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Coming up to the weekend and the ladies are getting greener and taller and lovelier by the day

as far as training goes, you can see i have topped both plans quite low, allowing the bottom 4 stems to dominate the growth. i will likely not be doing too much training other than this and will rely on the use of my flowering stakes and trellis netting for plant containment and late flower support. i will use leave tucking and be cleaning up my stems to promote energy to the upper growth and main colas this is my usual training method, if i have time, i will top the plants until i have an even canopy and then flip, but that will not be the case with these ladies in this competition. they will do their thing and flower 4-6 colas each

Week 3 Update / Veg Week 2 Going to be out of town for the weekend so I'll update now or else risk the wrath of the 420SA police Well not much has changed environment-wise. The hydro ladies are still using the same res solution as before but it's still looking good, PH and EC have been stable so I've left it to be. I have been waiting for the true leaves to do a change. I am noticing some lighter-than-normal green on the new growth now so I'll do a res change on Sunday and take the feed up a notch. PH 5.8, EC 0.5. Ms Organic seems happy as well albeit a little slower than her compadres but she is hanging in there. Been giving her a light feed of TA pro organic with environoc401. Did try @iGrowDagga's Epsom salt foliar on all the ladies, will check if anything changes Today I swapped my kak blurple light for a 120W LED light I got with Samsung diodes so I'll check what that does to the girls. I also acquired a 240W QB from Light It Up that I'm currently using to flower my other tent. Fortunately, the timing will be perfect to flower these girls with that light when I'm done there. So enough rant...

Well to put it as simple as it gets once rooted you can transplant to final pot and out of dome, and feed light for about a week before feeding as normal. Atleast this is how I've done it always and never had any issues

I am nearly done with another project where I am isolating a mother from a pack of 10 Regular Tortoni F1's. I got six females and I am eyeing between two really good looking ladies. They are about halfway now through flower. This fem Tortoni for the comp is really just for fun fun. I'm already so up to my tits in mothers and clones from building up my stable over the last while.

Hope you cloning that top

Sundays are for Jesus, bro

I keep things simple, do not have time to baby plants. Cuttings go into water for a few hours, then into the jiffies / plugs and into the clone dome which sits inside the veg tent. Due to the other plants in the veg tent, the RH is often reasonable and not too low. Based on the RH in the tent, will determine whether I have the airflow adjustment on the clone dome fully closed or a little open. Once I start to see some root being pushed or if the humidity builds up in the dome too much then I will open the airflow holes fully. Once there are roots, I pot up the clones and they go into the veg tent - no further acclimation from my side once they've been potted up. I have not had issues doing this.

Looks like the 3rd seed never popped. So only 2 beautiful ones are growing.

left center of the Milky Way All there.. the horse head nebula with the pillars of creation all in one bid of bud, hard to get more sprinkled then that... next step is dripping buds.. find some green!

The Slurricane sugar leaves just don't pray.. seems to be a specialty of that strain. The fan leaves pray as usual ^^ but they get frosty.. I give em that. As the only taste counting at the end, is when you smoke the result... curious. Sticky shit

Getting my chair closer for this type of training Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

I have repotted into a 17L fabric pot and also topped and trimmed The One so I may begin the training. Plant looks a bit droopy due to drying out the pot in preparation for the transplant. I watered with 0.8ml Grow/Micro/Bloom + 0.8ml Silicon per litre. All the branches were looking a bit min and I would usually expect them to be a bit longer by this time but I decided the top needed to happen soon if I were going to commit to it. I'm hoping the fat fan leaves will help in pushing power to the growth node and push those branches a bit faster. I have a feeling now that it only has the single set of branches it will push faster at those points.

Once the roots show outside the jiffy.. directly into a 3 liter pot with FF Premium Classic.. just water for a week, then they get the first feeding. No dome.. i treat them like plants just out of germination. As long as the medium is not to hot, you should have zero issues.

@Naughty.Psychonaut Banana Hammock's Nope.. no diary on those.. to many different strains right now.. to much work ^^ Their leaves just turned purple, result will be nice.. but.. way to much hassle to get there. Most colas go side ways ^^

They put some thought into their lights.. and the controls are best I saw so far. If you look for a new light, might want to chat up Flame.. hope she is as hot has her name hehehehe Contact: flamepeng@ledlightinside.com Site: https://www.ledlightinside.com I like those bar lamps Datasheet-Sundro Series led grow bar-RYGH.pdf Price List 1000 Watt, 700 Watt, 510 Watt and 250 Watt option S1000 1-50 Units 681.64$ S700 1-50 Units 486.33$ S510 1-50 Units 369.14$ S250 1-50 Units 232.42$ 2 Dimmer options Knobs or Touch Screen, the Touch Screen looks very sexy ^^ but is 100$ Thinking to get a 510 or even a 700 to try.

Day 27 since seeds got wet Ladies look okay I reckon. Before moving them into new pots and into a tent a week ago, the leaves on #1 & #2 started drooping and warping a bit - I think down to watering and possibly even too much wind. While their 1st sets of leaves still look a lil droopy, their other sets have perked up nicely since moving into their new homes. I've been watering every 2 days and with a light dose of Acti-vera because a lil Aloe never hurts and I get to feel like I'm giving them something Despite getting the same treatment #3 didn't show the same damage as #1 and #2 - and seems to be the most vibrant of the lot now. Looks to me like #3/3rd wave isn't here to stuff around and has stepped up as the front runner while the other 2 likely stunted a bit but it is maybe still too soon to call that. I'm going to clean up the bottom bits and maybe top the ladies this weekend. Might be a bit risky with only 23 days of veg left - I don't know but meh... something about a biscuit and risk Made some more GIFs of the ladies dancing - roughly 2hrs 15mins condensed into about 5 seconds. Might need to create an account on OnlyFanLeaves.com or something like that #2 showing she can move too #3

Yar can I pullin!

