I've been growing for myself since my early 20's, almost 30 years. But I'm definitely not a pro. Had a great mentor. Definitely a dirt guy. I've done tons of hydro but... I prefer dirt. Let me show you a couple of "alt methods" that a lot of people don't do. Works for me. Might not work for you. Just a different take on things I guess.
I'm an old hippie. Bald now but whatever lol.
REAL WOMEN APPRECIATE A MAN WHO'S... "WELL MANICURED"
But I like variety.
AND I LIKE A VARIETY OF REAL LOVELY G'S
And sometimes I like the classics like Jack Herrer and White Widow, NL #5 and Cali Orange. Other times I do Gorilla Glue x
YOU'RE MAKING ME HOT
LIKE DOODS?
Your Momma's Ass or wtf ever
TEACH ME
is the latest rage. The trouble with having had a LOT of good smoke is... I like A LOT of variety. So I started making my momma plants into the real deal bonsai.
U HAVE TO HELP ME WITH YOUR TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT!
LOOKING TO FIND EXPONENTIAL ENTOURAGE EFFECTS
FROM THE COMBINING OF AS MANY STRAINS AS POSSIBLE
HOWEVER U INTAKE
That way, under a 4 x 2 light, I can hold 12+ varieties at a time.
ARE YOU
GRAFTING
DOD HAS DONE SOME WORK, TO THIS END TO HAVE, I BELIEVE, A MOTHER SUPPORTING MULTIPLE STRAINS. MY FAMILY DOES THIS, BUT THEY DON'T SHARE SECRETS
Lots of people say "Bro.... DON'T fuck with the roots." Yep it adds stunt time. But the end result is a very healthy plant that will stay in veg for years if cared for properly. And they are clone machines. This one is being trained in the "traditional" bonsai hi/low technique. When it's done, there will be only top side shoots with the two main growth shoots on the left and right remaining. The longer both sides get, the more clone sites I have. Each time I clone, 2 more come back. It's like a never ending tree of life lol :)
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The project I decided to do for this year's grow is WW from the classics and a 3 strain HSC experiment. This is HSC's Pineapple Muffin on this thread:
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/grow-3-pineapple-muffin-hsc-beans.114141/#post-2442960 There is a video near the top. Check that weird thing out.
I have 3 of these plus another mother growing. The other two are indica dominant and I'm letting them grow "naturally"... single cola 2 - 3 growth nodes under the cola.
On this weird beast... it was going to be a momma. But it won't stop flowering and this isn't an auto flower strain. I put it under 24/7 for a total of two weeks. It slowed and then BOOM off it went again over the past few days. It's blowing out pistels faster than a whore on a dick train under 24/7... wtf. So... it's going into a flowering cycle tomorrow.
It's topped. Then all of the branches were trained straight out from the stalk. The ends have been allowed to curl up and will no longer be restricted/straightened. This allows for cola like growth on the ends of each branch, similar to what you'd expect from 'super cropping'. I do this with all of my sativa dominant plants but leave the main growth shoot in place so that I have a good chance at a monster cola. But... I've never done it with an Indica for "production" until now.
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I'm also looking for what would be little nugs forming a big cola to turn into tighter taller bigger nugs growing straight up instead of hugging the stalk. Not saying it's a better technique or anything. It's just an experiment.
VERY COOL