Dynamite
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dyno - props brother! feel free to hijack anytime! ive yet to reach 2liter status, i mostly just have a bunch of smaller colas (coke can-1liter)..when i was running 4 per light and not shaping plants as bushes, my colas were much bigger than they are now, but my over all yield was less...now i get a better yield over all but with smaller colas..think it has to do with me spreading the energy of the plant to 100 tops vs 5-10...you ever have any issues with the chem4 getting budrot on them 2 liter colas? last run i had a cola here or there with a tiny bit of rot..not alot and it was most likely from not enough circulation in the room...but when she throws those big dense colas, in a dense canopy, i get paranoid..actually taking her out of rotation for this exact reason...have friends from back home that grow huge colas and they get popsicle sticks to spread and hold apart bud sites on very large main colas , to allow them to breath..considered doing that but id rather just run something else
Trophy buds don't come from doing 1 plant per light , your correct on that .. and massive amounts of medium cola's do equal more weight then a few big'uns for sure .. my smaller plants get the bigger cola's .. I'm basically repeating what you just said ..lol
chem#4 doesn't usually rot , when it has happened it's a small leaf that yellowed from flushing and rolled up inside the cola causing it .. the calyx's themselves are very rot resistant on that cut , some others I have like the Whitelightning don't fair so well , you look at her wrong and have a couple oz's of rotten bud , then those spores will travel thru the room and cause other strains cola's to rot that normally would not ..
far as rot prevention - good air flow , and watching the humidity not going over 60% .. I'm a believer that higher humidity helps for happy healthier plants , but those last couple week in 12/12 I'll turn my ac down during lights on for it's dehuey action and use a dehuey at night .. where I'm at now is considered "high desert' , so taking away humidity is not a problem here , adding it is ..
chem#4 will always be a keeper for me , just a GREAT cropper and let go 70days+ is epic smoke .. hard to beat that . I don't run entire grows of any one thing , normally 4-9 strains and 12-24 plants ..
looking forward to seeing your veg techniques ! I don't really have one method dialed for veg , I'm kinda all over the place with it trying to accommodate for different strains needs ,and mostly not having a proper veg area and constantly over growing my veg area ..I'm building a dedicated veg area now
great thread here !! I know it takes time and dedication
spread the knowledge bro !!