Lol, people and their complicated processes. Cut, keep in water, place in whatever clone media you perform, once they have roots, pot up and grow. Not that difficult. You can ask @PsyCLownabout me eyeballing nutrients, I'm sure it irritates him

nice man, that's a completely different plant than my banana pheno! looky not the best photos, here's the buds here she was amongst the canopy, back right, just showing how she wasn't the bushiest girl

For veg they have been pretty consistent with a shorter expression, but remember that I have forced the tight nodal spacing with light. As they progress through stretch the different or similar heights will be clear. Males, even from a similar pheno group tend to exadurate their main cola to get that pollen as high up as possible

i change light end week 6.. they still shoot during pre.. not worried they stay small. But with Eskom load shedding and the temp drops.. i can't buffer those, just the light for the mother tent and emergency ventilation for the flower tent. Cold slows things down.. if Eskom goes stage 4.. can't buffer that for more than one day (charger doesn't get the amps back into the batteries on time).. i just calculate some extra time.. if I finish earlier.. so be it.

Closeup on the male

Once they show roots, at about 7-10days ( coco, solo cup, clone dome with leds) Start by gradually exposing them to 'final home' conditions. Outdoor, I'll expose them to sun/weather by placing them in a shady spot for a few hours, then extending/increasing the exposure time over the course of a week. Still in solo cup, feed some AACT and light nutes. Then they get transplanted/up potted to soil with some myco. Wait for new positive growth and carry on as usual.

*Hardening off is the acclimatization of rooted cuttings/seedlings prior to putting the plants into the growing environment... You just slowly expose the rooted cuts to the new environment conditions over a X many days. Simple example is taking the lid off the humidity dome.

25 days since I planted directly into 10l pot and almost succeeded in killing them. 3 days since I repotted into smaller pots and I seem to have pulled a rabbit out of the hat. Plants seem to be bouncing back some what. Do you think it's the Epsom salt light foliage spray I gave them @iGrowDagga? I've decided I'll be inviting my two QB75's to the party. One either side the 240W and dial them to what will be optimum lighting or close to for my 900mm x 900mm area. As far as training goes I'm stumped as I think time has run out. Not sure. Will see.

Yep Im currently looking at Bio Neem or Margaret Roberts ... I really am fed up with pests outdoor. Been killing Numerous Grasshoppers ..

Nice nice nice, propper update thanks! Lol @ the warth of 420 Popo

Thx for input fellow growers , seems that I take to long in the dome after transplant , will give it a go [emoji3577] Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

Ignorance is bliss.

wow, what an opinion....

Christ, how the fuck do you live with such a revoltingly toxic ego. Eeeeew.

damn...now thats hella cheap

@Prom Bud you're counting your weeks as 6 days, you're supposed to count 7days

Whatever yo... Don't stray to far off on that tangent.

with all that said, going back to the first statement, if you take cuts from a mom that's in bad health or you cut a weak spindly little branch you can have all the above in check, still won't get roots. Tip - the lower on the plant you take a cut the more auxins will be available in the cut as it is a hormone associated with plant body development and having it come from the lower part of the plant there will be more "root developing properties" to those hormones. So not always the tops and top branches that make the best cuttings.

Awe people , been a few days. Moved lights up about 10cm and another 15 waiting for them . They week 2 day 2 now and got there weekly Fire Juice and Probiotics . Cleaned there legs up and busy defoling bit by bit in the next few days .

Load shedding. Had to pull out the riot tazer and some torches. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

@DamDave I 100% contribute their recovery to the Epsom! It's turned dead plants back to life in front of my eyes multiple times!

Keep pushing. You got this!

Update: Week 4 of veg These plants are really impressive. Despite my best attempt to poison them they are recovering really well. I'd still say that has cost be a good two weeks, but its fun to watch them recover whatever :) The old leaves are still droopy and are starting to yellow. The new leaves are looking nice and healthy

Yeah the dosage does seem a bit high, I normally do it at half dose, and use that as a drench, I think normal dose is 10ml per L, if I'm not mistaken. But ya, the plants respond nicely to less especially in amended mixes which is almost always the case. I'm keen to try it in a foliar, I usually use kelp micronized in a foliar, obviously the availability wouldn't be as high as kelpak, however I usually mix a batch and let it sit in a spray bottle (like a quarter scalpel tiny bit!), and that will sit for no more than a week, leaves pray hard with that foliar.

Also completely screws with light meter apps Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Didn't document the runt being transplanted as she's not gonna be receiving too much spotlight. - Skieming to spray het with a dunkload of Epsom what your reckon? Purple Aunt is going very short & busy, not sure if I approve or not. Green Aunty is going luscious, but also a bit stocky. Will be setting up the actual light this weekend, it'll bring the stretch I'm looking for.

I saw those lights before this thread started. Having one look at it I realized they weren't even better than any recommended flood light. I would stay clear. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Looking very cool man. I see you did a full on lollipop on all the ladies. I would throw a number out of between 10 to 15 grams dry trim weight per plant. So all in all between 160 and 200 grams I would guestimate... I enjoyed following your grow. Went a lot faster than a Baobab