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    Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

    Page 22, #438, user by1969 By the way, I did top my plant in such a fashion. It is definitely growing two fat, nice colas up top. 4 I'm not so sure about but again, I did cut up higher. Still, the twin colas are going to be pretty awesome.
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    Male or female?

    So I went ahead and pulled it, killed it with great sadness Put the second one into flowering - same thing. Except that I went on a 4 day weekend this time and let the plant do its thing. Turns out those are not pollen sacks, they open up to reveal the pistils! That, or this one is a...
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    Male or female?

    Hi all Started flowering this puppy about a week ago. All the other seedlings it grew up with have shown sex a long time ago, but this one had not Finally, I think I can positively make out pollen sacks, but I'm not sure as this is my first grow. The strain is Sour Diesel. Can someone please...
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    Switching to 12/12

    MeJuana I am not sure what you mean by "you dont do this for indoor plants". My issue was conflicting grow room schedules, and my main question was do I give a one time dose of extended light, or darkness. Does it matter? In the end, I dont think it did. The plant is doing GREAT, ready to be...
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    Switching to 12/12

    If anyone is wondering, I have decided on a hybrid plan. Since my veg to sleep at 11 pm and wake up at 5, and flower will go from 9pm to 9 am, I will pull the plant at 5 pm, for an effective 12 hours sun, put it in the dark for 6 hours till 11, fire up the flowering sun, and slowly dial the 2...
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    Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

    Its cool, I found it. Page 20ish. Thanks
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    Switching to 12/12

    Hi Im about to go from 18 to 12 hours of light. My veg plants sleep at night while my flowering will take place at night, to take advantage of cooler temps. The plant will have a prolonged period of either sunshine or darkness during the switch. My question is, is there one that is better...
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    Newbie setup theory questions

    Hey guys, thanks a lot for your feedback. MoMoGrows, thats exactly my plan. I've watched my old roommate grow before so I have a little experience, but this is my first solo grow so I'm ready to experiment. Vostok, thanks a lot man. Hopefully the dolomite lime and worm castings wont...
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    Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas

    Hi Uncle Ben, others. I have a plant that I want to try to this method with. She is about 4 weeks old and the first node (not counting the single leaf) just isn't that big. Nodes 2 and 3 are super thick and healthy. I definitely want to clone the cutting so I will wait to 7-8 nodes before...
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    Newbie setup theory questions

    Hey all! First time growing on my own, very excited! Strain: Sour Diesel from seed (9-10 weeks flowering time) Light: 600 Watt HPS for flower, T5 6400K 6 bulb grow light ($55, Amazon) for veg Soil: Custom mix of Organic soil, Peat Moss, Perlite, Dolomite Lime and Worm castings in 3 gallon pots...
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