Pics are below, 10 days into flowering, all are female. This is my 2nd grow. The first grow I only used an 18" 15 watt tube flouro over 2 plants until they were about 3 weeks into flowering. Then I ditched the tube and got 8 23 watt cfl's. Those 2 crappy little plants still ended up yielding about 3/4 oz. total. And since they were stretching so badly, I didn't have to worry about space or being able to provide adequate side lighting.

Now I'm using 8 23 watt cfl's, 3 42 watters, and 1 mystery bulb a friend gave me (he said it was some sort of grow light, but I don't really know what it is for sure. It's the non-cfl bulb in the left side of pics). Grow cab is 24"L x 32"W x 48"H. Height won't be an issue.

Here are my questions:

1. Should I trim some of the fan leaves so I can lower some of the lights for better side penetration? There's not enough room now to lower them very much without burning a ton of fan leaves.

2. Or would I be better off trying to find a "foster home" for 1 or 2 of them? I know there's enough room to fit 2 comfortably in the grow cab, maybe 3 . . .

I'm more interested in whatever gives me the biggest yield, not how many plants I can grow. Thanks in advance for any input.

Lee

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I say start flowering NOW. Or they will be too big. Yes foster home (extra space) would be the best. I don't like trimming of healthy leaves.

I see first sentence... , you are already flowering. OK. Thats what I would do

Pics are below, 10 days into flowering, all are female.

beat me to it u saw it. goodjob.

...but you should switch to "warm" CFLs.

great odds none the less. i just put 5 seeds down to germinate and was contemplating the odds... plants are looking good.

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Thanks for replies. I just got done searching around a bit more, and have found a lot of growers saying you shouldn't cut healthy fan leaves, even if it's to provide more light to lower bud sites.

I know the leaves are essential for photosynthesis, but I thought maybe (due to my limited growing space) I could trim a few off so light would hit more of the budding areas.

Guess I'll find a new home for 1 or 2, and just let the others grow au naturale.

Thanks again

Lee

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everything looks tip top to me! do you know what strain they are?
if i had to hazard a guess on your mystery bulb, i'd probably say metal halide. i'm just guessing though!... is it in an e40 fixture?

good luck

edit: my grow space is also rather crowded, i'm worrying a little about space in the future but i'll just need to see what happens.

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if you could find a alternate grow location this would be a good time to experiment with different growing factors.

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I've been using these from the beginning. They are 2700k or 2800k (can't remember which), and I think that's what I need for flowering. Is that correct?

I didn't even bother with buying a bunch of daylight 6500k bulbs (although most people suggest it for vegging). These grew insanely fast with the flowering bulbs, and I don't have a whole lot of room anyway.

Lee

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