2000w HPS Purple Kush Scrog Medical Grow#2

cool raider, i just noticed that shaded buds were very airy and small compared to the others, and a pain to trim

but i do agree that fan leaves create the sugars and process them etc etc...

i am also torn between removing fan leaves and leaving them, im more a fan of tucking, but also taking off some that completely shade, i would deffinately never remove all of them....such a touchy subject lol

raulhawkins718 said:

i like the last pic too

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HookedOnChronic said:

cool raider, i just noticed that shaded buds were very airy and small compared to the others, and a pain to trim

but i do agree that fan leaves create the sugars and process them etc etc...

i am also torn between removing fan leaves and leaving them, im more a fan of tucking, but also taking off some that completely shade, i would deffinately never remove all of them....such a touchy subject lol

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It sounds like we are on the same page with the fans. I didn't remove any last run, this time I have been pinching off the fans that are completly blocking an adjacent bud. I do notice that after the stretch there is much more light penetration, so I am mostly tucking right now until I see what the final canopy looks like.

I remember one of the first journal's I responded to. The guy said that he removed all of his lower buds sites but NO fans. I asked him why? He responded with a harsh "Thats just what I do and I am not looking for opinions on the subject". Very touchy lol

hahaha what a response

i cant wait to prune a plants small bud sites and leave them on another side by side, compare yields, trimming difficulty, possibly even big cola flavor to popcorn flavor/potency

last run did u notice the growth under the canopy to lag behind?

ya i mean ill prob def be trimming my crop below the screen regardless just cuz the theory i have but i mite try leaving sum leafs on a few and compare the yield diff. either way im sure shit will work out for u

HookedOnChronic said:

hahaha what a response

i cant wait to prune a plants small bud sites and leave them on another side by side, compare yields, trimming difficulty, possibly even big cola flavor to popcorn flavor/potency

last run did u notice the growth under the canopy to lag behind?

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Yeah, the buds under the canopy did lag begind the stuf above. If I had the time, I would have let them go another 5 days after I cut the tops.

BooMeR242 said:

ya i mean ill prob def be trimming my crop below the screen regardless just cuz the theory i have but i mite try leaving sum leafs on a few and compare the yield diff. either way im sure shit will work out for u

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I do trim everything under the screen, all budsites and fans. During the stretch there is quite a bit of crowding of all the large fans, but when they finish their stretch, much more light comes through.

What up man, you grow is coming along very nicely.
I'm sub'd and pulling up a chair.

how long is purple kush supposed to flower for?

terrorizer805 said:

What up man, you grow is coming along very nicely.
I'm sub'd and pulling up a chair.

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Hey Bro, welcome and thanks for the compliment. Make yourself comfortable and I'll pack you a bowl.

Rexx420 said:

how long is purple kush supposed to flower for?

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i went 8 1/2 weeks last round, but they could have come down at 7weeks

This has probably already been asked.
You said 8 1/2 weeks flowering, That's a pretty damn fast strain.

My ? Did you grow em' from seeds? and where you get them from?

Thanks Raider.

terrorizer805 said:

This has probably already been asked.
You said 8 1/2 weeks flowering, That's a pretty damn fast strain.

My ? Did you grow em' from seeds? and where you get them from?

Thanks Raider.

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pretty sure the original SR-71 PK that raider has is a clone only strain that originated in oakerstam..right?

#1Raiderfan420 said:

Here are some pics of my last round-

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how many of those did it take to get two pounds?

terrorizer805 said:

This has probably already been asked.
You said 8 1/2 weeks flowering, That's a pretty damn fast strain.

My ? Did you grow em' from seeds? and where you get them from?

Thanks Raider.

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They are sr71-PK and clone only strain. They are an 8 week flower strain, but like I said my trichs were over 50% amber at 8 1/2 weeks.

notoriousb said:

pretty sure the original SR-71 PK that raider has is a clone only strain that originated in oakerstam..right?

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You got it

mr.smileyface said:

how many of those did it take to get two pounds?

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12 plants, six per tray.

oh man that some of the best bud ive ever seen.

Whooo!
Yeah bro I have to get my hands on some of those cuttings.
They are simply amazing buds so beautiful.

mirrorman159 said:

oh man that some of the best bud ive ever seen.

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Thanks Man! It has been curing for a couple weeks and so smooth and sweet now.

terrorizer805 said:

Whooo!
Yeah bro I have to get my hands on some of those cuttings.
They are simply amazing buds so beautiful.

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Thank you for the compliment. I will be running them one more time after this one.

Plants look dope brotha!

we gonna trade samples or wat?

Orane420 said:

Plants look dope brotha!

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Thanks Bro

BooMeR242 said:

we gonna trade samples or wat?

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Sure man, you gonna drive up here?


So I did my final pruning under the screen and decided to thin some of the large fans on top that were shading lower bud sites. I did fuckin snap off a bud with my elbow, so I cut it off at the stem. :/

You can see the canopy is not even because of the two MBS that are stretching more than the pk.

The canopy


under the canopy

Thanks for the picture "under the canopy"

Looks Perfect

Keep it up RDRFN420

sick!! one of the best SOGs ive seen on the site, props raider