Golfer420 - Continuous Grow

[golfer420]

Happy 4th to all my fellow Americans I'm happy to be free to 420 (well, not legally yet - but I do it anyway!)

Day 54. She looked great today. Vibrant lime green at the bud sites and alert leaves

The flush was the right thing. She's responded well by growing very quickly since the last watering. I had pushed all the hangers deeper to keep the canopy the same. Today was the first day of 12/12. I've resigned myself to her being a photo, not an auto. Now I'm not really sure if she is a she or if she's Early Miss. Eventually we'll find out if she's female. I'm hoping now the flower isn't as long as the Sour Jack was.

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[golfer420]

Day 56. She's looking good. I watered yesterday and upped it to 1L from 500ml. I may alternate the feedings instead of every time.

No pistils yet. Only day 2 since the flip. Still frustrates me that she isn't an auto and that I can't start another plant until I finish this one. I am happy with the topping and the canopy I've got going. The growth is crazy in the middle with some of the smaller internal branches shooting through to form that canopy. I wonder what the right balance is with trimming leaves. I've seen people trim off all the smaller growth beneath the colas. Others leave it to help generate the energy for other parts of the plant. I just want to trim leaves that cover the colas. Overall I think she's going to yield pretty well once the flowering begins.

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[golfer420]

She continues to grow well at day 60 and 7 days into 12/12. Unfortunately, no signs of pistils yet - and trust me - I'm looking very closely. Since I thought this seed was an auto and it's not, who knows if it is feminized. Let's knock wood

Pretty sure we'll see a pistil in the next 4 or 5 days. I changed from the hangers to the string for LST. I'm happy with how low I've kept the canopy. The main colas are all pulled down around the outside of the pot. I don't have too much room in this tent potential growth spurt so I need to keep them as low as possible. Quite a bit of growth in the center and some lower smaller colas are coming up pretty strong in the middle. I'm crossing my fingers I can get nice big buds like I got from my Northern Lights or White Widow (and I use "big" comparatively to my own grows).

Not surprisingly but we've moved up to a liter of water every two days. The pictures below are two days apart but the growth in two days show how quickly they're responding. Yesterday she was all tied down again with the string but tonight all the colas are back up straight. I am using as much of the tent as possible, keeping her low and round.

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Saturday

Monday

 

[IndyRacerNick]

Dude your plants are looking awesome!!!

I noticed a couple leafs got spots on the edges...and idea what this is from? Reason I asked is cause I notice one of mine with the same thing.

I 2laughed so hard when I read that you thought it was an auto...i been there haha took my girl about 10 to 12 days to show sex after the switch.

Very well done my friend!

You going to remove fan leaves to open her up for more light and growth?

 

[golfer420]

Thanks, Indy

I believe the spots are from where nute water has landed on the leaves. It leaves spots or burns a bit of the leaf. I've been removing fan leaves all along, though I'm not that aggressive. I feel (not sure) that they help provide energy so I only try to trim the fan leaves that block other areas or look like they screw up air flow. The big ones around the edges - I'll let those stay.

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[golfer420]

Day 65. Fed with 1.5L of water. 2ml of the GMB and a ml of some others.

Looking good, but no pistils yet.

 

[IndyRacerNick]

Dude they look awesome!!!!! Seriously lots of life happening there!

If it were me, I would remove a shit ton of those leaves in the middle. There is so much growth being covered up by those leaves.

Let me show you...you been following my journal and thanks for that...but here is my cheese plant before I removed leaves, after I removed leaves and the results

Before leaf removal

After Removal

2 Days after removal

All those smaller areas that were covered are now up to the top and are getting light and are even with the canopy now.

I cut that many leaves off I made it look like a stick man. Leaves were heavily removed in the middle, and I lept the leaves on the edge until they start blocking light and air.

Just a tip, when I was speaking with Advanced Nutrients Support they asked to see my plants, I showed them and they said I had to remove leaves...I was not sure about their call, they basically said "What you see is what you get" and by removing leaves I will see more and get more....they were right! Cheese will produce a hell of a lot more now, and I bet if you removed the leaves off your plant as much as possible and really opened her up, you will be very happy with the results.

If not then thats fine too, your plants look amazing! Keep it up my friend

 

[golfer420]

Thanks, Indy. More trimming was already in the plans. I did some today. Here are a couple photos. Still no pistils

 

[IndyRacerNick]

Nicely done golfer

 

[golfer420]

F me. Stoner. Twice I forgot to post after going through edit. Arggh. Here's the cliff notes...

Day 68 and 15 days after flipping and she finally has a pistil! Almost forgot what they looked like

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[Jdub95]

Yours looks like mine but the female version .

 

[IndyRacerNick]

Wooo hoooo that's kick ass man!!!

 

[golfer420]

Day 74 and almost a week since seeing the first pistil. Definitely not in full flower mode. Seems like a growth spurt since yesterday.

I went away Thur-Sun and last watered on Wed night. She was bone dry by Sunday afternoon and completely wilted. Kinda scary but these ladies are so resilient. Water/fed last night and 2 hours later she already looked better. The pics here are from tonight.

I did some trimming and took the before and after shot. I wasn't that aggressive. I am pretty sure I will try super cropping tomorrow night. While I'm seeing more pistils, it's just the very beginning and she seems to be stretching. I'm also have difficulty getting her in and out of the tent! She's really filling out. Could be tough keeping her under the lights later as she continues to develop.

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BEFORE

AFTER

 

[golfer420]

77 days. They don't seem to be thriving as much as I'd hoped. Pistils coming out but very slow. Oh well - she's still kickin

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[IndyRacerNick]

She is kicking..and will go full force on you soon buddy. Be ready looking great dude!

 

[golfer420]

Day 82. Two weeks of flowering (first pistil) and 4 weeks since flipping the lights.

Finally starting to see buds forming. Tried my hand at super cropping and may have gone a bit too far. I almost nipped off two main colas. Taped one back together.

Overall she's looking like the PH is off again. Watered the last two times with no nutes. If she doesn't look much better by the next watering, I'll do another flush.

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[golfer420]

Here we are flowering away! I over LST'd and split the main stem. Hopefully it doesn't cause an issue. The cola's I super cropped have all healed well. So far so good, though it still feels like it's taking for ever.

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[golfer420]

Day 95 and 3 weeks of flowering. She's coming along. Hoping that with all this time spent she's potent!

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[golfer420]

Day 96. Came home and was very excited to see how she looked. Fed her 2 liters of water with 8ml of grow/micro/bloom, 4ml of bud candy and big bud, 2 ml of cal mag. Leaves were all pointing up and she looked bright green

She does not look like Early Miss. She looks more sativa than indica. I'm not seeing much trichome production yet. Hoping that picks up shortly.

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[golfer420]

It's day 104, just about 5 weeks of flower. Happy with how she's doing. She looked very alert today and the colas are starting to fill in. Always want more, but I'm happy with how she's doing.

Got a new camera and here are some pics and vids. Thanks for stopping by



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