Operation: areolacola

March 15- Think if I’m gonna top I should pull the trigger , did some close ups, think it’s time if I’m gonna do it.





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How many nodes do you have :thinking:

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March 16th- well I popped her top today




After-



Hopefully she pulls through okay, if this works, there be 2 more colas (4) from what I see

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March 17th- well didn’t put a dent in fan leaf development’s, the nodes seem to be growing well, seems like this plant may develop 2 extra colas if the top 2 develop well, wait and see, TGIF Growmies! Cheers


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March 18th- She is absolutely beautiful! I’m gonna begin a once a day watering cycle starting Monday, very interested in this topping thing, the 2 nodes are coming along great so far, her trunk is looking very healthy. Need to get a humidifier soon.




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She looks great :grinning:

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March 19th- well switched to once a day, she’ll get used to it, using Humboldt’s plant enzyme, a-b, terpinator, and low dose of cal-mag, also moved the light up about 4 inches.



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March 20- I like how this photo is developing, unique leaf shape, it’s trunk is super firm



The plant :seedling: itself is far different from my autos in its initial stages so far, but going back to my autos, I should have at least tried topping one of them to see how it would hold up, the fan leafs on Shannon, yes I named her lol are very voluptuous kind of like her…never mind lol



Can’t wait to clone her.

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Good looking grow there. Nice mini topping. FIM has about the same effect. It’s more if you have a short plant and you can’t quite see the node. You just top that plant, more like a flattop haircut. Or the top sprout is still tiny scenario and there’s not enough to clip it clean.

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Mine is called Buffy…
She is a little Slayer :upside_down_face:

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March 21st- she looks a bit down, she is still getting used to the once a day feeding because she perked up since these pictures. Think I’m gonna begin with some LST this weekend, btw anyone who might be living around my area, Mohegan sun is having a cannabis convention this weekend. Trades, job opportunities, seminars, vendors, and hopefully free stuff lol, well I’m sure there will edible’s there, I’m going to hopefully check out some lights and get some tips, techniques. Should be cool I’ll post some pictures.



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March 22nd- she is growing along so nicely, bigger and bigger everyday, gotta research when to turn a photo to a 12/12 cycle now, when the best time to start cloning her.



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March 23rd- when is topping too much? In a conversation I had at work today with a co-worker who used to grow, after i showed him last night’s photos, he said he would top all the main branches so far, not sure if he meant all six? And there also seems to be other area coming up from inside the fat canopy? Which brings me to, is to early to defoliate? And if so, after defoliating,




is it too soon to clone those big fan leafs?

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March 24th- and bigger, and bigger, now I’m pondering :thinking: I’m on a 18-6 right bow should I increase begin a 12-12? Or gradually work to it? Or just switch when I go into flower ?



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March 25th- early update, just topped 4 locations on her, planning on starting some clones after the cannabis expo later today.





Not similar anymore lol

Update March 25th- She is rocking on, and she took the 4 toppings pregood so far, the small nodes have all shown decent growth since this morning.
Think I try cloning tomorrow instead, as after the expo today and searching for my car in 3 different garages on the third level… I’m pretty beat lol.


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March 26th- swear she grows an inch every night now lol, the 4 toppings are forming well, decided to wait on cloning right now, I’m sure I’ll have far more options in the coming months.



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March 27th- she growing so fast, I didn’t realize I needed to move the light up 3” to maintain my 18” height, all the topped area’s are coming along very nicely.



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March 28th- for what ever reasons she seems droopy, not sure if it’s under/over watering or maybe it’s stress from topping her Saturday morning? Or maybe this strain has these characteristics? Or maybe Turning up it’s light cycle? Idk. Maybe the Pete pot is constraining her roots?



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