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Actually, this was more than just LST because I ended up having to top it as well. #weedstr Anyway, yesterday after work, I messed up the LST, maybe I should have just slept on it and do it today. I could see the results this morning, so I had to redo it immediately.. Since I'm running FastBuds Autoflowers right now, I don't have much room for more stress down the line, so I had to take action right away. It really shows that it's always better to work with a clear, rested mind. The mistake was that I gave the plant too much space between the bend and the last node/tier. When you bend it, you usually want to bend it between the last internodal spaces. But yesterday, after work, like an idiot, I wired it to the second-to-last tier, and not even efficiently. Now that I've redone it, it looks much better. Notice what the small branches/shoots did after the initial bend yesterday. Whenever you disrupt the main stem, you break the plant's 'routine' of having one main stalk; it basically turns into an anarcho-capitalist that does whatever it wants. And the reason you want to bend it at the last node like this is to keep the plant as flat level as possible. All those little branches on the tiers are now starting to become main branches, and they will subsequently be covered in colas. If you didn't keep these main branches level flat with the wires (and later with the netting when they're bigger), each branch would have slightly different lighting during flowering, and only a few of them would reach the so-called sweet spot. See the picture with 80w led, so called sweet spot is between 30-40cm from the led. Feel free to ask G anything if you need to.
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One love, growmies #weedstr ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ’š So today we have the first day of Week 4(1.12.25) in vegetation, counting from the first cotyledon leaf. The girls have recovered quite well since Thursday (27.11.25) when they were topped and bent, and we are going strong without flipping from the stress. TBH, try putting other autoflowers through that much stress in the middle of Week 3 compared to Fast Buds without flipping into flower ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿป BIG UP to their genetics. They are really changing the game. What do yall think of the girls, growmies? Any tips? Btw, the fertrometr finally shows the living soil is OK, it took those little rascals long enough to make it, but they did it ๐Ÿ› Happy last month of the year fellow people ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿป
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