New Grower Animatey fumbles photo periods: Royal Queen Critical DWC w/ TOPLED

[Animatey]

Hey Ani!
I think it looks like you did fine.
The branches may heal at the bend and slowly lift up or stay horizontal with the branch ends or bud heads growing up or some combination.
You may need to prop the branches up with a stick or support them with a string or (better) gardenwire attached to the tent post.

The deal is at this point, you are training them. And in more of an "oh shit, I have a jungle on my hands" covering your butt way, than a nicely planned way.
I have been there more times then I can count. It took me a while to learn.:slaps:
Nice thing is , you can be pretty aggressive with photos to make them work in the space you have, but you are learning some of the pro's & cons of growing in a small space. In the end, you will be a better grower from it. But you have to stay on your toes.
And the first grow with every strain is a learning curve.
I think you are doing great.:kusht:

GB

Thanks Grey Bear!

I was thinking basically propping them up about halfway, but I didn't want to do anything prematurely. I figure if I prop her up too soon, the branch wont put heal as tough as it might have.

Next time if they are wicked vigorous like that I will super crop much earlier....

One nice thing I noticed about the "fast versions" that I am doing in my other grow is they had a much shorter stretch period, which is nice. It only lasted about a week and a half. If they yield OK I might try another F1 hybrid in this space and see how it does.



I definitely had a jungle on my hands, and the situation I am in now is much more manageable. She is still nice and healthy, budding up just fine on the cropped branches.

Thanks again man!

 

[Grey Bear]

You will gain more confidence with time about all of those things.
But sometimes you just want to shoot the breeze with someone else that is a grower and bounce what you are thinking off of them, even the basic stuff.
Many hobby growers have to do their growing in privacy and don't have anyone to do that with in person.
That is one of the great things about AFN, if you are basically friendly, you are bound to find people that you get along with very well and be able to mutually improve each others grows.

 

[Animatey]

Day 71 (approx week 4.5 of flower)

Hey yall,

She is generally doing ok.... Definitely not a 7-8 week finisher though. I would say she has a month left easy.... I could be wrong, but I don't see this one flowering out in less than 9ish weeks.

Some of her is getting a little crispy, but it's fairly minimal (especially for an Animatey grow...)

• RO Water
• PPMs are stable at about 650
• 220 actual watts from LEDs
• Canna Aqua base at about 5ml a gal each (A & B total 10ml per gal)
• Botanicare cal mag plus @ 5ml/gallon (used for first 250PPms of whole grow)
• H202 3% @ 5ml/gallon

Here she is:



Thanks for stopping by and good luck on your grows!

 

[Grey Bear]

Looking very full in there Ani!
Great Job!
I think you are right, at least another 3 weeks to chop, maybe more.
Patience will reward you in significant yield increase, so within reason you want to wait as long as you can.

 

[Animatey]

Looking very full in there Ani!
Great Job!
I think you are right, at least another 3 weeks to chop, maybe more.
Patience will reward you in significant yield increase, so within reason you want to wait as long as you can.

Thanks man!

I have about 4-5 more weeks I can spare the space I think... The only thing giving me a deadline really is that I need to finish another grow in this space before June. So if I can chop her around end of March or before I should be OK letting her go as long as she needs/is throwing new white pistils.

Thanks again for stopping by! I prob would have quit growing altogether if you and KSJ were not around to help me get out of bad decisions/disasters...



:Sharing One:

 

[Animatey]

Hey yall, she is 6.5 weeks into flower and I think she will go a few more. Not super excited about a 9+ week flowering, as my growing space just can't handle it super well...

Somehow though, she isn't getting too burned even though some of her kolas are less than an inch from the LEDs. I can't raise them any higher... I'm already kind of jimmy rigging the 2 LED's up in the top corners... she never really stops growing vertically....


Anyways, here are some pics at day 45 of flower:



As far as flushing or when to start, I'm not sold on my method for that yet really... I normally only flush my plants a max of 5 days, but even if I flushed her a full week before chop I would still have a couple weeks before I start the flush.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck on your grows!

 

[Grey Bear]

You have a nice looking girl there Ani.
I always figure on no less than a full 64 days in flower.
I am looking forward to seeing your harvest on this one.

GB

 

[redrobbo]

Looking good Ani,she should fill out nicely in the next few weeks.
GL.

 

[Animatey]

Hey Yall,


She is doing good I think...

She could be doing better if she was about 4 inches shorter though for sure...

One corner of her is crispy from being a little bit hot/too close to the light, but overall seems healthy.

I tried to get some OK pics, and I think these are OK, but they never quite look how the plant looks IRL know what I mean haha??

She is barely eating anymore, compared to before. PPM's go up now even if started at 500. I'm trying to see how low she wants to go still.

Not sure how much longer she has. I am hoping like 16 days or so... but I dunno.






Thanks for stopping by and good luck on your grows!

 

[Grey Bear]

She looks just fine to me Ani,
I think at this point it is going to be when are YOU ready.
I always encourage people to wait until they just can't stand it, as I find most people take their plants way before they are ready.
Photoperiods will often go through 2 or 3 phases of stacking buds and gaining weight, so haste means waste.
Watch your trichs.