light up the side of plant?

celticweed

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my friends growing a lemmon skunk in flowring and its over 6foot nw and has growrn out of space he had to move light up the side of the plant and he plans on rotaing the plant so its all get light,

wat u guys think??
wat will happen the the buds??
 

bckiller12

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Sounds like a lot of work...HAHAHA yeah I had that happen to me once...Thats Wen I went and got fluorescent bulbs the long construction ones and placed them around the entire plant along with the light i had before!! I hope this makes sense
 

celticweed

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why never rotate?? this is a pic of his plant 2wks ago, will it be hard to train the stems around the back? any sugestions on the best way to do it??
 

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That 5hit

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rotating stunts the grow and development in the plant
its best to tie down the plant (LST)
every time you rotate the plant it is putting all of its energy into reajusting the leafs and stem instead of growth

it does seem like your lights need to be closer
 

deprave

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Kind of like my lemon skunk I have right now...Its not really stretching you guys it just grows like that..I have ran 1000W MH and 600W HPS only about 12 inches from my top of it and it still is growing really tall and slender like that with little foliage, after 2 months of veg under 1000W MH it is 3ft tall and I just put it into flowering...

As to the question at hand - More lights is more buds and bigger buds so have at it..I plan to line my flower room with t5's - My friends grow is like that and its like christmas every harvest , 1000W HPS and then t5's completely surrounding the garden.
 

KlosetKing

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rotating stunts the grow and development in the plant
its best to tie down the plant (LST)
every time you rotate the plant it is putting all of its energy into reajusting the leafs and stem instead of growth

it does seem like your lights need to be closer
say WHATT?! i mean, iam not calling bullshit or anything, i have no clue. but this is the FIRST i have read this, ever. do you have any articles or other threads in mind that go into a bit further detail? iam intrigued. i rotate my plants all the time and ive never noticed an issue.
 

Hilltop112

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When the sun moves the plant moves its leaves so it can get the most sun on its leaves

So if the sun is suddenly on the west and all your leaves are towards the sun and all of a sudden the sun goes behind you, you want to get all the sun onto your leaves as you can so you move.

Idk if that made since, but the gist is the plant wants the most sun on each leave as possible so it will move its leaves to face the sun

Btw the sun is your lights
 

akgrown

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it will be fine
but dont ever rotate you plant...not good
Thats the worst advice I have ever heard. It is always a good idea to rotate your plants so that all foilage gets an equal amount of light. I would not suggest going about it the way the OP is implying but I turn my indoor plants every day 1/2 turn to make sure everything gets light.

Too the OP i would suggest training your plant, tie down branches, trellis it up or something. Its gonna grow really big in flower so try and make room or move it outside or something.
 

kostonn760

Active Member
rotating stunts the grow and development in the plant
its best to tie down the plant (LST)
every time you rotate the plant it is putting all of its energy into reajusting the leafs and stem instead of growth

it does seem like your lights need to be closer
Can anyone confirm this with an article or something? I rotate my plants everyday! I don't turn them, I just switch their places with eachother. I have 2 plants under a T5 and 2 CFLs on the sides of the T5 and everyday I just swap the plants into eachothers spot.

I guess the plant could be using growth energy to re-adjust, but I don't see how it would effect overall growth just to position itself right. I'd really like to know this. I figured, the plant makes up for the lost energy on positioning towards the light, with new light reaching parts of the plant that were more shaded, thus producing more energy throughout the entire plant rather than just the mainly lit areas. Wouldn't keeping them in the same spot the entire grow decrease potency and yeild, since only the tops (and one side, if you have side lighting) are getting light? Also when you DON'T rotate, growth is sometimes uneven in some spots and the tops shade more in one area and fan leaves are so robust under the middle of the light thus decreasing potency and yeild to everything under the tops and main fan leaves. I guess this could be different if you were using a 600w+ HID =\ or maybe two lights side-by-side.

SOMEONE PLEASE CONFIRM!!!
 

kostonn760

Active Member
When the sun moves the plant moves its leaves so it can get the most sun on its leaves

So if the sun is suddenly on the west and all your leaves are towards the sun and all of a sudden the sun goes behind you, you want to get all the sun onto your leaves as you can so you move.

Idk if that made since, but the gist is the plant wants the most sun on each leave as possible so it will move its leaves to face the sun

Btw the sun is your lights
I understand what you're saying here, and NO disrespect because this is all based on my and opinion and logic, but for everyone growing indoors, this is pretty much invalid!! Indoor lights are about as bright as a sun's solar fart. :fire: Growing outdoors under the real sun is different because the sun has ridiculous light penetration it's very potent. Also, this point it pretty much contradictory because THE SUN ROTATES IN THE SKY. Last time I checked, the sun rises in the East, and sets in the west... Isn't that the same exact thing as rotating your plants?

Granted, the sun uses the same path in the atmosphere when rotating the earth, but when I think about this, it's literally the same.

Think of it this way... In the early hours of the morning, when the sun is on the horizon, it comes up on the east. The plant immediately responds by pointing itself the the east to capture the sun's rays as it rises. As the hours go by and the sun is following the east-to-west path, the plant follows the same path throughout the day to maximize it's intake of energy. I haven't honestly watched a plant grow during the day so I'm not sure if this is completely true, but I do know the basic principles of nature. Notice if you put a plant under a tree, or some kind of shade (over the top of the plant), the plant will start growing side-ways to get out of the shade so it can get as many hours of direct light as possible. As it grows sideways, the tops also start to point in the sun's directing, making it look like some kind of LST stunt.

Sorry if I stepped on toes here, it's just my 2 cents.
 

Magnificient

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why never rotate?? this is a pic of his plant 2wks ago, will it be hard to train the stems around the back? any sugestions on the best way to do it??
He got a lot of stretch out of that plant. The optimal distance from the light to the plant is about 8 inches. If he grows the plant with the light farther away than that, then the plant will stretch toward the light at an accelerated rate.
 
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