topped blue widow by dog update with lst!

hey guys

so here i have my blue widow, the smaller guys are blue hash, critical jack, and a big bud x white widow, my dog ate my previous 2 blue widows m ladyburn hence the difference in growth! the biggest girl the last survivor , blue widow, was topped at 1 week by my dog, bite the head off the plant back to its 1st single bladed leaf!!:wtf: naturally i panicked as i hadnt even reached the 3rd node :( im still a noob so was lookin for some info on it, what to expect ect but couldnt find out a great deal so i thought i wud post this for any other noobs bout topping to low.

soo..here are my results... not much different from any other 'top' really, pretty much just the same as topping 2 nodes 3 nodes high
no differences in recovery time and no visible added stress to the plant, advantages tho is with a little lst, iv tied the new two main stems in the oppersite directions, with the top is so low all the side branches that would otherwise be shadowed n ighting for light is flourishing and with the stems in different directions it really opens the plant up to the light, and with the shift in auxin's from the lst it looks like she is gonna be a bushy beast, she will go into flower when the other guys are at a decent size but ill put up more pics as she progresses.

anyone has experience with any of these strains please pipe up with advice or just things to look out for:thumbsup:

also does anyone know how to put up a disclaimer.. as all this is in my head and i do it for shits and giggles

also noticed slight twisting of leaves on the bluewidow and slightly paler on tips, i have a 600w set up so thinking light might av been to close for twisting leaves and now on ionic soil n boost for pale green tips, lst and bigger air fan will hopeully solve heat and twistly leaf probem but need to keep light low as poss until the new ones catch up height wise

:thumbsup:higher_than_you;

Dog ate your plant?;)
I am concerned for the dog! he/she might out live you!

I am looking into a Blueberry X WW, for making oil. Subscribed!

My critter 'appeared' to have gotten into something, Monday night and last Saturday Morning. I hate it, she gets sick!
I sort of thought a cat came in, and jumped in the tub, with my baby plants (I was unexpectedly gone overnight) and came home, to what looked like a cat trying to dig a hole and took the catnip.

Nice Grow Show and this should be interesting, what the experts and indoor growers, have to say?:rasta:

pr

haha your comment about my dog out living me made me chuckle:D

thankfully he has a stomach of steel, the things iv 'lost' and then 'found' again is like :wtf:
they were only 1 week seedlings but it was still the same pain to see them gone :(
haha your poor critter sounds like s/he had a party n u wasnt invited :pimp: in the early days i had a knock at the door once and unfortunately, boys in blue, (who were actually quite nice about it, and seemed just as interested in the growing techniques as i was :thumbsup:) put my cut up choped at white widow into a big black bag :( whilst having a chat with me, my 3 month old kitten had managed to get in the bag and with that start charging round the room shredding it too pieces :D what a mess! even the stern serious ones were laughing! and who said weed didnt bring people together :hippy:

;) better get back to the serious stuff, making oils?? that sound interesting, its something i wanted to try with the blue hash as the review on the strain says it loaded with resin, nom nom! i will look forward to your posts about how its done and how it goes, im new to this site as u can probably tell with my over use of smileys :smokin: so still unsure of how it all works, with subscribing ect but il learn.

iv just flipped my girls on 12/12 now, have come off the ionic soil grow and boost and starting with sensi bloom advanced nutes part a and part b, i had good results on my last crop with this, but there seems to be mixed opinions bout these nutes?? but then as i said, im still a noob and havent had too much to compare it too, and everyones grow is always better than the last, provided no extreme accidents or animal involvement!

also looking forward to some feed back as well, i hear some strains respond better to different techniques than others ect, and no matter how smart you think u are there is always someone smarter. will post pics of the blue widow every couple of weeks to show the progression of growth, and if its slow maybe some pointers to help :thumbsup: getting a bit excited too as the cold weather has set here so im hoping for some extreme colours from the blue widow and blue hash, so should make for a beautiful plant.

fingers crossed

hey all and to any one thats reading and interested :thumbsup:

ok, so i was gonna update every two weeks... but after today events i thought i would post pics and update as i have had to undergo some serious plant management, due to the arrangement of my girls and the blue widow being a couple weeks older, light was becoming an issue for the smaller 3, (i say issue, they prob would have been fine but i want all my babies getting maximum lumins) :jointsmile: and with varying flowering time i needed to come up with a sequence of variation in position from the light. having a towering bush makes this difficult, i toyed with the idea of raising the smaller ones but impractical for feeds and moving.

im a fan of lst, (id rather have a bush than a Christmas tree, personal choice, open mind and each to there own) i did some more research on lst and there was mixed results with 'lst whilst in flower' but the overall general impression i felt was that if its within the first couple of weeks its not going to massively affect your yield, its true all the hormones start changing pretty much that same night of its first 12/12 but with usually 8 weeks or more of flowering any stress very early on provided not massive is seen as 'you shouldnt but acceptable' and most recover well, sometimes better.

