Its been awhile since my last post, time to spam my own thread.
Purple Haze
So if you look back a bit, I very aggressively topped a whole bunch of purple OTH and some went inside and some were tossed outside. The ones that were inside turned out alright, but after seeing what hazes can do in the southern California sun, I don't know if I can do pure hazes inside anymore. Here's why:
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Thats not camera trickery or pics of the best bud on the plant, here's a 22oz beer and a pool table for scale:
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Topping hazes multiple times is definitely the way to go. They will hate you for it in the beginning, but after you turn them into about 8-10 primary branches with a nice even canopy, the plant turns into a medium height bush with a huge amount of size. Surprising resistance to cold, mold, mildew, mites - the works! I was expecting to be babying the above pure haze and ended up putting it on drip in a big pot and basically forgetting about it. By contrast, some of the popular lines I was running 2 meters away required almost daily attention when put outside showing mites, mold and mildew.
Absolute show stopper! I’ve got one OTH plant I plan to clone and give a go outdoors this year. Location won’t be full sun. Considering a scrog type set up but looks as if topping accomplished the same thing. Kudos.