Indoor GSC & Pineapple express Fast buds

[Blow'n Reefer]

Your Girls look great to me. Although I'm new to the auto game myself.

I'm grown a crop of mostly fastbuds too. I may make a journal soon. Funny thing is I got a N. Express free but it never popped (threw a blue automazar to replace) but my StarDawg is the leader of my grove so far. Im putn some bend to her today so she ain't to much taller than the crowed. I'll also pony tail some of the squat girls that resemble yours. Have debated supercroping the StarDawg but as its my first go on autos I'm Leary myself. Love that the pineapple toped itself - very coprotive little girl.

StarDawg and others big to smaller 23 - 17ish days

I have blazed Pineapple before and it was smooth,can't wait to see your buds
Grow on!

 

[Chester]

AFN has the best new growers !!

Even if you're not so new ...

 

[Chester]

Shit! Totally forgot i done ponytail lst on my little NE. Just had a look and the top leaves had fallen to the side. took the ponytail out and all my top leaves look fucked. It was tied up for like 12 hours! Hope she will be okay!
Just bent a PE over and ponytailed another GSC. Gonna check the ponytail in 4 hours this time though. take it off then do it again tomorrow. Gonna do a few more lst techniques on the rest that i think will benefit.
A few of my GSC have their side branches the same height as the middle shoot without any LST, so i think im gonna leave them two until the top looks like its outgrowing the rest.
Il post some pics once im done and you can let me know if all looks well

I generally limit my pony tailin' to 6-8 hrs max because it can be hard on the leaves if they are lifted for too long ... generally not a big deal though as long as you're gentle and lift the leaves loosely ... I try to coax my plants into the shape I want them to have using their natural tendencies and whichever type of LST the plant requires at the moment, to gently reshape it's growth ... more a matter of redirecting it's energy so that it grows the way I want rather than forcing it to grow into the shape I want ... I believe this allows for more consistency of growth w/ less temporary 'delays' ... a lot depends on genetics and timing ... sometimes I return to my grow after 3 days away and I can see where I missed many good opportunities to shape my plants but due to their current growth I have to use something more severe such as tying them open ... Sometimes I'll treat 'tying them open' like pony tailing and only leave the ties in place of a day or two ...

One of the beauties of autos is they grow fast enough that a grower can get 4-6+ grows in a year ... with that kind of turnover it doesn't take long to get good at all aspects of growing and curing ... generally takes a couple grows to settle in but once you get the hang of it things come pretty naturally ...

 

[The Elvis]

 

[mlorE]

Your Girls look great to me. Although I'm new to the auto game myself.

I'm grown a crop of mostly fastbuds too. I may make a journal soon. Funny thing is I got a N. Express free but it never popped (threw a blue automazar to replace) but my StarDawg is the leader of my grove so far. Im putn some bend to her today so she ain't to much taller than the crowed. I'll also pony tail some of the squat girls that resemble yours. Have debated supercroping the StarDawg but as its my first go on autos I'm Leary myself. Love that the pineapple toped itself - very coprotive little girl.

StarDawg and others big to smaller 23 - 17ish days
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I have blazed Pineapple before and it was smooth,can't wait to see your buds
Grow on!

Your girls sure are looking fine man! Im gutted my stardawg didnt make it, really wanted to see how she comes out!.
The double top PE is looking wicked at the moment. Cant wait to see how she looks during flower! Tempted to bend her two tops over too, but she just looks so pretty at the moment, that i cant do it haha.

I generally limit my pony tailin' to 6-8 hrs max because it can be hard on the leaves if they are lifted for too long ... generally not a big deal though as long as you're gentle and lift the leaves loosely ... I try to coax my plants into the shape I want them to have using their natural tendencies and whichever type of LST the plant requires at the moment, to gently reshape it's growth ... more a matter of redirecting it's energy so that it grows the way I want rather than forcing it to grow into the shape I want ... I believe this allows for more consistency of growth w/ less temporary 'delays' ... a lot depends on genetics and timing ... sometimes I return to my grow after 3 days away and I can see where I missed many good opportunities to shape my plants but due to their current growth I have to use something more severe such as tying them open ... Sometimes I'll treat 'tying them open' like pony tailing and only leave the ties in place of a day or two ...

