Thanks guys, need all the help I can get! greenweed, thanks for the piece of mind, ideally I think I need to upgrade my 400W HID to a 600W version. I started this grow in a smaller tent (.8x.8x1.6M) but my silver haze just go too big. billyblunt, not sure how adding that light will make my weed taste like shit, maybe you could explain why so I can understand whats going on a bit better?

thanks greenweed! think i might just leave it there! next time i think i'll get a 600W HID. i started this gro in a .8x.8x1.6m tent but the sativas got too big so I had to change up. think 400w is too small for 1x1x2m space.
billyblunt, why would my weed taste like shit if I leave that 250CFL there? would love to hear why so I can understand what you mean. also, i was planning to cut, trim & hang for 1 week prior to curing, are advise that I should hang and dry the entire plant, again I ask why. apologies for all the questions but I'm trying to suck up all the advice I can get!

Adding the CFL will do nothing but good for the plant, more light equals better buds after all. The bottom section still might need to be harvested later however for optimum quality. I had a bud my last grow that received very little light from the HPS so I stuck a CFL next to it and at the end of the grow that bud (tho a cfl fluffly cfl bud) that bud ended up growing to be the biggest bud besides the main cola.

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dude i didnt mean if u left ur light there that it would make ur buds taste like shit, i mean harvestiing in sections, of the plant. i said in my opionion it would make for a better smoke if u where to uproot and hang the whole plant,rather than little branches...

basically theres thc in the stem if u cut the branch of the stem u will only get the risidual thc in the branch ,rather than the hole stem ,think how wide it is at the base of the stem,u get my drift???

i should of quoted tryintogrow
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thanks for that billyblunt, now I understand (duh). i'll definately leave the CFL in place!

when i harvest in sections, i dont just cut the little branches off ill but off half the plant at the stalk and hang and then let the rest mature. i dont understand how it will make them taste like shit? maybe you can explain? most people dont hang the whole plant as one entity anyways, they cut it so the branches make a y and hang it. .... it drys easier and less chances of bud rot.

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here here! lol, please explain why it would effect taste, i NEED to know. think i;ll justs leave it there and follow your advice to harvest in sections as you have suggested. if i do this should i resume with some water to keep them alive to further mature?? by the way, some of my lower leaves are heading south towards the cfl but im not too concerned about that, should I be? buds are not effected so far.....

Update! I have removed the CFL as its confusing my lower leaves. they are twsiting and facing down towards the nearer CFL and the extra light has made little or no difference to the lower buds.

ok ok i might have given such a black and white answer but, im billyblunt
so sorry ,all im saying is ur buds will taste better if u hang the whole plant ,they will be smother and have a full body,u shouldnt need to wory about bud rot if its in the right conditions, i mean for fuc sake uve created the ideal growing conditions for the plant ,curing it is the easy part

tryintogrow i tottaly understand now on ur method for drying as long as ur cutting the stem and not the branches,thats all i was gettin at..

the buds will have more flavor if hung from the stem,hey its all trial and error and im only talking from my experiances.