FutRfarmers First Grow With QB's & Doc's High Brix

[FutRfarmer]

Yeah, it's hard to do at first but once you get a hang of it and see how the plants respond, you'll do it all the time! About 2 inches from the top, pinch the stem until you feel it squish, you'll know, then if the top needs a little help bending over to a 90 degree angle, give em some help. The next day, maybe sooner, the top will be standing straight back up. @Duggan may give you a little advice or maybe @DopyLemontree

I went for it

 

[FutRfarmer]

Took the Blueberry that seemed to be running faster then the others and what I think I performed super cropped

That is only about 2-2 1/2 inches down

 

[FutRfarmer]

Also here’s a pic of the group. Gave them a TP tonight they are drinking every 2 days now. Will be setting up the 5x5 this weekend

 

[weenmeoff]

Yeah man! Nice work! You'll get used to it and you'll see her pop right back up tomorrow. At this point you can double up drenches, I.e. next water should be another tp, then plain water then GE, then GE so if they stay drinking every 2 days what I paid out is 8 days but they might start needing a drink everyday. You could also go ahead and up pot. You're going up to 10s right?

 

[FutRfarmer]

Yeah man! Nice work! You'll get used to it and you'll see her pop right back up tomorrow. At this point you can double up drenches, I.e. next water should be another tp, then plain water then GE, then GE so if they stay drinking every 2 days what I paid out is 8 days but they might start needing a drink everyday. You could also go ahead and up pot. You're going up to 10s right?

Yes!! 10’s And it wasn’t so bad SC, the smell it left on my fingers was amazing! I’m going to see if I can get the 10’s in the 2.5x2.5 I’m thinking up pot when they dry out and let veg another week or so before flip. Would I TP at the same time with the fresh soil?

 

[DopyLemontree]

Looking good Farmer! I like weens advice.

I TP when I transplant, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Always looking for the sweet spot with each cultivar.

 

[FutRfarmer]

Blueberry already stood right back up! Dead on ween!! Also the back left is my LSD that has that narley knot, I think somehow that bean got flipped. It looks like the stem got twisted and grew down and back up. Wonder if thatvhas anything to do with the tips? I’m running her anyway. It’s all personal so as long as I get to try LSD I’m happy

 

[weenmeoff]

Yes!! 10’s And it wasn’t so bad SC, the smell it left on my fingers was amazing! I’m going to see if I can get the 10’s in the 2.5x2.5 I’m thinking up pot when they dry out and let veg another week or so before flip. Would I TP at the same time with the fresh soil?

You could probably fit the 4 10's but why not wait til the 5x5 is set up? Yes, TP drench when you up can.

Looking good Farmer! I like weens advice.

I TP when I transplant, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Always looking for the sweet spot with each cultivar.

Thanks Dopy! Do you ever not top and if so, do you have any training advice for farmer?

Blueberry already stood right back up! Dead on ween!! Also the back left is my LSD that has that narley knot, I think somehow that bean got flipped. It looks like the stem got twisted and grew down and back up. Wonder if thatvhas anything to do with the tips? I’m running her anyway. It’s all personal so as long as I get to try LSD I’m happy

The LSD will be fine. Thinking the yellow tips will go away once they get more soil. Maybe a little extra drench when you feed her?

 

[Killerbudz]

4 10s in a 2.5x2.5 gonna be TIGHT if they even fit. I don't think I could fit 3 10gal in my 2x4, I know it depends on pot shape but 10 gals is 10 gals

 

[dajerm119]

Word KB, I have 3 pots close to 10gal each all different widths and heights. It's the only way I could fit all three in there! I would love to have two more 13gal pots, like the one that destroyer is in... tall and skinny.

 

[FutRfarmer]

4 10s in a 2.5x2.5 gonna be TIGHT if they even fit. I don't think I could fit 3 10gal in my 2x4, I know it depends on pot shape but 10 gals is 10 gals

I have a 5x5 for flower, was going to veg them a little longer in the 10’s. Yeah man, I don’t see them fitting either

 

[FutRfarmer]

You could probably fit the 4 10's but why not wait til the 5x5 is set up? Yes, TP drench when you up can.



Thanks Dopy! Do you ever not top and if so, do you have any training advice for farmer?



The LSD will be fine. Thinking the yellow tips will go away once they get more soil. Maybe a little extra drench when you feed her?

