Hello Everyone,
Things have been coming along great with the Crack Mack cannabis plant.
Today is the day I changed the light schedule from eighteen hours of light and six hours of darkness, to twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness.
This will make the cannabis plant think that the seasons have changed and it will begin producing the desired buds.
I performed my last net training today and set the top net to about where I think it will be finally positioned. Currently the growth is not far from touching the second net, so this will give me ample weaving opportunity during the initial stretch phase of the flowering cycle.
The floor insert area is easy to move around due to no other plants (except for a cayenne plant over on the left) being in the tent, so I scrunched it up a bit around the plant so that seeping water will pool. Notice the amber color of the water. This is an indicator that the pot is filled with nutrients that the plant is utilizing for lush growth right now and we do not want to flush this away from the plant. Positioning the floor so that the plant can suck the water back up will ensure she does not quickly become deficient of vital nutrients.
The canopy is pretty huge and will utilize 100% of the overhead panel during flowering. Not a whole lot of the overhead panels light capacity will be lost, if any.
It's a tricky canopy with five mainstems. The odd stem is in the front and there is hardly enough room for it. I have enough room in the back and it looks like I'm going to fill the entire width of the scrog nets and about half of each side of the scrogs.
The mainstems are not the fattest I've ever grown, but they are indeed pretty fat and healthy and should still get a bit bigger over the coming weeks. I performed some heavy training early in vegetative growth on these stems and the results can be seen now. They grew to be very fat and solid and will now easily support the weight of the buds to come. The netting will also assist with supporting dense heavy buds and the combined training should yield impressive results.
One thing I've learned about growing sativa dominant varieties, is that is it worth it to be patient with vegetation time. The plants take on a different type of hardy maturity once reaching a certain size that will not be present in earlier stages of vegetative growth, and inducing flowering too early will likely result in yields that are much lower than they would have been with a few extra weeks patience, and the potency may also not be on par with what it could have been had it reached a full mature size.
I feel confident that this female cannabis plant has reached a fully mature size and is ready for flowering.
Now things will get exciting with the grow.
That will do it for this update.
What do you all think of how the Crack Mack is looking?
Thank you for stopping by!
Have a good day! -@futuremind
The stems look very healthy, that plant will be able to withstand everything that comes its way, I'm glad for your progress and good results.
Thank you my friend. The stems are very strong and should support a great amount of weight with no problems.
Wait
Do plants get to a stage where they no longer grow big or tall
All that could happen to them is being fresh
Right?
Kind of yes. When the plant grows buds it stops getting taller and doesn't grow new big leaves. The plants energy goes just for the buds during that stage of growth. So it's important for the grower to choose the right time to start flowering. Because if the plant is too small then it won't give a lot of bud.
I was unaware of this fact, it is really interesting to think that the grower can control how much grows, how it grows and at what speed.
This is my favorite aspect of growing indoors. It is a more scientific approach where the grower indeed controls many more aspects than what is possible outdoors.
The lil jungle of happiness. Comes to think of it, this is the kind of plant that is very suitable to grow in Mars. Photosynthesis can provide oxygen. The potent can provide happiness. And it's vege, technically can be cooked and eat if there's a recipe. 🤔
It seems like it would be a suitable plant for Mars in many ways. yes lol. I'm not sure if there is a recipe for it but I think it would taste closest to spinach perhaps and probably isn't the most attractive plant for consumption in terms of flavor.
it really strong and big, i think that will have great buds :D
Thank you man, I hope the buds will be huge :)
She looks great man. It’s cool how you had the forethought to let her veg for a bit longer so that’s her flowering is better. I can’t wait to see how fat she gets.
Thank you man. It was hard to be patient and wait it out, but it looks like that was the correct choice with how this grow has turned out so far. I think she's going to get a lot bigger still during the stretch.
I’m excited for you. She is gonna be massive.
I think this is your best plant yet! Nice work man, and pushing that light to the limit! LOVE IT :)
Thanks brother! Hoping this one does turn out to be the best yet, and hopefully it will be the biggest harvest yet too :D
You've been curated by @amazingdrinks! Delegations welcome!
This plant is like a work of art. Bonsai-weed level unlocked.
Thank you man. I appreciate how you are able to see the artistic design with how the plant is molded throughout its growth to keep a wide low profile. It does resemble a bonsai now that you mention it lol. Sativa dominant varieties like to grow tall and large, and this type of training doesn't seem to slow down the monstrous growth a single bit.
Putting aside the psychopharmacological effects of the plant, the cannabis plant is simply amazing as a living entity. It has unique biological characteristics that are almost magical with beautiful aesthetics. What's not to like? If anyone out there has a problem with this plant, they're wrong wrong wrong.