Sativa Clones Straight to Flower CFL & LST Grow

I defoliated a few fan leaves that were blocking light to bud sites. One was twist tied to achieve the same effect. Whoever said Kali mist stretches only 140% lied lol. This chick appears to have stretched over 200% so far.


Kali Mist Clone - Flower Day 7 ....... Total Days - 24 07-08-13


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Here she is showing some skin


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The last pic shows what the majority of the tops bud sites look like


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Made a few changes, I'm about 3 weeks into 12/12, decided to defoliate the girls, didn't want to risk mold on lower leaves or wasted energy in popcorn bud on lower tops. I took out quite a few tops below 3".

Right now i have a total of 14 tops, I also decided to not follow the illustration since I don't have adequate lighting for it. Right now the focus is as much quality bud as possible in as short a time as possible. If this method ends up producing a high yield, which I don't think it will. It may end up being a good idea using 6" diameter pots that are deep and grow out a SOG LST style for sativa's. we'll see....

I trained the main cola towards the center so it would have the most direct light all the side branches are being trained towards the center as well. I'm being very careful to provide enough space for the tops so they have room to breathe. stay tuned to see the results.:party:


Kali Mist Clone - Flower Day 7 ....... Total Days - 24 07-08-13


Pic of Defoliation + Lollipop


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Pic of new LST


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Looks great there. 14 tops is enough to be going with :)
I think uv done right taking all the lower sites off. I tyres to do a comparison on my grow. One plant I left the lower buds on and onei took the lower growth off. Idea was to see which would yield better. But it's not accurate as the two phenos have turned out completely different.
 
Hi Alex, Thank you for the compliment. It felt like the right thing to do :) I was gonna run a side by side experiment with the kali mist but decided against. Mainly cause I'd like them to have 2 seperate scrog screens for a better comparison and also cause I like me a good sativa. I'm hoping to get a decent amount from my first grow that'll hold me over for awhile. Never tried kali mist before so I'm really excited to try it out. :) soon I'll run that experiment to see the results. Thanks for dropping in, I'll see everyone in the morning, Later guys.
 
Its proving to be time consuming posting up pics on a smartphone so I'll fill everyone in on whats happening

I switched straight to 14/10 lighting as opposed to diminishing, as advised by wizhigh, a grower I have a ton of respect for.

The buds have grown to about double the size of the last pictures over the next few days but growth has stalled tremendously in the past few days.

She looks healthy, light penetration is sub par at best so I decided to do a high defoliation in hopes to increase yield. Her buds on average are about 1/3rd the size as her mature counterpart which is a few days behind her

I'll try to get access to a pc later today or tomorrow to update with some pictures
 
Thank you kool, I'll be sure to check it out sometime.

A lot of different things went through my mind when I came up with that style, mainly I was just really high lol. Its all original, didnt take this idea from anyone this time lol. Its about 4-6" above the soil at the canopy which allows light to penetrate to the bottom of the plant (CFL's have very poor light penetration) the canopy is even which allows even light distribution. All bud sites are exposed to light the total area of the plant is about 10" in diameter, I'll get exact measurements in the morning

The defoliation helped with light penetration but also I believe it helps speed up and enlarge buds. I may do an experiment towards winter to truly test this, but from what I've read the logic sounds solid to me. :)

An article from K33ftr33 As the cannabis plant can only propagate in the wild by seed, seed production is it's primary function. It is genetically programmed to produce seeds at all cost. Since we usually don't allow seeds this energy gets
focused on flower development. The plant will grow flowers, no matter what you do to it.
Research has demonstrated that almost all parts of a plant are capable of photosynthesis. When the large
fan leaves are stripped, the plant shifts whatever photosynthetic production is needed to other plant parts.
And immediately begins new leaf growth. As the fan leaves are now gone and the only option left is the bud
leaves, growth occurs there.
I believe the same hormonal stimuli that redirects growth to the bud leaves causes enhanced bud production.
The fans leaves of an uncultivated plant are there primarily for developing plant mass and to store nutrients
for flower production.

In short since we are constantly giving them so much more and better nutrient, after the strong formation of the plant, the leaf is of much less use than a grown in the wild, meager available nutrient, need to store food leaf.
 
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