Colombian Andes Greenhouse SIP CBD Auto Grow

[CBDMed]

You know, it's like why have 6 oz of mixed buds when I can have 6 oz of entirely heavy hitting buds, all equally or as close to being equally developed as possible come harvest?

Ok, that gives me a pretty good idea of the benefits! Thanks!

It's a practice I've adapted recently and it has led to more bountiful harvests for sure. As I said to @Gidorah today too, it's so much less work! I don't have to bother training them, holding them down, twisting them around, recovery phase isn't necessary so the plants just keep pumping from start to finish.

Ahh, ok!

It is important not to defoliate too much though, the plants need those leaves for photosynthesis. On top of the benefits of this pruning technique in the bud development sense, it also helps tremendously with air flow and circulation and reduces the risk of pathogens and mold. It's a win win for my gardens for sure and less work for me!

Ahh, ok! So what would I do on my plant? Let the tops grow out for a week (until the fans look like yours), and then start cleaning up the bottom half?

Big buds are the way to go..bye bye larf!

I'm glad I asked!!

 

[CBDMed]

My thoughts would be the same, provided you had enough plants in a small space and want to maximize yield. Although I have no experience with outdoor or greenhouse farming (I have the biggest retirement aspirations of multiple greenhouse grows, a Krissi strain making greenhouse, near a lake and more), I would have to say the benefits of pest mold prevention way heavily in favor of this method for outdoor growing. You can more easily spot things getting to your plants, mold starting or the like. My only concern would be support. They get top heavy so outdoors, there would need to be some type of caged environment or with some tall bamboo stakes....I know those outdoor plants get quite large....

Top-heavy plants needing support--we should all have such problems!

 

[CBDMed]

I lollipop all my plants about a week before flip, and I use a lot of bamboo and pipe cleaners to hold the buds up at harvest. Here's one:

Like Krissi, I try to leave on as many fans as possible above the trim line.

That looks great, Shed! I am really glad I asked! Thanks!

 

[Krissi Carbone]

Ahh, ok! So what would I do on my plant? Let the tops grow out for a week (until the fans look like yours), and then start cleaning up the bottom half?

Yep!

Top-heavy plants needing support--we should all have such problems!

Bet ya will come harvest time with this little technique and knowing the size of Shed's plants and how they can be supported, all you need moving forward is a pair of clean trimmers and some bamboo!!

 

[cbdhemp808]

RE: lollipopping outdoor and greenhouse plants

I'll need to wait for my spring and summer grows. My over-winter plants just didn't get enough sunshine during veg, and got a lot of PM. I'm now trying to bring them back to some vigor in the flower house. The sun is returning.

You know, I have actually been lollipopping for a while now – just didn't think of it that way. My greenhouse plants are often 5 to 6.5 feet tall, and I always prune the lower parts when they are transferred to the flower house. I use tall bamboo, and when the buds start to get heavy, I use green garden tape to support the branches. Even in the veg house, I'm now starting to prune lower parts, because my night interruption lighting doesn't reach those parts well enough, and they go into flower.

I'm thinking that during my summer grow, when the sun in directly overhead and the most intense, and along with substantial fertilizing, and topping to produce a more bushy plant – that I'll be able to get some big buds, maybe a little reminiscent of @Krissi Carbone 's.

 

[Azimuth]

Ahh, ok! So what would I do on my plant? Let the tops grow out for a week (until the fans look like yours), and then start cleaning up the bottom half?

Yeah, our plants will never look like @Krissi Carbone `s. I mean, have you seen her plants?

It's like taking art class and the teacher shows you how to draw a bowl of fruit with such ease and accuracy. Then you look at your attempt and it looks like a second grader did it.

And I don't mean just you. Most of us...

 

[Krissi Carbone]

Yeah, our plants will never look like @Krissi Carbone `s. I mean, have you seen her plants?

It's like taking art class and the teacher shows you how to draw a bowl of fruit with such ease and accuracy. Then you look at your attempt and it looks like a second grader did it.

And I don't mean just you. Most of us...

Well that was super nice compliment and a good laugh this morning. Thanks for that lol @cbdhemp808 don't listen to Azi, you draw that bowl of fruit and that empty milk carton and you draw them with the best of them!

 

[CBDMed]

Yep!

Bet ya will come harvest time with this little technique and knowing the size of Shed's plants and how they can be supported, all you need moving forward is a pair of clean trimmers and some bamboo!!

