s worked with me while I try to get a sense for how to work with her right. 11/05 Already seeing Mango Sherbet growing bigger – when I saw her tonight while watering some seedlings from another strain, my first thought was that I would probably need to adjust the LST wiring in a day or two before I remembered I just did a fresh wiring last night. Crazy lol. It isn’t quite midweek yet since I did the transplant, but I think it’s safe to say her roots barely felt the transplant, and if anything she’s thriving right now. I’m so proud lol, I was really off to a rough start with this one. 11/06 – Midweek check in Crazy new growth speed kicking in, it’s really something to see. The nodes are really close together as she gets taller so whether I happened to get a pheno of this strain that’s on the shorter, bushier side or I accidentally stunted her, she definitely isn’t letting it slow her down now. Since I was doing midweek adjustments and pics anyways, I went ahead and readjusted some of the wiring a few branches has already managed to outgrow. Don’t think she needs water quite yet, I’ll probably wait till tomorrow and feed her with Veg food/water. 11/07 Touched up on LST by spreading out some of the new colas into a more even canopy. It’s working out pretty well as far as I understand the techniques is supposed to, and as the branches are put under a degree of strain they seem to be getting noticeably stronger and thicker. When I took a look at the stem it really reminded me of a miniature tree or the mainlining technique I’ve seen others use. Very cool. Maybe I’m overly optimistic, but if it remins this easy to manipulate and control how she grows she could be perfect for trying a scrog setup alongside Light Saber (different strain/journal). Also watered with veg food from Age Old liquid today. I want to switch into full organic eventually, but for now I’m just eating through the supplies I have while I cycle through my current grows. 11/09 Didn’t do anything except rotate yesterday, but today did some minor tweaking. Working on the lst like this with Mango Sherbert has been surprisingly organized and satisfying. Rather than being a bushy plant, I think she’ll lean towards having multiple elongated colas. I haven’t worked with the main lining method myself yet, but I wonder if this strain in general would do well with it. I’ll water tomorrow or more likely the day after. 11/10 – End of Week Dirt was dry enough so I went ahead and watered Mango Sherbet with veg food mixed with water and PH’d, doing a ppm of about 550. She’s looking gorgeous and the structure feels so weirdly organized and condensed; it’s weirdly satisfying. I’m not sure exactly how long to wait till I flip her to 12/12 anymore though, especially if she’s stunted. Another two weeks? Three? I’ll have to think on it and see if I can find records of someone else’s grow with the strain; hopefully it can give me an idea on how much stretch she’ll go through.