After a while you will get to know when they need a drink without waiting for them to wilt. I never wait that long ....give them a drink just before that ..OK!
Sup High brixers!
Been a while since my last post but things are looking good. 3 of my plants (Cinderella 99, Sour tangie, Critical nev haze) sprouted on 3/22. The smaller one is a seed I found in a previous bag of some fire LSD so I hope it is female and started 10 days later than the others. Today the 3 bigger ones are working on their 5th node (I can see 4 nodes noticeably). Thus far I've given a light Trans drench (7.5 mil of trans +1.5 gal of water +.5 ml tea) , light GE drench, and another light Trans drench last night. Here are my questions:
1. Now that the plants are working on their 5th node, I was thinking about topping down to the 3rd node leaving only the 2 fan leaves and the growth tips and anything below that. Should I be removing EVERYTHING except for the 2 fan leaves and growth tips? For example should I remove all the growth from the nodes below including the original 1 finger and 3 finger leaves and the cotyledons or should I leave those?
My plan is to top down to the 3rd node, then grow each growth tip to 4 nodes, then top again down to the 3rd node on each removing the 2 node and leaving nodes 1 and 3 to have a total of 8 main colas. I believe its called the Nebula haze manifolding technique.
2. When I top them, can I clone the tops instead of just throwing them away? I was thinking I could clone each plant, so I'd have 3 clones, but I've been reading that people don't really clone from topping the main stem, but only cloning from lower branches, but I figure why waste the tops and just throw them out when i can try to clone and have 3 plants ready to go after these 3 mothers are harvested? Any feedback/advice/recommendations would be grateful. I only have 1 tent right now so I'm not sure what I will do when the time comes to flower the 3 main plants. The other thinking was: just continue to veg the 3 mother plants until the 3 clones grow big enough to flower simultaneously but then I'll end up with 3 smaller yielding nugs from the clones instead of the nice full growth of the 3 mothers.
Well now, that explains things a bit better '7'. That bigger one of yours is uptaking way more water than the other lil one's. Don't assume they are drinking that much too,..OK. Lift the pots man,..get an idea on what they weigh when they are dry. It is a foolproof method and will serve you well until you get some "miliage on you..OK! Those lil things are getting way too much water and that bigger one sounds like it could be up canned . One other thing too, next time FILL your pots ,...not 3/4 , but full,...if your worried about over filling them, don't be , cuz it will settle over the first couple weeks OK. All will be proper...have a great night '7' .
Nate ,...brotha, cool to see you around again. Your pics are of fake plants...you tryin to fool us.....Hey all wanted to throw up some pics of docs soil rock'n......These are two prurple sherb freebies from in house genetics..... Actually I got the clones from the beans.....Thanks again neikodog.....Keeping #2 for sure...Oh yeah in week 4....
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Thanks again doc.....Ur products rock......
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He drew the short straw. I mean, we ARE misfits and ne'erdowells after all.
jk...duggs is a good guy.
As everyone has already said, lift technique is the best way for water judgement. If you have a lone pot sitting around fill it with dry soil and use it for mild reference. The plants will eventually add weight, but it could help to get that lifting thing down.
Question, my plastic pots have larger drainage openings and some soil has moved around from my dunk. I can see roots down there that are exposed to lots of dry air. Should I pack some soil in those holes? In hindsight I would put a screen at the bottom of those pots to keep soil from washing out.
Can't wait to get home and
