Okay, now for the problem children. If I had a standard grow tent, these would not be an issue. However, in a 3 foot tall box, it's a problem.
Pure Power Plant x Destroyer F2 Plant A is nearly a pure PPP pheno that has been unruly from the start. She suffers from the same problem that Merkaba does, in that they required 10/14 to flower instead of 11/13. Knowing what I know now, I would flip these down to 10/14 instead of 11/13 and I could have a fighting chance.
I've topped and clipped, but still they are blocking the light from themselves and they are starting to choke out their wicks on the watering bases. I'ts still fun as hell, but I sit and look at these two plants and say "what am I going to do with you?".
Every branch on the Merkaba has at least two clips and it was topped twice. I made the mistake of not topping the PPP because the canopy was even when I thought I was flipping, but since it got an extra two weeks of veg time, it spiraled out of control.
I think what this grow has taught me is that from now on, I want two boxes for sativa plants and two boxes for indica plants. That way I can have two boxes on cruise control while constantly dealing with the two sativa plants.
Merkaba on the left and Cloud Magic on the right. She is taking after her mother, which is a Hawaiian sativa and she wants 10/14 to flower for anyone reading this in the future. I'm including extra pictures since this is likely the last time I'm taking her out of the box because I'm having a hard time getting her back in.
PPP x DF2 Plant A, which is the Pure Power Plant pheno, also refusing to flower at 11/13. Only one picture of this one because I can't get it out of the box and the entire canopy is touching the light. Compounding the problem, she's choking out the wicks on the watering base.....
