Top away, I'm a topping nut, I can't help myself. I pinch the tops off right up until about 10 days before I flip. I want the 2 shoots under my topping to produce small branches, elongating the top buds. If I top and flip I get 2 smaller pine cone sized buds where I toppedThis is pretty relieving for me, so thank you.
I appreciate what you're saying, but I still don't fully understand. Can you point out where there's light stress in my pics? I'm not sure what to look for in that regard.
I've never really been much of a gardener, and never really had anyone who could show me the basics, so I've been solely going by things I've read online, youtube videos, and now this forum. And while there's lots of great information, sometimes it just doesn't click until I can see/feel it in person.
Anyway, here's a pic this morning. I did some more LST'ing, so hopefully I'm doing okay with it.
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So, from what I'm experiencing/seeing, training topped plants is a ton easier than non-topped in regards to getting the bud sites out from under the foliage.
Think it would be too late to top the 2 left plants? I plan on flipping at the end of the month to a 12/12 cycle. Would those 2 recover fast enough and would it be worth it at this point, or just ride it out?
What I'm seeing with your girls is that what ever light you are using its, keeping them short and compact with nice wide Indica leaves. If you top you might get a mess of leaves in the center and you might want to cut off the large fan leaves that are over bud sites once you flip. I find adding red led lights in veg will help stretch short stalky plants like that if you want more heightThis is pretty relieving for me, so thank you.
I appreciate what you're saying, but I still don't fully understand. Can you point out where there's light stress in my pics? I'm not sure what to look for in that regard.
I've never really been much of a gardener, and never really had anyone who could show me the basics, so I've been solely going by things I've read online, youtube videos, and now this forum. And while there's lots of great information, sometimes it just doesn't click until I can see/feel it in person.
Anyway, here's a pic this morning. I did some more LST'ing, so hopefully I'm doing okay with it.
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So, from what I'm experiencing/seeing, training topped plants is a ton easier than non-topped in regards to getting the bud sites out from under the foliage.
Think it would be too late to top the 2 left plants? I plan on flipping at the end of the month to a 12/12 cycle. Would those 2 recover fast enough and would it be worth it at this point, or just ride it out?
I always suggest newbs learn basic plant biology first. Once you learn how a plant grows and what systems it uses to accomplish that you won't have to second guess yourself and 90% of your questions will be answered. This forum is for the other 10%!
Oh man that's a fun story :)Agreed. My Mother is an avid gardener, where I learned it in the first place, but was completely against any sort of weed cultivation, you know, reefer madness. After Cali went rec legal, I brought her a clone and told her to grow it but not flower it so that she wasn't too uncomfortable. After 2 weeks she called me and asked me what kind of fertilizer I had left her and if it was ok to use on her other plants because the weed plant was growing at a fantastic rate!
I told her weed was a great plant for beginning gardeners because, as you mentioned, they are very hardy and can take newb mistakes. She confirmed it by telling me she had accidently fallen on the plant when she was trying to access some other plants and figured she'd killed the plant. NOPE! She was amazed at how quickly it bounced back and got even bigger!!
She started questioning me on flowering methods and processes!!
She's still opposed to weed in general but she told me she has a new found respect for the plant itself. She said she really enjoyed growing it and understood why I like to grow it.
Yeah that’s what I thought. I’ll give it another few days to confirm though. At worst I can move them upstairs and harvest the pollen sacks@PipeCarver could just be genetics too, it's bagseed, not sure what strains are growing. Early signs of a couple of males...
This an old pic of a Cherry Bomb I grew when I had 5' from light to floor, keeping it 18" away from my 1000w hps. I vegged for 3 months and used a lattice for support. It was about 3.5 ft from soil to top.Okay cool. I’ll top the other 2 today, then.
I’m hoping for a max height of like 3.5 feet, so I was thinking of flipping between the height of 15 and 18”, just because I don’t want to risk light bleaching of the buds or running out of room for growth, so I don’t mind too much about the bushing (though that really seems to be happening with the top right - the rest are growing between .5 and 1.25” a day, with the top right being between 0.25 and 0.75”. (As of the last 2-3 days, anyway).
As for the light, I’ll likely upgrade when I start my next grow :)
I can't tell until I see balls, I've grown out a bunch of plants I thought fem....old and 1/2 blind doesn't help. It sucks to grow for 6-8 weeks. flip and see balls....Its best for me just to get fems from the beginning.2 of my plants have started showing their genders!
Top left plant:
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Bottom left plant:
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Probably still too soon to tell, though. Any guesses? From pictures I've seen, it looks like male to me on both, but I'm not seeing a stem, so maybe still female?
I can't tell until I see balls, I've grown out a bunch of plants I thought fem....old and 1/2 blind doesn't help. It sucks to grow for 6-8 weeks. flip and see balls....Its best for me just to get fems from the beginning.
Beautiful!!!This an old pic of a Cherry Bomb I grew when I had 5' from light to floor, keeping it 18" away from my 1000w hps. I vegged for 3 months and used a lattice for support. It was about 3.5 ft from soil to top.View attachment 1292082
There's a member on THCFamer that sells clones. His screen name is Trustfall. Check out the clones he has for sale. Seem like good genetics and guaranteed ladies!!I tried buying seeds online earlier in the year, which flagged as suspicious activity in my card, so I ended up getting seeds from my dealer instead.
I did manage to order some online last month without issue, so that’ll be what I use in my next grow.
Patience Young Padawan!!!
I was in the same boat. I thought I had 6 females but once they popped it turned out that 4 were males.
Healthy plants will never grow faster with less light. That makes no sense at all... You can give them too much, but that's not the case here if the PPFD is around 500
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