Chronicles of Cultivation

Fatjoe said:

Good save on that branch.

If I suspect it may be to much for the branch I use my fingers and crush the stem a little where I want it to bend. Making it more pliable. Let's it kinda fold over versus full stress on the stem that sometimes ends with a little...snap..oops moment lol

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She was the last one to get trained and I was just a little rough and inpatient. Got me! I think we will recover.

Fatjoe said:

Reading your plants. You know just by looking. Awesome! You spend a lot of time with these don't ya? Lol

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You caught me! I am this first round spending a little extra time. Getting that photo bank refilled, so I can really hit the cruise control in the future.

Day 29

Wow! I Have to start with that because these girls took 2 gallons no run off! Had a great dryback which I'm sure contributed to there thirst. They've had a great day. Hit with epsom on the foiler right before bed and then a big sip of tribus, BMC and yucca on the wake up. Really happy with the progress. Made an adjustment with the light. Still at the lowest setting but moved everything towards the center. 19k to 22k lux average. Also the plants with arrows got there first top dress. Dr. Earth, EWC and some quoddy blend. All others will be fed on the 3rd week from transplant. Culling day not far ahead. 79.3f/53.7rh weekly average.

You might be ok with the branch snap, but it's hard to say..i've taped up snaps before and they recovered, although not quite as bad a snap as that..

Although not as vigarous as the non-traumatized branches! Time will tell.

Day 32

If you need anymore excuses to spend more time in your garden, start training! Really loving the dry amendment game, water. I did foiler spray today neem oil. The growth is just outstanding. These girls are like milkshakes...THIIIIICK lol. Seriously though the stocks are going to be massive. They're drinking even more water, they light as shit. Will have water tomorrow for sure. I have a new found respect for people that train. It is not going to be easy, it will take time and 100s of plants. Don't give up. You want those magnificent flat square even tops, train! I'm so happy I have extra plants because I'm about to break some more shit!

Injury update. I think we will resume training in another week. If she doesn't get culled.

Some training pictures on Day 32.

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Once ya slide down that slippery slope into training it's pretty much over. I find it hard to grow any other way.

These are looking great. No fear in your game..lol. BDSM of growing.

Fatjoe said:

Once ya slide down that slippery slope into training it's pretty much over. I find it hard to grow any other way.

These are looking great. No fear in your game..lol. BDSM of growing.

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Word! It's so awesome, I'm sad I just begun this journey. Thanks bro. I forgot to mention I did raise the light to stimulate some stretch. They just so tight, it's hard to work in there.

Yeah, that some cool bonsai stuff you have going on... you should get a really thick canopy of buds doing that!

futurebanjo said:

Yeah, that some cool bonsai stuff you have going on... you should get a really thick canopy of buds doing that!

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Thank you. That's the goal! I'm not wasting one inch in my space. ALL TOPS! Wait til you see the final. This is my first time training this aggressively, but I think it's gonna work out.

Day 35

Culling day is getting closer and these girls are not making it easy. When I had show hogs as kid my dad told me don't name em' because you will be emotionally attached. So true. This is that same feeling I had on sale day. You feed, water them, work on showmanship and hope they do well in confirmation. Even though I never gave them names you do create a bond. Same for this run, I didn't name em' but I hate to see them go.

Trained today as well as did some experiments, like @futurebanjo said everyday is school.

I've never heard anyone giving names to their plants this is so cute, I think I might start doing that, imagine rolling one up and saying "I'm smoking Jade right now, she was such a healthy girl"

I enjoy their death... even play music while we chop.

Great job. Them stems look to be..Down with a Thickness! I'm with ya man. These are not making it easy. All look great.

How many you keeping?

How many times ya played in your head...keep'em all...flip them now n manage the canopy and undergrowth? Lol

Fatjoe said:

Great job. Them stems look to be..Down with a Thickness! I'm with ya man. These are not making it easy. All look great.

How many you keeping?

How many times ya played in your head...keep'em all...flip them now n manage the canopy and undergrowth? Lol

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Thank you sir! They are not helping my difficult decision making easy. Initially two but I think 3 would allow me to fill quicker. They are going into 5 gallons in 3 weeks.

**edit that was my first thought. But mannnn 3 in this space would be tough. So, after much thought. We're going to cull the front/bottom row. It will also give me a little experience on top dressing every 2 or 3 weeks.

FmSwayze said:

Thank you sir! They are not helping my difficult decision making easy. Initially two but I think 3 would allow me to fill quicker. They are going into 5 gallons in 3 weeks.

**edit that was my first thought. But mannnn 3 in this space would be tough. So, after much thought. We're going to cull the front/bottom row. It will also give me a little experience on top dressing every 2 or 3 weeks.

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Sticking to your plan. Nice. They will definitely fill that space. I'm not a big fan of overcrowding. I've done it before and ya loose weight.
3 weeks them will be big.

Yeahhhh it's tough. Really tough. But I'm in no hurry, I can let the process work and do really well. I built two lights for this exact reason. 2 plant grow. Two of them is going to blow the doors off this tent, keeping anymore for flowering is greedy lol. In 3 weeks alot is going to change. I never utilized my space well, but today I understand the potential. Let's goooooo!

Day 37

Culling day has arrived. For now I've kept 1 extra for scientific purposes lol. 2 of these are being top dressed every two weeks, the other is every 3 weeks. Every 3 weeks is definitely doable. Training, bending and breaking will stiffen your limbs FYI. As noted before to avoid stunting I will not begin training until the first top dress. Frequency of training is also important but will only come with experience. Very satisfied with current progress. The dry backs have worked tremendously pushing back gnats in addition to the BMC added to every watering. Two will be going into thier final 5 gallon fabric pots in 3 weeks. Tempature and humidity are very steady. Let's goooo!

Left to right: BOO, FMF, FMF

Day 39

These girls are thirsty! Pots were super light yesterday, but I only water mornings. This help balance the humidity come lights off. Not alot has changed as it's only been two days but these girls are really doing well. FMFX #2 is my favorite, out the gate this responded well to training and I just love her look. BOO is coming around, not my favorite growth wise but she will get some extra attention to see if we can balance the scale. The FMFX #1 aka BIG BERTHA per my notes lol is straight up killing it! Super healthy, vigorous and was always the largest plant in the room. Deciding on which FMFX will be going to flower is going be difficult but as of right now it's #2. Just due to it being more in size with the BOO and her shape. They all took 48oz. Of straight tap water, the little runoff observed was quickly absorbed.

FMFX #2


BOO


FMFX aka BIG BERTHA