Newbies First Grow

[BennyHill]

Re: Newbies 1st grow

She's still doing well and I've applied first tie to train her towards the side of the pot. I didn't get her top below horizontal, but should be able to do that in a few days.

 

[Bigbudsgood]

They are fairly flexible - a little at a time will do it
What kind of ties are you using ?

 

[BennyHill]

Thanks Bigbuds
I've got plastic coated wire ties and am leaving lots of room around the stem for growth. She's only about 5 inches tall but has lots of branches, so not much stretch. She also smells like citrus, hope these are good signs?

 

[Bigbudsgood]

She is looking great mate - very tight growth
Are you going to Top or FIM her ? Never tried a fancy strain - still got heaps of bag seed to use up - from what i have read White Widow has an earthy ,woody taste and that sounds good to me,
; ).

 

[BennyHill]

Tightened the string last night to pull her onto her side. She's still not below horizontal but plenty of time. I plan to loop her around the outside of the pot before starting 12/12. She's still on 24/7 and I've been adding low dose nutrients for the last week with spray and adding about a pint of water every 3 days. I don't plan to top or FIM and am looking for about 6 or 8 main bud sites. I reckon that's about all my grow space will allow. Looking for quality above anything else and a couple of ounces is my goal.

She's into 3rd week veg now and I expect to continue for another 3 weeks. We'll see how she goes

 

[GreeenFingers]

Looking good BennyHill

I'll sub in to help you along where I can


GreenFingers

 

[BennyHill]

Thanks GreenFingers, I really appreciate all the great advice offered on this forum. I wouldn't have even considered LST without help from others and have changed my lighting arrangement as well

 

[Bigbudsgood]

Spot on Benny
Yep always quality over quantity

 

[BennyHill]

Not much to report. Slowly getting her to grow sideways. I'll post some picks taken a few days ago before I got her on her side. Yesterday morning she was at about horizontal and looking forward to seeing any progress tonight. Hopefully there are a few stalks competing for #1

 

[BennyHill]

 

[BennyHill]

Ok, I don't know what to do now. She's very bushy and lots of leaves underneath not getting any light now. Do I continue LST or flip to 12/12?

 

[DocFez]

Hey Bennyhill it would depend on how much space you have... they almost triple in size once you go 12/12. Lst i say...

 

[DocFez]

Hey check out these links good read.
Light Addict's Quick Guide To Fluxing - Featuring The Original Flux!

My Tutt Style Training - Quick Guide!

 

[BennyHill]

Thanks Doc, great reads and inspired to continue with LST. I have a small space and want to make the best of it

 

[BennyHill]

I'll do some work on her tonight and post pics in a couple of days (away tomorrow)

 

[Bigbudsgood]

May as well Benny - she aint gonna get much bigger in there - how many colas can you count there - @10 be right ?
Great LST job Damn that was quick.

 

[BennyHill]

Thanks Bigbuds, I'll see if I can get some vertical growth from the budsites before flipping

 

[BennyHill]

Thanks for help guy's. I've taken about a dozen fan leaves from her and spread her out under some wire. She looks more like ScrOG than anything now. I reckon about 8 or 9 colas looking healthy. I'll give her some time to grow them up now. Will post picks on Friday.

 

[CannaOg]

Thanks Bigbuds, I'll see if I can get some vertical growth from the budsites before flipping

If you want vertical growth just raise your lights a little she will stretch

 

[BennyHill]

She's gone ballistic since yesterday's training. Can't wait to post pics. I did nothing to her tonight other than a spray of water. She's got 11 or 12 good colas with maybe more to come.