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i got this lovely girl from a fellow medical grower here in colorado. right after getting her i transplanted her into a 3 gallon pot. in a couple days she was big enough to start bending so i gave her my (not)patented lst technique where i bend and secure the plant so that the tip is parrallel to the ground/medium. hypothetically right now the plant tip would be pointing northward.
i let the plant sit there for a couple days and then i let it up and then immediately bend it the other way, exposing light to the part of the plant that had been most shaded the past couple of days. now the hypothetical plant tip would be pointing south
a couple days later i once again let the plant up. now i will bend the plant so that the tip will be pointing to the east.
you may be able to guess that the final step is to let it up a couple days later and then bend it so the tip points to the west. well, that doesnt have to be the final step, you can then repeat the process as long as you want.
this will create a plant with very tight nodes that is very symmetrical.
anyways, on to the pictures. here the plant is tied down one direction.
and here she is after being tied down on the opposite side.
she is growing under a 4 foot t5 setup that is composed of 4 bulbs. the fixture is a bit over a year old and i noticed a few days ago that 2 of the bulbs had burnt out. i replaced those with 2 new 2900k(red/flower spectrum) lights.
right after i put those in, i noticed how badly the 2 remaining 6500k(blue/veg) lights needed replacing. the 2900ks were drowning them out completely. my local favorite grow store(grow your own, for those of you in the denver area) only had one 6500k left in stock until next week so right now i really only have 3 effective lights.
she is growing in pro mix #4, the first few inches of the pot is nothing but perlite.
i am using advanced nutrients connoisseur mix, one day when i was at the aforementioned grow store the owner offered a one liter bottle each of the a and b mix for free as long as i promised to give him my honest opinion on it.
the future of this thread will bring many pictures and videos of this fine lass so pull up a chair, get your vape or bong or pipe or joint or blunt or hookah; pack that steamroller, prepare your gravity bong, grab that lung or waterfall or chillum or glass blunt; brew your tea or unwrap your chocolate, dont forget about them brownies in the oven, open your tincture or decide which flavor of cannacandy you want today.
i will be back soon!:420::egypt::bong2: