Hi growmies. Hope we are all well and red eyed. I have continued the tip spreading as the only training applied and I have to say , the shapes are perfect for allowing the lowers to catch up with the slowed down main stems rush for vertical growth. I have 5/6 ball shaped bushes that allow all the growing tips to light with only a bit of leaf tucking the big fans. I have stripped the lowest tiny sprouts out as they wont develop with the shape I have now but the remaining growth can mostly be encouraged by just being in the light . It has meant I will have to watch the airflow more stringent to avoid nasties. It has given a very neat appearance to the ladies in general but mainly, it allows the light to really hit all the right spots. It will be interesting to see how much it affects final yields with my avg being approx 3oz per auto with some nice long colas helping hit this. Will the squat design that's being enforced make fatties or attempt to burst some longer cola growths ?. Adds a little different angle to this final run of autos after such a great period of easy growing and learning a bit about autos along the way . It has scratched the burning itch i had to do a perpetual run too.
It is the start of flowering for the fast buds ladies with all of them now showing their white female pistils , even the pygmy Mexican airline #1 is ready to roll. The soil has been no issue for them since settling in but the pygmy struggled initially so she seems to want to stay cure and girly unlike her #2 sister who has started to stretch nicely now. She has some very good potential mains coming through.
Sx shooters are both developing so well with this method and are nice sized balls with a lot of strong contenders formations too. #2 is by far my star of the grow though. She has been really quick to develop her female hairs and size. With stretch kicking in , I can see her potential for some great colas. With the huge fan leaves she had grabbing lumens I can only hope my imagination is right , having said that, I thought flared trousers , panda collars and spoon bill shoes made me look cool once !!.
Strawberry pie are both healthy and well but really fighting the mwthod of keeping them down. The sides are angrily stretching to compensate, while the merristem mumbles in protest at its interference.!! More designed to go for the moon , this strain develops less secondary piffle and clumps bud growth in the growing tips mainly. A lot of stem growth for no reason in a grow room In my opinion. Lol . I hope it works !!!. The pics dont do them justice in how healthy they look but with this crap camera it is still possible to see the benefits of tip spreading them for height. In a small area it could be the difference between choosing only small indica strains.
So there we have it. Flowering fun on the last auto run begins and I still have a couple of you with me . Thank you for your continued support and encouragement along the way. I hope it has been worth your visits as it has been to me to receive the comments and giggles. Got to love this community. We have 8-9 weeks to make it a grand finale . With a genuine heartfelt and projected thankyou , until the next one. Be safe and well and love like your life depends on it !!!!
