good thread...
what i learned last yr, hmm.
dnt wait too long to transplant, to avoid getting rootbound and delaying growth. with no place for the roots to go, u will notice a sharp decrease in vertical growth.
make sure if using fencing to have small enough diameter holes in it. otherwise small critters like chipmunks can get in and do more damage than u think.
i think someone said this as well but it was a big lesson for me, dnt switch to bloom nutes too early. i ran out of veg nutes rite before flower, didnt want to get a whole thing of veg nutes for only a week or so, so i decided what could it hurt tyo use bloom nutes here on in. i got bad nitrogen deficiencies because of it, in early flower, and whould even recomend using veg nutes for the fist 1-3 weeks of flower, or a veg/bloom combo.
also i learned to have ur shit when u need it, i ran out of soil earlier in the yr and was broke at the time, delaying my transplanting by a couple more weeks. if i had the basic suppliesw i needed, i couldve avoided this
this i learned last yr but will put it up, support your plants before they flower, stong winds +heavy buds, your gonna get some breaks unless u support them, save yourself the heartbreak
Next yr....
if i can i want to go ground, if not im doing smart pots, large ones too. 25-65 gal im thinking to finish
id also like to slowly progress into the world of organics, and will try to be mixing my own soil. i was also going to make organic teas to treat any deficiencies that may come up, but after reading up about it, its more complex than i thought. one of these times i will, but at this point in time, i dnt thinks its gonna happen, ill have to find a decent organic bottled nutrient line to subsitute defisiencies, and i also want something to provide a little extra nitro in early flower. ppl say ur plants dnt need N in flower and to cut it all out, well my plants told me that they need it, and need it bad too.
also want to mess with fimming a bit next yr, it was basically all LST this yr, but i had one, basically fimmed by a caterpillar, and the side branching, really bushed out, but i liked it more-so compared to lst bc of the nice even structure, and branching, of the plant, lst i had to tie my plant down, according to where i could anchor it on the pot, and the structure isnt very even, and i will have branches over lapping, and colliding, and then i pull those branches apart so theres less chance for mold, just seems like a little more of a pain, and more up keep. next year i plant to fim, ppromote new branching, and if/when the main top starts takinging dominance, ill fim it again, im figuring, this should provide a nice bush with even branching