Can I veg them in the 10’s in the 5x5? The larger QB are 3000k. Or should I just hang the veg light over them. Am doing I will absolutely top every plant from now on, I like the way the NL is growing

 

[weenmeoff]

I like topping and fiming but plenty grow eu naturale. Yes, you should veg in the 5x5 but it's probably gonna be 2-4 weeks before you fill that bad boy which is when you should flip. I'm not really sure about lighting, sorry, I've always just used leds that work for veg and bloom, except when using hids and when I did I used MH for veg and HPS for bloom.

 

[FutRfarmer]

All this rain is killing me on the humidity

 

[FutRfarmer]

I have the exhaust fan running for 20 minutes every 10 still holding in the 70’s. I’ll be shopping for a dehumidifier for the 5x5 this weekend. Any recommendations? And what’s very everyone’s thoughts on running inside the tent opposed to inside the room?

 

[weenmeoff]

If you can fit the dehuey in the tent great but it will add some heat when running. It probably won't run too much, is imagime it'll take the humidity out pretty quick. I use the 70 pint ones and run outside the tent. You may consider the kind that you can empty when full OR hook a drain hose up but would need somewhere to drain it. I run my intake and exhaust 24/7, the exhaust on a controller at about 70-80% per reccomendation of Duggan, said the fan will last longer.

 

[DopyLemontree]

You could probably fit the 4 10's but why not wait til the 5x5 is set up? Yes, TP drench when you up can.



Thanks Dopy! Do you ever not top and if so, do you have any training advice for farmer?



The LSD will be fine. Thinking the yellow tips will go away once they get more soil. Maybe a little extra drench when you feed her?

The first time I run a new plant I don’t top, to see it’s natural shape. On subsequent runs I will top if it if the plant is a stretcher. This current run I have I topped to produce many sprouts, and tied them down to the top ring of the tomato cages, (after the bloom stretch)to achieve a more even canopy of Bud sites. We’ll see how it works.

 

[weenmeoff]

So do you do any training at all, super crop, LST or nothing at all when you don't top?

Also, what is the difference in yield between a non topped and topped plant of the same strain?

 

[Kongfuzi]

I found NL to be a very easy strain to grow. I plant to give it another shot one of these days. I ordered a bunch of seeds during Seedsmans Halloween sale and one of the freebies is Aurora Indica from Nirvana. Cross of Afghan and NL. Should be interesting

For me it’s yielded a lot but I wouldn’t say it’s the easiest to grow, due to having to manage it’s size daily compared to my Devils Cream and Skywalker, which I maybe had to LST twice.

 

[DopyLemontree]

So do you do any training at all, super crop, LST or nothing at all when you don't top?

Also, what is the difference in yield between a non topped and topped plant of the same strain?

My Indicas bubblegum and bubba Kush I don’t do anything usually, as they stay short. I did however do some early topping of my bubbakush this round to bush her out, and I vegged her in the one gal pot for 10 weeks till she was big (3 ft tall). I wanted to get her tall and bushy so when I transplanted to the 15g pot, I could use the whole tomato cage for support. She is huge now at 16 days post flip. There’s a cage in there somewhere.

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• DopyLemontree
• Dec 20, 2018

This golden pineapple I topped a few times in veg, then cut everything off below 5-6 nodes on every spouting top when I flipped her. She stretched, then I tied all the tops down a week ago, and she filled right in with many bud sites.

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• DopyLemontree
• Dec 20, 2018

Golden Pineapple

This Headband OG stretches a lot in early bloom. She got topped many times in veg, and again stripped everything below 5-6 nodes on flip day. I use what I strip off as my clones, as I like to keep my good ones going. After the main stretch there were 9 dominant tops I tied down to the top cage ring in a whorl, again to control height, as my ceiling is only 7’4”. This tech I’m trying on her is new to me. I’m trying even out the canopy under the light.

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• DopyLemontree
• Dec 20, 2018

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• DopyLemontree
• Dec 20, 2018

I do all of this because I’ve grown these plants for a while and know their tendencies.

To help you figure you own restrictions, raise your light as high as it will go. Measure from the top of your plant to the light, deduct 24-30 inches (the safe distance to keep between the plant and the light), whatever number you come up with is how much more the plant can grow before it’s too close to the light. Remember that most plants will Double in size when in bloom, so you have to plan accordingly. Tools in your toolbox are topping in veg, not bloom, super cropping, etc. or just bending tops over and tie to a support. The idea is to not burn the tops by being to close to the lights.

This grow will teach you all this stuff, just remember, there’s always a way out if you miscalculate. We are here to pick you up if you fall. We all have fallen quite a few time to get to where we are at!