#2 Diary by fabi420 - Chocolate Mint OG / Clones / Living Soil

[2-Scoops]

I don't have much experience with topping, but to me the structure of the plant doesn't look that great for topping.
I have this thought because the nodes are quite irregular.
What do you say?

Really I'd top an inch or two from tops of lot and create an even canopy then just flip them 7 to 10 days later, they look sound to top as is, dont worry about this and that typo structure cus the newer shoots will just catch each other up as all hormones in main dominating stem/shoot spread around plant more evenly, kinda happens like that but maybe not as simple as i just put it all. But its how i do most crops, well i first top them really young then multi top the fuckers when they are a fair old size in veg like these and i flip a week or so later, it works a treat on any weed plant, but topping once they not gonna grow wild all over place like if you'd done lots of tops like i do, it will just create a few or more big mofo tops on plant and lots of nice side buds. They will spread more especially those early weeks of bloom.

Just get scissors or finger and thumb nail and whip tops off.


If you decide not too you really need to think about flipping to bloom imo, they are a fair size in that space as is atmo. But i know my preferred option and what I'd do to create a bigger bumper crop.

[fabi420]

I don't have much experience with topping, but to me the structure of the plant doesn't look that great for topping.
I have this thought because the nodes are quite irregular.
What do you say?

Really I'd top an inch or two from tops of lot and create an even canopy then just flip them 7 to 10 days later, they look sound to top as is, dont worry about this and that typo structure cus the newer shoots will just catch each other up as all hormones in main dominating stem/shoot spread around plant more evenly, kinda happens like that but maybe not as simple as i just put it all. But its how i do most crops, well i first top them really young then multi top the fuckers when they are a fair old size in veg like these and i flip a week or so later, it works a treat on any weed plant, but topping once they not gonna grow wild all over place like if you'd done lots of tops like i do, it will just create a few or more big mofo tops on plant and lots of nice side buds. They will spread more especially those early weeks of bloom.

Just get scissors or finger and thumb nail and whip tops off.


If you decide not too you really need to think about flipping to bloom imo, they are a fair size in that space as is atmo. But i know my preferred option and what I'd do to create a bigger bumper crop.

Many thanks for your response!
I'll top them later or tomorrow. That sounds really good, you convinced me. Thank you for that suggestion!

[fabi420]

If you can't get the seeds any more, can you stress one of them enough to turn it hermaphrodite put it on its own and collect the seeds?

Hey mate, this should be possible. A buddy of me has done the same thing one time

I've just read a post by Duke on How to make your own Feminised seeds. Take a look at it. I've also read that taking a cutting off a flowering plant will turn the cutting hermaphrodite and that cutting will give feminised seeds. Good luck.

Because you commented on the post, I saw it now too. Thanks for that! This is a really interesting post.

[mrming]

I don't have much experience with topping, but to me the structure of the plant doesn't look that great for topping.
I have this thought because the nodes are quite irregular.
What do you say?

Really I'd top an inch or two from tops of lot and create an even canopy then just flip them 7 to 10 days later, they look sound to top as is, dont worry about this and that typo structure cus the newer shoots will just catch each other up as all hormones in main dominating stem/shoot spread around plant more evenly, kinda happens like that but maybe not as simple as i just put it all. But its how i do most crops, well i first top them really young then multi top the fuckers when they are a fair old size in veg like these and i flip a week or so later, it works a treat on any weed plant, but topping once they not gonna grow wild all over place like if you'd done lots of tops like i do, it will just create a few or more big mofo tops on plant and lots of nice side buds. They will spread more especially those early weeks of bloom.

Just get scissors or finger and thumb nail and whip tops off.


If you decide not too you really need to think about flipping to bloom imo, they are a fair size in that space as is atmo. But i know my preferred option and what I'd do to create a bigger bumper crop.

Wow - yet again i learn something new, this seems perfect for me as
all my plants think they want to be basketball players..

Nice one @fabi420 and @2-Scoops

[2-Scoops]

If you can't get the seeds any more, can you stress one of them enough to turn it hermaphrodite put it on its own and collect the seeds?

That`s far from ideal and and your quite liable to get seeds in other plants grown with them, although not always. Better idea would be to collect that pollen from hermie and use it on a female flowering plant or use it to just pollinate one bud only to seed just that bud and to create fem seed. If you leave a fem plant flowering long enough its gonna prolly hermie and this pollen is used to create fem beanz too, thats called rodelization https://www.getispire.com/blogs/blog/wh ... delization

I've also read that taking a cutting off a flowering plant will turn the cutting hermaphrodite and that cutting will give feminised seeds.

Nah it wont its just gonna be another cutting and that process is known as monster cropping. Personally im nit biggest fan cus plants grow real spazzy and leaves dont grow rightly, were talking 1, 2 and 3 bladed leaves all over plant everywhere, it looks shitty and makes me nervous lol. End results can monstrous though. https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-mo ... iency-n209

[fabi420]

HELP!
I need your professional opinion.
Within the last week my ChocoMints have gone from being 100% healthy to what they are now. Look at the pictures. All 9 plants look like this, without exception.
To me it looks like a potassium deficiency, which I have never had and is surprising with my Living Soil anyway.
What do you say to that? What does it look like to you? Should I adjust the potassium level?

[Keeno]

Definitely looks like a deficiency Fabi. Strange it's hit multiple plants at the same time and so fast. Has anything changed in your normal feeds/routines?

[fabi420]

Definitely looks like a deficiency Fabi. Strange it's hit multiple plants at the same time and so fast. Has anything changed in your normal feeds/routines?

Everything is the same as always. And because of my living soil, I only add clear water anyway. That's why I'm very surprised. I should probably try to fix the deficit.

[fabi420]

@2-Scoops my man. Do you have any idea or guess?
Before I tackle the matter later

[2-Scoops]

Yes it really does look like potassium deficiency to me too. I mean fix is to flush puts through 2x water to pot size then start feeding again, but you grow a way I've never really touched upon with living soil. Your not overwatering are you Fabi cus it could be simple as just cutting back on your watering to fix it. Not that they look overwatered tbh. Then again even letting soil dry out too much wont help with other things coming into play then, but yes ill go with what you said Fabi and potassium deficiency.