Day 72 - Just under 2 weeks post super cropping

Twelve days have passed since the sativa on the left were FIMm'ed, and the 4 indica plants on the right were super cropped.

Our initial feelings...

Sativa plants - We don't feel that FIMming was the right option.  Only one of the three sativa plants bushed out.  The others are still displaying strong apical dominance.  As a result we decided to top all of them today.  This should force them to bush out rather than continue to grow tall.

Indica plants - Super-cropping on a whole seems to have really worked for the indica plants.  We are noticing that the left two indica plants are moving slower and are not as large.  The top right indica has really responded well to the super-cropping, has a patch of yellowing leaves.  And lastly the bottom right indica is stretching out horizontally rather than bushing out.  

Here is a picture of the sativa plant that best responded to being FIMmed.  Nearly all lower growth areas started growing after the cut.  We had read that FIMming isn't perfect.  And since one of three turned out good, we would suggest topping if you aren't experienced with this technique.

Indica with lots of horizontal stretching.  We are not sure why this plant is becoming so lengthy, but hopefully this will mean a lot of flower sites once the vertical growing kicks in.

Best super-cropped plant to date.  Aside from a yellowing patch of fan leaves dead smack in the middle of the plant, it has really opened up the number of potential flowering sites.  Last count was in the high teens.

Next Move

Sativa's - We are going to pull the three sativa plants out of the tent and put them back under the LED lights.  They will continue to be trained and filled out for the next grow cycle.  That space will allow the indica plants to keep growing before flipping to flower

Indica's - As mentioned above the plan is to continue to veg out the four indica plants until they have expanded to fill most of the canopy.  This should be done in about two more weeks.  Then the lighting will be switched over to 12/12


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Day 60 - Marijuana Plant Training Begins (super cropping & FIMing)

Day 60 - Marijuana Plant Training Begins (super cropping & FIMing)

The plants are not bushing out as much as we had hoped they would naturally do.  So today ~ 60 days into the vegetative stage, the indica were super cropped and the sativa were FIMed.

The outer four larger smart pots are the Indica's which were super cropped, and the stem was kept in place with a twisty tie and binder clip.

The inner row of smaller smart pots are the Sativa and were FIMed rather than just topped.

Possible sick plant issues: These plants were all off nutrients for about a week. We are going to bring them back into a vegetative friendly nutrient feed at the next watering cycle.  We are hoping that with food these plants will regain their darker green color.

As a safety precaution the 600 watt light was also raised slightly today.

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