how your plants doing , did they stretch?? here is a lil up date. at the end of week five i wanted to get a shot of the trichs. im a lil blind.but was able to get one of the pie and wanted to share with you the pic she is really showing a lot of purple im hoping to see more color as she finishes up.
hey hi steadyeddie,
Hey buddy,hey hi steadyeddie,
I see you have already lowered the screen as compared to where you had it at first - good move!
Yes your plant looks like she is growing very tightly, which makes it hard to train any branches into the screen, so your departure point isn't easy to begin with
Also I saw how you have contradictory information about how much your plant's strain will stretch.
So, not an easy decision! But, perhaps as consolation: I read somewhere that scrogging just takes a bit of experience, and you're not a real pro at it before you've had both a screen that didn't fill and an overfull screen. Also, remember that you WILL have a yield either way, so it's not a life or death kind of thing here
- If she stretches alot, the way you have the screen set up is just fine and she will grow into it in the next 2 weeks or so. (in case she doesn't after all, you may not fill your screen and thus not benefit fully from the scrog technique this round)
- If she doesn't, it may be a good idea to lower the screen a bit more to force her to spread more now. (If she then decides to stretch after all, you may fill your screen too fast and get a cramped situation - meaning you will have to pay more attention to air circulation & humidity and making sure you don't get budrot)
In any case you can remove some more of the undergrowth to encourage her to focus on growing her top branches out. You can start by removing a few strategical fan leaves (those that have the most effect by being removed).
By the end of stretch there shouldn't be any growth left below the screen, but since your whole plant is still there at the mo, you will want to go progressively as she develops her tops
Hope that helps a bit!
You're very welcome!
Week 1 into flower and I can see the stretchYou're very welcome!
Haha, so you know I've had a similar conundrum myself
I think the only reasonable way one can avoid running into this question altogether is to scrog a strain one is already acquainted with - as in grow from seed and let grow out halfways normally (perhaps just some topping and lst), take clones and then scrog those lol
But that would require patience and composure LMAO
Happy tucking and weaving to you - and do keep us updated how she comes along!
I still haven't flipped
But it did start off stunted and its as big as the other. I will be flipping soon but was just still building around them. And I am doing a pest strip now for a few days before I go into flower mode now that I have it sealed up. I can't tell the size it's kinda a bad pic lol.
I think I saw that thread and backed out quick? haha
How much of the lower growth should i remove broI think I saw that thread and backed out quick? haha
Yes, a scrog!
It's going to look messy for a bit seeing you hadn't trained them at all before. But the screen will help you get all those branches down anyways. Especially with the fatter ones you may want to tie them down more and more gradually (like over a few days) as not to snap any of them.
And yes you can remove fan leaves to assist in letting your plants know where you want them to develop.
A middle of the road approach between letting the plants grow as they would out in the wild and extreme defoliation would be to remove them very selectively, just taking those leaves out that are blocking the most light. And of course anything underneath the screen can be removed without remorse: those parts aren't going to develop anyways
Mild defoliation is not going to hurt your plant but rather assist her in developing in a way that is better adapted to our indoor conditions.
Eventually you'll be removing all of the lowest stuff on there.
not my strong point . i have added a lil molasses. but not much 3 to 5 ml per gal large pop corn sizes. i think it got root bound. so i put it in 5 gal to see what she can do these last few weeks . next time imma veg longerI still haven't flipped
Yours looking to get a lot of sugar
question on your lighting , and size space .,that a cool set up. how many watts are them cobs ?
I'd say, NOW, quickly, especially when I read haze!
thanks ^^I'd say, NOW, quickly, especially when I read haze!
very nice job you're doing there!
