Moby Dick homemade growbox (First Grow)

[Sallisawjim]

Yeah. Guilty. I will sit down and watch them for a couple weeks. I am inexperienced and she has been patient with me. For sure... you are definately very appriciated atu. For sure...

 

[alltatup]

That's the thing about the goddess cannabis: she is patient, and she'll wait for us to see things from her perspective. My second year of growiing was when I started "falling in love" with the plant, so my whole relationship to the grow changed.

I remember feeling like you do now: there's so much we have to learn, and we're so worried about doing it right. It takes a few grows under one's belt to start to feel more confident about what we're doing, but it's never too early to start learning how to let her lead the way. ;-}
Just my 2 cents' worth of philosophy...

 

[Sallisawjim]

Thank you ATU. I bow to your experience and will let her be and watch and listen. Today she has grown another inch in height and is more widespread than they have ever been. I mean to say that their leaves seem to be reaching out to as far out in a circle as they can and their new growth is really starting to take off. Thank you for all the help and guidance ATU

 

[alltatup]

You are so welcome SSJ, but remember that Ive only been growing for a little over two years and have tons to learn also!! So if Im wrong here I hope someone else pipes in.

And if shes growing an inch per day, shes definitely pickin up strength and speed🐸🐸🐸

 

[Sallisawjim]

Okay. Here are a few pics. Just want to document their growth. Drinking/eating alot. Probably gonna have to add another gallon tomorrow. That's the most I have ever seen them eat. They are getting so bushy. Thick vegetation right now. Starting on their 4th nodes from the manifold and believe it or not under all that canopy they are really symmetrical. Kinda wierd to see all that order amongst all the chaos above. Not sure if they are sucking the humidity out of the air or not but my humidity dropped down to 38% and I hung a few wet washcloths in the box in front(ish) of the fan. They are looking better every day.

 

[alltatup]

Well, SSJ, your babies are turning into adolescents, and they look fantastic!!! Like little explosions of green!! THAT is what I call vigorous growth!!! Congrats on your caretaking!!!

 

[Sallisawjim]

So they are finally big enough for me to do some LST. What I mean is they have grown about 2 inches between nodes. Each manifold cola has 4 nodes and are peeking the 5th. I know it's kinda late in my grow, but I felt withthem being so bushy something somewhere is being depraved of light. I was right. Now my new growth has light now and will probably fill in the middle by tomorrow. I'm gonna leave her alone except move a leaf here or there daily. Added a gallon of water today. Will keep tabs and see how it goes. I did my training this morning and she has already turned up toward the light. Super resilliant.

 

[alltatup]

SSJ, since you're doing LST, your veg time can certainly be longer; there's no requirement to switch to flower in this week or that. I knew someone who manifolded for I think around eight weeks and ended up with a huge number of super long colas; he trained her so well. Let her express herself, cuz she's loving what you're doing!!!
I seriously congratulate you on this bounce back.

 

[Sallisawjim]

Alltatup... thank you. Yes I figure I'm gonna be at least 2 weeks away from flower. Just want to give them the opportunity to be all that she deserves to be. Thank you for all of your help, support and advice... seriously. Wouldnt ne this far without your help. BTW all the tips have already turned up and they cover the stems completely. Like a big flat table.... excited...

 

[alltatup]

I know!! It's amazing how fast they reorient themselves!! They are sooooo smart!!! ;-}

 

[Sallisawjim]

Yeah. Yesterday and today pics. Idk if u can see it. But damn. She likes LST

 

[Sallisawjim]

Soooo msd st myself. My yardstick fell over while I was checking my PH levels and just broke off one of her tips. 😭:super-cry:🤯😨😱

 

[Sallisawjim]

Sooo, after my screwup bu snapping off a cola growth clean st the stem, she has really popped out and is growing sooooo fast. I think it may be time to clean them up. Any suggestions here? I am open to advice. Should I wait for a bit longer or trim them up? Just wondering because they are getting so bushy that I feel like they are choking out some of the new growth. I wanted to leave them be but looking now it may be a bad idea. They are bushing out too fast for me to keep up.... suggestions?

also over time I have noticed random wet spots on some leaves
like the leaf is expelling water. See last pic. Is this the plants reaction t ok the low humidity?

 

[alltatup]

You get wet spots from one leaf laying atop another: you don't want that. I can't tell you how to do it because I'm definitely still learning defoliation, but I'd read Nebula's tutorial repeatedly. At least I've had to. https://www.growweedeasy.com/defoliation

I took some notes from that tutorial, but I need to re-read it and go over my notes again. See if I left important parts out.

SSJ, post a new Topic with those pics and ask these questions again. Be interesting to see what others have to say. But definitely do the reading for yourself.

 

[Sallisawjim]

Before and after light defol. I can just see through the canopy now. Before just shadows now I can see through. Fingers crossed. Did a lot of research to figure out what to do. Nebula nailed it down again. Thank you alltarup for the help. Again! 👩‍🎓 (sorry, pics loaded wierd again.)

 

[alltatup]

Wow, look at the strong main stem!!! And the top is flat as a mesa. Excellent, SSJ. She loves you.

 

[Sallisawjim]

I cant even tell I cut anything. They are so bushy. Seems like the ones I clipped got filled in with others that were crowded. Look better though. Not so crowded. New fan leaves are more spread out now...

 

[SinsemillaScientist]

Man shes a frikkin bush!! I can see your frustration with crowding. Had a plant once that was a quarter inch between nodes and grew like molasses moves in the winter but when she flowered, boom! Got almost 4x her height, blew me away!

 

[alltatup]

SinsemillaScientist That's fascinating! Total indica growth in Veg, but 400% vertical growth is awesomely hybrid!! May I ask, how many weeks did you veg her?

 

[Sallisawjim]

I hope so. She is growing fast but all horizontally and well you can see her stem, keeps getting bigger and bigger. Thank you all for the comments and advice.