Hairties and Cannabis

Ok so I am brand new to this industry. All of my work is and always will be for personal consumption and not for sale... well, for my wifes consumption.. I don't smoke the Wackotobacco, just Legal tobacco. I'm on day 41 of my first plant (test run) I vegged for 31 days and then flipped to flower as soon as i seen the first alternating node. I'm nearing the end of day 10 flower right now and yes I am starting to see alot of those Trichomes is what you call them? Anyway.. my question is this and I know it's a popular question.. My Plant is starting to bush out really well and I am concerned about the lower nodes/bud sites getting light.. I don't have the correct tool or even the room to tie it down like I have seen people talk about. I do however have an Idea that I would love some input from as many experienced growers as possible.

Instead of removing leaves to allow light to get to lower portions of the plant (tying leaves back isn't an option either as they are short stemmed leaves) I am using hair ties on the large-mature-dark-green leaves. I put the hair tie around the leaves to bunch them up and open a path for light to reach the lower areas. I plan on doing this half the day everyday until I feel the under parts of those leaves have grown enough. Should I just leave this alone and let it be or is this and interesting point for someone new like me to bring up?

I also knew absolutley nothing about growing pot until about one month prior to germinating this baby. I'm glad it ended up female =)

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I have also heard alot of talk about aluminum foil creating hotspots.. No need for input there because I have been monitoring the plant a whole lot and no issues yet from the foil

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Originally Posted by adrjunkie85

I have also heard alot of talk about aluminum foil creating hotspots.. No need for input there because I have been monitoring the plant a whole lot and no issues yet from the foil

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First I have to point out the error in your statement here. See attached picture below - This is a hotspot. (This is also your pic, just cropped)

Second, on the hairties - Your leaves soak up the energy from the light and that energy goes into your buds. This is the reason we don't trim during flower. The leaves are assisting in the development of the buds, so when you impair the effectiveness of the leaves, you impair the growth of your plant.

Painting your box a flat white, or even a semigloss white would be much better than tin foil - Remember the problem is caused from those little folds, theoretically if you can get the tin foil to lay completely flat, with no wrinkles, it might work, but keep in mind we're all here trying to share knowledge and help people succeed, as well as spread the word to the nation that we're not crackheads brewing meth in our garage, but true self studied botanists that are attempting to bring severely needed change to the closed minded societies that we currently deal with.

Keep that in mind next time you say "No need for input on my mistakes" :) I'm not attacking your tin foil, but keep in mind, you expended energy on something, this is a cost in your grow (time, energy, money) - And it was a waste. Your light is not evenly distributed, and your hot spot will effect areas of your plant differently than the rest - And in fact, if you WERE using any sort of HPS, you would be burning a small portion of your plant from this hotspot :)

Good luck, lose the hairties (novel idea, but when we say tie back, it usually refers to tying down...) Do a little bit of research here on the forum for "LST Techniques" and you'll find much better ways to get light to the bottom of your girlie.

Again, Good luck!


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Sounds as if you know how you are gonna do it so why ask for help? All incorrect including the aluminum foil. I don't know much but what i do know......... Shall I chime in on the other fubars?


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