Flowering Questions

ziggittyzag420

Active Member

• May 17, 2011

• #1

i recently put this plant on 12/12 about 5 days ago(starting with 24hrs of darkness),i am lst'ng too,heres some picsnow my questions are since im lst'ng do i trim the lower branches for a better yield?or should i just tie them down so light can penetrate?

 

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max316420

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• May 17, 2011

• #2

usually people trim the lower branches so that there is better air flow and if their plants are a bit taller. I would say yours being that short you wouldn't have too but I guess its all preference

 

ziggittyzag420

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• May 17, 2011

• #3

BluBerry said:

I would stop LST during flower. Plants are short. Let them grow out and start forming buds.

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im growing with cfls,wouldnt that greatly reduce light penetration??sorry i left that out

 

BluBerry

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• May 17, 2011

• #4

WTF was I thinking? I was thinking FIM & Topping is what you were doing.
I know you said LST but I was thinking bout something else while I was typing that. Lol!
LST is fine during veg and flower. But for max penetration I would get more CFLs or invest in MH/HPS
You could trim some fan leaves also to open up light for inner growth. Just don't go crazy with it.
Only trim the ones that will benefit you. Bend the others out of the way.

 

ziggittyzag420

Active Member

• May 17, 2011

• #5

thanks for the good info Blu. Im actually waiting on a 250w hps to be delivered sometime this week..you think a 250w hps ,5 23w cfls,and 2 40w cfls are overkill for 1 plant lol

 

BluBerry

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• May 17, 2011

• #6

I don't think you can overkill on light. As long as you can maintain the proper temps and humidity then you will be fine.
I just don't like having more than one plug for lighting. Fire hazard!

 

ziggittyzag420

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• May 17, 2011

• #7

lol im going to have to think of the safest way to use my cfls as siding,dont want my baby burning up yet

 

Cali.Grown>408

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• May 17, 2011

• #8

your plants to small leave it be and wait till its at least a foot tall

 

ziggittyzag420

Active Member

• May 17, 2011

• #9

it is a foot!actually about 14..its tied down so its sort of like a "C" shape around the growbag and than i tied the shoots down so light 'll penetrate better,its just that idk what to do with the leafs and little shoots on the underside of the bend,my theory was they'd even out with the canopy while searching for light,but than again im still a little new at this