LUI Day 34

LUI Day 34

these babes are growing like weeds . . . everyday we go to the garden the growth is visible and obviously apparent . . . the vigor of these plants is certainly impressive . . . as for DutchMasterZ’s comment that they are ready to be forced . . . we agree that they are certainly at the point where they could be moved to bloom . . . if we were in a hurry we could have moved them to bloom at about day 31 or 32 . . . we’re letting them go a little longer for 2 reasons . . . the first is personal preference . . . the second reason is simply practical circumstance . . .

first off our preference is to veg our plants a little bit longer than the average grower . . . we’re usually rewarded with above average yields as well . . . getting a few days extra veg growth can increase yields by ensuring plants have a strong well developed root system and also a few extra nodes of growth . . . circumstance also dictates that the LUI’s wait a few more days before their move to HPS light and a 12/12 light cycle . . . we did not anticipate that the LUI’s growth was going to be quite this explosive . . . there is no room in our bloom room for them yet . . . even if we felt the LUI’s were ready to bloom . . . the rest of the garden isn’t ready for them. . . the LUI’s were a thirsty bunch on day 34 . . . we gave them a drink of about 2 gallons of water total between the bunch . . . since they’ve grown to a pretty good size and are in 5 quart containers . . . we’ll anticipate that they will need to be watered every day from now until they get transplanted into larger planters . . .
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LUI-Day-34
allrighty . . . . . time to answer some questions . . . part of the reason for choosing to move our plants from the 4 1/2″ pots to 5 quart containers instead of their ultimate destination is space considerations . . . if we moved them straight to 3 or 5 gallon containers they would take up more space in veg than we prefer to devote . . . normally the pattern is to move from the 5 qt buckets to our 2′x3′ containers with 2 or 3 plants per container . . . since the LUI’s are not sexed this isn’t so simple . . . the 3 gallon or 5 gallon buckets they will move into are really a compromise . . . Artful . . . this was actually a very good observation. if room allowed there’d be no reason to have the intermediate 5 qt buckets . . . and we’d be able to transplant directly into 3 or 5 gallon planters . . . a transplant from 4 1/2″ container to 3 gallon planter would be a fine move. . . as for your particular . . .plants Artful. . . don’t think of them so much as on a time table but instead watch them and observe their growth. . . when they are 12″ to 16″ high then it’s time to start thinking about a move to bloom. . . that’s also somewhat dependent on how much the plants streeeetch too. . . to answer your question more directly.

. . .basically we’d forget about time your plants sat and didn’t grow. . .think of them as almost new babes from the point you started feeding them and they started growing again.. . .as for the questions from 23 . . . we’ll have to look back on the calendar to be sure. . . but it’s around two weeks now on the clones and they are all still alive. . . we’re planning on shooting some clone pics tonight. some clones . . .look better than others (as is usual) but it looks as though all will survive . . .and eventually thrive. . . the clones sit as “back-ups” and will continue vegging . . .while their parents grow out. . . the very first grow on a plant doesn’t always indicate it’s full potential so we’ll be watching and noting differences. . . as we make decisions on keepers the process will continue. . . after one grow we usually eliminate 1/2 of the girls and cull the ones we don’t like as much. . .

we’ll top clone again and repeat the process with another grow (or two) until we’ve found our final keeper(s). . . .we expect that we will transplant all of these babes before moving to bloom. . . moving them to bloom first and only transplanting the females is certainly a good alternative option . . . but since we reuse our soil we don’t lose anything (but a lil time) by transplanting them all . . . since we have back-up clones on the whole bunch . . . we can simply cull males after they show sex and compost the plant remains . . . if we decide later we want any LUI male pollen for a breeding project the back-ups will be waiting . . .

last but not least - the alfalfa tea question . . . yes we’d planned on using some as a foliar feed and for a root drench too . . . but the alfalfa has a growth stimulant and these babes are growing like weeds! . . we’re already concerned they will be a little taller then we prefer when moved to bloom so giving them an additional growth stimulant seemed redundant . . .

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Table of contents for Growing LUI /the3LB

  1. Growing LUI W/ the 3LB - Intro
  2. Growing LUI W/ the 3LB - Soil & Seed
  3. LUI Day 2
  4. Growing LUI W/ the 3LB - Day 1
  5. Growing LUI W/ the 3lb - Planting/germination
  6. LUI Day 3
  7. LUI Day 4
  8. LUI Day 5
  9. LUI Day 6, Day 7
  10. LUI-Day-8
  11. LUI-Day-9
  12. LUI Day 10
  13. LUI Day 11
  14. LUI Day 12
  15. LUI Day 13
  16. LUI Day 14
  17. LUI Day 15
  18. LUI Day 16
  19. LUI Day 17
  20. LUI Day 18
  21. LUI Day 19
  22. LUI Day 20
  23. LUI Day 21
  24. LUI Day 22 And A Lesson in Cloning
  25. LUI Day 23
  26. LUI Day 24
  27. LUI Day 25
  28. LUI Day 26
  29. LUI DAY 27 And Day 28
  30. LUI Day 29
  31. LUI Day 30
  32. LUI Day 31
  33. LUI Day 32
  34. LUI Day 33
  35. LUI Day 34
  36. LUI Day 35
  37. LUI Day 36 And Friends
  38. LUI Day 37
  39. LUI Day 39 - the Backup Clones
  40. LUI Day 40 - Day 1 Flowering
  41. LUI Day 41
  42. LUI Day 42
  43. LUI Day 43
  44. LUI Day 44
  45. LUI Day 45
  46. LUI Day 46
  47. LUI Day 47
  48. LUI Day 48
  49. LUI Day 50
  50. LUI Day 51
  51. LUI - Day 52
  52. LUI Day 53
  53. LUI Day 54
  54. LUI Day 55
  55. LUI Day 56
  56. LUI Day 57
  57. LUI Day 58
  58. LUI Day 59
  59. LUI Day 60
  60. LUI Day 61,62
  61. Legend’s Ultimate Indica
  62. LUI Day 63
  63. LUI Day 64
  64. LUI Day 65
  65. LUI Day 66
  66. LUI Day 67 And Clones
  67. LUI Day 68
  68. LUI Day 69
  69. LUI Day 70
  70. LUI Day 72 - Day 33 of Bloom
  71. LUI Day 73
  72. LUI Day 74
  73. LUI Day 71
  74. LUI Day 75
  75. LUI Day 76
  76. LUI-Day-77
  77. LUI Day 80
  78. LUI Day 78
  79. LUI Day 79
  80. LUI Day 81
  81. LUI Day 82
  82. LUI Day 83
  83. LUI Day 84
  84. LUI Day 85
  85. LUI Day 86
  86. LUI Day 87
  87. LUI Day 88
  88. LUI Day 89
  89. LUI Day 90
  90. From the 3LB Archives - Canopy of LUI
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