pics of mother dwarf plants and some flowering plants under Quantum boards

its been a while, so I thought I'd post some grow pics showing my dwarf mothers (getting some sun outside my 52 Watt led veg/grow tent) and a couple of pics from the flowering tent (first time flowering under quantum boards - 3000k with 240 max watts each light *a dimmer allows you to drop the watts on either light if need be*).

The 'keeper' mothers (from left to right) are Royal Queen seeds Pineapple Kush, Reserva Privada's Strawberry Banana Kush, Ace Seeds Malawi x Panama, Dark Horse Genetics Strawberry Shortcake and Breaking Buds Strawberry Cream. All are kept about 12 inches high.
The flowering tent: At the back, two Malawi x Panama plants and in front is one strawberry cream plant (all 70 days in flower). Organic soil grow (in 12-15lt pots). Going to cut the Strawberry Cream down any day now. fyi, the strawberry cream strain is my favourite strain right now (a close relative of the infamous 'Erdbeer' strawberry strain).

Enjoy.

Love the mother's man. Keep making babies with those hot mamas

Thanks. And as these are keepers ..I don't think I'll go back to seed for the foreseeable future

Worth noting that although the cuttings/clones are smaller then a standard size mother plant when taken, they only need a few days to explode in size (after putting them in a pot with some feed). So you only lose a few days/week in grow time compared to larger cuttings (unless your cloning something the size of a branch
fyi - The pineapple Kush is the oldest dwarf mother plant (at approx. 4.5 years), the youngest is about 1 year old (MxP plant - still shaping and dwarfing it).
In theory I could have nine of these mother plants growing happily under 52watts of led (6500k) in my little grow tent. Its saved me a lot in energy consumption.
To keep the mites/beasties away from these mothers I use Bug Clear Ultra ‘1’ concentrate (systemic ingredient acetamiprid *a mild neonicotinoid*). However, by the time I've flowered all traces of it are gone (if I get issues in early flower then the natural pyrethrum comes out - thankfully my flower tent has remained clean of beasties this year).
If the mothers start to look ill/droopy/yellowing; I cut down the rootball, put in new earth and they come back to life (basically the rootball can become too thick so yearly trimming of the lower part of the rootball addresses that, for me).

I'd seriously recommend doing it. It can be done as simply as keeping your plants in small pots, topping and then shaping them.
I also begin removing the large fan leafs during the first months of dwarfing (basically control the energy it can produce in order to aid dwarfing process).

Puff dragon, Have any plants ever died when trimming the roots?

xfirex said:

Puff dragon, Have any plants ever died when trimming the roots?

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Not so far *touch wood* I've heard they can die but the worst I've had is a little wilting/loss of colour (I'm reasonably conservative with how much I normally remove). Also, I do add some Plant Magic granules (Mycorrhiza, bio-stimulants and microorganisms) at the bottom of the pot when transplanting. Then water through (with a light nutrient mix) to bed in the plant.

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I should add ..I always prune the roots when I have new clones of the mother going (just in case a mother ever died). That way I always have backups