New Growers; info needed

Originally Posted by cjewelzc

Let me begin by saying this is our first grow and we are not too savvy on the growing lingo but I will do my best.....

My husband and I started a plant; she is in second week of flowing. We used LST to bend the plant vertically. This seemed to really help with the bottom bud sites, but not quite enough. I have two questions:

(1) as the pictures will depict we started to lean the pot in which the plant is in in hopes of getting more light to the bottom. Will doing this effect the growth of the plant or roots in any defective way?

(2) Clipping the top leaves will allow more tops to form.... We failed to clip the tops.... Is it too late in the process to do this now? If so, when is the best time to clip the tops?

#1 it is ok to lean your pots, you only need to put them flat when you water, make sure the water isnt running off before you put it back in your cab..


#2 you should train/clip any plant matter you want to do, before you flip to 12/12, if you do it now, you will stress your plant, slow down its growth (when you stress a plant, you need to give it time to recover, and you dont want to be stressing your tops now that you are in 12/12.. ) .. .. i think you should keep the leaves, eventually your plant will need the food stored inside them, and they will NATURALLY die off.. And for the time being, they are really helping your plant grow.. TO

good job on the training! keep it up.

Thanks for the tips and encouragement.

The plant looks good n healthy....may I ask why ur flowering so soon...that plant looks like its capable of some good things....trained well.....IMO the pot lean isn't necessary.... do not trim anything off it....its in good shape...leave it b n make sure it gets alotta light n should have some nice buds soon

U can get more light to bottom w side lights...cfls w clamp fixtures from Lowes/home dept...20130315_060039.jpg20130312_082834.jpgjust use ur imagination and u can swamp that thing w light

Yea, do all of your messing with the plant in Veg [18/6?]...
Now that you put her in Flower [12/12?]...let her do her thing...
If you cut off a bud site [topping plant] at this stage, you will have one less bud IMO...
I try not to in the last two weeks before I flip switch:
Fim/clone/top/defoil/pull leaf... my plant told me to leave it the F alone...at that time...

Originally Posted by thatboyis1uvakind

U can get more light to bottom w side lights...cfls w clamp fixtures from Lowes/home dept...20130315_060039.jpg20130312_082834.jpgjust use ur imagination and u can swamp that thing w light

Thatboy, your grow looks like the lighting department at Lowes/Home depot!

Good advice to the OP, couldn't resist the poke!

Originally Posted by Sand4x105

Yea, do all of your messing with the plant in Veg [18/6?]...
Now that you put her in Flower [12/12?]...let her do her thing...
If you cut off a bud site [topping plant] at this stage, you will have one less bud IMO...
I try not to in the last two weeks before I flip switch:
Fim/clone/top/defoil/pull leaf... my plant told me to leave it the F alone...at that time...

This is where you and I differ... I'd wait 18-21 days into flower.. then take 12 clones from the flowering female, establish a root system, then re-veg -> re-flower for squatty bush-type growth with tons of shoots.

Originally Posted by prosperian

Thatboy, your grow looks like the lighting department at Lowes/Home depot!

Good advice to the OP, couldn't resist the poke!

I live literally like 90seconds from a Lowes...ha