post what u can do to ur plant to get a better yeild....small or big....ill start by saying ive heard if u switch to 14/10 the last 2 wks of flowering u can get a better yeild....anyone else?
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post what u can do to ur plant to get a better yeild....small or big....ill start by saying ive heard if u switch to 14/10 the last 2 wks of flowering u can get a better yeild....anyone else?
KEEP THE LIGHTS AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE BY INCREASING VENTILATION, AIRFLOW AND CONTROLING THE ROOM TEMPERATURE...
lol good one....ive also heard u can bruise the stem at any point in the grow (not during flower id assume tho)...even if its a seedling....then within a week the stem will get really thick...and u can repeat the bruising after the plant doubles in height....hope this helps some1 someday
any others folks?
get more light into the plant by growing at 45 degree angles (or more)...
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Originally Posted by drumanick0
I'm planning on harvesting much a plant within 2 weeks from now and I've been giving it 8 or 9 hours of light a day for the past week or so and not only have the buds been getting bigger at a faster rate, but the trichomes are spreading like mad and becoming very pronounced, insomuch that I was worried whether the accelerated trichome/resin production would outrun the proper mass and volume of the buds. I did all this because I read if you want to harvest quicker, pull photoperiods down, even to eight hours.
burnable, i'm sorry but i have never seen a shortcut such as you describe lead to a harvest of the same grade of flowers you would have had had you waited the allotted time known for growing cannabis from veg thru flower.
there are no shortcuts...high time you guys realize this so we can move on...
who knows....different plants react differnet ways....any more ways ppl?
i know there is plenty out there....any special things u add to ur water? or mist ur plants w/? just tryin to get as many as possible :)
peace out
nick
Don't forget the obvious: a larger pot allows for a larger root mass, which means bigger plants. If you're using 2-gallon pots, if you double the pot size to 4-gallon pots, your plants will (or at least can) grow much larger, if all other factors are the same.
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Originally Posted by m.g.
I don''t know where you get your info. If you're trying to simulate an oncoming winter for your plants, days would gradually get shorter, and an exceptionally shorter photoperiod does result in more rapid growth of flowers, because the plant thinks it's going to die soon, or so I've read, and apparently, so I'm seeing with my own grow. Although I concede that my yield probably won't be as transcendant as it might be otherwise, since this plant was 5 months in vegetation it can accomodate this "shortcut." For the record, I don't want to harvest early just cuz I'm impatient, it's a matter of necessity to finish it before I go to Europe in 2 weeks
well good luck w/ that burnable. i hope all goes well w/ ur grow :D
any more ppl? any obvious ones for noobs? thx and peace out
nick
5 months of veg is no shortcut! :) Burnable, that sounds like patience to me!Quote:
Originally Posted by burnable
For a better yield:
-More light
-More time in veg, which you may spend training your babies- look up SCROG
-More ventilation, or supplemented CO2 if you are that far into growing
-High quality nutrients and supplements
-No stress such as insects, mold, light issues, heat, drought, cold, roots bound up, etc.
I may try that, next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by burnable
HELLO dearest...PIMP..
you vegged a plant for 5 months.. INDOORS?
WTF.. can I see a picture of that plant.. thanks..
iloveyou
haha i wouldnt mind seein that pic too....thats long as hell, almost half a yearhaha, anyways, more tips on goodyeild?
peace out
nick
One of us is stoned. I said I might try pulling down the light period to 8 or 9 hours 2 weeks before harvest on my next grow. 30 days - plenty for veg. It was Burnable that did the 5 month veg. (Why, I don't know?) P.S. all my friends call me Dutch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garden Knowm
The main things I have learned, which primarily concern indoor growers:
1) Use a 4- or 5-gallon pot (or bigger)
2) Have an even canopy whenever possible
3) Keep your lights as close as you can without burning the plants
4) Use a decent nutrient regime
5) Use quality soil, with perlite and vermiculite mixed in
6) Don't overwater
7) Control your temperatures
8) Provide plenty of ventilation
9) Use as much light as you can without temperature problems
Do those 9 things and you are pretty much guaranteed a good yield. I don't think your lighting schedule (12/12, 14/10, whatever) at the end of flowering has anywhere near the effect on yield as those 9 things. In fact, from my experience with the two strains I have, changing the light schedule had no effect at all, but perhaps that varies from strain to strain. Personally, I just leave it at 12/12 and let 'er go.
do your best to expose ALL the buds by growing the plant sideways.
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Originally Posted by Garden Knowm
i should be more clear. It was out of necessity that the plant vegged for 5 months. I was moving from place to place and I really didn't even plan on harvesting anything from it. I had even hid it in my rigidly mormon parents' house and drove it on a 14 hour car trip. As a result it's had a hard life and inadequate lighting, so it's only about 18" tall but extremely bushy and mature, which is why i think she was so ready to give up her flowers. I can't harvest her all at once cuz off the thick secondary growth, so she'll have to be a perpetual.
Anyway, didn't mean to derail from the real point of this thread, it just seemed like ppl were wondering;)
14/12 is the light cycle, not 14/10. I have a video were a fellow grower explains on how an extra 2hours of light increase's bud growth, and you still have the 12 hours to recieve THC. Much better IMO.
That's not really an extra 2 hours, because that's 14/26, instead of 12/24. So that's really an extra 55 minutes of light per actual 24 hour period. If that works, I can see how it might be worth it, but getting off a 24-hour format where the 'day' for the plants would drift two hours each actual day would be too hard on my brain. You'd have to keep a chart to know where you are on the 14/12 cycle each day to make sure you don't open the box when the lights are off, and you'd have to adjust your schedule 2 hours later each day to handle feeding and such. If I grew for profit...maybe I'd try that. Since I don't, that's just too much headache for me, whether it works or not. Heh.
here are pics of the female I grew for 5 months in windowsill light then put under hps to flower
True. Tim fulger was the man who shot the video and discribed his technique. I dont know if he grows for profit or not, but its still a much better way to increase your yield.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamstigator
lol well i guess a lot of these are debateable (sp?)....but very good tips :) , anyone out there w/ some crazy ideas? lol i know there out there....anyways, happy growing
nick
Hey Burnable... Thanks for the picture!!!.. I bet the main cola on that PLANT is a FREAKING thick MOFO!!!!
DUTCH... my bad dude... i definitely mis read something.. or somethingsssss
LOL... iloveyou
Skating away..on the thin ice of a new day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garden Knowm
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Originally Posted by Garden Knowm
sorry. figured out the closeup function on the camera. this should give a better view of the cola. flowering for 4 weeks:D