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n1knightmare

n1knightmare

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Yeah that rootball is nice. I only use about a 10 - 15% perlite mix in my coco also. I love what coco can do. Also i kinda adapted a idea from another site but for here in Australia. I did a hempy bucket but it was one of the 98 cent buckets from bunnings. Those buckets are 9.6l and in coco that is a huge plant. So i took the bucket and drilled one hole about a 1 1/2 - 2 inches up and filled the bottom half with perlite up to the hole. It then acts like a mini resevoir holding all the run off and extending time you dont have to water. In the pic that is only 10 days growth of roots (male plant). I had a massive growth in one week after replanting. I only have 1 of 6 Floja that were female so only one bucket will go the distance. Those are 2 males i plan on using. Sorry if i thread jacked wasnt trying to.
 

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Kush Kiraly said:
Hi Ninj, total noob question here but hey, I'm a total noob. What do you use for the screen? I'm doing my first grow and my girls are all very tall already and I still have 5-7 weeks of flowering left. I'm trying to figure out how to encourage bushy growth while limiting vertical growth without topping since I'm already 3 weeks deep in the flowering stage. Any help is appreciated. I'm really enjoying your journal, it's got me thinking about going with soil next time.
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Hey dude, i just use a bit of screen i picked up from my Hydro shop. It was only $2 for the Metre. You still could top, but these are all considerations you should've thought of before switching to flower.. Oh well, all learning isnt it :)
n1knightmare said:
Yeah that rootball is nice. I only use about a 10 - 15% perlite mix in my coco also. I love what coco can do. Also i kinda adapted a idea from another site but for here in Australia. I did a hempy bucket but it was one of the 98 cent buckets from bunnings. Those buckets are 9.6l and in coco that is a huge plant. So i took the bucket and drilled one hole about a 1 1/2 - 2 inches up and filled the bottom half with perlite up to the hole. It then acts like a mini resevoir holding all the run off and extending time you dont have to water. In the pic that is only 10 days growth of roots (male plant). I had a massive growth in one week after replanting. I only have 1 of 6 Floja that were female so only one bucket will go the distance. Those are 2 males i plan on using. Sorry if i thread jacked wasnt trying to.
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Na N1Knightmare, ur right mate, always a spot for you on my threads.
I like Hempy buckets. An easy effective method.
 
Kush Kiraly

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XxNinjaxX said:
Hey dude, i just use a bit of screen i picked up from my Hydro shop. It was only $2 for the Metre. You still could top, but these are all considerations you should've thought of before switching to flower.. Oh well, all learning isnt it :)
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Thanks for the quick reply! Yeah, lots of learning. Enough to make my head spin even when sober! So I can gt the screen at my shop, sweet. Now how high should I set it up? My tops are 12"-16" from my lights already! I guess having my plants grow better than I expected isn't the worst problem to have on a first grow huh? ;)
 
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Kush Kiraly said:
Thanks for the quick reply! Yeah, lots of learning. Enough to make my head spin even when sober! So I can gt the screen at my shop, sweet. Now how high should I set it up? My tops are 12"-16" from my lights already! I guess having my plants grow better than I expected isn't the worst problem to have on a first grow huh? ;)
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Lol, yeah could be worst. My 1st grow went Hermie, then 1 outta 3 died for no apparent reason.
Set it up at ur current height, and start training the branches down so that you have a canopy of Bud sites without any holes in it.
 
Kush Kiraly

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Thanks a lot for the info Ninja, I really appreciate it. Keep the pics coming, I'll be watching your journal with great interest!
 
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Kush Kiraly said:
Thanks a lot for the info Ninja, I really appreciate it. Keep the pics coming, I'll be watching your journal with great interest!
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No worries at all. I'll do what I can.

nattyhead357 said:
BUAHAHAHA!!!!

you guys crack me up

And rep for the neat a tidy part. You do keep your stuff very nice!
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Thanks Natty I'll stop by ur way & repay the favour.. I love a Neat Grow area, it means that everything has it's place, so things that shouldn't be there, i.e nasty insects or police officers stand out alot easier :lol:
 
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I checked on my girls this morning before heading off to work & they look awesome.
All the additional topping has done great.
The Coco is still a little moist from there Re-pot & Soak-In. I haven't watered them since, thought I'd give the roots a chance to explore.. Will soak them thoroughly again tonight & once they dry up again I will resume watering them daily.
 
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BlackRoses said:
Topping never disappoints.. Thicker stronger stems = BIG flowers
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Yeah I know. I think it was in ur thread I said it, but I'll say it again, it's all in the prep work. Simply sticking a plant in some dirt & putting it under a light simply isn't enough. You must envision how u will harvest before u plant ur seed.
 
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legalizeitcanada

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Hey, plants look beautiful, got a question and can't find the answer, hope you don't mind i posted in you thread here, just saw the wicked plants and it caught my attention, FYI im a first time grower, what's with clipping the edges of the leaves? Do you just do that to newbies and why? I've seen it done many times before but have not been able to find any info on it. Love the girls they look stellar!
 
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legalizeitcanada said:
Hey, plants look beautiful, got a question and can't find the answer, hope you don't mind i posted in you thread here, just saw the wicked plants and it caught my attention, FYI im a first time grower, what's with clipping the edges of the leaves? Do you just do that to newbies and why? I've seen it done many times before but have not been able to find any info on it. Love the girls they look stellar!
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Your right Mate, I cut the leaves on my Clones as I take them as i find the leaves are healthier, they don't wilt hardly at all & the cutting concentrates on striking roots rather than vegetative growth.
Glad you like the plants. Stick around, feel free to ask any questions u need & enjoy :)
 
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beginnerbloomer

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Hey ninj how many times u recon u top em,when do u start to worry about em goin hermie on ya?

I topped this plant probly close to 15-20 times,i took around 1ft off about 8 or 9 branches just before this pic.She ended up goin hermie (i was spewin she was so beautiful) I spose ur genetics are a lot more stable than mine were though ay
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beginnerbloomer said:
Hey ninj how many times u recon u top em,when do u start to worry about em goin hermie on ya?

I topped this plant probly close to 15-20 times,i took around 1ft off about 8 or 9 branches just before this pic.She ended up goin hermie (i was spewin she was so beautiful) I spose ur genetics are a lot more stable than mine were though ay
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Topping plants don't cause them to hermie, mistreating your plant, bad climate conditions and light stress causes plants to hermie.
 
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beginnerbloomer said:
Hey ninj how many times u recon u top em,when do u start to worry about em goin hermie on ya?

I topped this plant probly close to 15-20 times,i took around 1ft off about 8 or 9 branches just before this pic.She ended up goin hermie (i was spewin she was so beautiful) I spose ur genetics are a lot more stable than mine were though ay
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Hey BB, I remember that girl, she was the 1 from ur outdoor grow this year gone wasn't she?
I don't really see a corollation between topping plants and hermies.
There is no Garuntee ur plant wouldn't have Hermied anyway. I have had plants hermie, due to nothing more than the fact they were of shit stock. I topped the Centre Stem on all the girls, then a week later I topped all the remaining branches.
I may top them once more yet before flower.. But then again I may not.. I'm toying with the idea of throwing my Aurora Indica in there with them to be turned aswell. If I did that I wouldn't be able to top the cheeses anymore, given the size difference I thought I'd Clone the AI til all her branches fell level, chuck the screen on & turn within the week.
I'll go take a photo so u can see wat I mean.
 
laceygirl

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I cut my Widow down for the same reason Ninja... I didn't need it to turn hermie and pollenate all the lovely SLH around it... I'm glad its gone actually...:-)
 
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