Headtreep's Garden of Bliss

My grow log

I'll update this thread from time to time. I have a lot of surprises coming

Equipment:
1k watt HPS
tent
7 gal fabric pots

Nutes:
Calmag as needed in veg and mycos. Supersoil ftw!

Temps:
73-79F

Jillybean, Master Kush, Qush, Jack the ripper week 6

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Jack the ripper:




Close up Jack the ripper:

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Solid stuff as usual my dude. Your TGA stuff is always solid.

looking fat as usual. killer shit bro.

When do you do the trimming on the bottom parts of the plant??

Philosophist said:

When do you do the trimming on the bottom parts of the plant??

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I was always taught you can do it anytime in veg and a couple weeks into flower just dont trim after you start forming buds.

I prune in veg and last 6 weeks of flower typically.

BeaverHuntr said:

I was always taught you can do it anytime in veg and a couple weeks into flower just dont trim after you start forming buds.

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More bad info.

You can and should trim anything off your plants in flower that is not going to be usable product.

Lucius Vorenus said:

More bad info.

You can and should trim anything off your plants in flower that is not going to be usable product.

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Cant argue with that. Thats why I said I was always taught and yes I have trimmed off lower branches late in flower.

BeaverHuntr said:

Cant argue with that. Thats why I said I was always taught and yes I have trimmed off lower branches late in flower.

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close but what you said verbatim was "I was always taught you can do it anytime in veg and a couple weeks into flower just dont trim after you start forming buds."

And since I know you like holding people to their words i figure I would as well. Verbatim with no room for flex, as you do.

So you're welcome for the tip. Hope it helps your growing.

Ehh I find it personal preference in my experience if you trim too late it won't make a difference to the top buds so after about week 4 anything larfy I just leave on and let finish. It is really best in my experience to trim a few days before flower. The problem.with this is it takes a keen eye from lots of experience to know exactly which nodes and branches to remove and which to leave to flower. This may change depending upon setup strain and growing style but ultimately it leads to an overall more efficient grow with more top buds and easier trimming.

irieie said:

Ehh I find it personal preference in my experience if you trim too late it won't make a difference to the top buds so after about week 4 anything larfy I just leave on and let finish. It is really best in my experience to trim a few days before flower. The problem.with this is it takes a keen eye from lots of experience to know exactly which nodes and branches to remove and which to leave to flower. This may change depending upon setup strain and growing style but ultimately it leads to an overall more efficient grow with more top buds and easier trimming.

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Thats kind of what I do I trim a lot in veg and early flower but I dont trim too much in late flower unless I really have to.

If you train your plants throughout veg, trimming the small goods from the lower branches should be done before flipping to flower IMO..
More airflow around the root base promotes good growth.
My plants typically all have bare branches under the canopy.

Throughout flower little buds and leaves will pop up randomly, just cut them off.
Training/Chopping/Super Cropping is a form of stress. I try to not stress my plant to much in flower for obvious reasons, though sometimes a bend or chop here and there is necessary to keep everything uniform/maintained.
If the stress takes place in Veg, it will help set the stage for a healthy/strong plant in flower.
Stressing in flower will causes a plant to endure a re-cooperation time, self explanatory..

Ultimately it's really about getting familiar with your strains I think, which really takes a lot of time and patience and attention to detail. Personally if growing is something your heart isn't really in, you prob will get sub par results. I guess that really is said about anything. I really like to "prune" towards the end cause it saves trim time and I haven't seen anything negative but I'm still learning my genetics.

Chronicseeker said:

If you train your plants throughout veg, trimming the small goods from the lower branches should be done before flipping to flower IMO..
More airflow around the root base promotes good growth.
My plants typically all have bare branches under the canopy.

Throughout flower little buds and leaves will pop up randomly, just cut them off.
Training/Chopping/Super Cropping is a form of stress. I try to not stress my plant to much in flower for obvious reasons, though sometimes a bend or chop here and there is necessary.
If the stress take place in Veg, it will help set the stage for a healthy/strong plant on flower.

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Yeah thats why I only would trim a couple weeks into flower since its mostly "stretch " time

Anytime stress is happening, I find is extremely beneficial to feed with seaweed/kelp extract.
This will really cut down on the re-coop time if not eliminate if completely, at least to the naked eye...

Chronicseeker said:

Anytime stress is happening, I find is extremely beneficial to feed with seaweed/kelp extract.
This will really cut down on the re-coop time if not eliminate if completely, at least to the naked eye...

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Hey seeker.. I'm a soil an organics noob I have ran hydro for the last 6 years or so, but my dude Headtreep has me sold on trying super soil so I'm getting my fingers dirty in that. My soil has been cooking about 30 days and I'm getting ready for flower. Any thing helpful I can add to the super soil or anything you have tried ?

Hey HT lookin good bro!

jkar said:

Hey HT lookin good bro!

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Thanks man!

I was taught extensively in Hydro and then a blessed soul came along and changed my entire routine to organics...
The overall bud quality speaks for itself and I will never look back.

A fellow grower and I firmly believe the decomposed matter in soil is extremely important.
Take into consideration the natural environment of a plant, the soil has years and years of constantly breaking down specific elements.
Now, with most bag soils the amount of decomposed material in very minimal, so supplementing for this is key.
Beyond the decomp an enzyme is needed to assist the mirco-life in absorbing the goods from a breakdown.
People will take the root mass from a harvested plant and throw in in their soil mix, why not, it has an established micro-system and the decomposing roots will provide a source of energy.

The thing I have been taught regarding organics is that unlike synthetics or hydro, you are feeding a colony instead of directly feeding a plant.
Generally, throwing nutrients at an organic grow is counterproductive. Dialing in a healthy, thriving micro-biological soil is the key

Be sure not to make the soil to HOT and I would not throw any of my young plants into a super soil.
Inoculating before a transplant also helps..

Chronicseeker said:

I was taught extensively in Hydro and then a blessed soul came along and changed my entire routine to organics...
The overall bud quality speaks for itself and I will never look back.

A fellow grower and I firmly believe the decomposed matter in soil is extremely important.
Take into consideration the natural environment of a plant, the soil has years and years of constantly breaking down specific elements.
Now, with most bag soils the amount of decomposed material in very minimal, so supplementing for this is key.
Beyond the decomp an enzyme is needed to assist the mirco-life in absorbing the goods from a breakdown.
Be sure not to make the soil to HOT and I would not throw any of my young plants into a super soil.
Inoculating before a transplant also helps..

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cool well its basically sub cool's super soil mix and using the roots organic as base in 2 gallon geo pots and then when they are ready to flower they will be in 7 gallon pots just was curious if you add anything or any organic additives during flower.