My First Plant - Cookie Killer (Auto)

Terrapin Station said:
That makes perfect sense. I know doing anything like rejuvenation / severe pruning on ornamental plants, trees and shrubs reverses the growth hormone back down to the roots and then it comes back up with a vengeance. So same principle here. Hmmm . . . Thanks sir!! 👍🙂
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Yes. Here's where your gardening instincts get to come into play. One of the techniques that are used is to top or cut a shoot strategically to promote side branching and help shape the plant. Similar to Bonsai training. There are other techniques like FIM(Fuck I Missed), Schwazzing, Mainlining, LST(Low Stress Training), etc.

Apical Dominance. If you don't know what it is click the link below.

Lessons from a century of apical dominance research - PMC

The importance of multidisciplinary and multispecies approaches is illustrated through the review of apical dominance and shoot branching research over the last century. Keywords: Apical dominance, auxin, axillary bud, cytokinins, genetics, ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Most of these techniques are used with photo period plants but autos can employ some of them as long as it falls within the window before flower set begins.

You've seen my current grow. If not, links are in the sig below. I use a method called ScrOG or Screen Of Green. This method splays out the branches, similar to Low Stress Training, at a pre set height so that even dispersal of light hits the canopy and no one branch or plant gets more than the others versus a free grow, which is what you're doing, where the main stem flower gets most of the light energy and the secondary branches get what's left. Apical Dominance. ScrOG produces mostly even sized flowers which makes dry and cure easier and reduces the plant count needed to achieve maximum dry weight per sq/ft of grow space.

On my last run I ran 3 plants as a tester to figure out what I wanted to run as a mono crop in the tent for this run. I yielded a little over 34 ozs. One of the cultivars yielded 17ozs on its own. The other two yielded 9 and 8 ozs respectively. The cultivar I'm running currently, Florida Strawberry, was the 9 ozs. I really liked the flower structure/effects and figured out some of the errors I made when I was testing it out so I'm hoping those adjustments will improve dry weight this run.
 
Trump said:
Yes. Here's where your gardening instincts get to come into play. One of the techniques that are used is to top or cut a shoot strategically to promote side branching and help shape the plant. Similar to Bonsai training. There are other techniques like FIM(Fuck I Missed), Schwazzing, Mainlining, LST(Low Stress Training), etc.

Apical Dominance. If you don't know what it is click the link below.

Lessons from a century of apical dominance research - PMC

The importance of multidisciplinary and multispecies approaches is illustrated through the review of apical dominance and shoot branching research over the last century. Keywords: Apical dominance, auxin, axillary bud, cytokinins, genetics, ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

apical-dominance_med.jpeg


Most of these techniques are used with photo period plants but autos can employ some of them as long as it falls within the window before flower set begins.

You've seen my current grow. If not, links are in the sig below. I use a method called ScrOG or Screen Of Green. This method splays out the branches, similar to Low Stress Training, at a pre set height so that even dispersal of light hits the canopy and no one branch or plant gets more than the others versus a free grow, which is what you're doing, where the main stem flower gets most of the light energy and the secondary branches get what's left. Apical Dominance. ScrOG produces mostly even sized flowers which makes dry and cure easier and reduces the plant count needed to achieve maximum dry weight per plant.

On my last run I ran 3 plants as a tester to figure out what I wanted to run as a mono crop in the tent for this run. I yielded a little over 34 ozs. One of the cultivars yielded 17ozs on its own. The other two yielded 9 and 8 ozs respectively. The cultivar I'm running currently, Florida Strawberry, was the 9 ozs. I really liked the flower structure/effects and figured out some of the errors I made when I was testing it out so I'm hoping those adjustments will improve dry weight this run.
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Thanks for giving me these things to learn about. I love the way you keep referencing our garden instincts. I've actually had a natural attraction to plants since the third grade when I'd ride my bike to a greenhouse and buy plants for my bedroom. To this day I have a house with way too many plants. I have gained significant knowledge and experience with indoor and outdoor plants and I feel that my intuition/instincts about the horticulture of a particular plant trump everything else in terms of my growing decisions ( if that makes any sense 🙂).

