Fastbuds gorilla cookie grow
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Mookjong
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Hey how hot is your sp3000 running? Did you need any secondary cooling for it?
Also, did you snag any pics of your Gc's root ball? Was it worth having the elevation for the fabric pots to get air on the bottom? I didnt account for that... Looks like you put alot of thought into this grow. I'm thinking of trying to pack 6 autos under my sp3000 but iono, prolly too much, The original plan was three in a single row, but after seeing it irl, im thinking it might do 6.
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Buddy73
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Reason for elevating the pots was for warmth and good air flow all around and for my run off bowls to slide in and out after watering to empty so not having to move the plants. I like to think of all the little things that make my grows go that little bit easier and quicker to manage.
Mookjong
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TheDifferenceX
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I agree with Buddy, anything more than 2 (maybe 3 plants would be pushing it.
With 2-3 plants that are fully LST'd (bushy), you would end up with more bud than six plants crammed into the same space without LST.
With 2-3 plants that are fully LST'd (bushy), you would end up with more bud than six plants crammed into the same space without LST.
Humanrob
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Of course, not every grow necessarily has the goal of maximizing quantity. If you are testing a cross that you made, or you just bought a ton of seeds of different strains and you want to sample a bunch, then those might be reasons for running 6 smaller plants rather than two giant ones. It can be more work to maintain an overcrowded a tent, there can be issues with airflow etc., but sometimes there's a reason to go that route. Just depends on your primary goal.
Humanrob
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Buddy, do you recall if you topped that plant?
Humanrob
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Interesting. I read enough grow threads that sometimes I confuse them, I was sure you topped. Must have been someone else.
Humanrob
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Someday I might try not topping one... I've never trained one as much as I am planning on training the group I'm growing now. Actually, since I've only grown autos outdoors, I've never really trained them at all. I have done some sort-of-mainlining with indoor photos during veg, but that's it (other than scrogging, which I've done indoors and outdoors). And they were all topped.
I'm two days away from starting LST'ing my plants (hopefully like you did), and I'm kind of nervous. Never bent a plant over like that before. The training I've done was with plants topped after the fourth node, so all I was doing was spreading out the main 8 branches.
I'm still figuring out how much of what I know from photos also works for autos.
I'm two days away from starting LST'ing my plants (hopefully like you did), and I'm kind of nervous. Never bent a plant over like that before. The training I've done was with plants topped after the fourth node, so all I was doing was spreading out the main 8 branches.
I'm still figuring out how much of what I know from photos also works for autos.
TheDifferenceX
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moving slowly along. 87 days GSC
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Humanrob
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Thanks for that. I went ahead and started. So far the challenge is in not damaging the baby leaves with the wire. I'll keep going slowly.
Another question -- when someone asked about the kind of wire you use, there was some discussion about the wire impacting the soil, is that a thing? The wire I started using is from a roll of electric fence wiring I have and it's galvanized, can that negatively impact my soil/plant health?
EDIT: I did a quick search on it, and all I've come up with is that galvanized containers are safe to grow vegetables in. Apparently zinc is used, and it's not an issue?
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