BobChukowski
Well-Known Member
Here is the story of Obi-Wan and Berry White. Berry was always a little taller than her sister Obi. I knew when I selected two different strains that there would most certainly be differences in their development. I wanted and hoped to see Obi catch up in veg to her bigger sister Berry. In an attempt to temporarily slow Berrys growth, I decided to top her again at about 8 new points. This kind of worked a little, but in the end I only succeeded in creating an even bigger monster that has now taken over the tent completely. Poor Obi. She’ll be ok tho and I will enjoy her bounty in the end no matter what!
Never the less, Berry fired back up again as expected when I flipped her to flower. The stretch was on.
I raised my lights. I raised them again. And again. Each day I raised them a few clicks until the ratchet hangers clicked their final click and they reached their peak height.
Berry didn’t care that the lights wouldn’t go any higher. She wasn’t done yet. Closer and closer to the light she grew. “Don’t go into the light!” I murmured as I envisioned her hot crispy fate as she perused onward and upward. “She’s still got a week left in her stretch! A week at least! I exclaimed, to myself, silently in my head.
It was time for me to intervene. After a good feeding, when my girls cells were full of moisture and pliable, using only what I had at my disposal, I decided it was time for some low stress training (LST).
Very gently I pulled back her tallest tops toward the corners of the tent, away from the light and secured them there very gently with twine (with room for the stems to fatten).
Berry is now happy and much cooler and in less danger for now. She still has some growing to do still and she has appendages all over the place. I’m going to have to step in again with more twine in the days to come. I can only hope that her sister Obi forgives her and finds the light she needs to live a happy fulfilling life of her own in this crowded world.
Here are some pictures showing the difference that 9 days of stretching can produce! Most places I’ve read say the plants could double in height during stretch over a 3 weeks period. These girls have about a week to go still.
this photo was taken January 20th, 5 days after flipping to flower.
Here they are after 9 days of stretching. Photo taken today January 29th.
Let me know what you all think of how this is going for me. This is only my second grow.
Cheers!
Bob
Never the less, Berry fired back up again as expected when I flipped her to flower. The stretch was on.
I raised my lights. I raised them again. And again. Each day I raised them a few clicks until the ratchet hangers clicked their final click and they reached their peak height.
Berry didn’t care that the lights wouldn’t go any higher. She wasn’t done yet. Closer and closer to the light she grew. “Don’t go into the light!” I murmured as I envisioned her hot crispy fate as she perused onward and upward. “She’s still got a week left in her stretch! A week at least! I exclaimed, to myself, silently in my head.
It was time for me to intervene. After a good feeding, when my girls cells were full of moisture and pliable, using only what I had at my disposal, I decided it was time for some low stress training (LST).
Very gently I pulled back her tallest tops toward the corners of the tent, away from the light and secured them there very gently with twine (with room for the stems to fatten).
Berry is now happy and much cooler and in less danger for now. She still has some growing to do still and she has appendages all over the place. I’m going to have to step in again with more twine in the days to come. I can only hope that her sister Obi forgives her and finds the light she needs to live a happy fulfilling life of her own in this crowded world.
Here are some pictures showing the difference that 9 days of stretching can produce! Most places I’ve read say the plants could double in height during stretch over a 3 weeks period. These girls have about a week to go still.
this photo was taken January 20th, 5 days after flipping to flower.
Here they are after 9 days of stretching. Photo taken today January 29th.
Let me know what you all think of how this is going for me. This is only my second grow.
Cheers!
Bob
