Sativied's Indoor Garden
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Sativied
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That loop, I just add some twists to those for sites that stretch too far above the rest, sometimes move the part where it is attached to the branch a little higher up the branch (to pull the branch away from the plant rather than down). Not everyday, and not every single branch is actually bound (no idea why I did two on the same branch...). I have such different strains (sativas generally stretching more and longer) so it's a little more work than it has to be with more similar plants.
The reason I'm letting those two stretchers in the back go is simply because I can't really reach behind and below it. That's why my new closet will have wheels below it, so I can turn it around and open the other side.
Sativied
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Thanks for stopping by peeps. 
Got to love a good comeback, the CF at the top left has been a weak one from the start and I considered several times removing her or at least prune a few more branches. Ended up getting little space in the corner, with the obvious result below. The Kolossus (top left) is a little ahead (clone from mature plant), stopped stretching earlier, which makes it look worse than it is, but she went from being the smallest to being the tallest (partly cause my back hurts after 3 min LST-ing that side, but still
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Kolossus with a few Chocolate Fondue fingers at the top right.
Got to love a good comeback, the CF at the top left has been a weak one from the start and I considered several times removing her or at least prune a few more branches. Ended up getting little space in the corner, with the obvious result below. The Kolossus (top left) is a little ahead (clone from mature plant), stopped stretching earlier, which makes it look worse than it is, but she went from being the smallest to being the tallest (partly cause my back hurts after 3 min LST-ing that side, but still
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Kolossus with a few Chocolate Fondue fingers at the top right.
Sativied
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Thanks Shwag Really happy with how they are turning out. Contrary to popular dutch grow beliefs I'm happy with the abundance of healthy leaves from top to bottom "and" I'm going to (try to) keep them green-till-the-end(-ish). 
Made some final adjustments, well, final height adjustments anyway, I'll continue to rearrange buds. Every time I look at my own pics I get neurotic tendencies.
Worse, I've been dreaming of a checkerboard-like canopy with indica-dom buds and sativa-dom buds alternating but with the sativas stretching out 5-6 inches above the indicas without blocking all the light because they have them long thin fingers. 4 indicas, with one sativa in the middle, lst-ed/cropped to mingle with the indicas... How's that for a highdea?
Day 31 12/12:
Re-calibrated my EC meter last night, turns out I'm giving them 1250PPM now instead of 1000. Using way more nutes than last round with the Liberty Haze (and one Kolossus too), was around 950 during this phase of the cycle then. I rarely use the meter to determine how much nutes to put in my rez, except for when refreshing of course. Between refreshes, I base the amount of nutes I should add (or the plain water to reduce the nutes level) on it's usage, so whether it went from 1050 to 950ppm over night or 1250-1150 is rather irrelevant to me. I actually look at the PH value the most (EC meter is a pen, PH meter is continuous). If the nutes level is too high, the PH level will drop, and the more it drops, the faster it drops (plant uses more water than nutes so leaves more nutes than water in the rez), and vice versa. I try to go a tad higher than the sweetspot where water and nutes uptake is balanced, which makes the PH drift a bit (good), and allows me to top off with water only, raising PH back from for example 5.6 to 5.8 again, and lowering nutes level at the same time. Besides the refresh of the rez every 7-10 days, I essentially use water to steer the PH and the PPM levels (and rarely a few drops of PH plus/minus).
Really happy with how they are turning out. Contrary to popular dutch grow beliefs I'm happy with the abundance of healthy leaves from top to bottom "and" I'm going to (try to) keep them green-till-the-end(-ish). Made some final adjustments, well, final height adjustments anyway, I'll continue to rearrange buds. Every time I look at my own pics I get neurotic tendencies.
Worse, I've been dreaming of a checkerboard-like canopy with indica-dom buds and sativa-dom buds alternating but with the sativas stretching out 5-6 inches above the indicas without blocking all the light because they have them long thin fingers. 4 indicas, with one sativa in the middle, lst-ed/cropped to mingle with the indicas... How's that for a highdea?
Day 31 12/12:
Re-calibrated my EC meter last night, turns out I'm giving them 1250PPM now instead of 1000. Using way more nutes than last round with the Liberty Haze (and one Kolossus too), was around 950 during this phase of the cycle then. I rarely use the meter to determine how much nutes to put in my rez, except for when refreshing of course. Between refreshes, I base the amount of nutes I should add (or the plain water to reduce the nutes level) on it's usage, so whether it went from 1050 to 950ppm over night or 1250-1150 is rather irrelevant to me. I actually look at the PH value the most (EC meter is a pen, PH meter is continuous). If the nutes level is too high, the PH level will drop, and the more it drops, the faster it drops (plant uses more water than nutes so leaves more nutes than water in the rez), and vice versa. I try to go a tad higher than the sweetspot where water and nutes uptake is balanced, which makes the PH drift a bit (good), and allows me to top off with water only, raising PH back from for example 5.6 to 5.8 again, and lowering nutes level at the same time. Besides the refresh of the rez every 7-10 days, I essentially use water to steer the PH and the PPM levels (and rarely a few drops of PH plus/minus).
M1dAmber
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Yeah it is. They look like happy plants.
Maybe he rocks Neem. When I spray my little guys in veg they look all shiny like that.
M1dAmber
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Hey, thanks man!
You, and Sativied inspired me!
Sativied also helped me with getting the coding to work, LOL.
hbbum
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It is funny how marketing works, put a pretty label on something and suddenly things look more interestingNo worries, post all you want.
I think prosp started a trend, I see new sig pics every day recently. It works though, read more journals this week than I have in months.
SxIstew
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Stew rocking a new sig as well? Looking all proper up in here.
This seems to be the time when lots of folks are just a few weeks into flower, the anticipation is building and motivation is up. I don't expect the same level of activity after harvest/cure time
Made mine 2-3 weeks ago. I saw yours and was like, OH SHIT SON!(if you haven't figured this out by now, I SAY THAT A LOT, lol even in my everyday life. ALL THE TIME!)
hbbum
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LOL, not the first time, probably wont be the last