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You should see lots of examples of supporting colas here on RIU and on the Internet. You can use several things for support - netting (feed colas through nets), bamboo and string, tomato cages (too late to slide over your plant now). Anything that supports the colas and limits how much they sway...

2 - 4 weeks. See all the long, white hairs? They will darken and recede when you're close to maturity.

Have you looked underneath the spotted leaves with a magnifying glass? Look for little tiny dots and see what they look like magnified. If they look like this, you have spider mites - -

My advice, for what its worth, for a brand new grower - SIMPLIFY. Start with good organic soil, trusted seeds or clones, find a good organic 'Grow' nutes and a good organic 'Bloom' nutes and learn about spotting and controlling pests. I use General Organics BioThrive 'Grow' as well as their...

It shouldn't hurt the plant, as long as it's only fan leaves and not colas that are rubbing. Any colas that rub will lose trichomes. You can use bamboo stakes and string to pull the colas close to the fence away from it. As the colas grow this summer, you'll need to provide them some support in...

Spider mites (not really spiders but they do make webs) - not good. ANY other kind of spider is a good thing. The only potential downside is spider webs in your smoke so you may want to rinse your plant well before harvest, or you'll have to deal with the webs during trimming. Otherwise...

5 gallon pots are pretty small and your plants will get pretty root bound. You may also have issues with them blowing over in a moderate wind if you don't support them properly. I do recommend you consider the 7.5 or 10 gallon pots for the increase in soil, and the stability of a wider base. The...

^^^ I agree with the topping and nutes suggestion above. When you top the plant, it may seem to stop growing for about a week so don't panic. It'll kick back into gear after a few days and grow like a weed.

Once almost all of the white hairs darken and begin to recede, don't be surprised if you see some new white hairs sprout. It doesn't happen ALL the time, but occasionally it will. If it happens in multiple places on your plant, give it a few more days. If it's just lower branches, you can...

Believe it or not, I'm not bummed, nor is my ire raised one tiny iota. I'm just curious why some people tend to say "Hey look at me (or mine)" rather than spend a few minutes to review other peoples' posts of the exact same thing. If you had seen any of the 4 or 5 other posts posted the same...

Great looking plants, but no matter how hard I try, I cannot translate your sentence before the pic in any known language on Google.

Funny how everybody posts the same pics of buds covered in long straight white hairs and wants to know if it's ready. 4 more weeks, you're not even close. If you doubt that advice, look at any of the other 1000+ threads posting the same pics with the same long white hairs and see what advice...

I'm not a plant expert but the blue is a huge hydrangea bush and the red looks like a fuschia.

Those are some beautiful bushy trees Purpletrainwrecker - Are those yours from last season?

When are you transferring them to their final pot, and what size are you planning on using? Those are ready when you are. Looks like you're using about a 2 gallon - 5 gallon pot. Guys here growing the largest trees are using 400 gallon cloth pots to grow 12 foot monsters. I've used as little as...

Pics are looking good and your plants look awesome, keep up the good work!

Continue to feed and water like normal for the next 2 weeks, then post new pics.

Obviously be sure to not just dump the pot and squish your plant. Hold one hand covering the dirt at the base of the plant with the stalks between your fingers, like you would transplanting any other plant. You can pull the plants by their stalks and you should slide them and the dirt easily out...

Still a lot of white hairs, it'll be around 2 - 4 weeks, most likely no sooner than July 1st.

Do it when the soil has dried out a bit (but not too dry), it will be lighter with less water. Put it on its side and roll it around to loosen the dirt from the wall of the bucket, then tilt it and the plant should slide right out. You can set it on it's side on a chair or table edge if you need...