Hardonna update...

[likemclever]

lol.....I forgot about the wedding night...lol.

Nah,.....just a girl and her dream talking.

But I would like to see those pictures myself...

[9ski9]

Just a quick Day 39 update...big stipules and every plant has sex parts, but still no confirmed balls or hairs growing out of them. A steady 1/2" daily growth, now at 17". I had to rearrange the room a bit because the girls in the back were crowding.

Going to flower in either 3 or 10 days...what to do, what to do...

[HARDDON]

Well whatever you do, flower hardonna another 10 days.

She will reward you

The worst that can happen is all are females .

Odds are, some wont be, so you will have more room.

The longer you veg the more you harvest.

The flower height is the space issue not the side branches. Can your height handle 2.5 - 3X the height they are now? In another 10 days?

Stay firm, be calm and remain in composure.

Patience is one MAJOR key to successful tomato plant growth.

Patience

BTW....hardonnas secondaries are looking good

What a really nice job you have done on the grow room with those lights.

I salute you

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[9ski9]

Thanks, HD...

10 more days it is. I imagine I can get creative if height really becomes and issue.

Oh, and last night was kind of fun. With my little one going back to school today, she harvested 2 pints of cherry tomatoes from these tomato plants. She didn't find it odd that they seem to grow and immediately fall off the vines...

[HARDDON]

ROFLMAO....

Good one.

Enjoy it now cause one day they arent so stupid.

And what a sad day that is

[9ski9]

Day 40:

Ummmm...Harddon, is there a reason not to do this? I just did a very gentle bend with a loose pipe cleaner anchored to the criss-crossed coat hangers above the dirt.

Something kicked in and she grew 1 1/4" in 24hrs. (her most ever by far)...

I can easily set her free, but if it's okay, I'd like to slowly and gently keep her pulled over.

Thanks in advance!

[HARDDON]

Sweet. Nice call and good move.

That bend will help light even more.

BTW....what are you going to flower with??

[9ski9]

Well, while watching your SOG we're all seeing how game plans can be altered, even with someone that does so much research of even the smallest details...I mean, it's a learning process and a good thing, but it made me a little unsure about bending her over after bending and tucking all the fans.

But boy do those upper secondaries love it. I suppose a good grower can watch how a plant reacts as the best judge of what he/she is doing.

I'll be flowering with a 400w HPS, supplimented by nine CFL's.

Eight more days of veg...

[HARDDON]

Well this grow should be a prime example of how you can choose OTHER methods, other than topping to increase growth.

Those secondaries we tied down...I mean you tied down....will all be nice bud shoots for ya.

Otherwise, you would have had a few buds...but now you will have several.

Any prehairs yet?

If she turns out to be male I gonna be limp hard on indeed

[9ski9]

No confirmed hairs or balls, yet. Both of the mostly-sativa plants are almost definitely female.

But Hardonna has an identical twin. If the worst happens with Hardonna, then I'm going to pretend to myself that the other was her all along. Sort of like when your baby dies in the hospital, you just go down to the nursery and grab someone else's. Right?