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Budddyy said:
I want to grow a massive one, bit of a project to keep me busy and really get to know the plant.I dont grow in anything but fabric pots i swear by them. So maybe like a 50 litre rhizo pot. Any thoughts on pot shape, from what ive seen so far the plant grows in a rectangular shape at the start so this sounds the best option (dont think rectangular fabric pots are available) i could get the missus to sow me one together out of 2 square ones.

As far as tying them down ill come up with something, probably a little wooden frame round the pot. Ultra dan put his pot in a laundry basket that was pretty clever, your stake idea seems like it would work too, ill cross that bridge when i come to it.

Sorry for all the questions mate LA's threads are soooooo long it would take weeks to read the information (thats not saying im not going to read it, i just need time)
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I am doing 4 x 78 litres fabric pot Flux grows this summer so we could grow along together. My 4 girls have just been topped to create the two main arms. I will have 2 outdoors and 2 in a tent for comparison purposes.

Round pots are okay as when the two main arms get to the edge of the pot you can start training them around the edge. A rectangular pot would mean the secondary arms would need to be turned towards the middle sooner if it was too narrow. You could stunt the main arms growth so they don't go too far out of the pot but would need to let the secondary arms form first.

My 30 litre pots worked out about the right size for 5 months vegging.

Keep the questions coming if you need to my friend.
 
Looks like you've got your work cut out here wile LA's away ha
im a couple of weeks behind you by the sounds of it, you going to do a journal ? It would help me out alot.
 
MedFarmer said:
If I understand you correctly, you do not want to remove any leaves from the end points. The only upward pointing bits to remove are arms that grow vertically from the main arm likewise any arm which wants to grow downwards. The only arms you want remaining are the ones which come out sidewards.

The main tip keeps its leaves but just open them out to let them get better light. Once your side arms are big enough with their own leaves you can remove the large fan leaves from each arm junction.

Did this answer your question?
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I think she is just making sure that that leaf is the one she will remove as it will eventually grow into a vertical leaf/node which would be removed... just not until the end growth grows out more and leaves that leaflet behind

at least I think that's what she is asking...
 
Budddyy said:
Looks like you've got your work cut out here wile LA's away ha
im a couple of weeks behind you by the sounds of it, you going to do a journal ? It would help me out alot.
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Yes a journal is on the cards. I was going to start it late summer with loads of catch-up pics as it is a long time to wait but I will go from now if it helps.
 
Looking like a winner there Baby Girl. :thumb:

Hey Budddyy you mentioned never having seen a flux in anything besides soil. Well here's my girl Lil Cheezy. Fluxed out in a DWC hydro bucket.

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I don't have good pics of the hold downs but I'm using aluminum rod hooked into my net pot and bent to whatever shape is needed to hook the arms.

Everyone's plants are looking stellar folks!!! Keep it up.
 
Hey Buddyy, you can make your own fabric pots any size/shape you want. I use landscape cloth (comes in a roll) from the big orange/blue or green building supply stores. It's used to keep weeds at bay in peeps planting beds. Just sew them up, I make them to fit inside milk crates, makes moving them around on the deck out back a breeze. They are super cheap (once you got the roll of fabric.....) You could make them to fit inside laundry baskets etc.....Milk crates seem to do ok for smaller tomato plants, bigger plants need a bigger pot. I think you could use almost any type of fabric/canvas to accomplish the same end--roots hit the fabric and are trapped and don't circle the pot, causes secondary roots to grow and create a dense mat of roots.
 
UltraDan said:
Hey LA or MedFarmer, how much defoliation do I do while I am letting her grow vertical before the switch? Do I still trim off any other nodal growth along the flux arms?

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If you are going vertical now then don't remove the leaves yet as you want as much light as possible to power the growth. LA's advise was to keep the canopy level other than the two ends which should be slightly higher. If any arm starts powering ahead of the others you could pin it down or remove the two main leaves behind the main tip which will slow the growth of that arm.

On my ladies I did remove other nodal growth as there is not much room there for them and they will just take away resources from the main arms.
 
MedFarmer said:
If you are going vertical now then don't remove the leaves yet as you want as much light as possible to power the growth. LA's advise was to keep the canopy level other than the two ends which should be slightly higher. If any arm starts powering ahead of the others you could pin it down or remove the two main leaves behind the main tip which will slow the growth of that arm.

On my ladies I did remove other nodal growth as there is not much room there for them and they will just take away resources from the main arms.
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Perfect! Thanks brother, that's exactly what I needed to know. :thumb:
 
I'm back in Blighty and feel like I'm half dead lol. One hectic and mad weekend! !!! Ill be back on for real tomoz as shattered today. Much love to you all and thanks for stepping in Med my friend! :)
 
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