OPOP....One plant..one pound IV

[East Valley]

Amazing stuff, everyone

Doing primo work there, TomHill. May I ask, is there a lot of side branch tying/staking involved there? Also I was wondering what kind of plants those are, multiple, all the same? What is your favorite for this growing style?

 

[Fast_Pine]

Shiiiiiiit tom..thats fuckin awesome!

 

[justjay]

holy shit............tom good gawd allmight jah that be a forest you got there

 

[3BM]

TH breaks out the TREES to shame us all! Those are amazing as always.

 

[Tom Hill]

Thank you kindly guys,

EV, the only staking/tying thus far has been the two stakes per plant to hold the meristem upright fruit tree style. In about 10 days a plastic netting gets thrown over. Branches grow through this & it does a great job of tying the whole plant up with the help a a few large stakes to keep the whole thing from falling over.
There's a few different clones in the garden but a really nice Super Silver Haze dominates most of it. Also a couple Cherry Slyders, Urkles, & a Snowcap. I'm still searching for my favorite & feel it's time to head back to the old drawing board & just breed & locate it myself. The Salmon Creek Big Bud & Snowcap are proven to be pretty good for this type of grow but they lack in quality in my opinion, particularly the Snowcap. I've heard the same about Cheese clone floating around. A lot of these plants bred for inside just have such a hair trigger regarding flowering induction that they tuft up if the sky even blinks one cloud. It's frustrating to say the least, but we're hanging in there with some frantic pruning early on lol.

 

[East Valley]

Thanks Tom! I have some large plants I took out of a greenhouse, I wish I had done more pruning and shaping, as they are all looking a little top heavy. I'd like to try something like you have done, or if anyone has any suggestions as well I'd love to hear them. Where can I find the type of plastic netting you like to use? How many stakes is normally needed to hold the net, 4 or more?

Oh I feel ya on the snocap, harsh stuff usually even in the vape...... unless done very well and usually not done very well. Is there also a couple phenos out there? Unique smell and nice hard buds and a good look, okay high IME...

 

[Tom Hill]

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=63776

I use four 8' x 1'' bamboo stakes to tie up plants that are headed for double digit territory.

 

[East Valley]

Thanks double digits....thats so rad

 

[20kw dreams]

Holy fuck TomHill, those are some gorgeous plants. What is the deal with whatever they're in? Please expand on how your doing things, when you got started, clone/seed, ferts, etc, etc.

 

[Tom Hill]

Hi 20K,

They are in homemade containers out of heavy gaged wire & ground cover, they go about 500 gallons & are 6 feet in diameter. From clones, vegged inside through April & most of May then set out. Added to the soil & perlite is 5 cubic ft composted chicken shit, 50 lbs steamed bone meal, & 15 lbs gypsum. Then I use field meters to try & hover around perfect ( PH 6.5, ergs 500, na + 2.5, ORP 125-150) as best I can with Earth Juice products mostly. They should get pretty big, though I only get about 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. Here's a couple of old pics a bit further along in the season with the Salmon Creek clone. My apologies, for these pics are old news to many of these guys.

 

[Farmer John]

Holy shit Tom they look nice, like always. I remember those Salmon Creek pics from OG a few years back, amazing...

 

[Tom Hill]

Thanks FJ,

Back to the here & now, here's a couple more pics from this morning

 

[Guest]

damn tom! ive seen your pics many times in the past but they never cease to amaze me. awesome work!

 

[fieldgrower]

damn tomhill those are some bushes, i remember reading that thread on OG, i never got to follow it but i went through every single page let me tell you, i particulary like that shot of the cola inside a beer bottle HUGE buds, wasnt it salmon creek? wat strain are bushes your growing out now?

 

[BennyBlanco]

nice Tom I envey you

what do u guys think opop worthy
its over 6 ft

 

[little j]

very nice tom. benny as well but dang,,, those are awesome bushes again.

 

[WeldFlash420]

Tagged! I love watchin Tom work the magic!

 

[hamstring]

Hot off the press

Mr H
Followed you on OG looks awesome again. Cant wait to see them in full flower.

5lbs/plant again Tom?

 

[New Grower]

TomHill is a living legend!

Nice to see ya crazy garden again!

I didn't thought that you still use that garden!

Tom is the really OPOP king of us! no doubt

amazing

NG

 

[fieldgrower]

well it deffenetly exceeds one pound per plant lol but still