Carcass' $150 Low Budget Grow 2019

Ha! And her branches are sag-proof, since they're already leaning on all 4 walls...the box is like a big ol' cardboard tomato cage.. :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
My condolences to you and your wife on the passing of her aunt.

Your GSC is just gorgeous, Carcass! Nice work.

The rest of the plants look good as well.

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Well, yesterday I decided I had to do something to be able to take overhead pics of my indoor plant...
She's getting too big to take pics through the "viewing port" that I installed after mounting the new light.
The top used to open up on the box, but it doesn't since the @NextLight 420h got mounted on top.

So, I made up a couple of hinges..
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Now it opens again...

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That's it!
I'll be back in here tomorrow with an update or two-
Thanks for looking, I appreciate the support! :love:
Get! Out!

:bravo::love::love: Just love that so much!

please remind me … this box is still a reinforced cardboard box, right?

great to catch up! Looking splendid :passitleft:
 
My condolences to you and your wife on the passing of her aunt.
Thank you, HashGirl :love:
Your GSC is just gorgeous, Carcass! Nice work.
She's testing the limits of the ol' box, that's for sure! Still growing, too...I thought she was done, but she's grown another inch since Monday...
this box is still a reinforced cardboard box, right?
Hi, Amy! I'm honored to have you stop by my journal... It's really nice to see you, and I hope life is treating you well:love:

Thanks for the compliment, Amy!

Ha! Same old 2ply Home Depot wardrobe box- with a little more headroom than there used to be...and, now it's a convertible...:cheesygrinsmiley:
 
Now it's time for training Update #9...
This update is about what to do when the branches are trying to get tall, and they're getting a little too big to tie down...

This mostly concerns the 6 or 8 main branches, but you can also do this to the smaller branches if they're wanting to get taller than the others...
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If you do this to a branch, it'll stop growing for a couple of days, while the stem repairs itself...
You need to squeeze pretty hard when you do this...or..you can just mash the branch with pliers, but I don't do it that way...This is sort of like supercropping, but without the bending....

@Trala isn't going to like this part... :)
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And now, a little about trimming/defoliation:

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I like the bottom third of the plant to be pretty "open" - it looks better, it helps with airflow and light penetration, and if you get rid of the larf now, you don't have to deal with it at harvest time....

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You may want to do it a little better than I do- totally up to you...

This is probably the last installment on the canopy training- from here on in, we just let her grow, and do what we can to keep things flat- and (in my case) hope she's about done stretching...:hmmmm:

Although- If there's something I haven't covered well enough, or there's a specific step that you'd like explained better, feel free to let me know, and I'll gladly go over it with you, or do another tutorial update.

Thanks for looking, and I hope I've been of some help to those of you that are interested in this training method.:high-five:

Thanks for looking!
I really appreciate all of you...:love:
This is awesome!! I'm going to try this next run, copied all 9 steps for future reference :)

Do you do it this way with autos too.
 
Hi, @Timhomegrow , and welcome to my little journal!
This is awesome!! I'm going to try this next run,
I've grown about 5 of them that way, although, this GSC is the biggest one so far- all the others stopped growing at 17" tall, this one's 24", and in a 5 gallon pot instead of the usual 3 gallon. Even though the last one (@Herbies Seeds /Blueberry Hill) was only 17" tall, she still produced 7.6 oz of great smoke.:lot-o-toke:
Do you do it this way with autos too.
I tried it with one auto (CBD Pink Kush) but the plant ended up 5" tall, and about 14" wide, and didn't produce much- but that plant started flowering at day 16 above ground..

I think it would work, but how well it worked would depend on the auto.

Something with a long veg would do pretty well, but 90% of the autos I've grown have started flowering at 21 days old (or sooner), and that's not enough time to get much training done.

But, some autos will still grow quite a bit after flowering starts, and some won't, but you usually don't know which one you've got until she's at least a month and a half old.

I will try it again, possibly with an auto that has a known long veg time.

Thanks for stopping by, Tim- Don't be a stranger!
 
He's still around, just not around here....(sorry, I can't really go into "why")
If you talk to him, tell him I said hello.
I'll do that,Tim- I talk to him a couple times a week...
 
This is awesome!! I'm going to try this next run, copied all 9 steps for future reference :)

Do you do it this way with autos too.
@Timhomegrow would you be willing to share with me please? I've been wanting to do this myself.

@Carcass , how wide do they get on average?
 
@Timhomegrow would you be willing to share with me please? I've been wanting to do this myself.

@Carcass , how wide do they
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Wow! Thank you for that, Tim! :thumb:
@Carcass , how wide do they get on average
I'm limited in that box, so I stop training them wider at 18", and they end up 24" wide, because, as they grow upward, that also lean outward...they might end up even wider, but they hit the walls in the box at 24"...
The upside to hitting the walls, is that I don't need to support the branches, because they've got something to lean on...:)
 
I did the easy part ha. Tha k you for the great tutorial!
He actually gives 1:1 lessons if you’re lucky. So my advice (not that you asked lol) tag him in your journal. I call it a CarCanopying :)

Lesson 1: make some Carhooks

And good luck! Learning this technique has changed the way I grow.
 
I did the easy part ha. Tha k you for the great tutorial!
Thank you so much! It's quite a bit of work to compile that list, so it really is great to have that bookmarked now.
 
I did the easy part ha. Tha k you for the great tutorial!
Oh, you're very welcome, Tim! And thanks again for putting that together :thanks:
Learning this technique has changed the way I grow.
And you were already damn good at it!
It's quite a bit of work to compile that list, so it really is great to have that bookmarked now.
I know, right? That's pretty darn cool!


And while I'm here, I've got a little Harvest Update...
The Wookiee auto is/was 82 days old today, and it was time- she hadn't really slowed down her drinking, which is what I usually wait for, but she had sooo much amber that I didn't need a loupe to see it, so I decided today's the day.
She went ten days longer than the ones my son has grown, but his haven't been the "foxtail" pheno like this one...

A few parting shots:


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Not really much to her, but what there is is frosty, stinky, and sticky...
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And her buds are funny looking, but they're pretty dense
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One last shot...
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And here she is an hour later- I did a pretty loose trim on her- lots of frost on those little leaves, so I left them on...
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Triple bud ( DDa in the background :love:)
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Should be about an ounce and a half dried...
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And into the OCD® she goes...(Odorless Cannabis Dryer:cheesygrinsmiley: )
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She'll probably hang here for 6 days or so- I've got the exhaust fan set to come on for 30 minutes, every 6 hours-
Last time, the fan was set for 30 minutes every 2 hours, and the weed dried too fast, so we'll see if the new timing slows things down a little..

And that's it for that one!
Thanks for looking, I appreciate the support...:love:

I'll be back in here tomorrow with my usual update, hope to see you then!
 
Goodbye Wookie! :ciao:

Congrats Carcass! :)
 
Nice little haul from Wookies, Carcass. If I compare my CK, 82 days seems quite long, even the ten days shorter seems quite long. How many days in flower? Did you have a longish veg?
 
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