My grow has gone well considering the problems I had at first. Of the 8 babies, 6 turned out to be female with a possible 7th, and they are in day 12 of 12/12.

I've decided, based on closet space and total amount of available lighting, that I'll only keep 4 plants from this point forward.

What is the primary plant characteristic that I should evaluate to determine which plants to keep? For example, is it the total current number of grow tips? A couple of the girls stretched real bad at the beginning of flower -- are those more or less desirable than the more compact plants (height in grow space is not a problem, but given CFL lighting uniformity of height across all 4 plants is probably important)?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Whichever girls I end up chucking, they'll have no more than 5-10 white hairs on them at this point -- will they yield any hash at all or is that a waste of time given their youth?

i wouldnt get rid of them, if your in highschool or college try asking around im sure theres more then a few people willing to take them or buy them from you then with that money you can go get some bud. see it all works out

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Taipan

Yeah maybe, so which ones do I give away?

Same predicament

bad idea cut and throw them away

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Go Medicate Yourself..... Then we will Talk

keep the thickest, bushiest, tightest node spaced ones. get rid of the stretchers.

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i'm the guy i've always wanted to be

Bad idea.

Why not just get the guy to write on his forehead - I'm growing marijuana - come and bust me?

This goes against the first and most important rule of growing - tell no-one.

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That's probably what I'd judge them on, uniformity of height and if you're using CFL's then the more compact the plants are the more light penetration will reach lower branches.

Nope, not if they've only been in flowering for 12 days.

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abudsmoker and babygro are right be careful, cut them up and dispose them

wait! before you give them the old yeller treatment...

why not just find a nice plot of land for them outside? I say dig a hole, throw a lil time released ferts/soil in there (home depot has some 15-30-15 stuff for like $3.99) and come back at the end of the season to harvest.

and I agree w/ fdd

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go plant them outside somwhere

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