Actually, while we are on it I'll share for the FWIW category . . . Just like my other new addictions/passions of the past few years like getting bees, chickens, and making homebrew beer when I first started out trying to learn about things from reading online articles and participating in forums/groups with these things I learned the art of identifying which individuals were sharing things dogmatically that amount to a confusion of their own personal preferences with what they perceive as basic fundamentals which often devolves into an unhelpful gatekeeping, complete with its own special mood of communication.

This is what I appreciate about your posts . . . Clearly room is allowed for growing weed as both an art and a science, both a theory and a practice where one size doesn't fit all. Thanks man! 👍🕉️
 
Not a lot of groundbreaking info on pg. #1, but this is how I got things going and germinated my seed successfully.

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Probably what is most noteworthy is the inconsistency during this early seedling stage. I changed locations, light sources and transplanted her before settling on a grow closet where I can control light, temp, and humidity best in order to maintain optimal and consistent conditions.

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Terrapin Station said:
Probably what is most noteworthy is the inconsistency during this early seedling stage. I changed locations, light sources and transplanted her before settling on a grow closet where I can control light, temp, and humidity best in order to maintain optimal and consistent conditions.

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Hey Buddy :ciao:
I'm in :popcorn:


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
 
Still changing lights and trying to dial in on even an acceptable growing method here. But once I got this plant in the closet and especially when I got the new light there was instantly vigorous growth and pistils emerged. This was an exciting period of time!

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Bill284 said:
Hey Buddy :ciao:
I'm in :popcorn:


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
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Thanks Bill, it's a privilege!

And, you know I just realized I didn't document an important event in this journal I was sitting there staring at her one day with the dead in the background and noticed something was really wrong at the base of the plant. Where the stem met the ground it was throwing arial roots and had black spots and the stem looked like it was rotting. I raked out the top inch of soil, put some drops of peroxide around it and set up a fan at soil level to dry the area up. It looked exactly like the kind of fungus that causes a dampen off and ultimately gets my zucchini every year.

I read online she was a gonner, but
the rotten area of the stem dried and healed and looks green and healthy again now . This really has been a rollercoaster in a short time. 😂

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Which brings me up to date with my journal so far. And, re-reading this myself now I'm realizing I have still been changing things with my watering techniques and light intensity as recently as this week (week #6).

I've felt like I've been doing well and am in control of things and have been slightly smug about it, but I'm seeing here the cold hard truth is I've been scrambling the whole time even this week. Hmmm . . . I guess the things I've done have all been improvements and part of the dialing in process, or this is an example of how "resilient" cannabis is and especially this species/cultivar lol.

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Terrapin Station said:
Thanks Bill, it's a privilege!

And, you know I just realized I didn't document an important event in this journal I was sitting there staring at her one day with the dead in the background and noticed something was really wrong at the base of the plant. Where the stem met the ground it was throwing arial roots and had black spots and the stem looked like it was rotting. I raked out the top inch of soil, put some drops of peroxide around it and set up a fan at soil level to dry the area up. It looked exactly like the kind of fungus that causes a dampen off and ultimately gets my zucchini every year.

I read online she was a gonner, but
the rotten area of the stem dried and healed and looks green and healthy again now . This really has been a rollercoaster in a short time. 😂

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If you look at any of my babies.
I Mound up the center and create a moat around the outside edge.
This automatically forces the water away from the base.
Also makes the roots chase dinner.
But I never get damp stalks.

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Just a thought for the future uppots etc.
Couple pics I had handy.


stay safe
Bill284 😎
 
Bill284 said:
If you look at any of my babies.
I Mound up the center and create a moat around the outside edge.
This automatically forces the water away from the base.
Also makes the roots chase dinner.
But I never get damp stalks.

PSX_20230108_074807.jpg


PSX_20230108_073324.jpg


Screenshot_20230108-052633_Chrome.jpg


Just a thought for the future uppots etc.
Couple pics I had handy.


stay safe
Bill284 😎
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This is excellent I'm stealing this for next time!! 👍👍👍
 
Growing in general, but especially weed, is a mix of both art and science. I used to teach seniors how to cultivate through a program the city was sponsoring. Each attendee got a 2 x 2, 100w light, 3 gal cloth pot and a bag of soil. These were usually held at assisted living homes or 55+ communities.

