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tropicalcannabispatient
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Yes. What lights u have 4 flower
Blunted 4 lyfe
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Thats it my man you got it, nows the time NOT to stop, do some topping & FiMing to get that full dress up "look". I turned 1cola site into 8 by topping the same cutting twice on one side and twice on the other.
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Blunted 4 lyfe
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10-9-8-7-6-5-4....do your thing! The only reason I've not had the opportunity to try mainlining is because I found out about it too late into my grow but if it increases bud yield I'm a huge fan.
I really like the look of a mainlined plant. It's like an optical illusion 2 plants growing instead of 1.
Happy growing!
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Blunted 4 lyfe
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Looks great how tall is she now? She looks to be around 12-15 inches, one of mine is 19" after 24 days of flower my AK47 is the tallest so far at 28" at day 24 of flower but it stretched from 18" after flip. The 19" one was a freebie seed (marmalate) the genetics on that one says it is a short plant but suppose to pack the buds, so far it's living up to the script, lots of compact bud formation.
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Blunted 4 lyfe
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Nice job! How tall is she now? Be a proud Dad how tall is she now? Are you going to scrog her?
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Blunted 4 lyfe
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Mine just finished stretching after week 5 tallest plant is 31.5" smallest is 21", did a shitload of LSTing, Topping not because I'm height limited but to increase yeild.
Are you height limited?
Your bottom fan leaves look a little beat up but who cares everything else looks great, nice job.
You planning on scrogging her? I did some defoliation on mine although some say it's ok others say it's bad but if it helps with yeild why not.
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citeh
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I'm not height limited, but with this little 150w HPS I like to keep my plants as short as possible. Also, I've never been able to keep my oldest/lowest leaves happy with this little light, but it doesn't seem to matter. I've done a little thinning and she hasn't skipped a beat. It's a must with a 150w HPS otherwise I will only get decent flower growth on the top colas. I don't like to mention thinning because some get extremely sensitive about it.
Also your 5 week stretch was probably due to the fact that your AK47 is a sativa dominant hybrid? I'm growing a 100% Indica Afghan Kush.
Also your 5 week stretch was probably due to the fact that your AK47 is a sativa dominant hybrid? I'm growing a 100% Indica Afghan Kush.
Blunted 4 lyfe
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I hear ya on the thinning, some folks are real sensitive about it, I took a flashlight and pointed up form bottom of canopy and if I saw 25% of light through that canopy it was alot so I had to do a surgical haircut. My plants responded nicely to it. Plus I looked up my other strain as well ( marmalate ) and both these strains do very well when pruned, my third strain does not do well in pruning so I left it alone (Polar Express) good thing she's a bit leggy so I just tied her down alot she comes in at 28" tall. For my next run I'm doing Kryptonite, my buddy just did that one, let me tell ya, that shit was slammin and I smoked plenty of good shit better than thai stick ( probably you too young to know what that is 70's ) I'm an old head.
I didn't want to leave you with the wrong impression. I had 3 weeks of stretching not 5, started right after showing sex week 2 weeks and ended at 5. But yes my AK is a hybrid, 70% Sativa/30% Indica, I chose this particular strain for its euphoric properties.
I use leafly.com to look up some strain properties, it seems strains from here you will find easy but you can give them shot, they're from Cali.
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OsmosisJones14
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Holy moly - how'd you get your main stem so fat with such a small amount of foliage? Looking really good.