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Rootsruler said:
I guess the best way to describe it would be as the plants are growing into maturity their growth hormones are increasing. Once they hit maturity they level out then start to decrease. If I start flower earlier due to the higher plant count not lengthening the veg cycle for net coverage I can catch them on the hormone ramp going up rather than at maturity as those hormones are in decline.

That's the completely, unscientific, anecdotal observation that I'm making. I guess it comes down to me actually doing it to see if I notice a difference.
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certainly sounds like an opportunity for an experiment to me! full disclosure: i haven't flowered a plant started from seed before extensive preflowers have shown in years. just got in the habit of running em till they show sex, then taking clones or culling.
 
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What do yall figure? Ready to chop or give a couple more weeks? Visually I feel like they need more time but trichome wise I think they are ready or even passed the point. I am seeing a LOT of amber...and these were from buds not sugar leaves.

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Shaded said:
Yep those were upper buds. I too feel like they need another 1-2 weeks. Still getting lots of white pistils and some new growth happening. Those trichs scare me tho :ROFLMAO:
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I think they are ok… i lower my light intensity at the end and drop temps for a few reasons… one benefit is the more even ripening.

You can always dual harvest if your worries but i think your fine
 
call me Nancy but those look perfect. I don't think you can screw it up. Seems a matter of preference as to how much of the more CBN-like feelin you want out of it. If want it to be energetic than i would say pull it asap but if don't mind if it knocks you on your ass then I can see why you may say waiting is ok. Frikkin love that uniform cola development.
 
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Coco Lopez said:
call me Nancy but those look perfect. I don't think you can screw it up. Seems a matter of preference as to how much of the more CBN-like feelin you want out of it. If want it to be energetic than i would say pull it asap but if don't mind iof it knocks you on your ass then I can see why you may say waiting is ok. Frikkin love that uniform cola development.
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Yeah...I kind of agree with CL. They're pretty close and I know you need to get the jungle you got going on into the flower room. Your call.
 
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Ready to get things moving. 4x Critical Magic plants will be moving in after a good cleanup.

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Will have to squeeze very large plants in 7 gallon containers through this space...🤦🏻‍♂️

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Incredible harvest 🧙‍♂️ 👏 and great work finagling your way through that tight spot with whopper pots. Damnnn the new crew looks bent over under the trellis picture perfect. They have tons of room, air-flow, everrryting they need. Super clean man great work
 
Coco Lopez said:
Incredible harvest 🧙‍♂️ 👏 and great work finagling your way through that tight spot with whopper pots. Damnnn the new crew looks bent over under the trellis picture perfect. They have tons of room, air-flow, everrryting they need. Super clean man great work
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Thanks PT! 👊

Not looking forward to the trim circus in a week but this is the price we pay for freedom lol
 
Cool_Beans said:
Yeah this is the knowledge I came for.
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Like anything else, if you want the mrs to do it, just let her watch you do it poorly. For example: when doing laundry always mix white and colors, use cold water, and don't fold anything. When trimming: don't use scissors, use hands to rip leaves and stems apart, and don't sweat the small stuff. Hope this lesson helps.
 
tobh said:
yeah. Dragon's flame love stash in a two site dutch bucket system. vegged for like three months. was a shitshow tbh, especially towards the end. learned that if you're gonna scrog, first scrog screen is for training, and a second is needed to support the colas later in the flower cycle. Otherwise, you end up with a bunch of donkey dicks laying on top of each other.

Would've yielded quite a bit more than I did if I had a second screen, but ended up with about 50% unusable larf because of how I ran it. plus, it was my first foray into recirculating hydro, and had all kinds of weird issues crop up like wild pH swings, organic growth in the res, deficiencies, etc.
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I just add a trellis net over the top of my table when the buds hit nine inches. Works great, holds them up, easy to put in and take out.
 
Shaded said:
Honestly I think I liked the Rock Dust better just due to how easily it seemed to dissolve compared to the Azomite. The Azomite tends to clump/form a thick layer that really plays around with the soil compaction on the top layer. Whether or not this has any measurable impact at this point is beyond my recognition other than it's annoying to deal with. I might switch back but I got a huge bag of Azomite for real cheap so I'll use what I have.



Yeah imo early training is a big part of getting nice colas, assuming you are growing a strain that responds well to topping. I let my seedlings grow 8 nodes and then I start my shaping. I top at the 5th node, leave the 4th, and trim everything below(I like having lots of space between my soil level and the first node). It seems very scary to obliterate half of your plant matter but you'll see them recover over a week or so and it sets you up for at least 4 very nice colas. If you want more main colas you would just top the 4 main branches that are left to get 8 main tops or top those again for 16 if you want to push your veg further.

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Then at week 3 of flower, just after the stretch phase has finished I will go and do a really thorough "lollipopping" where I remove any branch or leaf that is below my SCROG. These sites will not get much light and will only produce you larfy garbage buds so may as well get rid of them and let the plant use its energy in areas that get light.
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what else beside azomite could ya use to provide trace minerals ? i cant find any azomite near me and i wanna try and get something in a store not online
 
@Aqua Man im sure there is something in these stores around me i just do not know what to look for , like the other day when you were talking about i could just get some buffered peat moss and perlite to grow in , well how do i know it's buffered none of the packages i look at say anything about it being buffered or not
 
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