Hey, Doc...
You truly are kind and generous... I learn so much from these threads, including a lot of things that I didn't know I needed to ask, but really did!
I have an LST question: Is it useful to begin LST training when you're just starting flowering? I'm new to growing MJ, and have gotten the impression that LST is something you do during veg stage. But, then I've also learned that MJ grows quite a bit taller during flowering so I thought.."hey, maybe you can still do it?"
I also have a bubblelicious showing a male preflower (while I'm new to growing MJ, I'm a professional botanist and avid gardener of all things in my daily life, so you can trust what I'm seeing). I've heard in a place or two that you can't always be 100% sure of sex just on preflowers, so don't pull "males" just on pre-flower. What's your take?
I have 8 bubblelicious plants at 3-4 weeks of age, 11-15" tall, 400W HPS, 18/6, MG potting soil (no added nutes yet.. just bought Foxfarm GroBig and Tiger), temp 76-80F. The plants are still quite supple and amenable to bending. 1. You can LST train at anytime of growth. 2. I'm not a professional botanist but I can tell you---"pull the flower"---99.9% it will self-pollinate the plant if you don't. For your next grow pick up some Dutch master reverse and apply it the first week of flowering if you choose grow this strain again-also keep-an-eye out for more male flowers. The above advise is for male-preflowers showing on female plants in the flowering cycle. If you are just sexing the plant and are concerned about pulling a male because it may or may not be sexed correctly then there are a couple things you can do----1. watch it Daile to see if male pollen sacs develops/as well as look for pistil hairs to signify a female. 2. Put the male in a separate area just in case away from the other female plants. 3. put all the plants into flower if ready and watch very closely-check a couple time a day--pull males when pollen sacs appear. MG soil has timed release fertilisers in them so it is a little harder to control and know when to feed with nutrients. If your MG label tells you that the soil will give you 6 to 8 weeks of nutrient then I would start checking the soil run-off now and see where your PPMs are at. You could also add the nutrients at a very small 1/6 dose and be safe. If your plants are healthy and green and showing no signs of nutrient def/burn I would wait to add anything. Hope this info has helped you. Thanks for the kind comments.
Thanks!
. Wood ash is used as a soil additive to de-acidifiey or raise soil PH. Smoking in your room is fine in light quantities. Being in your room alot without smoking is great for both you and your plants----thet get co2-----you get o2
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