Carestaker's - Hybrid LED / HPS Powered 4x4 - Various Strains

CareStaker;2546945 said:

Dennise;2546809 said:

What Broke Ass said... Beautiful... just beautiful......

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B A R;2546420 said:

I left a phone in the bloom tent & my plants just called to tell me they want what your girls are having Carestaker. LOL

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Thanks guys, I'm a proud papa, they came out nice

MassMedMan;2546822 said:

Bro,, you said you were retiring or talking time off after this,,, want to help me?? Or give me tips?? Seriously,, you need a place to look at plants and feel at home while you're on break.... Hit me up.for real

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Yep. I'm winding down now, and should finish my work crunch in the next couple weeks. I got your contact, I'll hit you up soon after. These girls should be dried with just a touch of cure I'm thinking we should smoke some.

Groovy Bud;2546832 said:

Mouth watering stuff. That "purple" Trainwreck is so unique! Congratulations on that!

I see that you do hard-core defoliating. How many and when do you perform these defols?

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I go pretty hard on them, but not all the way. I don't veg for long (~45 days from sprout), so my leaf taking style is factored in to keep the plants moving along. I don't like to wait for them, I want them to grow, grow, grow. So in early veg I top, around node 3-4, and I start with defol. I've tried tucking, but tucking doesn't change the hormone balance in the plant, the way defol will. It depends on what your trying to do, sometimes you want the leaf to push/power a branch's growth...anyway. In early veg I'll take the big sun blockers at about mid-plant. In later veg I'll take the second newest leaf on each growing tip, for a period of time to level the tops a bit, and to make the plant build nodes faster. If the plant is losing new growth leafs, it will make more of them, which will stack nodes tighter. I take them everyday, and sometimes in a bunch, but not usually all at once, unless I was too lazy to hit them up right. They get used to it after a bit, and if they are super healthy, they don't slow down at all. I do still take a few during early flowering, to keep air moving, and light from being blocked, but I'm selective and careful. I stop when they are in hard stretch, and then lightly clean them up again at 21 days. I'll hit them again around 40-45 days, pretty hard, and then again about 5 days before chop where I take almost everything. OK, so reading back, maybe I am a little hardcore with it. They love it really, it's natural for them.

Dennise;2546835 said:

Still like my Purple Trainwreck better than anything I have grown... I find the name very apropos.....

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I'm going to love having some knock out power in my bunker. I've grown so many Sativa doms lately and they will keep you up all night. I'll do a smoke/grow review of her when I'm done, as she's kinda unique growing and smelling. Your excitement about her has be dying to try her out, can't wait, another 2-3 weeks

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