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What was your biggest plant training mistake?

Thanks for sharing! I was wondering, would it be okay with you if we use these pictures on the website? They really demonstrate your point, and I think they may help other growers!
 
I am quite new to growing but i think that maybe repotting your plants should sort out your problems with the compacted soil.
 
Hi NebulaHaze, of course, it would be my honor :)

I've started resizing and compressing my pics for my journal (120dpi, 1,000 px width, 60% jpeg compression) in the hopes of speeding the forum up. If you want the original pics, or pics without text, just PM me.
 
this isn't a mistake per se but it's a way i learned to try to prevent mistakes...early on when i first started training, like the first 3 days ever, i noticed that the stem and branches were WAY more pliable about 30-60 min post-watering (which makes TOTAL sense once you understand the science of it). but so i learned that i should do all my training in that window if i wanted to achieve the "safest possible" results. i split a main stem and broke a couple of tiny branches along the way to realizing this.
 
All I did was topped my only photo grow. Don't feel bad about not doing more because I hadn't learned enough good information about training. I have seedlings now and expect to know a heck of a lot more in 4 months than I do now.
 
My biggest problem so far is that I have broken some nice branches. It might be, too many plants for the tent or bull in china closest syndrome. It is frustrating.
 
Biggest mistake? There have been so many, it's hard to choose a single. I suppose the toughest to manage was waiting to long growing indoors in veg. before switching. Didn't quite realize how much larger the plants would get. Ended with a decent harvest but it showed me that doing some serious manipulation makes the plant do what you want it to do. A little discipline is a good thing.....
 
I have been a brainless twit when I started to grow inside I topped and super cropped to close together and stunted my girls it took a long time for them to recover slowed down growth and the size of leaves we're small and malformed. Learned from my mistakes and went on to make others ovcorse there's no telling how or when I'll screw up again although I'm makeing improvements and still lv to grow.
 
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got some pics ya mite find intresting.
I've incerted 2, 2" perferated pips kids corner from one an other an feed through the top of the pip.
this way I avoid top feeding and soil compresion.
it's working well so far.
if ya do try this. cap the bottom of the pip. cuz water just runs right through to the drain plate.
 
Yes, we FIMed in the beginning, but now we only top as well! Both will do the job, but the results are more predictable with topping.
 
i could be totally off on this bc i am only on my first grow (with this plant) so i have nothing with which to compare it, but it really seemed that way to me. especially at the topmost part where i topped one of them. it was almost like the topped part was flexing, lol
 
It's happened to us all! I've learned that you can often get a break to heal by placing the broken parts together and wrapping it in electrical or duct tape like a cast. Even if there's only a thread left holding the stem together, the plant can often heal itself over a week or two as long as the tape holds the parts together tight!
 
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