I have 2 Silver Haze & 2 Trainwreck growing pretty well under a 400WHPS. I am in week 4 of flowering and the plants are pretty bushy. The majority of bud sites are at the top of the canopy but there are quite a few buds developing low down in the shade of upper fan leaves. Will putting my 250W CFL on the floor (reflector raised above rims of pots) help buds to develop lower down or will it just confuse my plants???

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rather than do that try and get it closer to the base of the stem

ìts rasied about 10 inches off the floor, so the edges of the reflector is above the rim of the potsI can't get it any higher as it hits off the lower foliage. do you think this will make any difference to my yield of am I just wasting electricity??!

thats fine do it if you can...CFL guys put lights all over the place and so does the SUN

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i was having the same issue, but instead of adding more lights i was just gonna harvest in sections. take the top canopy and give the bottom 1/2 another 2 weeks......gl and happy growing.

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Thanks for that, at least I know adding my 250W CFL to the base of my plants isn't going to cause any problems! harvesting in sections is of great interest to me, never heard of it. this is only my second grow so i'm still learning. I presume you mean just cut off the mature buds and leave behind smaller, under developed ones. I am using Biobizz ferts so I only need to flush for 1 week. what I might try is leaving the smaller buds behind and re introducing ferts once i've harvested the canopy. is there anything else I need to do? do you have any more info on this (hints/tips/etc)??

i have only dont it my self once, and results were mixed. but i have heard good things. i have my second harvest coming up in 20 days so you can check back in then and see exactly what happened. should give you just enough time to decide.... but i was just take the bud that are for sure mature from the top half, and leave the rest being sure not to take to much off on the first go...

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Yeah, i'll give it a shot! can't hurt. thanks again.

anyone else had any experience with adding more light from below?

dont do it ,ur buds will taste like shit the only way in my opinion,is if up root it,or cut it very low near the soil .
once the plant has matured of course!,then hang it upside down for like 2 weeks
it will give the tree enuff time for the thc to soak into the ends of the branches
it will be a better smoke..fullstop!

it looks to be a pretty high color spectrum like 5000k to 6500k and they like those better during veg and they like lower soft white bulbs like 2700k or so so the bright light wont hurt your plant but the 2700k would probably help it more than that one. just a slight suggestion tho. Great setup man and however you decide to harvest i hope its dank