Dragon311
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Time for the next grow!
I've been trying to alternate my grows so far. Satviva dom, indica dom, sativa dom, etc... I've really enjoyed the sativa dominant strains I've grown so far. Super Lemon Haze and Silver Kush being my favorites. I haven't really liked the indica doms I've tried so far, but then again I haven't had the best of luck with them either. So far for indica doms I've tried: Blue Mystic, Carmel Ice, and Northern Lights Blue.
I decided to try and follow Nugbucket's guide for mainlining a plant this time around. It seems perfectly suited for my style of grow with a cabinet and the XGS-190. I opted to go for 8 tops on this plant since it's my first time trying it this way.
The first time I topped her and stripped away all the early fan leaves I was hesitant, but she bounced back just fine from such a massive trimming. I let her grow out a bit, and trained the plant for it's first main split at the trunk. I made the 2nd cut on her, and was attempting to train her into a new shape when I took it too far, and she snapped in half at the main split!
I have done LST on many plants in the past and had never broken a branch or snapped anything off before, but I can not say that anymore. I tried to tape the branch back up and see if she'd heal herself, but by morning the branch had withered away.
I thought I was going to have to start over again. The more I thought about it though, I could just resume the topping and training for mainlining again, just set back a couple nodes. So I got some more coco and added more to the pot to bury the stalk a bit deeper, and went back to training her again.
She just got back up to 8 tops a few weeks ago. I had some problems trying to shape her. All fabric pots aren't the easiest thing to work with when trying to anchor and tie something down. I was able to get the main split shaped pretty well, but its the resulting splits that didn't get held down as evenly.
I have installed a modified plant support ring, and am in the process of tieing her to the ring for added control over growth profile and support. I just flipped her lights over to flowering the other day, so the countdown can begin!
I've been trying to alternate my grows so far. Satviva dom, indica dom, sativa dom, etc... I've really enjoyed the sativa dominant strains I've grown so far. Super Lemon Haze and Silver Kush being my favorites. I haven't really liked the indica doms I've tried so far, but then again I haven't had the best of luck with them either. So far for indica doms I've tried: Blue Mystic, Carmel Ice, and Northern Lights Blue.
I decided to try and follow Nugbucket's guide for mainlining a plant this time around. It seems perfectly suited for my style of grow with a cabinet and the XGS-190. I opted to go for 8 tops on this plant since it's my first time trying it this way.
The first time I topped her and stripped away all the early fan leaves I was hesitant, but she bounced back just fine from such a massive trimming. I let her grow out a bit, and trained the plant for it's first main split at the trunk. I made the 2nd cut on her, and was attempting to train her into a new shape when I took it too far, and she snapped in half at the main split!
I have done LST on many plants in the past and had never broken a branch or snapped anything off before, but I can not say that anymore. I tried to tape the branch back up and see if she'd heal herself, but by morning the branch had withered away.
I thought I was going to have to start over again. The more I thought about it though, I could just resume the topping and training for mainlining again, just set back a couple nodes. So I got some more coco and added more to the pot to bury the stalk a bit deeper, and went back to training her again.
She just got back up to 8 tops a few weeks ago. I had some problems trying to shape her. All fabric pots aren't the easiest thing to work with when trying to anchor and tie something down. I was able to get the main split shaped pretty well, but its the resulting splits that didn't get held down as evenly.
I have installed a modified plant support ring, and am in the process of tieing her to the ring for added control over growth profile and support. I just flipped her lights over to flowering the other day, so the countdown can begin!
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