Whats your take on trimming leafs

[TANKJR]

As Dru knows, I trim also...I recommend reading Ed Rosenthal's book "Marijuana Growing Tips"...in it there is a chapter on trimming for higher yields with pics and description of how to, why, and what happens when you do trim...I tried it and it worked for me. As the others here who trim have said, just don't go crazy cutting fan leaves off and your plants, or buds, will thank you for it....later on, so will your head! ONLY trim if you just can't get light to that bud any other way, but just make sure all the buds get ALL the light they can for that 12 hours.

[420atsk]

that book didnt really explain other then how to stake off six cola's i think i got it im just having trouble getting light around the back cuz i only have a 400w so im trying to bend them in to the light i might do what he says and cut off the smaller cola's im going to post pic's of what im cutting & bending in a few

[420atsk]

here are a few cut's and bends im trying they look empty right now and should i flower or wait a few more days to see if i need to trim/guide the cola's more is it ok to move/cut the colas around for light once it start's to flower oh and is it fine to raise my light to get it to reflect and spread out more. i have it at about 12" but the cola's are fighting for light its not even growth

[420atsk]

ok i made the cuts and it has been doing great it just look's bald now with alot of top cola's But i just switch to flower12/12

i should wait what 2 weeks before i change the bulb to my HPS or should i wait till there is alot of flowers started what has anyone done that works with great yields and if you have any PIC'S or VIDEO'S that would help a lil more:rasta:

[LetsSeeYa]

ok i made the cuts and it has been doing great it just look's bald now with alot of top cola's But i just switch to flower12/12

i should wait what 2 weeks before i change the bulb to my HPS or should i wait till there is alot of flowers started what has anyone done that works with great yields and if you have any PIC'S or VIDEO'S that would help a lil more:rasta:

You might want to look into doing a Scrog with a couple plants, this way you will fill your space and get nice medium size buds, but lots. You would be able to control your shading better and iv seen nice yields with this method.



Good luck:rasta:

[420atsk]

my bad if i sound dumb but whats scrog is that where there is only one nug on the plant

[TANKJR]

SCROG (SCreen Of Green) is training the plants for an even canopy height thru a screen or mesh, making sure each bud gets plenty of light. There are horizontal and vertical scrogs...there's lots of info on SCROG growing here somewhere...Do a search. You can switch your bulb to HPS now if you want or anytime in the next week or so...it's not that critical as to when, as some continue flowering with MH bulbs, since they may not have access to an HPS bulb. I switch bulbs when I switch to 12/12.

[jaydee84]

ok im asking around. Im running a lil 400w about 14in or so from my baby's, and there are great looking fan leafs but its blocking a good amount of light im wondering how bad is it to take off some of the fan leaf's for the lower nutes or is it better off leaving them and let it do its thing.

and then how much do you trim before flowering so that the med's are not all leafy but all the flowering points are getting enough light im going to have to use the 400w to flower so i need to get as much light as possible without stunting the growth

if anyone has done anything that worked out with good yields & quality please help by sending LINKS, PIC'S, VIDEOS of what to cut and what not to cut would help alot thanks :rasta:

i do trim leafs only if the tips get a bit crappy like brown or if yellow tips i wouldn't cut more than half unless really necessary m8 these leafs are whats feeding your plant light an such for the bud's just move them out the way if obstructing....sweet

[420atsk]

ok i cut away the other day removing about 1/3 of the big fan's from the main stem leaving all the bigger one's on the cola's along with training almost all the cola's to grow out more then up in to each other (I have a feeling that im going to have to do something like a scrog or just tie the nug's so they wont brake the stem any ideas on what to use other then scrog) And how long does it take for flowering to start after 12/12 under MH ive had the pistals/white hairs for awhile before flowering.:rasta:

[drudown11]

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