The autos on 3gal seem to have bounced, so I Started an LST and tied them down. I ripped little bit of some leaves 
The others are still in progress. I haven’t watered in almost 7 days. I think I’ll be watering tomorrow I start to see some yellowing and the pots are pretty light.
Watered the 1 gallons yesterday and one of the 3 gal today. The autos on the 3 gal seem to be doing fine. It’s the S1s on the 1 gal that keep droopy (they were super light when I watered them) I know they will bounce, but I’m not sure if I’m dealing with poor aeration (maybe my peat compacted too much?) or what, I’ve also read it can be low calcium (my tap water is 120ppm but I did have lime and gypsum in there).
They have been doing alright. Adjusted vpd, turned down lights a bit, adjusted ph to 6 and watered very slowly. I’m still having humidity issues at night messing with ideal vpd.
Anyway today I fimmed one, topped to 2nd node another and lst three.
I know it’s too small of a sample, but I don’t get fimming. I don’t understand the benefits and I haven’t seen them.
Topping at the second node on the other hand seemed to be the least stressful training technique that I implemented. The plant bounced the next day.
all the lst and fimm seem to have had a more stressful effect on the plants than top at 2nd.
soon I’m going to have to take them to the flowering space.
You are not the only one!..
I Fimmed a bunch only to see ‘I wasn’t hitting low enough’ (those plants were out of control)
I started fooling around with small seamstress scissors.etc.
Nope. I’m back to BAM you are gone topping, I can hit that consistently.
Cheers
G
Yeah I figured i prob didn’t cut at the right place… so in that case I’ll just go to topping like you lol.
I got the topping idea from UncleBen (although after reading lots of his stuff I realize he was a bit of a hit and miss in terms of advice and other stuff…). But in this regard, topping at the 2nd node made a very well distributed plant with four colas. I think you can tell in the picture which one it is.
So I think I have figured it, it’s a combo of non ideal vpd and high light intensity that had them drooping. I raised lights a bit more and gave them one more hour of rest, and they surely appreciated it
I have finally separated the autos and the photos.
The whole thing has been a bit overwhelming, I think I have mites but I haven’t seen them although I’m pretty sure I spotted eggs. I’m wiping the foliage with potassic soap and taking a closer look.
Lollipopping DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT - but I did it anyway.
I noticed humidity spikes at night - I think I’m at week 3 in flower and decided to do it before I regretted with bud rot or something.
Before & after / I did not want to overdo it. (Should I have cut more ??)
Auto room (uneven) and S1 room still vegging (they get transplanted on Thursday and flipped in a week from then)
offically my first bud shots, don´t laugh… its only week 3 of flower - but i am so cornily proud. I hope they stay healthy and dont hermie from all the stress ive caused them
by the way, IS THERE A PATRON SAINT FOR MARIJUANA GROWERS?? im not a religious man, but i can always start.
End of week 3.
One of them has shown a deficiency that looks like K def. Im just not sure, it wouldn’t make that much sense.
buds forming.
Debatable. for example to the followers of Cathol, April 20 is St Marian, but I dont think he had anything to do with bhang… which leads me to Ganesha, the indian elephant god, opener of the way, remover of obstacles, I read some of them dirty hippies consider him to be weeds patron saint, HOWEVER, being a god excludes being a saint, no?
which leaves the inhabitants of daar-al-islam to consider. now, they had the sufis and they had the hashishim but did you know about Khizr? yup, the sufis liked him a lot.
I’d say Khizr or Khidr is the most fitting.
Quality stuff! thanks!!
my pleasure! yep, al-Khadr kinda reads like Elija (chariots wheels etc) or elijah analoge…islamic mythos is mostly fun. I dont mind the sufis, Rumi had some wise thoughts but nothing the stoics weren’t jabbering about 1000yrs earlier. Omar Khayyam’s poetry is beautiful and that fucker loved his wine… anyway, what do I know.
Along for the ride. Man I need to read more journals.
Looking forward to seeing this in action.
If you’re going to hit her with epsom are you adding it to your feed or foliar spray?
its a tough one, i see a lot of people advise against spraying anything on flower, but at the same time I feel I need a quick response. not sure if to spray carefully away from the buds, or just top dress and wait.
I did a light foliar on one with epsom salts, see how it goes from there.
some baby bud (start of week 4 I believe) shots in the meanwhile.
