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.
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.
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.
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!
you have all been more then amazing!! Love this community and people, I'm taking notes and absolutely am learning a lot. those plants are "GOALS" for my next round, dopey looking great brother! I'm realizing I think I should grow one strain at a time until I learn that strain. I do want to grow 4 at a time I think I'll be building a actual room with a heat pump to control heat-AC and a dehumidifier. This grow is absolutely a great learning experience and I'm loving it
