Darkscotia
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I'd still flush like normal.but could be wrong I'll let you know if I make it in first was just there today
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JPinkman
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Thanks and same. I'll prob go in on monday. They get any new seeds?
vespertine
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How nice you can go somewhere to get seeds! I have a bunch more bagseeds but torture myself looking at seedbanks & dreaming of the day I'll know what my seeds are! Lol
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JPinkman
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Yeah a few local shops and dispensaries sell seeds. Having my Rx means I can shop anywhere. Im gearing up to order a few specific things though
vespertine
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That's awesome!
SnarlyWeed
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If you ever do any cross border shopping in Ontario, you can buy seeds almost any headshop or dispensary. Can't see it being difficult taking (sneaking) seeds across the border.
vespertine
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Wouldn't I need a medical card to shop though? In most states here you can only buy from the state your card is from~ lots of hassles~ the dispensaries in my state charge way more than my dealer does~If you ever do any cross border shopping in Ontario, you can buy seeds almost any headshop or dispensary. Can't see it being difficult taking (sneaking) seeds across the border.
Darkscotia
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It looked like they had a few in the case but not sure wasn't looking there honestly.I hope they restock there supply cause they had a wide variety of seeds from different makers before they got hit up.
SnarlyWeed
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It's legal to sell seeds in Ontario. Most dispensaries will ask for card, but you don't need a card to buy at a headshop.
vespertine
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Gotcha~ too bad I'm far away and without a car! Lol
Canada Guy
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Seeds are completely legal all across Canada.
SnarlyWeed
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I got my Crop King seeds at a boutique/headshop. Starting at $50 for 5 fems. And your dollar is worth more, so you gain with the exchange too. but I would exchange to Cdn at your local bank, get better deal. I think retail store prices are same as Crop King website, but that's up to the store too I guess.
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JPinkman
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Thurs May 11
FD4a was ready for the repot to a 1 gal. When FD2a got this she (hopefuly) really took off. Everyone in the veg tent got watered/fed.
FD4a was ready for the repot to a 1 gal. When FD2a got this she (hopefuly) really took off. Everyone in the veg tent got watered/fed.
Lady Antheia
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Lush and green! 
vespertine
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Beautiful job Jesse!
subbed and caught up! fellow canadian med grower noob here - also trying out the FD along with some Blueberry and HazeX - im weeks behind you but was really nice to read your journal from start to finish. I started mine late but will update as things go. Very impressed and only hope I will have plants like that in 6 or 7 weeks time! Cheers JP
vespertine
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I just zoomed in on your clones... holy smokes Batman! They're fabulous! Great job Jesse!
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JPinkman
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Yeah those clones look way better then their parents...once Ive got a female I may grow a new mother out of a clone. Those were my first seeds to pop and I knew even less then then I do now. The genetics on the FD have been all over the place. Between that and keeping an eye out for male sex organs they've been a handful. Once I have that female I'll leave the rest of those seeds alone for a while
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JPinkman
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Hey Rad if youre around I wanted to ask you about clones...
Ive noticed the FD plants are starting to mature, theyve switched to an alternating node. Any clones I take from this point wont be "topable". This is something I missed in my post grow research. I had figured I'd top the clones and eventually learn to flux/mainline. Can you describe your LST methods?
Ive noticed the FD plants are starting to mature, theyve switched to an alternating node. Any clones I take from this point wont be "topable". This is something I missed in my post grow research. I had figured I'd top the clones and eventually learn to flux/mainline. Can you describe your LST methods?
OK. So I don't have organized pictures of the same plant, but I picked out some photos that are representative of how it works.
First off, here is a clone that I started training once it was growing strongly. I bent the top way over so that the top was lower than several other nodes. The top is known as the apical meristem. This is the place where the growth hormones collect strongest. When the top is bent over to be lower than other branch tips, the plant selects one or more of the other tips to become the 'favorite' node or nodes for preferred growth. normally another big branch and/or the branch tip highest on the plant.
In this case, the next three branches all got some growth energy and were spread to the 4 directions. In this position, there are two long branches and two short branches. To encourage growth on the shorter branches, the 2nd long branch joins the the first long branch in being held down low.
The two shorter branches now grow longer.
If you end up lowering all 4 of the top branches, then the nodes along the branches start getting most of the growth energy and your plant will start growing 2-3 branches straight up from each of the 4 long branch - giving one 12-16 nodes forming a canopy. Trying to control these is almost impossible without a scrog, so I just let them grow until going into flower.
The other option would be to release all 4 long branches, giving a 4 node canopy with lesser bud sites below. I don't like doing this, because it tends to form a thick mass of popcorn where the branches meet that is not the best quality bud. Going with the 12+ tops tends to form 12+ really good buds with less popcorn.
I hope that makes some sort of sense, usually when I am thinking about LST the words in my head are more like "If I do this then that thing will probably happen."
The first rule is that if you lower the top bud site to just below another bud site, another bud site will become the top bud site.
A second rule is that if you let branches grow longer before lowering them, additional bud sites will form along the lowered branch as well as redirecting energy to a new top bud site.
Another rule about LST is that it is Low Stress Training - don't force a branch when lowering it. If it doesn't want to bend far enough, wait a couple of days and gently try bending again. - Don't panic if something goes wrong. If you end up kinking the branch (supercropping), or breaking the branch completely off (cloning), or even splitting the trunk - you usually get pretty much the same result you were aiming for when you tried doing LST.
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