- I added silicate to the feeding regime this week as I had heard on a few podcasts it's good to boost strength in the plants stems, starting out slow with it
- By weeks end I could definitely see some more rigidity in the main stalks of the plant but this could just be from natural growth
- The T5 LED I use for vegging my plants has 2 bulbs, one is a white spectrum and one is a blue spectrum
- The combination of LEDs keeps the plants growing short and stout as you can see in the final image above
- I picked up a book called "Organic Marijuana Some Style" recently and after reading it decided I wanted to try supercropping
- The book is slightly dated but loaded with some pretty useful information that has opened my mind to some different styles of growing
- Supercropping is a way to boost plant vigor and mainly in the side branching while maintaining a reasonable height and will fit in perfectly for my grow space due to the fact I have a slight height limitation
- In the past I have implemented Main Lining or Manifold training but want to branch out and try different methods by keeping it simple with this grow in order to continue learning
- My plan is to bend the main stalk (90 degrees) instead of topping (removing the top of the stalk completely) and letting it heal and continue growing
- First time trying this so it will be a fun experiment for me
- Plant showed some good vigor in the first few days of week 3 and became almost root bound by weeks end
- Transplanted to 5 gal fabric pots near the end of the week (V20)
- She showed a slight shock for a few hrs by drooping her leaves a bit initially after the transplant but recovered quickly after about 12-16 hrs
- Run off EC is showing 1350 EC and input is about 1220 EC so she's in a good place
- Really going to try to avoid over feeding on this run as most of my plants from past grows have showed burnt tips so I'm definitely going to try to avoid that in the "simple" grow.. we'll see if I can pull it off!
Sorry to hear you're not having much luck. I started failing with Bubble Kush the moment I started trying to LST... was just about making progress when a bout of root rot set in. Planted the 2 other seeds I had but neither germinated. Gutted - was growing for medicinal purposes (insomnia) and had heard many good things about this plant; have started again with Triple G - early days but hoping for better luck this time.
Hope you manage to at least get something to smoke out of it! Your patience deserves reward!!!
@Sven_Lordy, Thanks for the kind msg. Ya it's all my own fault though.. I keep breaking branches on the dang plant haha. Anyway I'll get something out of her for sure. Appreciate it man, taks care and hope your Triple G works out for you!
@HAPPY91, Thanks but ya, no worries. I'll just train out the new branches to grow 8 main colas like my other plants. I really just wanted this one to grow naturally though.. Oh well. Thanks and happy growing to you too!