CFL Grow Log #1

[jon420]

Plant B Skunk/Haze:thumbsup:

[canniwhatsis]

The ONLY time I will do any trimming is under the conditions I showed above...I have done the same thing to a couple of other plants (3 of the same strain) before but the none of the leaves were yellowing. I wanted to see if there were any difference. I found growth development to slow down when trimming pefectly health green leaves during flowering. I also noticed flower development to be less dense. Now, the only trimming I do is during flower when the leaves are yellow and I only do it once or twice at most. I also do not do any trimming or prunning during veg but I do like to play around with fimming and topping.:thumbsup:

+1!!

Cutting a green leaf hurts the plant as green leaves are still generating food and energy for the plant.

I leave all the fans on until they get really yellow, and for the most part they fall off if I give them the slightest downward pressure near the stalk.

Once the plant has started to yellow a leaf it's not costing energy, just circulation. There's lots of nutes tied up in the leaf, so the plant is pulling the nutes out of the leaf before discarding it. I read a post just after I joined discussing pruning all the big fans when you start flushing for this exact reason.

[canniwhatsis]

What a way to start the new year:thumbsup:

Plant A Skunk:jointsmile:

Nice lookin buds BTW! :thumbsup:

[Stomper420]

Nice job!! Funny how we go from tieing down to tieing them back up:wtf:
Realy digg the purple hue in all your pics:thumbsup:

[jon420]

+1!!

Cutting a green leaf hurts the plant as green leaves are still generating food and energy for the plant.

I leave all the fans on until they get really yellow, and for the most part they fall off if I give them the slightest downward pressure near the stalk.

Once the plant has started to yellow a leaf it's not costing energy, just circulation. There's lots of nutes tied up in the leaf, so the plant is pulling the nutes out of the leaf before discarding it. I read a post just after I joined discussing pruning all the big fans when you start flushing for this exact reason.

I will never cut green leaves again. I learned this the hard way with an outdoor crop that I tried to keep thin looking by prunning a lot. Needless to say, that was not smart at all and I will never do it again.

The way I see it. Prunning green leaves is like pulling a hangnail that bleeds and hurts for next few days. Prunning the yellow dieing leaves is like "cutting" a hangnail instead of pulling it, less damage this way IMO. I always cut atleast 1/2in up the stem of the leaf I am cutting too. I have noticed that the healing process is much faster when a leaf is cut instead of pulled down and snapped off the main stalk it grows from. Some works better for others though:thumbsup:.....I honestly try not to trim at all but if the leaves are dead, then they're dead and need to go. No need to have the plant working on repairing something that cannot be repaired.

I have never tried to remove all the fan leaves during the flush but it does sound like a good idea and makes sense. The plant is dieing anyways....Why not force the rest of the goodies that are still in the plant directly to the flowers? I think I may try that out:thumbsup:

[jon420]

Nice job!! Funny how we go from tieing down to tieing them back up:wtf:
Realy digg the purple hue in all your pics:thumbsup:

That's funny...I was thinking the same thing:jointsmile: I had to tie up another top this morning and I was laughing as I was doing it.

To be honest, the pictures really do no justice for how beautiful these ladies really are. Plant A Skunk is very purple and just getting more clorful everyday. I am very impressed with progress to this point and this is only week 5 flowering. I can't wait until harvest. Thanks a lot for the comment:thumbsup:

[jon420]

Trichome development is great. I have started to flush the Skunk/Haze with Blueberry Final Flush since I'm noticing cloudy trichs. I am looking to harvest this plant when the trichomes are all-mostly cloudy for the cerebral high. Looking to get couch lock out of the Skunk.:thumbsup:

[energyefficient]

great looking plants! how many watts of CFL are you throwing at them total?

[jon420]

great looking plants! how many watts of CFL are you throwing at them total?

670 total watts. That is the actual wattage being used by my electric.

[jon420]

Placed an order with Attitude today. They have a great promo going on right now. Spend $25 or more and recieve 5-free feminized seeds. I bought 6 different strains and now have 11-seeds, all feminized and on the way. Very excited to move on to a new grow.

Pyramid Seeds-Feminized:
Wembley-(Ak-47 & Bubble Gum)
Tutankhamon-(Ak-47 mix) FREE
Anestesia-(Northen Lights & Black Domina) FREE
Oiris-(White Widow &Ak-47) FREE

CH9 Female Seeds:
Afghani Milk-(CH9 Vintage 2006 & Mazari Sharif)

Sensi Seeds-Feminized:
Limited Edition Skunk #1-(Skunk #1 & Afghani & Mexico & Colombia)

Seedsman Seeds-Feminized:
Mama Mia-(Early Skunk & Mazari Sharif)
Power Africa-(Skunk/Haze & Durban Poison)
Original Skunk-(Acapulco Gold/Mexican Sativa & Columbian Gold Sativa)

UFO #1 Dutch Passion-Feminized:
Skunk #11-(Skunk mix) FREE

UFO #2 Dutch Passion-Feminized:
Mekong High-(Laos & Vietnam) FREE


Let me know if anyone has grown any of these and how they turned out for you please and thanks!?!?:thumbsup: