something strange is happening

the original branches of nodes 3 and 4 (the beginning fan leaves with 3 blades, u know the ones im talking about.) are drooping. all the internodal branches look great standing up nice and strong. are the leaves just to big and heavy for the branch, should i snip em? nothing else is drooping just those 4 pink colored branches with fat green 3 blade leaves.

I'd just leave em until they die off, they prolly will. Always snip them when there dead, they don't do any thing but attract bacteria after that!

some pictures would help

here are some pics look at the bottom big leaves...are those supposed to die off?

bump i need help

They're fine, leave them alone. Only take them off if they die.

Big fan leaves take in lots of light resulting in bigger buds.

why are they drooping tho??

Ya I wouldn't cut the off.There what takes in the light. Do you have any lights above your lil girl ?

pickleslinger said:

Ya I wouldn't cut the off.There what takes in the light. Do you have any lights above your lil girl ?

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Wouldn't cut the leaves off

and why are the stems red/pink im using big bloom there shouldnt be any deficencies

yes tons of light

It's only the botton ones, they sometimes die off when theres alot of growth above

Maybe it's just the type of plant. I found that my plants grew a lot better if I didn't over mother them. Now I just let them be, check 2 times a day to make sure bulbs aren't touching anything.

My stems turned red too.Your plant looks healthy man, I think its something to do with the CFL's

pickleslinger said:

It's only the botton ones, they sometimes die off when theres alot of growth above

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i was thinking this..ms. hester would you agree? or could it be too hott at like 75-80 degrees?

pickleslinger said:

My stems turned red too.Your plant looks healthy man, I think its something to do with the CFL's

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whats wrong with the cfls?? i got like 200 watts on like 7 bulbs

Fuck I check alot more than twice but I'm still sort of a noob.Love watching them grow

whats wrong with cfl's?? sorry thread lagged... accidental post

No I didnt mean anything was wrong with them , there awesome, just most of the plants I've seen under CFL's had red stems

the stems of the first leaves will be pink. I watched a lollypopping video and they said its ok to chop the leaves with red stems off up to the top 3rd of the plant when switching over to flower. this will open the plant up and allow the lower nodes to get more light. and i see a HUGE difference in the buds lower on the plant now. Its really up to you.

Mine seem to do the same thing and im not sure why yet but i just cut em as long as it doesnt go any higher then the top 3rd.