I'm Ready- Blue OG, White Lavender, OG #18, and Sour Kush.

prosperian

prosperian

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mycomaster said:
If you pinch the stalks very lightly at first to gently break the fibers inside the stems it will slow growth, and also build up the strength. Just a suggestion. Lookin good bro. Peace out.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I hope all the extra work is going to be worth it in harvest weight. I understand all the benefits of trimming and the extra time involved with every plant manipulation.

I guess after growing them naturally without trimming and pulling a couple oz. per plant, I wonder if all the extra time and work is worth it on this grow? I don't think it will be fair to compare this grow to my prior because they are different strains and I'm now two weeks past my veg period from the last grow. Two extra weeks and I know if I flipped 12/12 right now I wouldn't get close to last harvest weight.

It does have me thinking. I wonder if just allowing the plants to grow naturally, without cropping, pinching, LST-ing, selecting short strains, and short veg periods is the perfect recipe for me in my small closet?

I like the idea of less is more.

 
mycomaster

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It's definitely about finding what works for you. I hope you find it to be worth it in the long haul. If anything you will have gotten closer to your plants.:weed: Have a great day. Peace out.
 
Slipon

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prosperian said:
I like the idea of less is more.
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me too, but a bit of LST is easy, wont take much time and wont stress the plant much and do keep em wide and bushy, that or top/FIMing is two easy and quick technics, that might not double your yield, but make you grow more easy and plants more manageable with a more even canopy, don't like super cropping, but I guess its Bc. I only did it once, two weeks in to 12/12 and it made my plant hermi, tho thats the seed`s I still grow, so I guess I should love the technic :lol:
 
hbbum

hbbum

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looks amazing. your going to get kicked out of the newbie section if you are not careful.
 
prosperian

prosperian

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mycomaster said:
It's definitely about finding what works for you. I hope you find it to be worth it in the long haul. If anything you will have gotten closer to your plants.:weed: Have a great day. Peace out.
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You're right about that. You must be older than I think, cause there is a lot wisdom in your posts.




Slipon said:
Originally Posted by prosperian I like the idea of less is more. me too, but a bit of LST is easy, wont take much time and wont stress the plant much and do keep em wide and bushy, that or top/FIMing is two easy and quick technics, that might not double your yield, but make you grow more easy and plants more manageable with a more even canopy
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Yeah, you have great canopies on your grow. I thought about a building a screen for my adjustable shelf brackets and weaving the branches through them, but I'm getting tired just typing it! I'm sure I will always use some form of LST, it is easy and they seem to pop right back. The width concerns me, but that's my fault for having too plants on this grow. Who new they would all survive! Thx for the feedback bro, I will have a surprise for you real soon, my new toy is on the way!



hbbum said:
looks amazing. your going to get kicked out of the newbie section if you are not careful. On the road for the next couple of weeks, hopefully my seeds will come in from sea of seeds while I am gone.
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Nah, ;-), I give the newbs hope that it can be done without all the nute bottles, ph readers, or indoor-grow experience!

Be nice to get back from your trip and be ready to drop some beans. Thanks for the feedback be safe on your travels!
 
Slipon

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hmmmm... do it start with L ? from a place that start with A ?


edit: btw how come you have such a clean ... well every thing, but you seem`s even more lazy then me ???????????????
 
prosperian

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Well, I'm not lazy. I guess I'm the opposite and very efficient with my time.

Maybe I just envy the lazy. :mrgreen:

And I'm not talking about my toy until it arrives next week. But it's way cool and will be a nice addition to my closet. :grin:
 
prosperian

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Just coming out of lights out. Pulled the plants to lower the adjustable shelf two inches away from light. They were dry so I watered today. No issues to report, that's always nice.

 
prosperian

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Those two are out performing the others. Bottom lower left is Blue OG and lower middle is the bag seed. It's getting pulled out of the room in about a week to a veg cabinet to make more space.
 
prosperian

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UPDATE: 61 DAYS from dropping seeds. I'm thinking maybe a week to move to 5 gal. pots and fresh soil. Two weeks away from 12/12 and flowering?

What do you think?


Left to right: Blue OG, White Lavender, mystery bag seed



Getting tight in there.



