Pantagruel's 1st Indoor Durban Poison

[Mike Wright]

LST training first clone

This will be my first crack at LST training my first clone. If it goes well I'll put it in its own thread.

 

[Mono]

Looking good so far.

Good luck

 

[Mike Wright]

Hmm. Are these fuzzy white things the trichomes?

 

[Mike Wright]

@Waknbak

Hey Wak, it smells a lot like black licorice now!!

 

[Mono]

trichomes are the clear (crystally looking) glands on the buds and smaller leaves which contain all the good stuff. They will change from clear, to milky and finally to amber as the flowers mature. Best to view them under a magnifying scope of 30x +

 

[Mike Wright]

Ok, but can I see enough in a pic like this to determine when to harvest? I don't really want to buy a scope.

 

[Mono]

Ok, but can I see enough in a pic like this to determine when to harvest? I don't really want to buy a scope.

You will not really be able to see by eye exactly when to harvest. A scope could be picked up for as little as 10 dollars if you shop around and is well worth the investment.

If you don't want to invest in a scope then you are best to harvest around 9 weeks for an indica dominant strain and anywhere from 12 weeks for a sativa.

A scope is well worth the small investment, guarantees your buds are just what you want them to be.

 

[Mike Wright]

Couldn't wait! Had to snarf a bottom bud.

 

[Mono]

Couldn't wait! Had to snarf a bottom bud.

Looks like you are very early into 12/12. Plant looks a good 2-3 weeks minimum from finish.

Don't want to be pulling too many buds, will seriously lower yield in the end. However, your plants, your choice. Just my 2 pence

 

[Mike Wright]

Gotta wonder. I know it is a big debate. I prune my tomatoes vigorously and they produce well. Figure in nature plants lose parts all the time. Look at supercropping, damage results in stronger growth....

 

[Mono]

Gotta wonder. I know it is a big debate. I prune my tomatoes vigorously and they produce well. Figure in nature plants lose parts all the time. Look at supercropping, damage results in stronger growth....

With cannabis, to my knowledge, this only applies during vegetative growth for that bud you pruned will not be replaced by another. Although, I am still learning.

Can't wait to see what the results are

 

[Light Addict]

Yep I'm with Mono these girls love the tough love through veg, then ease off and let them do their thing!

 

[WildRosebud]

Gotta wonder. I know it is a big debate. I prune my tomatoes vigorously and they produce well. Figure in nature plants lose parts all the time. Look at supercropping, damage results in stronger growth....

I agree and I wish cannabis grew like tomatoes lol imagine not being able to over water cannabis lol I learn trimming tomato plants makes larger fruit but less and letting them go wild makes smaller fruit but more fruit.

I am not a fussy person and I find benefit from smoking green immature buds I see no harm in clipping a bud off here and there. It does not stress plants that much they bounce back fast and if you take lower branches off it stimulates growth up top anyway. I call lower branches that produce less "Suckers" sucking energy away from the good spots haha , have a great day eh!

 

[Mike Wright]

Interesting. I accidentally topped the smaller of my two plants a few days after switching to flowering. It stretched practically zero and there are 5 buds right in the middle within 2 inches of the main stem.

 

[Mono]

I'm watching. Always open to learning new things

 

[Mike Wright]

I'm starting to think what I'd really like to do is produce my own seeds and ultimately my own strains.

 

[Light Addict]

Ahh the ultimate goal of a lot of us, myself included my friend. Loads to learn first though!

 

[Mike Wright]

Bud Zoom

Zoom

 

[Light Addict]

Awesome well done Sir!!!

 

[Mono]

Those are some tasty looking buds there my friend.

Nice work.