Next Step - Late Veg? LST? Topping?
K0KA420started grow question 5mo ago
Please guide if my Kings Juice is close to its flowering time? I have not done any LST or Topping, is it required looking at the pictures? Will be changing my water in 2 to 3 days, worried about them big roots how to handle em. Any advice for next couple week's.
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wolfvbanswered grow question 5mo ago
Salam K0KA420! 👋 Good to see you again, Habibi!
Looking at your King's Juice, she is an absolute beast! As we talked about before, she is growing super squat and incredibly bushy.
Because her internodal spacing is already so tight, I would actually advise against topping her right now. Topping breaks apical dominance and forces the plant to bush out even more. If you top her now, she will turn into a solid block of leaves and trap a ton of moisture.
The Next Step: Aggressive LST! 🛠️
Instead of cutting, you just need to pull her open. Start gently tying those thick outer branches down towards the edges of your DWC bucket. Your main goal is to open up that dense center so light and air can penetrate deep into the canopy.
Like @Ultraviolet mentioned in your last post, making sure she can efficiently convert energy is key and that starts with getting light to those hidden lower nodes! Pull her open, tuck the big fan leaves, and let those side branches stretch up.
Happy Growing! 💚
CULTIVATORFROGanswered grow question 5mo ago
If you're scared and don't know how to handle a big plant, I recommend changing the photoperiod to 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light so the plant enters the flowering stage. You can start doing LST or set up a SCROG net to control the plant's structure as it stretches.
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Goriloteanswered grow question 5mo ago
It's good to do LST, but normally it would have been better to do an apical cut first so that the center of the plant is clearer. As for the timing, unless it's an auto and I don't think it is, you can let the plant grow as long as you want until it looks how you like. What would I do? Seeing that the plant is very healthy and without stress, I would do an apical cut, removing the top two nodes. This way, more light will enter the interior, allowing that when you do LST, more light reaches the central area and more lateral branches will grow that will turn into bushy tips.
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oldskoolkoolanswered grow question 5mo ago
Watch the dodgy info on here.So many people are just going to google and have very little experience.Youve got a few,and I mean 2-3 leaves that want removing from what I can see.Let the light reach those bottom branches otherwise theyll be stunted.If the light reaches them theyll be almost as tall as the main stem.Besides taking the odd leaf off from the 4th week I do mine heavy 2-3 times.The first time aroiund 1wk before flower,1wk into flower and another 2wks into flower depending on how much the leaves have grown in that second week of flower.The leaves on most photoperiod strains don't grow much after the sceond week of flower.I may have mentioned to you already about the Buddas Tree Flower Burst and Advanced Nutrients Bud Ignitor which give you plants more P and K to help her set the flower sites.You certainly want a PK booster for mid flower.Your buds will improve no end.Iv never grown without giving extra P and K during mid flower even if its ash and shite.You can't use ash and shite in water though.
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Organomananswered grow question 5mo ago
Just leave it be.
No signs of flowering that I can see in these pictures.
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KakalakaKidanswered grow question 5mo ago
Imho , I would go down 3 and sometimes as many as 5 nodes then look at it from the top. If it looks like a box you got it right. Once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it
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JUNGLE_B4RNSanswered grow question 5mo ago
It depends on what kind of structure you’re looking for. Just leave it for classic Xmas tree structure. Or topping and defoliating the big fan leaves to make a bush.
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