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Hi fellow growers and welcome back!
Big news straight away: this is the last week entry for the vegetative phase! 😎 I did the switch to 12/12 on the very last day of this week entry so by next week there should be quite some change.
Apart from this, nothing special about this week. She kept growing very nicely and strong, as usual. I noticed she got some pistils out (second picture from day 40), I knew she was a girl since it was a feminized seed but it's always nice to have confirmation.
On the last day of this week, I prepared her for the stretch phase. I went quite heavy on the defoliation I must admit. I follow Nebula's main-lining technique, he says light defoliation before flowering (mainly big leaves normally) but I decided to do even more. I basically remove all big leaves that are on the inside of the circle, in order to give light to the little branches going up in the middle. I also remove most of the branches that are growing on the outside/under the main cola branches. I was wondering if I should go that heavy on the defoliation but I decided to not be scared and that it would be a good test for the next run. I could have let her 2/3 days to recover from the cut before switching to flowering but I thought she'll be fine.
Until now I'm really happy with this Purple Orange CBD from Dinafem. She responded very well to cuts and LST (main-lining stuff) and always grew strong until now. We'll now see what the stretch looks like with her. She is supposed to be a mid-sized plant, hopefully she gains something like 30cm+ in the next three weeks with numerous bud sites.
That's it for this week! I'm really exciting for next week and seeing her starts the stretch.
Take care everyone and see you next week!
@Frenchie, last two very important pence . Those actions in flower should be done in intervals offered by pioneers of defoliation.
Week 3 , when you take down leaves, plant gives all his power to restoring lost capacity, bud should be formed at this time already, so he gets part of that power, future fan leaves are straight under or even in it if its higher colas.
Week 5-6 , depending on how long you will go. Again, forces plants to take actions, just this time he gives all power straight to bud, trying to create next generations. Both waves are risky with weak genetics, could force to go hermie as last resort to finish plants purpose - create bigger buds with more seeds.
With RQS Cookies i had hermie part, its unfun at all.
@AsNoriu, thanks for the advices. I'll see how it looks during week 5 and 6 of flowering and see if further actions seem necessary. I'll have a look at the guys you mentioned too 👌
@Frenchie, wrote a comment and deleted it ;))
So. I liked your plant and you do similar actions to my grows, thats why i am here .
I do heavy lst on week 3 of veg, till week 5 i don't take more than one leave away(my lst forces me to cut one leave 90% of time), but on week 5 i clear them a lot, then 5 days before flower more leaves fall.
In flower again week 3 is heaviest damage ever : my target is what you did, and later on week 5-6 of flower i take down badly formed lower buds and defoliate them for last time.
Green Genes Garden , Miami Mango, Grand Master Level and Shwazzing was my main teachers , now i try to go further and adapt what they noticed in smaller range, where you pay attention to every plant personally, not mass actions.
@horsemouth, glad to hear that man, I was really surprised too. The first place, the guy definitely put some effort to it but the third... 😅 The jury was definitely high 😂
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