One of the beauties of autos is they grow fast enough that a grower can get 4-6+ grows in a year ... with that kind of turnover it doesn't take long to get good at all aspects of growing and curing ... generally takes a couple grows to settle in but once you get the hang of it things come pretty naturally ...

The leaves did look pretty mangled on the Northern Express as i left it to long, but today it seems to be reshaping and coming back to full life. Not to much harm done. I ponytailed her again today for 4 hours and one of the GSC yday and today, both days at 4 hrs a time. seems to be doing well.
I also tied down 2 PE and one of my larger GSC yesterday. They seem to be taking it very well too. Just starting to get the hang of things and not worry to much haha.
All going well, other than some slight nute burn on the tips and one or two of my PE have some weird mangled leaves on their new growth. Not to sure what it is.

Thanks for your knowledge and help dude!

Heres some pics from yesterday at 22 days when i tied some of them down. I havent got any from today, but il get some tomorrow to see how they are taking.

Mangled Leaves?

 

[mlorE]

I generally limit my pony tailin' to 6-8 hrs max because it can be hard on the leaves if they are lifted for too long ... generally not a big deal though as long as you're gentle and lift the leaves loosely ... I try to coax my plants into the shape I want them to have using their natural tendencies and whichever type of LST the plant requires at the moment, to gently reshape it's growth ... more a matter of redirecting it's energy so that it grows the way I want rather than forcing it to grow into the shape I want ... I believe this allows for more consistency of growth w/ less temporary 'delays' ... a lot depends on genetics and timing ... sometimes I return to my grow after 3 days away and I can see where I missed many good opportunities to shape my plants but due to their current growth I have to use something more severe such as tying them open ... Sometimes I'll treat 'tying them open' like pony tailing and only leave the ties in place of a day or two ...

One of the beauties of autos is they grow fast enough that a grower can get 4-6+ grows in a year ... with that kind of turnover it doesn't take long to get good at all aspects of growing and curing ... generally takes a couple grows to settle in but once you get the hang of it things come pretty naturally ...

Been a while since i was able to get any pics. Car broke down and had to much on my plate.
Here they are though at 29 days.
Some have been LSTd some not. ive get some yellowing going on on my GSC from the bottom. im thinking im not feeding enough maybe.
Gonna up their dose.
Also feel that they are quite small for this age. Especially as some are flowering quite alot, little buds already forming! Just seems like theres no stretch going on?
what do you guys think? they gonna stretch any time soon? Maybe im worrying to much?

 

[Chester]

Look great to me ... are you giving them Calmag ? At this age I would give them an occasional near full strength feeding ...

 

[mlorE]

Look great to me ... are you giving them Calmag ? At this age I would give them an occasional near full strength feedings ...

Thanks man.
Hopefully they will start stretching soon.
I havent got any Calmag, il have get some. Im using biobizz range. Ive only been giving grow and root stim at the moment. only on 2ml each. Maybe i should bump it up to 4ml. Il do that on their next feed.

 

[Chester]

Make sure you shake the BioBizz bottle before feeding ... I use calmag+ from Botanicare ... at this point in the grow I'm giving mine 5ml/gal w/ an occasional increase .... if I don't use it my plants leaves turn yellow and then I'm trying to catch up for the rest of the grow ... if you're using well water directly from the earth you may have sufficient minerals in your water ... they don't look like they are going to be big but they are healthy ... unless the PE that's up for BOM is from the same breeder I'd blame it on the seeds ... your plants are doing great ...

 

[mlorE]

Yea i do, shake them everytime. I have forgot before. Forgot to say ive been feeding 2ml per litre. didnt mention the litre before.
Il just have to start feeding them more. And grab some Calmag as soon as.
Il do that tomorrow.