Omg the horror! I know it too well…
My newest grow, First attempt at Carhooking
I somehow sliced my Mimosa Eva’s hand clean off.On the upside she now has two big hands there now because she responded like she was topped.
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420giirl
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Thanks Trala, what a boring world it would be if we all knew everything about everything lol not to mention learning is fun! I think I’m beginning to understand why this is a “man thing”. I don’t think I could keep up if I still had little ones to look after lol my plants have become my little ones that is for sure!
#girlpower #superwomen
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420giirl
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Oh yeah, I remember reading about that in your journal. I better go take a look so I can get some tips and see what this “carhooking” is about.Omg the horror! I know it too well…
My newest grow, First attempt at Carhooking
On the upside she now has two big hands there now because she responded like she was topped.
I’m hoping it isn’t to late in the game for such a repair. It’s pretty bad! This pic was seconds maybe minutes after the accident. SMH
My grow and logging in here has become my favourite hobby.
I’ll get a comparison pic of what I grew before 420 Mag and after 420 Mag. And the funniest part. I thought my before 420 Mag bud was da bomb lolllingggg.
You need to do it from birth, carhooking I mean. I like a defined X and I like my plants low and wide. I don’t supercrop. I know it’s a popular method, and Carcass does that to his plants too when training, but breaking their limbs gives me legit anxiety, so I had to find another way to guide branches. I use weights. Rocks and padlocks to be exact. I am the only loon who does it this way. Lolll There are some in here who believe the knuckles caused by super cropping makes superior buds.
Don’t sweat it. If you end up with one less Coca-Cola it’s all good
Electrical tape may add more structure to it, but if it's standing upright you can leave it alone and see how it goes!
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420giirl
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Right, so did I!!!! OMG I thought wow I really know what I’m doing for my very first time bc these plants are so bomb!! Even after failing at curing they were still bomb lol
This 2nd grow should be awesome. I’m still figuring out what to prune. When I look at pictures of colas it looks like they removed all branches growing from the main colas. So we’ll see what happens.
Until you get a feel for post-stretch thinning, you're always better off taking too little than too much. Too little just means more larf to trim, but too much can decrease your harvest.
Before 420 Mag
After 420 Mag
Granted I may have gone a bit OTT with the accessories in the after….
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420giirl
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Ok so here is an example lol would you cut all these little branches or leave them. Should I stop about half way up? I marked the ones in question with orange 
Because of the sativa-like structure of the plant I would leave most of those and maybe take the lowest three, but that's not 21 days post flip yet is it?
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420giirl
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Wow what a difference! Oh and I’m here for the baby bud photo shoot, soo cute lolBefore 420 Mag
After 420 Mag
Granted I may have gone a bit OTT with the accessories in the after….
I think I have pictures, in fact I’m sure I have pictures of the buds from my first grow. I was just so disappointed in the smell and taste but they looked pretty bomb to me!
Ps. I also waited way too long to harvest, I was in the 11th-12 week flower. I just couldn’t see amber trichomes so I was scared to harvest too soon. But I know for a fact that I waited too long bc there were like, these hollow seeds. I mean come on, talk about dropping the ball, man!
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420giirl
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16 days post flip today. And that pic was, I think 2 weeks ago.
Hard to tell without a current pic!
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420giirl
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I’m sorry, that pic was taken on Tuesday.
Take another pic at 21 days. If this is as sativa as it looks, 3-weeks post flip will be too early to thin.
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21 days post flip? Is this the last time I want to defoliate?
For an indica or hybrid, yes - though it's more thinning than defoliation since you want to leave the fans. For a plant with a true sativa structure (which tends to have a much longer flowering time), thinning would be done later and would leave a lot more buds on the plant.
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Ok, this is where my problem is then. Bc I did some more thinning today bc I couldn’t see through the canopy at all, it was so dense. I started worrying about white powder mold. It’s, ok, it’s fine, I’m still learning and that’s ok. I’m not going to panic thinking I hurt them. Their fine lol this is me calming myself down lol
