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Yes I’m an auto guy so far. I’m going to read up on those turbo photos or whatever theyre called. I‘m definitely a variety with speed over quantity type guy so I’ve never had the interest.
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Day 20
Congratulations it’s a girl!
We are right on track as far as I know. Don’t judge your plant by other plants. Might be bigger or smaller than others but bottom line is who gives a shit? Exactly. Different beans, soil, tent conditions, etc all have a play. I clipped off the first nodes today and will probably top them in 2 days.
Congratulations it’s a girl!
We are right on track as far as I know. Don’t judge your plant by other plants. Might be bigger or smaller than others but bottom line is who gives a shit? Exactly. Different beans, soil, tent conditions, etc all have a play. I clipped off the first nodes today and will probably top them in 2 days.
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Day 22
Week 4 feed schedule starts today. The 6th node has broken ground and it could be topped right now without problems but I prefer a little more stalk so I’ll top them tomorrow.
The kids are happy and healthy. Told you guys this was easy
Week 4 feed schedule starts today. The 6th node has broken ground and it could be topped right now without problems but I prefer a little more stalk so I’ll top them tomorrow.
The kids are happy and healthy. Told you guys this was easy
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Day 23
Merry Christmas Eve!
Topped between the 5th and 6th nodes.
If you’re not topping your plant that’s awesome. If you don’t want to do any training that’s awesome too. I‘ve always topped but I didn’t train on my first grow because at first it looked a little intimidating and my first grow was 6 plants in a 4x4 (
) so I was more concerned about just getting across the finish line than what kind of car I was driving..
You’ll learn something every grow that will serve as an improvement on the next one. I promise you that. I had one plant there start to get powdered mildew and I had to trash about 30% of that plant and do a cautionary bud wash on every bud in the tent. All turned out wonderful in the end but I learned the importance of proper airflow at the bottom and methodical defoliation/removal of leaves and growth. This led to a lot of experimenting on each plant in the tent whether it was to see how much defol I could get away with or how close to the light I could get etc and was immediately attracted to shaping the plants. And the bottoms now are free from clutter by selective removal so air from my fan can move up the plant, you’ll be doing this also whether you top or train or not…
If your a hands on person they really are like a blank canvas for you to create with. Picture what you’d like to see and make it happen. But you need to lose the fear of killing or damaging the plant for sure. Just go for it because failure means a lesson learned and dropping another bean big whoop.
Merry Christmas Eve!
Topped between the 5th and 6th nodes.
If you’re not topping your plant that’s awesome. If you don’t want to do any training that’s awesome too. I‘ve always topped but I didn’t train on my first grow because at first it looked a little intimidating and my first grow was 6 plants in a 4x4 (
) so I was more concerned about just getting across the finish line than what kind of car I was driving..You’ll learn something every grow that will serve as an improvement on the next one. I promise you that. I had one plant there start to get powdered mildew and I had to trash about 30% of that plant and do a cautionary bud wash on every bud in the tent. All turned out wonderful in the end but I learned the importance of proper airflow at the bottom and methodical defoliation/removal of leaves and growth. This led to a lot of experimenting on each plant in the tent whether it was to see how much defol I could get away with or how close to the light I could get etc and was immediately attracted to shaping the plants. And the bottoms now are free from clutter by selective removal so air from my fan can move up the plant, you’ll be doing this also whether you top or train or not…
If your a hands on person they really are like a blank canvas for you to create with. Picture what you’d like to see and make it happen. But you need to lose the fear of killing or damaging the plant for sure. Just go for it because failure means a lesson learned and dropping another bean big whoop.
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I did LST my first grow. Second grow I did LST and toping. For my third grow, right now, I just let them grow. Just for my own interest. Haha.Day 23
Merry Christmas Eve!
Topped between the 5th and 6th nodes.
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If you’re not topping your plant that’s awesome. If you don’t want to do any training that’s awesome too. I‘ve always topped but I didn’t train on my first grow because at first it looked a little intimidating and my first grow was 6 plants in a 4x4 (
You’ll learn something every grow that will serve as an improvement on the next one. I promise you that. I had one plant there start to get powdered mildew and I had to trash about 30% of that plant and do a cautionary bud wash on every bud in the tent. All turned out wonderful in the end but I learned the importance of proper airflow at the bottom and methodical defoliation/removal of leaves and growth. This led to a lot of experimenting on each plant in the tent whether it was to see how much defol I could get away with or how close to the light I could get etc and was immediately attracted to shaping the plants. And the bottoms now are free from clutter by selective removal so air from my fan can move up the plant, you’ll be doing this also whether you top or train or not…
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If your a hands on person they really are like a blank canvas for you to create with. Picture what you’d like to see and make it happen. But you need to lose the fear of killing or damaging the plant for sure. Just go for it because failure means a lesson learned and dropping another bean big whoop.
But learned a lot from your posts. Will take it with me for my 4th. Awesome.
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Day 29
Week 5 feed starts today. First stage of training on 2nd and 3rd nodes, nothing yet on 4th and 5th. Pulled them down to total horizontal and within 2 hours the tips are back to vertical. I also removed a few leaf fingers that were blocking light. So while the plants look a little small to me, they look vibrant and happy and all signs point to them being healthy.
I’ll be posting just weekly updates as you guys surely don’t need day to day advice from here out. I’m gonna assume y’all are smart enough to ask questions when the time comes.
Week 5 feed starts today. First stage of training on 2nd and 3rd nodes, nothing yet on 4th and 5th. Pulled them down to total horizontal and within 2 hours the tips are back to vertical. I also removed a few leaf fingers that were blocking light. So while the plants look a little small to me, they look vibrant and happy and all signs point to them being healthy.
I’ll be posting just weekly updates as you guys surely don’t need day to day advice from here out. I’m gonna assume y’all are smart enough to ask questions when the time comes.
Wish I had friends around that knew what you did (and could take pictures) when I was trying to figure some training out
...I regret not taking all my first nodes off my autos this grow; but next time
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Thanks for the rep @Mozzy I enjoy training because it gets me hands on with the plant. When I saw pics on this site it sparked a bunch of ideas of how I could have fun with the plant so I’m hoping I’ll be able to do the same. I’m not sure how they compare yield wise against a non topped non trained plant, I’m guessing I get less but yield isn’t important compared to the joy I get fucking around with them lol. These babies grow too fast and I can only smoke/dab/eat so much 
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Day 30
So much for weekly updates lmao. I trained some more so I took some pics. After tying the 2nd and 3rd nodes straight down I pulled the 4th into one of the pie slices.
When I decide which pie slice to go in to I like to remove the bottom growth stem and leaf of the 2nd and 3rd nodes that are on the “inside” of the slice….
Removed a couple large fans and now we have light and air flowing free
So much for weekly updates lmao. I trained some more so I took some pics. After tying the 2nd and 3rd nodes straight down I pulled the 4th into one of the pie slices.
When I decide which pie slice to go in to I like to remove the bottom growth stem and leaf of the 2nd and 3rd nodes that are on the “inside” of the slice….
Removed a couple large fans and now we have light and air flowing free
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