Stinking Bishop stretch is slowing some what. She gained 10 cm this week and is 53 cm tall. I stop feeding her with compost tea. And I fed her with IAA base rooting hormone. IAA is plant growth regulator. I promote rooting. IAA also promote thickening of cell wall. When I want to slow stretch and make stem stronger, I use auxin rooting hormone.
By the end of the week, Stinking Bishop stick out her roots. That is also consequence of feeding her with rooting hormone.
I normally keep plant in 7-liter fern pot for three weeks. In Sinking Bishop seed run, I am upsizing her a little early. I’ll move her to 25-liter basket early next week.
In term of % THC and Indica/Sativa ratio, Stinking Bishop looks the same as OSS White Critical.
The shape is a bit odd. Most likely due to the combination of Seaweed and compost tea that I used. Top is stretched with big widow style leaves. Lower branches seemed to be competing with each other for food. These do not stretch so much and leaves are small.
Best thing to do is to trim off the lower branches. I’ll leave the lower branches be at this stage. In a couple of months, I’ll trim these off. And then I think I’ll root the cutting to make clones in case I can live with the rotten cheese weed.
Next week, I’ll transfer her from 7-liters to 25-liters pot and top her.
@Smartie, our computers and phones are spying on us. What ever we talk about they tell the sponsors to send us advertisements.
And we don’t even have to look up on the topic.
@Shooey, Apparently it's a cheese 🧀 I didn't look it up, it passed as an add or sponsored article later the same day commenting here. Effing weird no? 😲🙄
@Smartie, yes mate thats a classic. Who comes up with these names?? I gather the guys name is bishop maybe? If they are talking about the religious bishop, then thats just plain suss 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Stinkin bishop sure is leggy med. Would you top him or just let him grow as is?? About IAA,,, it’s plant growth regulator (pgr)? Is it safe to use mate? We read a lot about pgr bud in AUS, mostly used in mass production here. Haven’t heard of IAA though. It sure is interesting. Cheers mate 👍🌱
HI @Shooey, moving plant in and out is already qualified as bruising I think. And leaving them to whip about in the rain is definitely bruising.
If you would like to bruise by crushing the stem, Key is to select the right branch. Large hollow branches can get plant into trouble after bruising. Choose denser branches. Actually, try it out on one or two branches before doing it on an entire plant.
A balance of Cytokinin and Auxin keeps plant healthy. Once in a while, we can nudge plant in the direction that we want since we feed plant with unnatural amount of fertilizer. Even natural PGR's are not to be used regularly for the entire grow.
My idea of sequence, (which I don't always follow) is to:
Week 4 Increase number of plant cells with seaweed (cytokinin)
Week 5 Make plant cells bigger with compost tea (gib).
Week 6 Make plant cells stronger with rotting promoter (auxin/IAA).
Week 7 PGR break, store up micro nutrient for flowering
Either repeat or put into flower.
Repeat in beg or
@Med_in_Tropic, hey mate. Since you started talking about auxins, i have found more and more info. Its really interesting on how to stimulate a plants naturally occuring auxins via pruning and bruising, helping to better distribute auxins in the lower growths. Its great info med. Cheers
@Shooey, it took me years understand. And I stunted many plants with these. 😀😀😀😀
As all things, they are to be use moderately.
Strange how there are so many thing to learn about growing a weed that can do very well on its own in the bush.
😀😀😀 @sativaman, she is just waiting for her space. I'll be a couple of weeks before I harvest two plants in final bloom. Then let's see how dank she is 😬😬😬
My garden is actually smelly right now with Bruce Banner and Zamaldelica in full bloom. Out door, smells goes away fairly quick. But to fellow ganja gardeners, the smell would be very familiar. 😍
Great diary med. Something i love most about GD is seeing peoples ingenuity at work. A lot of home made inventions that help the grows. The seedling box is a beauty mate. For a fraction of the cost. Surely your work could give you the box?? Its a bit stingy because they would have written this off no?? Bishop is lovely and branchy mate. Well done
@Shooey, it was the accounting manager at work annoying me on purpose. No worries though. The fans and wire alone were worth more than the cost. I think I pissed her off even more when I don't give a damn. :D :D :D
@Med_in_Tropic, I would never imagined you would be located in Thailand! Getting seeds must be pretty ridiculous....
Thanks for sharing I like TGA too but did not know about GNW. I recommend you Ethos and Karma. Cheers!
@sativaman, I like strains from the old TGA Subcool. These day same strain names are from Home Grown Natural Wonders. Dark Horse geneticss the s another good one.
Finding people who would take my money and send fresh seeds is an issue.
Thanks @GYOweed, my prime flowering time is from Nov to Feb. And it had passed. 😅
I do have nice buds from last couple of months but I haven't put these up in diaries. My 8th round of FF7 plant was plump and big. Got 6 ounces out of that one.
And I think Indica flowers are more photogenic than Sativa.
My season is passing. This week we already have two raining days. Day temp is the same as a fever. I am deciding to weather to pull or spray anti-mold microbe. 😰
From now, I am popping new seeds for pheno sorting. Then I clone g through the heat and rain until late summer. I normally put up diary on my first and likely worst grow. 😬
Unlucky med. I noticed the branches get all saggy when it rains a lot,
Always a risk of breaking when loaded up with buds.
It looks pretty close to ready anyway so maybe not all bad?
I remember seeing picture of Afghani fed water to his goat by a mouthful. Must be pretty arid. South America varies between Peru arid high land to Colombia hippo heaven.
@ReinDeer, not only she nests next to my front door, my phone was about one meter away from her when i took the pic. City birds adapted to living with human.
😀😀😀 @Shooey, no at all. I guess I had really stinking plant going especially with bugs eating on the leaves.
Terpene is a reaction to bugs attacks. May be a little bug is good toward the end ?
Thanks @sativaman, this is my flowering corner. Part of the pic is my young plants nursery. I like to grow medicinal plants and a bit of flowers. Cannabis oil s both 😀😀😀