In other news though, we’re down to six plants. I think it was the right thing to do, they were beginning to get cramped, and once they’re all in 11L pots, eight would be way too crowded.
Of the six remaining, two were successfully topped around two weeks ago and are really spreading out nicely (front right and front centre). One was butchered by a poor n00b attempt at FIMing (back centre, obviously ), but she’s powered through, and was topped properly, along with the three others about 5-6 days ago.
I chose to top at different times simply as an experiment. If I need to build a little shelf for the shorter ones to even out the canopy during flowering, so be it. The three I delayed topping have definitely grown taller, and with larger leaves, although the ones I topped earlier are catching up.
I double-topped the self-topper, and she’s responded fine (as the pic on my last post shows).
I’ve decided to leave the LST etc. alone for this first grow, as I realise that frankly I have a decent amount of height to play with in my cabinet, and I’ve managed to keep stretch pretty minimal by keeping the 250W CFL nice and close from day 1.
I’ve just finished converting a wardrobe into a veg box with a little propagation chamber built in, and I think I’ll struggle to train wide and stout plants in there. Maybe I’ll start a new thread detailing the build if people would be interested. I’m really pleased with how it’s come out, and can’t wait to start cloning from one of these babes and get a little perpetual on the go
Tx