I just got some new equipment, want advice on how to best deal with flowering plants

I just got a 4x4 grow tent and a 600w light today. My plants have been in my window getting about 12 hours of sun or more a day. Two are flowering already, they are from clones. The Blue Dream and Chem Dawg are flowering. The LA OG is just pitiful, not sure what's gonna happen with it.

Anyway, I'm thinking I need to set up my new equipment, get some fertilizer and leaf cleaner and go to town on my plants, then get them in the tent with the lights on them. Any other tips tough? Should I be clipping the ends of the leaves still? Leave the fan on them or take it off? Anything at all would be a great help, this is my first grow. Thanks guys

Give me a few minutes and I'll get some pictures.

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hmm leave the fan leaves on the plant. Why does every new grower want to take them off lol. you should get your operation up and running of coarse as soon as possible. hope you do well sense your from oakland im in northern cali too

Letting all that fantastic stuff sit around is a waste. Get to setting up ASAP.

swelchjohn said:

Letting all that fantastic stuff sit around is a waste. Get to setting up ASAP.

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I'm waiting to buy it at 7pm =/ Just wanted to get a head start on posting the thread, thanks for all the quick responses.

You are welcome. Good luck.. BTW I am EAST BAY BORN AND RAISED, so you get more props just for being there . Any questions assembling your shit, ask us for help.

Thanks for the warm welcome, swelchjohn and I'll be sure to post in this thread if I run into any problems. While I'm waiting on this guy to roll through I want to trim a little bit, but I'm not sure if they need that at this stage as far as the leaves go. the flowers aren't really big enough to cut anything yet, but I'm no expert. Any suggestions?

Oakland Trees said:

Thanks for the warm welcome, swelchjohn and I'll be sure to post in this thread if I run into any problems. While I'm waiting on this guy to roll through I want to trim a little bit, but I'm not sure if they need that at this stage as far as the leaves go. the flowers aren't really big enough to cut anything yet, but I'm no expert. Any suggestions?

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More foliage=more buds. Leave it alone. From those pictures I can tell they are very healthy.

You want as much flourishing living growth on the plant as possible when you start flowering. Here's my thread if you want to take a look : https://www.rollitup.org/introduce-yourself/310370-introduction-100-watt-hps-cabinet.html . I'll start flowering in a another week if things keep pace.

Ok nice, thanks guys. Now my next problem: I can't figure out how to mount my 600w light/hood in my 4x4 grow tent. The equipment that came with the light has no instructions and basically doesn't look like any of it will mount anything.

well I guess your just going to have to just stand there and hold it then,

I figured it out. They are Easy Rollers, I found a post dedicated to them here on rollitup which was very informative. I'm rocking them upside down, I posted up close pics in that thread. Here's my new tent everybody!

Now my next question is this: I know those are some weak looking plants. I've done nothing but sun and water in my living room. I'll probably just buy new clones and start them right, but for these ones do you think I should veg them for a while and get some bush, even though they are flowering, or should I just rock the 12/12 cycle with my flowering light and hope for the best?

i used usb cords to hang my t5 lol ghetto but works.

i have one plants that is similar to those. my kushage strain is is very weak looking and stem is skinny and little leaves that tend to not grow at all. not really sure what to do about them.

Start taking the absolute best care possible plus a little extra time and once they bounce back determine whether it's worth it to keep vegging and have full plants or not. If they still don't show much promise, then get some new ones.

swelchjohn said:

Start taking the absolute best care possible plus a little extra time and once they bounce back determine whether it's worth it to keep vegging and have full plants or not. If they still don't show much promise, then get some new ones.

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They are clones, so after this flower I will be pulling them and starting from seed. I bought some feminized White Rhino from Nirvana Shop while I was reading about Jack Harrar passing away. They got me with the banner adds lol, but the seeds look pretty boss. And they grow "short and dense" so my little tent should be fine for a few of them to start with.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been told that clones only flower once, thus I will be pulling these after this flower and getting new plants. I wouldn't keep these anyway, I need to get some aphids out of the tent that were chilling out in the soil. Gonna scrub the whole thing out once I get these finished.

Also, thanks to everyone who replied in this thread. And wuddup to my NorCal rollitupers