Pictures as requested!!!! (Two Weeks from Flowering, They will be put to flower on the 25 of March)
Here is the first one! She is the unknown seed I found she's kind of lanky with long petioles. Doesn't stand too tall but looks good. Thinking of Defoliating her a bit. Getting rid of the long leaves to develop upward or at least top her.
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Number two!!! Kabrales!!! She's looking ultra nice, huge fan leaves. Short and Bushy, very Indica like. I defoliated her near the bottom because those huge fan leaves where blocking everything in its path. Thinking of trimming her down a bit so she can recover before I put her to flower.
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Number Three! Headband! She is definitely the tallest one of the group and she went through a major defoliation last week. She seems to be coming back nicely. I have also been trying to super crop her as it looks liker her Sativa genes seem to be bringing her up. but even after the cropping she still is the tallest. Deciding whether to top her or not. She seems responsive to the HST she's getting.
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Number Four! Super Automatic! The Runt of the litter! She's the littlest one but I know she's Ruderalis, so I'm hoping to see her mature and finish in another 6 weeks minimum. She will flower on her own so I want to Defoliate and top her a little before she gets to old. I couldn't find much on HST of Automatic strains so I'm wary of doing that if it might handicap the yield.
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Number Five! Liberty Haze! Most of her vegetation is coming from the top. I trimmed her bottom stalk a little and she seems to be liking it. Nothing much else to this one. I was thinking of topping her because shes the one I want a really decent yield from since she was the number one strain on the 'Tude. And I want to see what the fuss was all about.
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Number 6, 7, & 8!!!!!!! The Three Fates! The Sour Damsels. Time for the science portion of our presentation. I have been doing a lot of research on many myths and high yielding fairy tales. So I decided to put one to the test. That's the heavy defoliation myth. I was reading up everything that Bassman59 was writing on the subject. Went through the whole thread and found a lot of info but not many pictures. A lot of people claiming they will try it and never coming through with the results. He yielded about 10 oz. from one plant. and that seems to be pretty nice for an indoor grow. Why not give it a try and see how it works. If it does work then I might only concentrate on this technique if it doesn't it was only one plant. So here are the stats. Plant number 6 Our control! She is definitely the second tallest plant and by far the bushiest and most impressive. I will not top her, I will not even defoliate her at at all. I want to see what happens when she will grow just naturally. and to the best. The only reason she might take some defoliation might be for clones or if she gets too big and starts to hinder the fitness of the other plants, then she'll have to be taken down a notch.
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Number 7! Plant #2 she has been topped! She will be defoliated monday evening and maybe once more a week before she goes into flowering. She seems to have stayed shorter than the control but I think that's because of the shock of Topping.
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And last but not least! Plant number 8! Plant Number three in our Experiment! I know what you're thinking as your reading this article but Majyk how can you know whether the topping was what helped the yield and not the defoliation. Plant number Three is the answer to that! She will only be topped. and that it! If I decide to top number two again then I will top number three also. both 2 and 3 where topped above the second node when they had a sixth node coming in. both seem to look identical now.
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There you have it folks! All eight present and healthy. Hopefully I can see some progress on these numbers and data. Once I can get a bigger set up I will do the same experiment but under special conditions where each plant will have its own light and proper space to grow. but for now this simple experiment will help. I looked up every strain I have and did an extensive background check on their genetics and parent plants. My introduction will soon be finished for the "scientific" paper I'm writing, Hopefully I can get some of the cloning tools from some of the greenhouse I frequent between classes. I have some TA's helping with the Hydroponic Cloning machine I'm designing for 100% success. Not all clones will become mature only the ones that show the best health and rigor. I might take clones from all these strains and start a mother bonsai part in my house. Any questions, concerns, tips, advice, scolding is welcomed. Also if you have any scientific papers on research of
Cannabis Sativa L. are welcomed and I will thoroughly read them. Have a good day and thanks for stopping by!