sooo... heres what i didAttachment 288327 Attachment 288328Attachment 288329Attachment 288330

i took these today, DAY 4 OF FLOWER. you can see i really went to town on her and although she looks a sorry mess of her former self, i want all 4 to be managable due to room size, i think she will recover nicely tho. this has sorta become my grow show now, so i will include updates on my delicious seeds critical jack, dinafem blue hash and x line (female seeds, i dont get it either?) white widow x big bud<seed supplier didnt have much info but 6 to 8 weeks flower :smokin: i topped the critical jack today too as she will be one of the last girls left and i dont want her getting too big, she had 2 weeks in veg.

as of today the only thing i will be changing is the position of the plants weekly to maximize light exposure.

this is my 3rd grow so still a noob< but looking forward to the transition to hydro in the new year.
any feedback good or bad greatly appreciated

just thought i would post a 24 hour update,

all the branches that were flat from the lst on the blue widow have already turned up to face the light :thumbsup: so with another 8 weeks minimum 12/12 hopefully should get some nice resin filled nugs

the topped critical jack has also seen growth in the leaves and side branches, the last set of fan leaves doesnt seem to av slowed down rate of growth! have grown the sister strain jack Hera and she was a delight, no sleep issues or anxiety, (loong flower cycle tho) cannot wait to cure and taste.

ww x bb i have left, i cant find too much info on her so i think i will be good to see her characteristics un-touched, if she is nice and tasty n does the job, then maybe some type of training next time to compare against

blue hash im being cautious with, iv read she can get up to 3 metres outside! and is like a giant long single bud? i dont think she will get 3m but im slightly concerned she will tower over the rest. in a couple days i will check the rate of growth and make a decision if i should try and 'attempt' to fim her? she has an 8-12 flowering cycle so this early on it shouldn't cause too much stress

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havent really said much too about my set up, hence the light pic ha and my dog which is responsible for all my hassles! :D

lighting: vegged from seedling on 400w hps at double the specified distance, they say 12" from the top of ur plant to bulb, i had 24". (did this for the 1st week) i changed to the sun master super dulex 600w in the last week of veg, and intend to keep through out the flowering period, its an extra 10% extra light pushing my lumins up to 95000 :thumbsup:

air flow: slightly open window bout 2" with a thick curtain. 16" rotating fan- no cabon filter, luckily enough not to need one, with that there was definitely i change in the air when i checked today- a smell that makes u smile

growing medium im a noob so im still unsure of what to use and whats best?? i used potting mix for the seedlings to which i mixed with all purpose compost for there final pots- im not sure what size they are? just the biggest ones i could find, more roots more shoots.

nutes at day 12 i used ionic grow for soil and ionic boost, i flush with tap water in the 1st week of flower and then use sensi bloom advanced nutes part a and b, final flush is tap water again

temps range between 24-27 degrees n 10-12 degrees at night< thinking maybe a heat mat, i do not want them turning hermie!

fingers crossed

quick update, a few bits have changed. there now in my old 1x1x2 tent as the cold has set here! my lowest temp was 9 degrees the other night and i think they are taking a day or two to recover. dont want that happening again so iv moved location of the grow and on to warmer airs :) yesterday was week 1 for flower, there are already visual signs effect taking effect, longer pistols and the heads look like there on the turn, another 5/7 days and then were really cooking,

critical jack is taking longer to show signs of flower but the she can have up to a 14 week flowering cycle being dominatly sativa! and i have a feeling she is gonna do exactly that! will post some pics on week 2 of flower to show the rate of growth progression and flower changes, by then they should all be well on her way to forming flowerss

putting up some pics of the 1st week of flower-will update weekly..so far so good :)

white widow x big bud: again not really a lot of info on her so am just gonna leave her be and see what happens, she is the shortest out of the 4 but by far the most denseAttachment 288433Attachment 288434

critical jack: recovering from the 'top' couple more days and rate of growth should increase, two new side branches are stepping up nicely. she will be the last girl standing
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blue hash: very thick main stem, very dark fan leaves very indica
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putting up some pics of the 1st week of flower-will update weekly..so far so good :)

white widow x big bud: again not really a lot of info on her so am just gonna leave her be and see what happens, she is the shortest out of the 4 but by far the most denseAttachment 288433Attachment 288434

critical jack: recovering from the 'top' couple more days and rate of growth should increase, two new side branches are stepping up nicely. she will be the last girl standing
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blue hash: very thick main stem, very dark fan leaves very indica
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not quite sure it sent that twice? lol anyone know how to delete a post :wtf: the attached pic had a write up

blue widow: (re cap- topped by my dog at 1 week back to her 1st true leaf) due to her training i was able to pull all her fan leaves into the middle, i guess just making a solar panel of sorts, she too is also a very dark green, towards the end of flower i will attempt to lower the temp to bring on her colours, :cool:Attachment 288444

this is there new home, i hang the digi temp 2f from the bulb Attachment 288443

the last stretch, fingers crossed