Some of my pics didn't come out so great They were all pretty rootbound as you can see from the pics. I loosened the rootballs gently to get an idea of density, and they were all fairly equal. The control and the bent plant were the most rootbound, and had the most coiling at the bottom.The bent plant was the hardest/toughest one to break apart. One common condition through them all was they were very dry at the bottom, but the top of the soil appears moist. If merely giving a visual inspection on a larger scale, I likely would have passed these over. This is why using weight of the container is useful to judge when they are or are not ready to be watered.

This part of the session, I will X-plant them to larger containers as they warrant, rather than keep them all in the same size pot. Here is where I expect to see some major differences in size and shape, and, provided everything goes right, I will flower them in about 4 weeks and compare yields/overall size/health/ease of maintenance, etc etc.

We'll see how they deal in their new homes, and update this thread soon! Gotta go deal with the aftermath mess now (sigh).. Did I mention I should go hydro?
Tokudai Reviewed by Tokudai on . Topping vs Breaking vs Bending vs LST - a photojournal I was recently experimenting with some plants and figured this is a great chance to illustrate the differences of each technique. I am not saying one is better than another or one yields more, simply trying to help growers visualize the concepts and view them right next to each other, using the same plants, same age, lighting, nutes, atmosphere, etc So onto the details. Plants were all Nirvana Aurora Indica clones, nearly identical in size and nodes, rooted and transplanted to 16 0z cups Rating: 5