Indoor High Temps ... NLBB & Bubblelicious ....

[Chester]

These look really good Chester! I think the pony tail you do early on does a great job with the shaping of the plant. These ladies are nice and spread and not so center oriented as mine. Great job.

Although I credit the structure of my plants to pony tailing and LST the link below shows a Blue Mystic that did not have the benefit of either technique ... I credit it's shape to a perfect fit in the grow box and 24/7 of 180 watts of LED ...

https://www.autoflower.org/index.ph...hat-eye-candy-folks.40674/page-10#post-878482

 

[A-Train]

Ponytailing is the shit... Chester guided me in this method on my first grow and I firmly believe it was a key to ever winning a bom... and I'll be using the method again on my ultimates.... thanks for the advice Chester your the man

 

[elsamurai]

Thanks ... So far the only effects I've seen from the heat is no smell unless I touch the buds and there seems to be a lack of frost ... I may drop the lights to 200 watts once I start the flush or maybe to 12/12 for the last few days ... w/ the heat I'd hate to be growing in anything smaller than a 4 gal pot ...

I'll have to make a note on the 4 g pot's for next Summers grow

 

[Qman1515]

Ok what exactly is ponytailing?

 

[Chester]

Ok what exactly is ponytailing?

It's another form of LST ... an example is in post #4 of this thread and in pretty much all my grows ... the guy I 'lifted' the technique from called it pony tailing and when done right it often looks like one ... I use it because I prefer my plants grow short and bushy ... I think this takes better advantage of my lights ... the plant below is the NLBB in this thread ...

 

[JIMY]

wicked looking fruit Maestro CHESTER.
A is definitely in order over here.

 

[Chester]

Week 9.5 ... High Temperature 95.6* ... Light 18/6 @ 20" ... Advanced LED DS400

Began the flush w/ 5 ml / gal of Flora Kleen until I got significant runoff ... I'll repeat this for the next two waterings and harvest about the 26th ... Although the sugar leaves do not show much frost, when I look into the buds themselves I can see where it's beginning to pile up ... the flora kleen is supposed to help w/ maturation and frost building ... hope it works ... definitely on the home stretch ...


NLBB is on the Left ...

 

[Corgy]

Week 9.5 ... High Temperature 95.6* ... Light 18/6 @ 20" ... Advanced LED DS400

Began the flush w/ 5 ml / gal of Flora Kleen until I got significant runoff ... I'll repeat this for the next two waterings and harvest about the 26th ... Although the sugar leaves do not show much frost, when I look into the buds themselves I can see where it's beginning to pile up ... the flora kleen is supposed to help w/ maturation and frost building ... hope it works ... definitely on the home stretch ...

Sorry Chester, but where did you hear it will help with maturation.......

http://gb.eurohydro.com/florakleen.html

FloraKleen
General Hydroponics Flora Kleen is a salt clearing solution that is unique in our industry. FloraKleen is formulated to remove fertilizer residues that can accumulate over time in hydroponic systems, growing media, and potting soils. It is safe for use in all systems and media while plants are growing. It can also be used between crops to clean the systems from accumulated salts. Unlike other products on the market, it is not enzyme based and uses a completely different technology.

FloraKleen can be used at any time throughout the plant life.

During cultivation, FloraKleen:

• Dissolves accumulated mineral salts.
• Reduces plant stress from excess and imbalanced nutrients.
• Breaks nutrient bonds that attach fertilizer salts to growing media, also correcting nutrient lock-out.
• Nourishes the microbial life in the substrate.

Use FloraKleen each time you purge your hydroponic system or potted plants from excess salts that can accumulate as a result of regular fertilizer application.

FloraKleen is also an excellent final flush:

• Use FloraKleen as a final flush a few days before harvest to terminate maturation and promote sugaring.
• Also use FloraKleen during the last one to two days before harvest.

Its high concentration and low price make FloraKleen the economical choice to protect g your plants in both hydroponics and soil based environment.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
In Hydroponic systems:

• Between nutrient solution changes: Mix 1,5 to 3 mL per liter of water. Use milder solution for young or fragile plants, stronger solution for older and stronger plants close to harvest. Circulate 24 hours with FloraKleen alone before adding nutrients.
• Final flush before harvest:
  1. Alone: Drain old nutrient solution and discard. Refill hydroponic reservoir with fresh water and mix 3 mL of FloraKleen per liter water. Run this solution during last day or two before harvest.
  2. After Ripen*:
     Add 3 mL of FloraKleen per liter water during the last 2 days before harvest to increase the sugar level in your crop.

In potting soil & soilless mixes:

1. Alone: Every fifteen days fill a watering can with fresh water and add 1,5 to 3 mL /L ForaKleen. Drench until there is runoff from the bottom of the pot. Resume your regular fertilizer schedule with the next watering.
2. After Ripen*:
   Add 3 mL of FloraKleen per liter water during the last 2 days before harvest to increase the sugar level in your crop.

* NB. FloraKleen and Ripen are not antagonistic, but work together in perfect synergy.

 

[Chester]

That's odd ... here's the description I see online ...

Mineral Salt Clearing Solution
• Dissolves accumulated fertilizer salts

• Reduces plant stress from excess & imbalanced nutrients

• Use as a final flush a few days before harvest to promote maturation & sugaring

• Safe for all systems & media while plants are growing

http://generalhydroponics.com/site/index.php/products/maintenance/florakleen1/

 

[Corgy]

Wadda ya know.......maybe it works differently in different parts of the world........or maybe GH don't really know.....or maybe.......just remembered the word TERMINATE from when I looked at Flora Kleen a while back, and thought at the time perhaps it works a bit like 1-MCP, which I am very familiar with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Methylcyclopropene .....not Canna related though!