looking for help with my indoor grow with 1000 watt hps

this is my first time growing and i had 6 of my plants vegging from 11/20 and i just now started to bloom and my plants seems to not have enough room in closet and they are bushy and leaves are very big creating lots of shade and im afraid the leaves on bottom wont get light what should i do would it still be okay if i left it how it is? my youtube videos r up u can go to: www.google.com then in search engine put domogoon youtube video and should pop up

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anyone have any ideas? also it gets too hot in closet because house owner turns on heater and it gets to high temperature in the 80's any advice?

maybe lollipop them and cut the fat shade leaves against the wall in half? your over grown already. kinda sucks cause the plants look beautiful

bloom when your heat in the closets the lowest.

baykush510 said:

anyone have any ideas? also it gets too hot in closet because house owner turns on heater and it gets to high temperature in the 80's any advice?

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I didn't see a single exhaust filter or any air circulation fans. If you don't have em, get em, they will reduce temps in that little box quite well.

well i have 2 air circulating fans in there planning on to get couple more and also im afraid to cut anything on plant dont want to damage them and i have 1 6 inch cool air intake with duct

you can "cut" on them til about day 20. all the plant will do is revert that growth into other parts of the plant. the stuff thats getting the light. cutting the roots would be different.

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well i have 2 air circulating fans in there planning on to get couple more and also im afraid to cut anything on plant dont want to damage them and i have 1 6 inch cool air intake with duct

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Don't be scared. They'll grow back. Just don't mutilate them and you'll be okay.

k ty and when u mean fan leave the big ones right?

yea. you just dont want them growing against the wall...
the leaves transpire water and this will grow molds and mildews.

baykush510 said:

k ty and when u mean fan leave the big ones right?

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Correct. Don't remove too many because those are the solar panels and food storage sources for the plant. You don't want to remove too many at one time but you do want to allow good light penetration. I typically do 1 leaf per plant per day. I choose the one that I think is blocking the most light and remove it.

ok so just cut half off each ones of al of them? or just the top ones?

take only the the shade leaves that are not getting any light.. and don"t let them grow up against the walls.

you can also take any lower branches off that aren't getting any light.

can anyone help me with my problem i have 6 plants in my closet and it seems like doesnt have much room and my leaves are soo big that it covers other leaves and im afraid certain areas not going to have light anyone have any suggestions?

also i cut some of the bottom leaves but only like couple the top leaves seem to block light and oto scared to cut top leaves off

anyone have any advice?

Sure man, I got some advice.

Your plants are extremely over crowded. I think you are being a bit too timid with your defoliation. You have done a great job and your plants are thriving.. but keep in mind we are manipulating the plants to do something they don't need to do.. produce a large number of bud sites that are dense and full of flowers. In order to do this, you need light to reach below the canopy as much as possible.

You need to do 2 things. First, is lollipop your plants. Here is an image of what I am talking about.

http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10...dsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0,i:127&tx=67&ty=119

You basically cut the bottom 1/3 of the plant off. Take a ruler and measure the plant. Then go only 1/3 of the way from soil up. Cut EVERYTHING off. Yes, I mean everything. Leaves and even more importantly, branches. You have way to much green matter.. your plants will grow great, they will be happy... but in the end you will have some nice top colas but everything below them will be larfy and fluffy.. no density.

I would start by removing 3-5 fan leaves per plant. Pick leaves that are doing the most shading to the middle of the plant and cut them off. Trust me, the plant will be fine.

Heres another picture.. look how little foliage there is and the size of the buds. Defoliation works.. but don't mutilate them. Go slow, couple leaves every few days. You want to maximize light going to the middle of the plant.

http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10...ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:109&tx=110&ty=44