LUI Day 60


LUI Day 60

here’s a fun look at LUI for day 60

196 LUI-Day-60—extreme-closeup

. . . 3 weeks into bloom with 5 weeks left to go

197 LUI-Day-60

. . . and look at the visible trichs . . . 198 LUI-Day-60—zoom1 and a look from a little further back . . . 199 LUI-Day-60—zoom2 the LUI’s are still looking great . . . 200 LUI-Day-60—zoom3201 LUI-Day-60—zoom4

the average stretch is going to vary a lot from strain to strain . . . genetics are the biggest determining factor but there are other influences . . . for example, some sativa strains will stretch and continue growing in height for many weeks . . . often these are strains like original Haze with very long flowering periods - blooming lengths well in excess of 10 weeks . . . there are some strains that are known for the exact opposite . . . very little stretch after the plant begins flowering . . .

most plants developed 4 nice cola arms . . . one only developed three good branches and a another produced 5 good branches . . . we we originally trimmed to allow for 6 (3 pairs) per plant but did additional pruning as needed . . . our general experience so far is that lower branches and arms that are shaded out look to produce little with the LUI and should likely be trimmed . . . we’re using about 3 sq feet per plant at the moment for the LUI’s and it seems to be working great . . . your personal gardening style will decide what’s right for you with the LUI in terms of space . . .
the minor move you are asking about . . . reducing each plant’s “footprint” from 21″ to 18″ squared would likely have only minor effects . . . we’d not anticipate any problems with such a layout and it might even be a more efficient use of space . . . since we use 2′x3′ containers as the basis for our modular grow layout . . . we are limited to choosing between 2 or 3 (or more) plants per container . . . the current LUI’s are growing in 3 gallon planters . . . and those are certainly workable for any grow . . . it was our “standard” before the container grow evolved . . . the advantage of the container planting is that is give much more room for roots to spread out and usually leads to higher yields . . .

LUI Day 60 - Clones

202 LUI-Day-60—zoom5

the LUI clones continue to look great . . . a few days back they were trimmed/pruned some . . . the lowest branches on each LUI were pruned . . . generally it was 4-6 small lower branches removed from the mainstem of each plant . . . these clone LUI’s are much taller than normal for when we top / top clone . . . but at the same time we did our lower branch trimming we also topped / tipped each of the LUI’s . . . we are experimenting with our first attempt at “tipping” . . . a technique also known as F . . . I . . . M . . . (which stands for Fuck I Missed) . . . it’s a partial topping technique that works to spread the growth hormones that are usually concentrated in the main growing tip . . . topping spreads the hormones out to the other tallest branches . . . tipping doesn’t remove the entire growing tip so it can spread out the hormones and encourage multiple branches while still allowing a strong main cola . . . it’s something we are just beginning to play with . . . so we experimented with seeing how much of the growing tip should/could be removed . . . here’s a peek . . .

Clones

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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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