WOOOO-HOOOO is right!!
Happy happy! Happy!

 

[CBDMed]

Yeah, our plants will never look like @Krissi Carbone `s. I mean, have you seen her plants?

It's like taking art class and the teacher shows you how to draw a bowl of fruit with such ease and accuracy. Then you look at your attempt and it looks like a second grader did it.

And I don't mean just you. Most of us...

Lol!!
Yes, her garden looks amazing! Me gonna try trim up da plants like she, mon!

 

[Krissi Carbone]

Lol!!
Yes, her garden looks amazing! Me gonna try trim up da plants like she, mon!

Rasta

 

[CBDMed]

"Ruh-roh!"
What kind of nastiness do I have here on the Purple Kush?

And do I treat? Or chop?

Probably she has a few weeks left to finish up. Is that doable? Or chop?

 

[Azimuth]

Grey mold? No bueno. And if you can see it, there's more deep in the buds you can't see.

If it's just a select bud or two you can cut it out well beyond the boundary of the issue but you're fighting a losing battle.

 

[CBDMed]

Ok, I tried to cut out what I could see that was bad.
Do I spray anything on the area? Or just try to expose it to light, and maybe get another fan in the grow room?

Here is the nasties up close.

There's also some decent looking bud that I chopped out. Do I give it a citric acid rinse? Or just expose it to light and wind?

 

[CBDMed]

Grey mold? No bueno. And if you can see it, there's more deep in the buds you can't see.

Ohhhhh...... it is chop, then, and get it out of the grow room?
Gracias, Azi! (They need one of these in Spanish! Haha!)

If it's just a select bud or two you can cut it out well beyond the boundary of the issue but you're fighting a losing battle.

Ohhhh..... I can see I am going to have to pay a lot of attention to mold resistance, even in an indoor grow....
(And now I suppose Harlequin is out of the question....)

Well, at least we will have two kinds of bud for the meeting! Haha!

Please excuse me, I need to get the affected girl out of the garden area!

And do I rinse her with citric acid? Or just break up the buds, and expose them to light and wind (fans)?

 

[Azimuth]

I had a little on my last harvest and I cut out what I saw and then treated the rest with H2O2 before the rest of the bud wash.

 

[CBDMed]

I had a little on my last harvest and I cut out what I saw and then treated the rest with H2O2 before the rest of the bud wash.

Ok, good to know, muchas gracias!
I guess I am going to have to pay a lot more attention to these things! (I have lived in humid climates before, but never grown in one.)
I am adding a third fan to the grow room now.
Is there a specific formula for the bud wash?
How much H2O2 to how much water? It's the strong stuff (I think 95%).

Also, how do I clean my snips? With alcohol?

 

[Azimuth]

Ok, good to know, muchas gracias!
I guess I am going to have to pay a lot more attention to these things! (I have lived in humid climates before, but never grown in one.)
I am adding a third fan to the grow room now.
Is there a specific formula for the bud wash?
How much H2O2 to how much water? It's the strong stuff (I think 95%).

Also, how do I clean my snips? With alcohol?

Here it is from the originator.

And yes, alcohol for the scissors.

 

[CBDMed]

Here it is from the originator.

And yes, alcohol for the scissors.

 

[InTheShed]

Sorry about the mold. Oof! I'm with Azi on everything except the strength of the H2O2 wash. Doc said:

Bucket 1: 3 parts RO water to 1 part 3% H202.

But with the rot there I would go at least to a 50/50 mix of 3% with water.

Here is how you get 95% H2O2 to 3%:

You can obviously change these to suit your needs, but that's the ratio your looking for.

Here is the site where that snip came from:

Dilution Calculator - for Percent Solutions

Dilution Calculator: Calculate percent solutions for accurate dilution in chemistry and laboratory work.

www.calkoo.com

 

[cbdhemp808]

Yep, bud rot. Like Azi says, likely there is more hidden in the buds – either microscopic or visible. At this point you could do a salvage harvest. Trim the buds carefully, looking for any rot and throwing that stuff away. I use a headlamp and magnifying reading glasses. Your trichomes may not be optimum at this point, but it's better to salvage some buds than to loose it all.

FYI, I grew some Purple Kush photos and that's one of the strains I gave up growing. I'm pretty sure I also found it to be vulnerable to the mold.