CFL Closet Growbox.

[GeddaLiddleHI]

nope haven't tried it before. and i don't see how it could cause light stress since it's only a brief period right before the switch or right before harvest. esp right before harvest there isn't really time to turn hermie. and yes, it's freakin killin me to see those juicy white widow buds and know i can't smoke em yet.
but anyway, new pics for today.
first up is the white widow. a farther away shot than i usually do, and next to a gallon milk jug to give you a better idea of the plant's scale. next is a closeup to give you a better view of the buds. and last is a closeup of that nice main cola.

[GeddaLiddleHI]

next up is the Power Skunk. it's almost definitely rootbound since it needs to be watered at least twice a day and doesn't seem to be developing buds anywhere near as fast as the white widow. but, again, i don't want it getting any bigger than it already is so i don't want to move it to a bigger pot...while the widow's still in there anyways. depending on how far along the skunk is when i harvest the widow i may just fill up the whole tray they're sitting in with soil and transfer it to that, but we'll see...
anyways, the pics. first just a reg shot of the skunk. then a side view so you can see how much denser the leaves are around the light i put right in there. and last is a closeup of some of the budsites so you can see how they're comin along.

[want2beagrower]

hey gi , ladies look lovely:thumbsup: i'm going to try the 36hrs of darkness right before havest for my next crop:thumbsup: see if it makes a difference . sounds like u r going 2 have 2 do something with the ps though , cause if she gets rootbound , it going 2 affect ur yield , so i would repot her :thumbsup: i know u don't want her 2 get any bigger , but if u do nothing at all , it will stress her & she will strech upward cause she can no longer grow outward . i don't know much about soil grows dude sorry ! i'm a hydro person myself :thumbsup: want2beagrower:jointsmile:

[GeddaLiddleHI]

alright, so i broke down and got a bigger pot for the skunk. since it's winter time now all the gardening supplies have been more or less replaced with christams stuff, so i had to get a slightly different kind of soil, but the new stuff is lighter and should hopefully help with allowing root growth. i'll post some picks when i do my regular postings to show bud development. and hopefully the skunk will spend most of it's effort with the newfound room in the soil developing bigger, better buds and not getting bigger overall...

[GeddaLiddleHI]

uuuhhhh, title says it all...

[GeddaLiddleHI]

k, the first pic is of the new pot i've got the skunk in now. kinda hard to tell the difference without a direct comparison, but there's no room to stick the old one in there with the new soooo just trust me that it's bigger i guess. and the last image is a closeup of the bud you see in the center of pic numero dos. there isn't really any main cola on the skunk nor does any bud seem to be developing significantly more than another, so i just picked one in the middle...

[want2beagrower]

f****en awsome dude :thumbsup: soon the ps will look the same :thumbsup: want2beagrower :jointsmile:

[GeddaLiddleHI]

Question...well first a statement, then a question.
So i had one branch on the skunk that was just way too tall...again. My only choices were to raise the lights up higher than they should be in order to benefit the lower branches, and more importantly; the widow. I had been raising the lights little by little, but they got to be just too far, at least 6 inches above the top of the widow. So i decided to tie this rogue branch down...again. Unfortunately in the process i bent it too far and it, i guess folded would be the best description. Since it was already pretty f^@*ed i just clipped it off. Rather than waste what buds it had on there i hung it up to dry out. Now i know people will clip of buds during flowering for taste testing, but not usually whole branches, and i know pruning your plant during flowering is bad. So my question is whether or not this is going to stress my plant out to much and cause it to start going hermie on me.

[want2beagrower]

i would use some vit-b or superthrive to help the plant cope with her problem . just keep an eye out for hermies in the next couple of weeks . want2beagrower:jointsmile:

[dooobster]

Question...well first a statement, then a question.
So i had one branch on the skunk that was just way too tall...again. My only choices were to raise the lights up higher than they should be in order to benefit the lower branches, and more importantly; the widow. I had been raising the lights little by little, but they got to be just too far, at least 6 inches above the top of the widow. So i decided to tie this rogue branch down...again. Unfortunately in the process i bent it too far and it, i guess folded would be the best description. Since it was already pretty f^@*ed i just clipped it off. Rather than waste what buds it had on there i hung it up to dry out. Now i know people will clip of buds during flowering for taste testing, but not usually whole branches, and i know pruning your plant during flowering is bad. So my question is whether or not this is going to stress my plant out to much and cause it to start going hermie on me.

Actually, you could have left the broken branch on there & wrapped the break with a little masking tape, and it would have been fine in a couple days.
Being that you clipped it, it's all good... I don't think it'll cause any problems. Don't make a habit of it though.

Grow on Gedda! :rastasmoke::hippy: