hush's micro vert experiment
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Twist1
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Wow you went pretty hard on those girls Hush - looks like you caught the pruning/defol bug! I actually had a bit of a go at it for the first time today too - just removing the larger fan leaves from my flowering girls. It's reassuring to see how fast yours have bounced back 
LOL. Yeah, this was the most I've ever hacked away at one of my micro gardens before... But I have to keep reminding myself that this is a just for fun grow, for experimenting purposes, so I don't want to get too complacent. This grow is all about pushing the boundaries and learning what Sadhu is capable of.
I knew as I was chopping that sadhu would be able to take it, and recover from it, but I underestimated how fast they are bouncing back! I'm impressed. Once they grow upward just a tad bit more I will flip them.
I knew as I was chopping that sadhu would be able to take it, and recover from it, but I underestimated how fast they are bouncing back! I'm impressed. Once they grow upward just a tad bit more I will flip them.
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looks nicely trained to fill the canopy when flipped - pretty shocking amount of defol but it should have time to bounce back and put on more leaf so the light doesnt get wasted on the walls. i'll be following this.
VG
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Honestly, it's probably just Sadhu. It's those landrace genetics! But yeah, she bounced back very quickly.
And no, lol, I have no mercy. I warned her I was going to do it! Before I even put clones of her in this cabinet, I told her I would be chopping and cropping. It's her fault if she didn't listen!
Haha, in all honesty, sadhu seems to be able to handle just about all the abuse I throw at her. And that's one of the objectives of this experiment is to see just how much she can take.
Oh, and thank you VerdantGreen!
And no, lol, I have no mercy. I warned her I was going to do it! Before I even put clones of her in this cabinet, I told her I would be chopping and cropping. It's her fault if she didn't listen!
Haha, in all honesty, sadhu seems to be able to handle just about all the abuse I throw at her. And that's one of the objectives of this experiment is to see just how much she can take.
Oh, and thank you VerdantGreen!
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in fact i am very interested to verify whether defoliation that intense would impact final size/volume/results at all, what is your view? i mean it could impact yield both ways, positive or neg.
will you be able to compare it to anything (benchmark), hush? given your knowledge about sadhu performance?
will you be able to compare it to anything (benchmark), hush? given your knowledge about sadhu performance?
I say no, in my experience, as long as you let the plants recover from your training methods, it doesn't negatively impact the yield. If anything it increases the yield, because it's all good bud, and you end up with a smaller popcorn pile.
The trick, of course, is to do something productive during the training! In my case, I'm making sure I can have a "donut" of growth tips that will eventually become single buds. I'm eliminating anything that would have amounted to nothing. Then I let the plants recover before allowing them to flower.
It seems to always work for me like that. Training during flowering is a different matter all together, and sadhu doesn't like too much of it.
I'll be able to tell by the yield, and the physical appearance of the buds, if they were negatively impacted at all.
The trick, of course, is to do something productive during the training! In my case, I'm making sure I can have a "donut" of growth tips that will eventually become single buds. I'm eliminating anything that would have amounted to nothing. Then I let the plants recover before allowing them to flower.
It seems to always work for me like that. Training during flowering is a different matter all together, and sadhu doesn't like too much of it.
I'll be able to tell by the yield, and the physical appearance of the buds, if they were negatively impacted at all.
gpw_hunter
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Inspirational hush wish you the best of luck!! Looks great!!!!
