1 week from flower- any tips?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 1st timer

thanks! can you explain though? I have seen these colas (even the lower ones) and all the bud develops along the cola. do you want me to lollipop the bottom colas? not lollipop the stem, but lollipop the lower branches, so that there's only a head?

thanks! i will do better lst'ing them next time. and also, i nearly killed them twice. they take alot of time to recover from that. otherwise the grow has gone very smooth :)
or atleast i think. first grow, nothing to compare against

---

I don't expect you to do anything at all. I'm just saying what I do, If you visit my grow logs I wouldn't have to explain any further. A picture is worth a thousand werdz.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 1st timer

i don't know what they are. one was a autoflowering haze- a very good quality seed.

---

Hmm, is that plant in one of the pictures? I don't see anything flowering, and an auto-flower would be well on its way by 12 weeks. :confused:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 1st timer

other 2 are hybrids- one called nepali and one hybrid which was predominantly sativa. i have forgotten the name. i can find out. these two were average quality seed.

---

Where'd you get the seeds? :wtf: The cheaper ones just may surprise you. :)
Reason I asked about the reflector is if they really stretch like crazy, you may get better results hanging the bulb vertical, like you mentioned with the CFL. No sense getting ahead of things, though, lookin' good.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 1st timer

the plants are maybe 3.5-4ft tall. should i fim these guys, they are getting quite big.

during flower i can give the 3 plants the 400hps from the top, plus add a vertical flowering 12000lumen 250W CFL in the centre, so i don't think light is an issue for the lower leaves if the plant is tall. i'm more concerned about the plant spending too much energy on getting nutrients up and down...

---

I wouldn't worry about the nutrients "going up and down", the thing is, a 400 watt lamp will not have enough light for the bottom buds being 5' or more distance (18" from the canopy then 48" of plant, plus the stretch).

FIM is done early, early on, like the first couple of nodes. I FIM at the third node and then again at the fifth or sixth node. That's it. If you have room maybe you can LST by tying the tops of the plants down to the edge of the pots. Keep up the good growing!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by EvilCartman

Hmm, is that plant in one of the pictures? I don't see anything flowering, and an auto-flower would be well on its way by 12 weeks. :confused:




Where'd you get the seeds? :wtf: The cheaper ones just may surprise you. :)
Reason I asked about the reflector is if they really stretch like crazy, you may get better results hanging the bulb vertical, like you mentioned with the CFL. No sense getting ahead of things, though, lookin' good.

---

I mixed up the seeds when they were germing, so i don't know which is which.
The autoflowering is supposed to be 'Advanced Seeds Haze Mist'. Bought in the UK of I don't know which site.

It would be nice to hang the HPS vertically every alternate day. I bought the HPS with the hood, so that's the only socket I have for it..

I super cropped the tops like you mentioned. It went well, they are moving upright and strengthening the stems despite making some solid bends and not just light twists.
I killed one bit by supercropping it too 'hard' the plant didn't recover that part, it just sealed off the exposed tip. there's already new growth around it

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Shovelhandle

I wouldn't worry about the nutrients "going up and down", the thing is, a 400 watt lamp will not have enough light for the bottom buds being 5' or more distance (18" from the canopy then 48" of plant, plus the stretch).

FIM is done early, early on, like the first couple of nodes. I FIM at the third node and then again at the fifth or sixth node. That's it. If you have room maybe you can LST by tying the tops of the plants down to the edge of the pots. Keep up the good growing!

---

but 50,000 lumens at the top of the canopy from the 400hps and then 12000lumens from the CFL vertically for the lower buds should be plenty for 3 plants right?
Either way, after i supercropped the tops like cartman recommended, i waited a day and then trimmed the lower stems like you suggested. i looked in your pictures at the way you did yours.

Thanks for the tips guys. I will go into flower end of this week and keep you updated.

Cartman, i didn't know what supercropping was, but i had been pinching my stems throughout the grow.
shov-i don't have space to LST anymore as the plants are taller than any bamboo i could tie them too :)

LST has nothing to do with tying to bamboo, my friend.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Shovelhandle

LST has nothing to do with tying to bamboo, my friend.

---

if not tying to bamboo, then tying the top down so new colas grow on the side? that much stress in flowering? doesn't make sense to me. am i missing something? what else is lst if not tying to stuff (bamboo, or exposing the sides by tying down)?