single cola plants?

You can do as many plants as will fit in the given space, at one square foot each, you'll have 6 plants.

If the initial cost of a 400W HPS, hood, and ballast is too much for you, get 6 x 42W compact fluorescents... Equilivency of a 150W incandescent, with a 10k lumen output at 6500Kelvin.

They're 10 bucks each, can get them for sale sometimes, and they fit in any ordinary socket, I recommend getting a "over the bathroom mirror" 4 light fixture, and getting splitters so you can run 2 bulbs from each socket.

Or buy an HID setup... Your choice.

sorry about that just figured i would get everyones opinon but thats cool ill still be looking due to im starting the same thing

starting to look finger lickin good,which reminds me i should get kfc today.

They are!. The sample I took a while back is damn near dry. Should have a nice smoke tomarrow. Checked the Trichomes today on my oldest girl. Still 100% clear. Got some serious resin on these girls coming through.

Wish I had a better camera. I'll be able to get better pics once I harvest them. I'll post them in the order they come out of the closet. Proving there not girls; But in fact a gaggle of gays. Horray for coming out of the closet!

The suppercropped branch on that double cola girl of mine is almost double the size of the other. Proving already, suppercroppings benefits. It's even a good inch taller.

Thanks, you stoners you!
-The Dude

ill try suppercropping some of mine then once they are at that stage to compare.

anyone ever lst'd the veg growth to the main stem instead of trimming it off?

Supercropping is low stress training, FIM and topping are high stress.

Hey ratfords... If you take a picture through a magnifying glass, like Sherlock Holmes style, it totally works... That's how I got those close-ups for sex pics, and the pic of FIM... Just a little tip...

I could use the zoom on the camera all the way in, and it turned out clear and magnified.

I'll give that a try. Pick up a magnifying glass tomarrow. My camera flickers with my hps on though. I have to take like 5 of the same shot just to get them that clear.

Suppercropping was definetly a good idea. I'll definetly be putting some knots in my next grow. My oldest girls are really starting to fill out. Looking like a Jamacian Shishcabob.

Did some moving around of the plants. Came up with a interesting thought. Does turning the plant say 180 degress, stress or confuse them. Essentially it makes the plant think the sun has changes it's position in the sky right? Maybe I should just smoke less.

By the way. I was reading an FDD2BLK post. He says basically to "listen" to the plant for harvest times. Says thrich color is actually a bad indicator because amber/cloudy/clear thrichs can be found throughout flower. I've never seen amber early in flower though. Said he had an indica a while back. Had a photo of the buds. He said he let them "over-rippen" , and it was like smoking LSD. Said it was the stoniest pot he's every had. Hella statement from a grower like him.

Bud looked gnarly too. But yeah, he said not to go by hairs or trich color but the plant as a whole. If you don't think she's completely ready, she's not. Opinions on this anyone?

-Dude'r
"Another Qualude, she gonna love me in the morning"

trapper said:

starting to look finger lickin good,which reminds me i should get kfc today.

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get popeye's instead

Anyone wanna take a stab at yeild with my smallest girl. She's 10 3/4 inches, about 6 weeks in now. This is her below. She smells awesome, very minty. She's solid up top and her big butt bottom budz are too. As far as nutes and lights; I posted that around page 3-4 of this thread.

I'm gonna vet her over rippen and make sure she reaches potential. Any ideas how long she's got before H-Day?

-The Dude-

theratfords said:

Anyone wanna take a stab at yeild with my smallest girl. She's 10 3/4 inches, about 6 weeks in now. This is her below. She smells awesome, very minty. She's solid up top and her big butt bottom budz are too. As far as nutes and lights; I posted that around page 3-4 of this thread.

I'm gonna vet her over rippen and make sure she reaches potential. Any ideas how long she's got before H-Day?

-The Dude-

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I would say 2-3 weeks to over ripen. Its true that the plant will take on a "finished" look. FDD knows his shit. It also could happen sooner than later, it depends on the plant. Ive seen plants ripen very quickly which can make it difficult to time the flushing.

man i have read your whole post. I gonna try and lollipop my current crop. It 2 weeks in veg from seed. I got 11 so ill see how it turn out but with my space i gonna go for max and it looks like lollipop the wat to go. I hope i got this rite, i planning on trimming all the side branches. I thought it was trim the side growth in the first and third week of flower but ti looks like your stems and colas grew pretty even. I mighta forgot soemthing in the beginning, it was a few days in the read. I cant wait to see your final weights.

i'll try to explain what i meant by lst to the main stem.

id read somewhere of the idea of tying any branch growth to the main stem instead of cutting it off. just use the main stem as a stake and use twist ties to attach the branch growth to the stem as it grows. you still trim side growth but promote vertical branches tied to main cola, and you end up with more nodes in the same area.you end up with dense branchy main cola with more nodes in it and thus more bud.

now ive never done this or found anyone doing it, but it seems... plausible?

I dont think thats strictly correct im not 100% sure i might add but in my understanding of weed the plant will stay in veg growth untill its old enough to flower... then once it reaches that age it will automatically go into flower mode. I think

I know what you mean now. If your doing a SOG grow I would sugges this. Not exactly what your talking about but... In my previous post I was posting pics of one of my girls. I tied the 4 lower branches with sewing thread losely to the main stem. As they grew up I tied them again. About 2 weeks ago I cut lose the thread. The branches have remained in the same shape/position as when tied. Which afforded keeping the lower branches instead of chopping them off; While still sticking to a tight single cola shape.

Here's some pics of the girl. I have since taken a sample of 2 of the lower branches. Almost dried so no idea how it taste yet. The remaining 2 branches have really started to swell. She's about 2 feet tall. I've also removed most of the shade leaves to get better light to the lower branches. The only negative I've noticed for doing this is.... The budz don't seem as solid as her counterparts. But, could be contributed to the unknown strain, or simply cuz the plant must, "Spread" the budz throughout the plant.

So, again, it's all preference. What you need to ask yourself is, What kind of bud do I want. Understand their are a ton of factors to account for. Good luck, stay safe.

-The Dude-

yeah that's pretty much what i meant, if someone else has at least done it ill try it on my first grow, it's all about experimentation to see what will produce the best/most!

ya im going to try it as my second grow and hope i get as succesful as the rat

Well, like I said the plant doesn't seem as solid as her counterparts yet. She shows no signs of letting up on growth any time soon. I'll be able to tell/show the differences in yeild from different prunning shapes after harvest/trimming/drying. I plan on keeping track or the different high and everything. I keep a privat grow journal. Helps keep track of all the individual plant details. Also, index cards help! But it's bagseed so who knows. The seeds only came from like 2 or 3 bags though so results should be about the same.

-Dude'r

sick, i can't wait till we have your report man.

i started a grow journal for it has details in there and pics will be coming as soon as they sprout

FDD is right about "listening" to the plant, but if you don't know what you're "listening" to then you have no idea what to look for.

After a few harvests, you'll see what he's talking about. From a distance the plant will start to look white instead of green, because of the cloudiness in the trichs. Lower buds and inner buds will ripen before the rest of the plant, and some of the plant won't be finished ripening when the time is right.

If you do let it go too long, you will still get good weed, but the CBN levels will be high, and the bud will definately have a couchlock effect.

As far as tying the lower branches to the main shoot- The branches reach out and form a christmas tree shap because they are reaching for light and trying to establish a larger footprint to absorb as much light as possible. Tying them in defeats the whole purpose of light reaching the entire plant.

-As far as yield, Idk, take a picture with a dollar bill next to one of the plants and I'll be able to make a better judgement, but my current guess is right around 20g per plant