LED growing- An instructional grow log

[maspino1]

i really hate how everyone really has to have the last word, positive or negative
let's just focus on stealth's led grow from now on pleaseeee

[juggaloscrub]

What up all? I just wanna say thanks to you SnSstealth your plants are lookin damn good. Thanks to erryone else too for helpin out on this grow. Its a pretty important one. I'm about to get back from Iraq and i'll be out of the army soon after and you know I'll be settin up a room and i thought I had it all planed out till i started readin this post. yea thanks. lol but yea good look and i'll keep watchin much love homie.

[physicsnole]

i really hate how everyone really has to have the last word, positive or negative
let's just focus on stealth's led grow from now on pleaseeee

Thank you Maspino!!!

[stinkyattic]

Judge whether you should remove low branches by their appearance.
Are the branches thick and strong or thin and weak?
Do the leaves they bear appear pale and curled, or similar to what you consider a healthy fan?
These things tell you how important they are to the plant. Spindly, weak growth is typically pruned off flowering plants, not just cannabis.
Rose bushes, for example, should always have the weak branches/shoots removed to increase flower size and quality on the remaining branches, and allow air to move more freely around the base of the plant, helping to avoid the fungal problems that plague flower growers.
Low hormone concentrations in these low, weak branches also mean that the plant will barely notice their absence and no 'recovery' time is needed. 2 weeks' recovery after a prune is necessary when you have removed a dominant tip with high hormone production.
Hatch, consider phrasing your responses in ways that do not appear argumentative, okay? It would be easier for everyone.

[Weedhound]

Stinkster, when pruning do you agree with pruning all at once then a healing period or do you think a leaf or two a day is the better way to go?

[d4twamp]

ok...question for the pro's here...kinda need this answer in the next day or 2...im gonna do some good pruning few days before i go into flowering....few fan leaves, some underdeveloped sidebranches, and top a few more....should i do it all at once, or 2 or 3 sessions....whould i do it right before induction of flowering?...same night?...week before?....gimme some ideas guys...
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whiskeytango

HEY STEALTH CREW I DON'T CLAIM TO BE A PRO... BUT IVE RESEARCHED ABOUT TO TRIM(fan leaves)OR NOT TO TRIM... WHAT I'VE FOUND IS THAT THE FAN LEAVES ACTUALLY PRODUCE SUGARS THAT THE PLANT USES AS ENERGY, SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BLOCK SOME OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE PLANT FROM LIGHT, THE NATRUAL SUGARS THEY PRODUCE IS GOING TO DELIVER ENERGY TO THE PLANT.... JUST INFO I'VE LEARNED.... YOUR GROW YOUR DECISION... MAYBE TRY A TRIM EXPIRIMENT TOO... WELL THATS MY 2 CENTS.......
LATER D:S5:

[stinkyattic]

Stinkster, when pruning do you agree with pruning all at once then a healing period or do you think a leaf or two a day is the better way to go?

Well I never see a reason to remove leaves unless they are blocking access/air flow around your hydroponic emitter systems.
But for the other stuff, all at once, never removing more than a third or so of the plant's total mass at any single pruning- this includes when taking clones.

[physicsnole]

Hey SnS, im starting my own thread for creating the "ultimate" LED grow light so i can stop cluttering up your thread...ill still be checking yours everyday though. So Opie, Maspino, SnS, check my thread and gimme some input
http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-li...ml#post1812805

[hydrorascal]

7 to 1 is not the best ratio of red to blue...even for bloom. Plants need and want a better mix. 65% red, 35% blue seems to be about the best.

Both %'s include all the red and blue spectrums in the array.

Your gals are looking better and better with every pic set ....

[SnSstealth]

thanks stinky and WH for confirming what i thought....the ones i was talking about trimming of are exactly like that...paler, curled...while the branches that are strong thick and continue sprouting, will stay...i only removed a few fan leaves, they were blocking a few crucial side branches.....appreciate the imput everyone
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whiskeytango