Background Info:
Second to third grow, give or take. 1st two times went big with a huge 6x6 tent, got about 2-4 ounces each time. This turn I am downgrading to two smaller tents, for space, and curiosity as to the yield and size difference. Last time I was going 5 gallon pots, now I am maybe at a gallon max on all pots in this grow. Also, I have never used anything other than CFL for veg, so this will be a first for MH.
Tent A:
I have never really messed with my plants in terms of topping, which is what I did for tent A from a week on, along with a ghetto SOG trellis netting setup which I have since taken down and turned instead to some LST. Growth seemed a little slow, so I upped Tent A to a 600W MH bulb on a 600w dimable balast set to 75%.
After turning from SOG to LST, I got a little to carried away with some lollipopping, to what you could label extreme, I think for taking off this much growth in veg so early. Or maybe not? I guess that's why I am partially here.
Side note, PM from the get go! Dispo I got these cuttings from must have them in there genetics, grow room, something, because I've gone through two tents both brand new, same problems, same clones, same store. Why I kept buying them, I'm cheap, as you can tell by my ghetto lights. Anyways, I sprayed them with around 1tsp/gallon of green cure prior to the MH light upgrade, and it went slightly away for a while, but has come back with a vengeance lately! I will most likely spray tonight again fully covering the bottom and tops plus stem of the plants in Tent A.
Tent B:
Man, let me say, these craigslist clones I found, almost beat any dispo I've gotten clones from before somehow haha. The person I got them from must be really doing something right. Not only are they bigger than what is in Tent A at the same time in veg, but they look so much healthier, thicker, and ready to blast off. Whereas, Tent A looks like a nursing home for the neglected. Upon researching this strain, it is said to have amazing insomnia, and anxiety reducing benefits, which is what I look for in my medicine at all times aside from quality, taste, and smell.
**This being said, join along on this learning experience as I strive to grow these babies to around the 3.5-4ft mark if I can in these small, discreet tents
Happy Growing - Swisher Sours