April 12/19
New growth starting already, this plant bounces back so well to defoliation and topping , I am very impressed. I like to think it’s from the 25% power bloom 2-8-4
More phosphorus helps stimulate the root growth which in turn helps with faster heal time , healthy roots= healthy fruits
April 13/19
I thought I was in the clear with the led burn , but seems that all new growth is over whelmed. My light was 3 ft from the canopy. I have it now set to 4 ft and I’m nothing having this issue anymore. But coming from my first indoor grow being HID this is a real learning curve .
April 14/19
She reallly bounced back fast this time I couldn’t believe it when I got home from work.
April 16/19
I did another round of defoliation to expose more bud sites in trying to get them to all grow at the same rate , so when one gets tall I bend it down and it redirects the hormones thoe the next tallest one , so I keep tying down until the rest catches up. It seems to really works for maintaining an even canopy. But I disfigured a lot of plants before I got this down to somewhat feeling comfortable doing it. My first grow I was so scared to touch the plants and then I dived into main lining 4 plants that vegged for 100 days , so I learned a lot in that time .
April 17/19
Just one more day later she was filled in again, this is my first time running gaja green and I am so impressed with how well it feeds the plants , I don’t have time to mix nutes and Ppms and ec , I spent hours reach day feeding and prepping water it took time away from my family , so I wanted an easier solution. The change has really paid off.
And another defoliation , I try not to take too much at once, some people say it’s so bad to do , but as you can see the plant responds really well to it , and it almost puts the plant in a super repair mode and the growth seems to explode, I haven’t came across a strain that didn’t like it. , and I’m trying to keep my node spacing tight , so when flower comes it’s not 3” between bud sites, this way when she flowers they will be big tall solid colas, depending on genetics and pheno of course
This is a side shot after defoliation
April 18/19
She is finally filling up the space in the bucket (this is my first bucket grow) if I was to anything different it would be not having so many colas ( I do feel like I’m going to run out of horizontal space but I do have a 2x4 grow tent with a mars 144 reflector as a plan b ( thanks to the person who gave the that idea you know who you are )
April 21/19
I was really busy past few days here and didn’t get any photos, I dropped the ball in that sorry guys and gals. But she is really filling the space now but another defoliation is due.
I just really want to thank everyone who’s been checking out my grow it means the world to me , and to get all your positive feedback is amazing, I am so glad I joined this 420 family. I know there’s a lot I can learn off you guys and gals
