[m4c]

This will be my third indoor grow, the link to my previous one is in my sig. I'm hoping to at least double the yield from my previous attempt.

Strain: Nirvana's feminized Jock Horror.

Box: It's an old PC case - the dimensions are 14' x 6' x 24'. It's lined with Mylar Diamond. The pot is about 1,5 Gal.

Lightning: 3x 23W CFL 2700k = 4500lm
18:6 on veg
12:12 on flo

Ventilation: I've got 2 outtake PC fans - 1 is 80mm and the second one is 120mm

Soil: Store bought universal soil PH 5,5-6,5 mixed with some dolomite lime and chicken shit about 1,5 month's b4 the grow started.

Fertilizers:
VEG: GHE One Part Total Gro
FLO: Some store bought fertilizer for flowering (florovit) + PK13/14 from Canna

Training: Topping + LST

Today is the end of the third week for my 2 ladies, both look healthy although they didn't grow for the last 2 days because of the topping. As you can see the one on the right is more sativa dominant and the left one is more on the indica side (she also has pretty purplish stems). Should I switch them to 12/12 as soon as they start growing after the topping or should I wait for them to get bigger?

Here are the pics:

[Fuzz420]

Awesome. Did you not go the reveg route after your last harvest?

[m4c]

Nah I'm looking for a better phenotype - especially when it comes to yield. And also 2 plants will give me two different smokes and I'm always eager to try something new.

[Fuzz420]

Gotcha, thats understandable. You should be able to find a winner, good luck

[m4c]

Somehow I have managed to fail at something as easy as topping - both of my ladies were stunted for a week and I didn't get 2 colas on any of them.

Here is the sativa pheno:

And the indica:

I'm not sure what to do now - should I top them again or just leave them as they are and focus on LST? Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

[#1cheesebuds]

I have had this happen to a few o my plants in the past.
I just left them alone and about 1 1/2 weeks later most of them had grown 2 new stems.

so in ur case I see that the sativa for some reason I don't no but ur right i see no 2 stems. but D new growth looks healthy anyway.

but on the indica I see 4 stems. I see the 2 small bigger ones and 2 lil baby stems under them. wen I looked closely thats wat I saw.

if were me Id givem at least another week 2 see how they look by then.
also usuly when toping MJ plants they take some time 2 start new regular growth. well thats was I was told to do back when I was on overgrow.

alltho some strains grow new growth faster than others.

maybe someone wit mo experience can chime in on this.

[m4c]

I have topped both of them for the second time, this time I am 100% sure that I have done it right. I was thinking of leaving the indica one as it is but I was afraid that it grow too big too fast when compared to the sativa and It would make it difficult to keep them both at the same distance from the light. As soon as they recover I'll post some pics.

[m4c]

The girls are getting now only 12h of light a day, can't wait for the first pistils to show up . I also did a little LST on the main shoots. And here are the pics:

As you can see the phenotypes are very different, surprisingly the sativa pheno has shorter internodes and looks like it will poot out more branches. On the other hand the indica pheno has very big fan leaves and cute purple stems.

So far everything looks ok right?

[#1cheesebuds]

U got that right. they r looking fantastic. well rock on then.

[m4c]

The LST has worked perfectly because the side branches (especially on the sativa girl) had shoot out like crazy! Also the smell started to get noticible near the PC, so I used the old fresh grounded coffe trick and it works like a charm.

Sorry for the poor quality pics but I was taking them at like 7am in the morning b4 my morning coffe.