Yeah, she sure did take off. Makes me wonder how much better she would of been too if I was able to get her needs right. Lots of potential in this one, especially for an auto.
Please note, the below is for photo periods only.
My extreme lollipop came from when I did the defoliation comparison. One thing I noticed is that when I remove all the bottom growth the plant seems to put a lot more of its energy into growing the main colas that are left. You do get a lower overall yield, but what you do get is a significantly higher percentage of denser thicker buds. You also get a plant that is much easier to trim come harvest time. Basically you are removing most of the larf before it ever becomes larf. The plant then puts that energy into the main colas instead. You also get a very large amount of clone candidates. Enough so that keeping a mother plant is likely not necessary at all.
I am still working on exactly how much veg time they need after you lollipop though. These ones went in without any recovery time at all and still seems to be doing really good, but will it hurt the end yield? The Blue Dream I tested with went a few days I think before flipping. The skunk SOG will get a week which may actually be a bit too much.
I veged the Skunks, Do-Si-Dos, and Joanne for about a week and it may have been a couple days too long. I need to pull them out to get to most of the them and trim some of the spent leaves and check for any Powdery Mildew and spray them. I will try to get some under foliage pics and see how many larfy buds are there. I I know the Skunks have at least a few that can likely be removed. I also noticed last night what may be some boy parts starting on the Skunks. woot
