Im on flowering stage. I need help please ???

[SkunkMe1]

Hello everyone, i have two plants on 4 day of flowering stage and i i need some help, my fan leaves are covering all the litle ones. I need some help how to tie them down or trim or whatever i should do, it's my first grow so i don't have a clue, i read about triming and tying them down but i dont know how to do it. Can anyone explain that to me please, i dont want a hurt my plants ???


THANKS :) :):thumbsup:

[Stickyplant]

Can you post a picture? Side lites may help instead of trimming of tying. 2-3 CFLs around the bottom.

[SkunkMe1]

Hey stickyplant thanks... i would love to give them more light its just i cant:( i have no space and a 400W HPS is all i got, i covered the place with aluminium foil for better reflection. Here are some pic's[attachment=o67701]

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Can i do anything else, or just leave them like that ????

[Stickyplant]

This is just my opinion, but given the choice, I would not cut them. I have read that it could force it into survival mode if you go to heavy. Tying may be an option, but for $5-$7 per, you can go to Home Depot and pick up 2-4 clamp lights with metal domes... the bigger the better.

Get some CFLs and just clamp them down low and direct them up to the under branches. You may even be able to clamp them right to the pot itself.

They look like this:
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=868

Easy cheap way to light the lower parts of your plants.

[SkunkMe1]

What kind of bulb do i have to use ???

[Jdog7000]

I would LST them...topping I don't like .So I would bend it over a bit.
All you have to do is bend it down below the top and tye it down. Without breaking it. And continue to tye it down threw the stretch. Then let flower. This will increase your yield alot too.

[Stickyplant]

A CFL (compact flourencent) There are plenty of write ups on here about them. People make recommendations, but go with what you can afford. Any light is better than none.

See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp

[Stickyplant]

Jdog gives a good option as well, but that is tying the top of the plant down not just certain leaves... this also works for a lot of people on here!

[Jdog7000]

Isn't that what I said?

[SkunkMe1]

So i just tie all the fan leaves down leting the litle ones on the light (Cause i want to have a better yield too). Is that right cause i want to do it ? I dont quite understand tying the top down ???:confused:

[Stickyplant]

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=66090&highlight=LST

[SkunkMe1]

Hey thanks alot that helped... hey thanks you'r great

[SkunkMe1]

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[Stickyplant]

Glad to help

[SkunkMe1]

Hi all,i bended some fan leaves out the way yesterday, and now all secondary leaves are on the light i gave them some nutes and sprayed them with water, i didn't tie them down and today plants look HUGE. Secondarys are long enough so i dint have to tie the leaves just bended them a litle and everything was ok. I'll post some pic's on sunday to see how are they going to be.

See you on sunday with some updates, probably will know are they girls, if not :( :( :( .

Thanks for everything.

[Jdog7000]

I tuck my fan leaves ouot of the way. If they are covering budsites.

[bob bobbinson]

ya dude. Basically right now, u can follow ur stem up to the top of the plant. it goes straight up ::} After ur done tying it down, u will follow up from the stem again, this time the main stem will be curved and the top of the plant will be horrizontal.

All ur doing is manipulating the plant, so that more light hits other parts of plant. Look at my link in my sig. I did LST on 4 of mine. I have some decent pics there.

[GrowinGreen23]

Jdog and stinkyplant have the right ideas here i man LST saves you the few dollars on a CFL and the hassle of going out but you can DEF just get 2-3 lights which on the conatiner will say 42W=150W outout 2600 lumens or somethinglike that, then you place them at different levels, they're pretty cool compared to other lights too so pick from these options

GG23

[SkunkMe1]

Well Jdog im doing the same thing and it makes me happy:) that you do it too. Im scared of everything reading these wonderfull posts, from people that know what are they doing. These plants are so sensitive, and i want to be careful, dont want to hurt my plants. Let's hope everything will be ok.
Can i spray them with water, cause as i have mentioned im on Flowering stage ???

Thanks for the options.

YOU MAKE ME RICHER EVERY DAY:thumbsup:

[GrowinGreen23]

no don't spray them cause the water droplets will act like a mag glass and possibly burn your leaves

GG23

[SkunkMe1]

Wow didn't think it was that dangerous....well im sure i won't spray them.

Thanks

[GrowinGreen23]

as long as you keep the soil moist then you shouldn't have a problem, i knwo some people say to spray but i've had problems as well as others that i've heard from around here. Plants look good though

[SkunkMe1]

as long as you keep the soil moist then you shouldn't have a problem, i knwo some people say to spray but i've had problems as well as others that i've heard from around here.
I give them 1.5 liters of good ph balanced water every three days, they suck it all in. I give them nutes every 2 week's, thats every fifth watering. Thats the way they like it, so i think thats the best way. No spraying (wont risk).



Plants look good though
Thanks the pic's are about 4 days ago, but i had some problems with my cam so i couldnt post any more, i think they look much better now after taking those fan leaves out of the way, secondaries just poped out, and the plant's look much bigger and better.

[mobay]

hey skunk a few peole mentioned LST on your plants , this will give you a good yield as well. he is a pic on how to lst YOUR PLANTS.

[SkunkMe1]

Hey thanks for pic's Mobay, but i already tucked down some fan leaves like jdog and the plants just love it, i think im going to leave them like that for a while to see what's going to happend.

People here are GREAT.
THANKS

[SkunkMe1]

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Hey all here are my plants after tucking those leaves. Thank's everyone for helping. What do you think Jdog, Mobay, GrowinGreen ??? I posted some more pic's on my other thread " SkunkMe1 updates" if you are interested.

Thanks again

[ToKnoIsToGro]

did u say something about having aluminum foil? what are the walls like under the foil? Its not so good to use that.

[SkunkMe1]

did u say something about having aluminum foil? what are the walls like under the foil? Its not so good to use that.


Well i have everything covered in foil cause i cant paint it in white, and aluminium foil is the second best choice.... it reflects light 60-70 %, thats better than nothing :thumbsup: