First Grow Help

update: took 3 pics....i jus want to know if my babies are ready to do some Topping, Fimming, or LSTing......and can someone explain whats the difference between Topping and Fimming, i tryed searching, but i no threads i found gave a good explanation. thanks

Pic 1 of the Whole garden.


Pic 2


Pic 3

im kinda confused about topping and fimming......i think i might of figured it out, but idk..... topping you cut the at the intersection of 2 branches at like the Y, and fimming you jus cut some off a new growth.....am i correct?

i've seen pics of how to top......im gonna try it once my plants are big enough.....i think until i get like 4-5 sets of leaves....idk......anyone know the rule of thumb of when to start topping?

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alright im gonna start some fertilizing tomorrow.....i got some 24-8-16 MG ferts. My question is should i only fert the bigger plants.....or can i start the all of em even tho some are kinda small.....they're all the same age, some of em are just growing slower.

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okay i used the fertilizer today......it came with a Table spoon.....i tried measuring out a 1/4, but it was kinda hard.....but i think i did a good job.....i watered all my plants with it.....and is it normal for the 1st set of leaves on the bottom to like die....i heard somewhere that they fall off sometimes....idk.....and i got some new pics.....


See the bottom leaf


Babies are getting big


This one has a decent set of leaves.....u guys think i can top this one soon?

check out these 2 pics are they showing signs of female plants....idk


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actually idk its prob jus new leaf growth.....

i have really bad news im so fuckin pissed.....something chewed off like most of the leaves on a few of my biggest plants.....ahhhhh.......my guess it was prob a deer or some animal, ive seen deer in the woods nearby before..... what can i do to keep deer and animals away from my plants? .....and it was the day after i started to use fertilizer....ahhhh....so i guess my question is will these be okay, i got some pics below.....some ate all the leaves, some just ate a few.....will the leaves grow back? will they survive?.....idk man.....what can u do to scare deer and other animals away? and also should i buy a like a wire fence to protect my babies, so this won't happen again? im so angry......ahhhhhhh

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okay it might be a few animals or bugs.....could be deer, grasshoppers, crickets, or moths.....anyone have any help? cause a few times when i went to the plants i saw a lot of moths on a few of my plants and they were flying around my plants.

i hear i could sprinkle some garlic powder or pepper around my plants...or spray a mix of soap/water around my plants or piss around my plants.....idk what to do.....i hope they dont die.

okay so a friend of mine is growing a couple of plants indoors, popular named strains.....he knows a decent amount about growing.....he said hell sell me clones and root them for me......but what i want to know, is it bad or harder to grow outside, since they were from indoors.....i dont know why it would be, but i had to ask.

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Get some chicken wire and green (try to match the green to the surroundings of your plants and your plant color) spray paint. Paint the chicken wire and put it around the plants, like a cage.

I can't help ya with the clone question though, I would imagine they would need to be hardened gradually. If he is experienced he probably knows about it, but he may only know indoor growing. Give the plant indirect sunlight for a day or two, then only a few hours direct light the next day, then a few hours more, then transplant it outdoors. This procedure can be modified shorter or longer depending on how your plant likes it.

okay thanks....but where can i buy chicken wire, like a hardware or plant store? like home depot or walmart?

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okay....some more bad news......more deer or some animal got to the last of the big plants.....so i bought some irish spring bar soap and put shavings of a whole bar of it around my plants.....and i plan on trying to get some animal piss (what place would sell this, a hunting store?)....and somone told me to try this.....put dirty smelly piss soaked sock on a stick in the middle of the crop. they said it works.....ill give it a try. and i need to get some chicken wire soon.

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i tried finding chicken wire.....but i found this blastic fence.....i think it'll work....got 7' ones.....and some wooden posts......my question is how should i make like a way to get in without like cutting the fence.....i put like twisty ties connecting 2 ends.....but it still sux getting in......and should i like get something to keep the fence attatched to the ground so nothing can sneak under it?

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update: i fertilized this one and it grew fast.....and my friend got some seeds....gonna try to grow a few more since deer attacked this grow. and i took a pic today:

okay a got more seeds im gonna start germinating them soon in wet paper towel. Is it too late to plant em outdoors? i also took a pics yesterday.




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theyre destroyed again.....and i dont think its animals this time.....cause its like fresh straight cuts.....no bite marks or anything.....idk im gonna look for another area to plant in....cause i got more seeds.

another update:

yeah they're lookin good...i hope for the best....since its my first grow theyre lookin good....once it starts budding should i switch to like 15-30-15 ferts? and also when i harvest the plants and start to dry i think im gonna use a tent, since i cant dry indoors.

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