RJV Grow Diary - White Widow - Annie

This time lapse of White Widow was from my last grow.

Going to be interesting to see the diff in the two grows now that I have the a/c in the tent.

YouTube did age-restrict the video so you have to be logged in to view :frowning:
I edited out all the night shots, but think I’ll leave them in on the next one. I think it is so cool seeing the plant cycle with its leaves going down after the lights go out and then they start to perk back up just before the lights come back on … like they know :slight_smile:

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Subscibed​:saluting_face:

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I sub’d up to

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So much fun to watch them grow up :slight_smile:

She’s filling into her new space and looking good. The two new shoots at the topping are coming in nicely.

Light it at about 16" away currently running at 35% now for a DLI of around 30.

Feeding week 4 of the moderate feeding schedule.

The new H19 and C08 are working very well together to keep the environment running in the sweet spot.

Going to be setting up the trellis netting before you know it. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :seedling:

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Haha nice and healthy looking well done :+1:

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I don’t remember the last one being this vigorous, but so long as she’s happy. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Seeing how bushy she’s gotten, time to start the LST and do a little trimming.

I’ll be setting up the netting next week. Not even 24 later and she’s already rebounding and looking great.

Even got a visit from the outdoor kitty during last nights safety meeting. :smile:

It was a great way to cap off the day :slight_smile:

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Really looking good, coming along nicely.:+1::heart_eyes:

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She is a beautiful bushy one :slight_smile:

Also that outdoor kitty is cute.

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She is looking nice​:ok_hand:t2::green_heart:

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Looking very nice and healthy. Are you planning on topping those top 2 branches again? If not I would bend them down to the height of the rest too or they will get much taller than the rest

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Exactly what I am debating. :thinking:
I’m trying to keep this grow as close to what I did on the last so I can compare the results of growing before and after addition of the a/c and higher volume humidifier.

But then, looking at how well she’s doing … I am leaning more toward topping those two to get even more spread and make it easier to level the canopy.

Ahhh…hard decisions ehh? :smiley:

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If you are planning to scrog then don’t really need to top again. Just train the branches in each direction to fill the net.
If no net then you just want all the tops to grow up evenly at the same height, if any tops are taller than the rest they will have apical dominance and outgrow the rest. You’d really want to do the opposite of what you have, defoliate and bend the dominant tops below the side branching.

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Sorry Mr nice but I know we talked bout scrog before I’m still learning from ya lol can you explain like step by step so I can understand? I’m a simple minded person. [quote=“MrNice, post:52, topic:1022”]

defoliate and bend the dominant tops below the side branching.

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No problem. The scrog net is used to spread the plant out and keep all the growing tips level with the net until space is full, so none become dominant and keep the canopy even.
Another way to do that without a net is just LST (bend/tie down) the tallest most dominant tops so they are below the side branches. Then the growth hormones get redistributed to the lateral branching and they grow quicker to catch up with the dominant tops.

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Thank you so much. :+1::face_blowing_a_kiss:

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Any time! The main thing to understand why is “apical dominance”. Essentially the plant knows where the tallest point of the plant is, and it will send more growth hormones there to get as tall as possible. Which is why naturally most will grow into a christmas tree shape with a dominant central cola.
Indoors we want equal optimum light to as many flowers as possible, having a few tops much taller than the rest means you need to raise the light higher than ideal for most of the flower sites. All training methods, topping, LST, scrogging etc. are different ways to achieve the same thing - overcoming the apical dominance, redistribution of growth hormone from the dominant tops to the side branching to have a wider and more even canopy.

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Is deadheading when you clip the end to stop growth? I heard about that back in the 80’s, but have never seen it

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That’s something you do to ornamental flowers I think to get more flower sites, not sure :laughing: Never seen anyone do that with Cannabis, some people remove or supercrop branches that get way too big

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