lol out of the three i started, 2 have done quite nicely. though i transplanted them out of the shot glasses months ago... all 3 are still alive, tho one is so stunted its all but useless. 1, is doing phenomenal, lol. i have tortured this plant to no end, lst, topping, fimming, supercropping, light stress, temp stress (both low and high temps), knocked the plant over and left it like that for 2-3 days, nute burned, under watered, over watered, shitty ph (6.7 on the runoff for like 3 weeks) ive twisted it, put a 400w mh 12 inches away, for a week straight, on 24/7 (no cooltube, just a bare lamp), just down right abused and neglected, i pulled of 60% of the fan leaves while it was in veg, just to see what would happen, and thats just to name a few...
the damn thing wont die! so last night i went down to the lab ( its a lab right now because i am experimenting on things for an upcoming sog i have planned) and actually pulled the plant out the the nasty mg soil i had it in (no mercy) cleaned the rootball up, and transplanted and repotted her and her healthy sister into my own secret soil mix and some real 2 gal pots, and set up some appropriate lighting and a/c.
i think i have a canidate for a mother. because of all the torture the plant has remained short and dense, with alot of side branches and colas from all the topping, seriously if i flowered her out now she would prolly have 8 colas and as many medium sized side branches. the stem is almost as thick as my middle finger and the plant cant be 11" tall. now I am looking forward to seeing if the plant can recover and start sprouting some sick new veg growth. thinking of getting a 150w cmh and a small cooltube, because i have a rubbermaid cabinet from home depot that seems to be just perfect to have a mother on the bottom and my 72 site cloner on top.... i would post a pic of her but right now she looks a little sick from all the abuse and i dont want to embaress her
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