Hi All...Weekly Update
I went a little picture crazy this week, hope nobody minds.
First a group shot, I had to find a way to move the original Wonder Woman up to the light. I'm having to use boxes to prop up the girls to make the tops all the same height because they are at all different stages of growth. The White Widow (front left) looks huge compared to the rest, it's an illusion, she's only about 3" taller, the light is about 2" above that.
I didn't achieve my original goal of mimicking 420fied's single cola SOG but I've got a sea of something growing in here...Shot before the box
And after
These are misc shots of the original Wonder Woman, I think it's time to defoliate some of the fan leaves. When I originally topped her it left 3 main branches and a couple of smaller side shoots...
these 3 branches have just loaded up with buds,
and each has a fat little bulb under it, can anybody tell me the technical name for this little piece of plant anatomy?
Notice the little thing under the bud right by where the fan leaf attaches, you can see two sets in this shot, one at the top and one at the bottom
Here's some shots of the only White Widow I have left of the 4 seeds I planted...The main cola is too tall to capture in one photo
It's odd...this stalks nodes are all about 1" apart until I switched to 12/12, after that the nodes stretched to about 2" apart.
I'm a little concerned about the way some of the smaller leaves are looking, kinda thin and curling under...any ideas? Notice the smaller leaves at 3 and 9 o'clock
the buds look pretty good, but the leaves concern me, I think they should be flat and open
On to the 3 clones I took from the original Wonder Woman, they are the three on the right in the Group Shot, I've got them on a box also for light purposes, here I've tried to fit them all into one shot, they are kind of stalky, I should have switched them to 12/12 a week sooner than I did (will know better next time) These have been in flower for 2 weeks today
And a couple misc bud shots
And finally, the top from the original Wonder Woman chop, I took 4 clones, 3 of them are in the flower room and this one I'm still vegging, she's going to give me more clones in a couple of weeks and I plan to use one of them to try the Bonsai Mom technique...I know I've said this before but this time I'm prepared to actually do it right. I think
another angle
This shot shows a little yellowing on the very tips of her new growth, I think maybe too much nutes, or not enough water in the res. I hope I corrected this with todays feeding.
I think she has lots of potential as a mother, I brought her out and measured her, she's about a foot tall now and has lots of bush to her
Ok, some thoughts...a little foggy
I've been enjoying a little White Widow from my first grow while creating this monster of an update.
My challenge right now, because they are all different heights, is to keep them all at a level where they get as much light as possible. The White Widow and original Wonder Woman are 21 days in flower and the 3 Wonder Woman clones are at 15 days.
I have a Wonder Woman in 24/0, 2x23wcfl just waiting to
donate. The last clones I waited 18 days from clip to 12/12 and that was too long...they are too branchy now.
So, I don't want to take any new clones until around 2 weeks to harvest what's in flower, that way I'll be able to cut clones, veg for 7-10 days maybe (just long enough to see roots in the cubes) then move to 12/12. I hope this will prevent any branching and give me just a cola with buds. I don't know if I can ever achieve 420fied's results because of the way our cuttings are rooted, all his clones are about the same size when he puts them into flower, I don't know if that will be the case with me using raw cuttings and rooting cubes...we shall see
WOW...It's a long one, I hope it all posts.
Thanks for reading...as always all comments welcome
Happy Growing Everybody
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Maybe it's too soon still, I don't remember when exactly it started smelling real strong last time.