Okay it's been 7 days since my last post and it is ever the freaking jungle in this tent. I intended to have 4 main line train babes doing their thing but since I screwed up my pruning process on a few of them, okay all for none have eight colas each.
This particular one the oldest for I took clones days apart for this. I had fimmed it and got four branches however the two opposing lower branches will probably have to be cut off so energy can focus on two upper opposing branches that have also been topped once each producing 4 well developed branches. It the biggest but oldest of all and not much bigger then the one next to it.
Due to its greater development though it has had an impact on light reaching some of the outer cola sites are different gals around it.
The one next to it on the back left has two outside colas not developing at same rate. But overall this plant being a couple weeks younger in its development is quite impressive, it is using my 50% blend high octane soil, little leaf tip burns here and there nothing to get excited over and just means she is full throttle.
However she has six colas, but with 4 main line colas inside that took off and two outside seem lagging behind. So it seems these that the set of four are getting the energy for growth whereas the other two are lagging behind.
To recap when looking at pictures he plants I prior mentioned ladi are in the back, the fimmed topped one is right rear, the 6 cola sites one due to beginner mainline training is where 4 are dominate on the inside close to the light the other two are lagging on outside.
Therefore from these two plants I see 8 strong cola sites half of what I was aspiring for from two plants. Still 8 is better then 0 and as far as space goes if I am ever going to get 8 cola for each plant x 4 I will need to do some serious work at getting all clones growing at closer to same size going in and that each site is viable where the plant doesn't seem to want to give more energy to a branch supporting 4 cola sites verses two or less. Interesting all the same though on how energy is distributed when there isn’t the symmetrical sites to feed.
The two up front from left to right also have some distribution issues for the left one has 7 colas which seem to be somewhat all growing the same , the right has 5 colas which seem to be about the same. So still haven't come to any real conclusion except for that the towering back right plant may have block some light to certain areas that could also explain some sites lagging for the light is in center and naturally I placed the stronger branches inside instead of outside. Urgh!
Clearly I've set myself up for some challenges in keeping a uniform canopy. I am doing what I can to ensure my next run will not have these pitfalls going in.
But hey these clones though going in and them not all being a symmetrical standard is at least showing me why uniformity is important in a tight setup as I have. Now if I had some room to work with I could rotate these somewhat. Though appearing fixed, if I had room and my back was better I would turn the systems to give smaller branches more exposure to light.
However I have used some garden twine to hold back these taller branches from towering over the lesser developed ones so they have a shot of boosting up with more light energy. Which won’t make up for being younger but gives them a better shot at producing nicer flowers.
So it's day 6 of 12/12 seeing already the beginnings of flowering soon it will be clearer. No noticeable deficiencies in plant leaves to report.
However my high octane blend at 50% ratio mix with basic organic mix is showing a tad little bit more of tip burn then the 25% mix. The rev's mix and super soil style of putting my high octane at bottom 1/2 leaving standard organic on top are not showing any signs of burn or deficiencies. With the warm weather recently I am happy my PHOGS is ensuring no dehydration for these babes.
Is that better FB?
Any takers on what final dry gram weight will be collectively?
