I have this plant

[4maggio]

20 years and it looks like no other I've ever seen. I'm not saying I've seen them all but this plant confuses me.
It is Cheese from The Original Big Buddha Family Farms. I've grow a lot of 'Cheeses' BB the most. But this girl is different.. for me anyway. I did not take the early seedling picture, I wish I had but nooo, I had to use it as a clone cut that failed anyway.
I suk at photography but this is what you get. You're seeing picks of the topped seed plant. After topping branches did appear but all are leaf and bracts up and down all branches. Even seeing her in person it's hard to tell where leaves start an potental bud sites begin . Am I over thinking this one?

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[4maggio]

Until it was topped it was just a single stalk no branches.

 

[Lester Beans]

Looks vigorous and healthy. Report back with some flower pics if you have time

 

[4maggio]

Don't know if I'm gonna run her. The denseness, while here in early veg, kinda makes me think/worry, 'mold' during late bloom. She's now only under only a 5 bulb, 2 foot T5 fixture. What kind of a jungle could she inspire under the LED?

 

[aCBD]

Don't know if I'm gonna run her. The denseness, while here in early veg, kinda makes me think/worry, 'mold' during late bloom. She's now only under only a 5 bulb, 2 foot T5 fixture. What kind of a jungle could she inspire under the LED?

my guess is that your t5 is 865 in the blue spectrum which promotes compact growth. she will stretch under the led light and become a monster

 

[4maggio]

Thanks for the response aCBD. Yes, 4 blue bulbs one red but I've used this T5 configuration for years for seedlings and early veg. The density of foliage from stalk to branch tip of every branch is ??? density I've never seen before.. Don't get me wrong, I hope your spot on with the LED > stretch. .. If I run her..

 

[aCBD]

if you have another red bulb laying around you can test her response.
pulling some of the big fan leaves before flowering phase will definitely help too. looking forward to see pictures of her rising in flower.. if you run her

 

[armedoldhippy]

If I run her..

i hope you do ! i'd like to see what that would turn into. a four foot long bud maybe? dang...

 

[4maggio]

if you have another red bulb laying around you can test her response.
pulling some of the big fan leaves before flowering phase will definitely help too. looking forward to see pictures of her rising in flower.. if you run her

Are you're saying put another red T5 in place will provoke more 'growth/bloomish' reviling her potential structure? I'll give it a go. And.. "pulling some big fan leaves"? they're all the same size now, there aren't any that are bigger like a usual plant would produce. And AOH.. "4 foot long bud" that's part of what I'm thinking and I do not have the head room for that. I have about 5-6 weeks before another start.

 

[aCBD]

Are you're saying put another red T5 in place will provoke more 'growth/bloomish' reviling her potential structure? I'll give it a go. And.. "pulling some big fan leaves"? they're all the same size now, there aren't any that are bigger like a usual plant would produce. And AOH.. "4 foot long bud" that's part of what I'm thinking and I do not have the head room for that. I have about 5-6 weeks before another start.

yes, that's what i mean
those are some of the leaves i would cut to get more light to the branches.

 

[4maggio]

alright, I'm trimmin'.

 

[4maggio]

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[4maggio]

Before and after trimmin'

 

[aCBD]

you stripped her

 

[armedoldhippy]

you stripped her

she looks embarrassed, standing there naked before the world...

 

[4maggio]

She grows funny.. maybe she'll straighten out.. I'll be optimistic.. for now..
I'll keep an eye on her and see what develops.. keep you informed.

BTW mom is 149 days from seed.. middle aged

 

[aCBD]

was already wondering yesterday when i saw the massive stalk.
it's like a little lemon tree how tall do you let your plants grow? guess you have a lot of head space

 

[4maggio]

No, headroom is limited in the tent. But she is an experiment determining 'if' I'd run her. There is a clone of that 'mother' going that will be the plant going into the tent that will be a month or two old if I run her and the experimenting will determine if she gets grown out. I did think about running 'mom' but came up with your assessment of ultimately to tall. I currently have a sister seed plant in bloom, same strain, that didn't stretch very much though.. It will be interesting seeing how mom recovers from defoliation though.

 

[4maggio]

Well here is mom 10 days after defoliation.. she was neked. The other two are pics of her clone, those 'in between' shoots are like nothing I've seen before. I guess its going to be SCROG and long veg.. and her sister seed is finishing in a couple weeks. 1st run of Original BB family cheese.. she looks great. The last two pics

 

[aCBD]

This cultivar doesn't stop to surprise you.
Pretty nice to have something growing other than the usual ordinary i think.

Hybrids of the Blue never disappoint, amazing genes.

How many days until harvest you think?