Hello Everyone,
Things have been coming along great with the Crack Mack cannabis plant.
Let's have a look at what is going on.
Roots have begun protruding out of the seven gallon fabric pot.
This is a sign that I should not wait much longer for flowering because the plants root growth will begin to become constricted if I push vegetation too long.
Since my goal is to maximize use of the overhead LED panel, I want to spread this girl as wide as possible.
To the trained eye it is obvious that this plant has already undergone vigorous stem training.
I'm a proponent of intense early training on mainstems. I like to crush them to the point of limpness.
Here's a photo from the past to show what I mean:
In the center of this photo is the female Crack Mack next her her brothers on day 38, about one month ago.
The current strength and hardiness of the branches is a result of this traumatic stem crushing impact from a month ago.
Also noticeable are points on the stem where hard angles occur, similar to the look of a staircase. This is from using a low stress method with 3D printed clips, like these:
I don't care for heavy stem crushing on the upper stems, which is a preferential thing that other growers may not agree with. My logic is to minimize the chances of hermaphrodite later on in the plants life cycle, and I just don't see it as necessary if the lower branches are trained well.
The first netting work is the tricky part. I'm opting to work my first set of netting during vegetation, and will be an attempt to continue widening the branch system.
The plan is to induce flowering 7/5/2024 and this will cause the needed "stretch" for the first couple of weeks. During this time I will be weaving (if possible) the stretching branches into the second layer of netting.
If all goes well I should be able to pretty much get full use of the 600 watt LED panel, maintaining a 10 inch distance from the top net during flowering.
The clippings are a week old now and have not started growing roots yet, but this is normal for water cloning. It could take as long as another week to see roots. I don't think it will though because these things are pretty happy looking.
The height of the top net might change a little, and also the height of the light, but for the most part everything is pretty much where it's going to be during the flowering cycle. Only small adjustments will be made from here, and no more traumatic training will be done to the plant.
I might still defoliate a little bit under the first net, but I didn't want to go too hard on this defoliation because it was pretty heavy, so I'll let her recover for a couple days and see what needs to be done from there.
That is going to do it for this update.
How is the Crack Mack looking to all of you?
I would love to read your thoughts in the comment section!
Thank you for stopping by!