One of the attendees had a friend that was still in her home and was interested in growing. She was on SS and was barely making ends meet. I set up her garage and taught her how to grow. I hooked her up with one of the buyers I used to move product.

She calls me every once in a while when she's having an issue she can't figure out. In our conversations she would tell me how much she loved to hang out in the garage garden and how zen growing weed was. She also mentioned how she was now able to pay all her bills and even go visit her grandkids who lived in another state! Love it.

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OFP(Old Family Purple; Grand Daddy Purple x TK1)

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Trump said:
Growing in general, but especially weed, is a mix of both art and science. I used to teach seniors how to cultivate through a program the city was sponsoring. Each attendee got a 2 x 2, 100w light, 3 gal cloth pot and a bag of soil. These were usually held at assisted living homes or 55+ communities.

One of the attendees had a friend that was still in her home and was interested in growing. She was on SS and was barely making ends meet. I set up her garage and taught her how to grow. I hooked her up with one of the buyers I used to move product.

She calls me every once in a while when she's having an issue she can't figure out. In our conversations she would tell me how much she loved to hang out in the garage garden and how zen growing weed was. She also mentioned how she was now able to pay all her bills and even go visit her grandkids who lived in another state! Love it.

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OFP(Old Family Purple; Grand Daddy Purple x TK1)

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You are a God send to the growing community my friend. :bravo:
So glad your sharing with us. :thanks:


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
 
Trump said:
Growing in general, but especially weed, is a mix of both art and science. I used to teach seniors how to cultivate through a program the city was sponsoring. Each attendee got a 2 x 2, 100w light, 3 gal cloth pot and a bag of soil. These were usually held at assisted living homes or 55+ communities.

One of the attendees had a friend that was still in her home and was interested in growing. She was on SS and was barely making ends meet. I set up her garage and taught her how to grow. I hooked her up with one of the buyers I used to move product.

She calls me every once in a while when she's having an issue she can't figure out. In our conversations she would tell me how much she loved to hang out in the garage garden and how zen growing weed was. She also mentioned how she was now able to pay all her bills and even go visit her grandkids who lived in another state! Love it.

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OFP(Old Family Purple; Grand Daddy Purple x TK1)

Old Family Purple close up.jpg
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What great stories man!! Hats off 👍

I love what she said about how zen growing weed is. This is exactly what I have been stumbling towards in many of my posts. I guess I could have just said it like she did. 😂🕉️
 
Hopefully I'm not asking too many questions here. I m giving this plant 100% of my effort to try to understand what is happening as it happens. I am very grateful for the guidance I have received here.

So, today starts the 7th week for this auto. Is it possible for an experienced person to look at these flowers (in photo) and determine if this plant will just end up with a bunch of dinky solitary buds, or if they might grow more flowers and buds that will develop into some of the impressive colas that some have shared pictures of here?

Is it the same for a newb like me and an experienced person alike at this point in terms of you can't make a prediction you just have to wait and see, or is it possible to evaluate them now and have an idea of what to expect?

Any predictions based on what's in this picture?

Thank you. 🙏

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Terrapin Station said:
Hopefully I'm not asking too many questions here. I m giving this plant 100% of my effort to try to understand what is happening as it happens. I am very grateful for the guidance I have received here.

So, today starts the 7th week for this auto. Is it possible for an experienced person to look at these flowers (in photo) and determine if this plant will just end up with a bunch of dinky solitary buds, or if they might grow more flowers and buds that will develop into some of the impressive colas that some have shared pictures of here?

Is it the same for a newb like me and an experienced person alike at this point in terms of you can't make a prediction you just have to wait and see, or is it possible to evaluate them now and have an idea of what to expect?

Any predictions based on what's in this picture?

Thank you. 🙏

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Good morning my friend.
She looks happy this morning.
No new flower sites will appear.
What ever she had to start flower is all she will develop.
More sites can be grown with a photo period if you veg longer.
Her buds will develop and swell as she ages.
But truly thick hard dank buds require great genetics tons at light energy , good warm environment and proper nutrition.
Best you can hope for is to perfect those requirements and feed correctly.
They will get bigger, how big is a guess.
Hopfully she meets your expectations.
Your doing great.
Take care.


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
 
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