1 week from flower- any tips?

[1st timer]

Hi guys,

I intend to flower next week.
My plants have been vegging for 3 months, but I have not been able to flower earlier because giving them the 12 hours of pitch darkness hasn't been possible so far. I can now and intend to flower next week.

I'd appreciate any tips you guys can share with me, to help my plants get ready for flower.

-3 months old
-400w HPS currently giving them about 16 hours light.
-good ventilation and fresh air. slightly warm temperatures (82F) at the tops of the leaves because of the hps bulb
-i haven't tried any CO2 and don't think i intend to from what I read on the forums.. sound ok?

pruning:
i read about pruning, asked some questions and no concrete only one way type of answer.
I pruned off the bottom really rubbish colas. i'm not pruning fan leaves. i'm leaving some of the lower colas because i will give them a 12000lumen CFL hanging vertically in addition to the 400wHPS from the top.
any tips on pruning in this last week before flower? any tips on pruning during flower?

i will add pictures tonight

1st timer Reviewed by 1st timer on 08-18-2013. 1 week from flower- any tips? Hi guys, I intend to flower next week. My plants have been vegging for 3 months, but I have not been able to flower earlier because giving them the 12 hours of pitch darkness hasn't been possible so far. I can now and intend to flower next week. I'd appreciate any tips you guys can share with me, to help my plants get ready for flower. -3 months old -400w HPS currently giving them about 16 hours light. -good ventilation and fresh air. slightly warm temperatures (82F) at the tops Rating: 5

[1st timer]

should i be picking 4-5 main colas and pruning the rest?

[Esteban1]

Pics?


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[1st timer]

the plants are maybe 3.5-4ft tall. should i fim these guys, they are getting quite big.

during flower i can give the 3 plants the 400hps from the top, plus add a vertical flowering 12000lumen 250W CFL in the centre, so i don't think light is an issue for the lower leaves if the plant is tall. i'm more concerned about the plant spending too much energy on getting nutrients up and down...

[1st timer]

more pictures.

any advice at all is helpful. even if its to tell me to read about x,y and z!

[Shovelhandle]

looking really decent, Timer.
I keep the lower branches clean of new growth all through the bloom. It seems like every week I'd find a twelve inch branch stretching out from a bottom node or branch. I feel that I have to nip 'em in the bud, Ang. I let them grow in earlier days but it didn't provide quality material, so why bugger with it?

[EvilCartman]

the plants are maybe 3.5-4ft tall. should i fim these guys, they are getting quite big.

during flower i can give the 3 plants the 400hps from the top, plus add a vertical flowering 12000lumen 250W CFL in the centre, so i don't think light is an issue for the lower leaves if the plant is tall.

Nice job, the plants look good. :thumbsup: Certainly on the large side for a 400!
Do you know what strain these are? What are you using for a reflector?
They look more sativa-leaning and could stretch significantly, going into flower. If it were me I'd probably super-crop the highest tops, rather than fim, or top them.

[1st timer]

looking really decent, Timer.
I keep the lower branches clean of new growth all through the bloom. It seems like every week I'd find a twelve inch branch stretching out from a bottom node or branch. I feel that I have to nip 'em in the bud, Ang. I let them grow in earlier days but it didn't provide quality material, so why bugger with it?

thanks! can you explain though? I have seen these colas (even the lower ones) and all the bud develops along the cola. do you want me to lollipop the bottom colas? not lollipop the stem, but lollipop the lower branches, so that there's only a head?

thanks! i will do better lst'ing them next time. and also, i nearly killed them twice. they take alot of time to recover from that. otherwise the grow has gone very smooth
or atleast i think. first grow, nothing to compare against

[1st timer]

Nice job, the plants look good. :thumbsup: Certainly on the large side for a 400!
Do you know what strain these are? What are you using for a reflector?
They look more sativa-leaning and could stretch significantly, going into flower. If it were me I'd probably super-crop the highest tops, rather than fim, or top them.

thanks evil! i've been rotating them and it varies day to day, but i give them about 18 hours sunlight, so i think that's helped the size. i made ridiculous jumps when i switched from a 250WCFL to 400Whps.
i'm looking at super cropping now, doing a little research. looks like a great tip! i hadn't even heard of it. only know fimming and topping

[1st timer]

Nice job, the plants look good. :thumbsup: Certainly on the large side for a 400!
Do you know what strain these are? What are you using for a reflector?
They look more sativa-leaning and could stretch significantly, going into flower. If it were me I'd probably super-crop the highest tops, rather than fim, or top them.

i don't know what they are. one was a autoflowering haze- a very good quality seed.
other 2 are hybrids- one called nepali and one hybrid which was predominantly sativa. i have forgotten the name. i can find out. these two were average quality seed.

i'm basing quality on price. one was like $10 a seed, one was $3 or something i think.
i'm using something ''better'' than mylar. entire walls coated in it. its 95% reflective vs mylars' 90% i think.
it was cheap, worth the investment i feel. i also have a hood on the hps (i guess that';s expected)