Had a rough week. In the middle of my net my GDP and my front 2 vanilla frostings basically got tangled up. I knew I had some over crowding going on but I thought it’d be fine. Basically it looked like 1 of the main colas from each plant was strangling each other. I noticed the tops looked great the bottom sides of these 3 stalks were changing color. I had to cut my NET and untangle the buds. Everything else looks great but those 3 colas definitely have some damage.
So like I was saying I had to reposition things this past weekend and today I was getting ready to water. The GDP stretched probably close to 200%. My floor space is basically 3' x 3' and the GDP is in the back right corner. One of it main colas had been tuck all the way to the front and all the way to the left. I don't know what I was thinking but it was tangled up with the other three plants. It basically was causing the other three plants from being able to grow correctly. So I removed the NET and Frame and then used bamboo sticks to support all the heavy colas. I repositioned everything and removed a couple branches on the GDP. I'll post some pictures tomorrow but it looks a lot better and I think this change is what was needed for these ladies during the last few weeks. The other areas that were not damaged look great. Good color and good growth. I checked my PH and PPM to just make sure I wasn't maybe having some other kind of issue and my PH was between 5.9 and 6.1 and PPM was ranging between 1200-1400. I performed a flush last week and my PH was in the same range and my PPM came down to the 400 range. The plants are sucking up water and seem very healthy except the 3 area's that I laid out in my pictures. If anyone see's something that I'm missing or has some advise please comment.
Less is more and its a lesson I seem to never learn. I knew I should of either used 3 gallon pots or only put two plants in my space with the 5 gallon pots. Now I know so I'll apply this lesson on the next grow.
@MrJones, from one mr. Jones to another mr. Jones thanks! This is my first year growing again after a 15 year break and I’m still amazed every time I grow my favorite plant in the world.
hey bro, have you search GD for this royal cookies strain? what is the breeder?
there are 63 diaries here in GD about it...
- growdiaries.com/explore
Anyway, that Grand daddy Purple sounds nice =]
@amazongrow,
I have looked at a bunch of the diaries on GD and I’m planning to actually grow one of my ladies in my current garden. I’m going to bring the royal cookie into the garden next week. The plant I took clones from is from a royal queen seed. I actually was finally able to see the flower from this strain and I really liked it.
@MrJones, from one mr. Jones to another mr. Jones thanks! This is my first year growing again after a 15 year break and I’m still amazed every time I grow my favorite plant in the world.
Great job!! What day did you end up chopping the GDP on. I’m at day 52 and triches are getting pretty milky, not amber yet though. Thinking of starting my flush tomorrow and going until day 60. Thoughts?