Grandma's Growing Again

Originally Posted by Bluejeans

This is totally new information to me! ... I will have to practice on that one. Is it ever too late to start that? I have 12 plants in veg right now, some of which will be moving to flower in a couple of weeks. For that matter, how early do you start?

Thanks KAB!

Now my next question is when to start counting flowering. For instance, a breeder pack says "finishes in 65 days"... let's assume then that I want to target a certain time for harvest. So I count back 65 days and that would be what? When she starts to flower? When she goes into 12/12? What is that 65 days counting? Cuz I'm gettin' confused.

The day you are sure of the sex of the plant counts as Day 1, and then 65 days from that you should be harvesting. Recently had to ask this myself

i get pre flowers sometimes two weeks before they go into true flowering

Originally Posted by Bluejeans

This is totally new information to me! ... I will have to practice on that one. Is it ever too late to start that? I have 12 plants in veg right now, some of which will be moving to flower in a couple of weeks. For that matter, how early do you start?

Thanks KAB!

Now my next question is when to start counting flowering. For instance, a breeder pack says "finishes in 65 days"... let's assume then that I want to target a certain time for harvest. So I count back 65 days and that would be what? When she starts to flower? When she goes into 12/12? What is that 65 days counting? Cuz I'm gettin' confused.

As a few others have said, you count day one flowering when you see the true flowers starting to form. Preflowers do not count because you can have preflowers even when your in veg. I am talking about when flowers start forming where your bud sites are. That is Day 1 flowering.

Some people count day 1 when they change the lights to 12/12 but that is not correct. The plant doesn't notice it right away so starting day 1 when you go 12/12 is not correct. If you switch over to 12/12 day one would be when you start to see flowers developing, kinda like little cottonballs. This usually happens about a week and a half after switching to 12/12

Hey blue, I got some pics up on my thread of the strain I created. Its a beast. Here is the link. The picture is on the 3rd page.
My Grow. Mango, Granddaddy Purps, Mystery Shadow, and more.

Originally Posted by Bluejeans

This is totally new information to me! ... I will have to practice on that one. Is it ever too late to start that? I have 12 plants in veg right now, some of which will be moving to flower in a couple of weeks. For that matter, how early do you start?

Thanks KAB!

Now my next question is when to start counting flowering. For instance, a breeder pack says "finishes in 65 days"... let's assume then that I want to target a certain time for harvest. So I count back 65 days and that would be what? When she starts to flower? When she goes into 12/12? What is that 65 days counting? Cuz I'm gettin' confused.

Yeah you don't want to start flowering till your plants have had around 10 days to heal. You can start early. But all that you do in the early phase is squeezing the plant to bruise it. I got this from high times like 8-10 years ago. The article was called super cropping 2 I believe. It explains it with pics.

I don't really count flower days. I do but I use them as a rough guide for when I should start watching my plants. I don't go by a set number I harvest when they look ripe. But I count from when I flip the lights.

Originally Posted by Bluejeans

In response to the supercropping question, here is one that I supercropped. The first picture was taken right after cropping a branch. The second picture was taken a few days later. Notice how the branch sort of swells at the injury. That is it's way of healing. That branch will be stronger and tougher for having been supercropped. They take 5-7 days to properly heal.

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That's more "high-stress training" than a traditional supercrop. Old school super cropping does not involve bending the plant over, same concept though.

Originally Posted by Kratose

As a few others have said, you count day one flowering when you see the true flowers starting to form. Preflowers do not count because you can have preflowers even when your in veg. I am talking about when flowers start forming where your bud sites are. That is Day 1 flowering.

Some people count day 1 when they change the lights to 12/12 but that is not correct. The plant doesn't notice it right away so starting day 1 when you go 12/12 is not correct. If you switch over to 12/12 day one would be when you start to see flowers developing, kinda like little cottonballs. This usually happens about a week and a half after switching to 12/12

Hey blue, I got some pics up on my thread of the strain I created. Its a beast. Here is the link. The picture is on the 3rd page.
My Grow. Mango, Granddaddy Purps, Mystery Shadow, and more.

The plants absolutely do "notice" when you flip the lights, but there are other processes it must go through before it just craps out some beautiful buds for you to smoke. I assure you, they notice... they have evolved for thousands of years to "notice."

Originally Posted by karmas a bitch

Bluejeans starting at the bottom of the plant and working your way up every 1 1/2 in. Take the plant in your hand at the node and then put your other hand on the next node. Twist it backwards against itself SLOWLY untill you feel a snap of the inner phloem breaking. Do this on plants in veg every 10-14 days. It will slow you growth down in veg. But your plants will be beasts. Everytime you snap that phloem it grows in size when it heals. Def do this with your mothers if you keep em. Do the branches too.

Its good to practice on old stems before you move on to your live plants. That way you won't kill your plants

Wow Im definitely doing this on my next grow thanks alot, I just know my plants gonna be amazing on my 5th grow cuz my 4th grow is coming along beautifully.. Check it out

Well, today in the garden, I started the next generation. I currently have 12 plants in various stages of flowering, 10 nice plants in veg (one of which has been there 46 days...) and now it's time to start the next set that will be growing while the current veg girls are flowering.

So, I put to germinate: 4- 48mph (0calli's strain). 3-Blue Cheese, and 3-Psycho Killer (Psychosis x Jack the Ripper); all regs so I expect a few culls

And I took a few clones: 2 Chocolope, 3 Bubblebomb, 2 White Poison, 2 Red Cherry Berry, and 1 Strawberry Diesel

And I've got 1 Lemon Skunk and 1 Emerald Jack seedlings

The current veg line up is:
Red Cherry Berry - 47 days from seed
BlueberryxG13 - 26 days veg
Strawberry Diesel - 26 days veg
Black Diesel x3 - 35 days veg
White Poison x4 - 35 days veg