My RDWC grow. First grow since early 80's.

[Olddude420]

Few more before & after. Yikes

 

[Olddude420]

Well, what a difference a good nights 12 hour sleep does. Girls woke up from their nap last night at 10:30PM and started back into their stretch like nobodies business. I checked on them this morning before leaving for work and they were looking awesome. Even rewarded by either a really light colored leaf popping our or what appears to be the first white hair on the bud site. ? Last couple pics

 

[Olddude420]

Took a few pics this morning before work and the girls seem to be doing well. Seem to be constantly stretching up in this pre-flower stage. I really like to be able to look under their skirts and see all the way across the tent. I have 1 fan on each corner (2 total) and can see the air movement as it pivots. Just waiting for some buds to start forming. I thought I seen the first white hair yesterday, but I guess it was a really light colored leaf poking out. Should be something bud wise in the next week or two to look at I think.

 

[Olddude420]

few more

 

[Olddude420]

Gone for the weekend and came home to bushy plants that are stretching out. Gonna need to defoliate.

 

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After a major defoliation they looked so bad last night I didn't take any pictures. Popped my head in the tent this morning and they were looking mighty healthy with some air space. Major difference. Got hairs starting to pop out at bud sites but no real buds yet here at day 13 since I switched the lights to 12/12. Hopefully within a week or so we will have some to look at.

 

[munchies]

Looking good man , your gonna have some monsters when they hit the stretch

 

[Olddude420]

Looking good man , your gonna have some monsters when they hit the stretch

@munchies thanks. I am hoping they don't get to monster. they have been stretching a little for the past 10 days.

 

[Olddude420]

Day #53 and #14 since the 12/12 flip and this morning there are some bud sites showing blossoms opening up finally. Yay. Can't wait to see all 4 plants with buds all over them.

 

[Olddude420]

few more. You all have probably already figured out that these pics are for me as much or more than they are for you. I need to be able to go back after the grown and especially next grow to see how long this one took for milestones like this. Less than 60 days since last pic.

 

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Last for today

 

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[Beachbumm]

Looking good!

 

[Organic13]

Plants are looking great.

 

[KushCultivator]

You’ve clearly put in the work Nice job!

 

[AZreefer]

Brother how am I just now finding your thread? Now that I have I'm in. These pics are looking good.

 

[Olddude420]

Plants are looking great.

@Organic13 thanks

You’ve clearly put in the work Nice job!

@KushCultivator yes. thank you fingers crossed

Brother how am I just now finding your thread? Now that I have I'm in. These pics are looking good.

@AZreefer must be too much of that AZreefer? You think? thanks.
Few pics from this morning before I headed out to work. Looking like some of those skyrocket stretch branches are slowing down a little now and bud sites are starting to stack up a little. Hoping for great things in the next 60 days. Oh, and today is day number 54 since first throwing the little seedling in the net pot and putting her under the lamp. Pretty awesome growth and changes in less that 2 months time?

 

[Olddude420]

Man when I first started this grow I saw guys "lollipopping" the undergrowth and I thought well that's stupid. Those branches and buds could amount to something. Why start the producing buds from trellis line up. Why not start at the bottom and run em shorter. Well, now that I am at the 54 day mark and have defoliated my under-skirt area I see the reason and effect of allowing better air flow to combat mold, mildew, bud rot. "I'm old and a little slow, but I'm slowly getting it". I really do like looking at the bottom undercarriage. Can definitely see the supercropping and what it did to help spread out the lower branches.
Without the lollipopping the bottom would be a jungle of leaves and popcorn buds that would never amount to anything. I dig it. There's some smart sum-beeches here and out there in grow land.

 

[AZreefer]

The lollipop looks good. You need to pull off the little leaves from the lollipoped...pop-ed...popped, lollipopped? Lol oh hell all the tiny leaves under the canopy need to go. They are battery drains.

Check it out, super crop is a snapping of a branch without breaking the skin to let a branch fall.

When you chop the top to bush the plant more it's topping.

But your plants are going to make you some big ass buds sir!

 

[Olddude420]

The lollipop looks good. You need to pull off the little leaves from the lollipoped...pop-ed...popped, lollipopped? Lol oh hell all the tiny leaves under the canopy need to go. They are battery drains.

Yes. Working on em as the pop out.

Check it out, super crop is a snapping of a branch without breaking the skin to let a branch fall.

I know..I squeezed each branch on the first 4 sets of branches till I felt the inner structure pop, then bent them over at 90* angles & tied each set of branches to my aluminum rods to keep them at 90* angles until I removed the rods later. See my earlier pics of first training & the big fat knuckles at each branch. I suppose most folks only do supercropping on the upper part of canopy that you've seen?

When you chop the top to bush the plant more it's topping.

Yes. I know. Topping is my thing. Good or bad it's what I fid on every plant I've ever grown. See my canopy. Hundred tops.

But your plants are going to make you some big ass buds sir!

Thank you. I think so too. Was hoping to keep em on the smaller side to avoid potential rot, but I guess the strain DNA will to what it wants to do in that regard.