Sour Kush, OG#18, and Diesel.



Blue OG, looking good. If she smokes like she grows, I will plant the BLUE OG again.



Nice deep green, fat leaves on the White Lavender.



Blue OG showing her sex.



The auto Diesel doing its thing, "automatically".
 
mycomaster

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That's a closet full of some happy girls. I love the Blue O.G. what a vegger huh? She shows sex like a Dutch hooker, nice and fast. LOL Anyways They're all looking killer Prosperian, I think the move into 5gal pots will really be exciting when they take off. The stretch will be something to look out for on the Blue O.G. Mine has taken off quite a bit, I would say at least 7in after the 12/12 flip. Both our plants looked about the same as far as height and age so I would consider that for the future. Looks like the White Lavender is a shorty little indica. You might end up having to raise her up on something to keep her from stretching. I have alot of different stuff i use to try and keep my canopy even in flower. Just a thought. Have a great weekend bro. Peace out.
 
prosperian

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Thanks myco, I will have to remember that about the W Lavender. She pushed really hard the first four weeks but after the topping, two transplants, and lst-ing she's lost her vigor and moved to third in growth rate. My last flip I had 4-6" of stretch growth which was perfect because it kept my lights close to the entire plant during flowering.

Really happy about the feed schedule. There is none! Just have to supply fresh soil at transplant and water. My concern will be having enough soil amendments to make it the 8-11 weeks through harvest.

I may have to start liquid feeding towards the end. Around second week flowering, I will add molasses to encourage the micro-organisms to go into overdrive, but NO bloom nutes will be added to this grow. I have some well balanced Jack's Citrus FeEd (20-10-20), but my goal is to let the amended soil feed the plants the whole way!
 
mycomaster

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If you leave room at the top of your containers you can top dress with fresh soil pretty much whenever you want and it will add lots of natural nutes and goodies for your plants. You can add some guano in with it to encourage good flowering along with some epsoms or anything you want really. I did that with my Skunk#1 and my Menage a Trois and they loved it. I didn't have the room on my Iced Grapefruit and I think it shows in the finishing plant. I don't think the stem splitting help her out much though either so we'll se on the next run what she can really do I think. I really like to have a full flowering spot instead of a single lonely plant, no matter the size of it. I also like to have variety of girls growing so I have a little indica, and a little sativa for meds. When I start testing for Gage Green and start to do mono crops I'm gonna set-up a small flowering area in my veg closet I think so I can keep some variety in my medicine cabinet. I'd like to put in an led rig, but I'm not sure how I'm gonna do it yet. It's just gonna be 2 small ladies, nothing big. Just something to keep me in some variety. Gandalf gave me a link for a spray that you use on a single branch when a girl first starts to flower, and it will produce female pollen sacs. You then take that pollen and dust it on a girl ready to receive, and she'll produce female seed off-spring. I'm gonna look into it further, but it sounds really interesting. I was thinking my little flower area I want to set-up would be perfect to experiment in with it. It's called Tsieras Mist or something. I'll put some info on it up later in my thread if you're interested. Have a great weekend bro. Peace out.
 
prosperian

prosperian

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mycomaster said:
If you leave room at the top of your containers you can top dress with fresh soil pretty much whenever you want and it will add lots of natural nutes and goodies for your plants. You can add some guano in with it to encourage good flowering along with some epsoms or anything you want really. I did that with my Skunk#1 and my Menage a Trois and they loved it.

Gandalf gave me a link for a spray that you use on a single branch when a girl first starts to flower, and it will produce female pollen sacs. You then take that pollen and dust it on a girl ready to receive, and she'll produce female seed off-spring. I'm gonna look into it further, but it sounds really interesting. I was thinking my little flower area I want to set-up would be perfect to experiment in with it. It's called Tsieras Mist or something. I'll put some info on it up later in my thread if you're interested.
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Hey Gandalf (Tsieras Mist), have your tried this or was it from researching that you came across it? I think both of you need to post your results up on here. I'm sure there are other growers like me that would like an endless supply of seeds, but think the process is a little confusing.

Excellent advice on top-dressing. I will remember to leave some space at the top of the rim when I move to five gal pots. Yay!
 
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