Im on flowering stage. I need help please ???

[SkunkMe1]

Hello everyone, i have two plants on 4 day of flowering stage and i i need some help, my fan leaves are covering all the litle ones. I need some help how to tie them down or trim or whatever i should do, it's my first grow so i don't have a clue, i read about triming and tying them down but i dont know how to do it. Can anyone explain that to me please, i dont want a hurt my plants ???


THANKS :thumbsup:

SkunkMe1 Reviewed by SkunkMe1 on 05-25-2006. Im on flowering stage. I need help please ??? Hello everyone, i have two plants on 4 day of flowering stage and i i need some help, my fan leaves are covering all the litle ones. I need some help how to tie them down or trim or whatever i should do, it's my first grow so i don't have a clue, i read about triming and tying them down but i dont know how to do it. Can anyone explain that to me please, i dont want a hurt my plants ??? THANKS :) :):thumbsup: Rating: 5

[Stickyplant]

Can you post a picture? Side lites may help instead of trimming of tying. 2-3 CFLs around the bottom.

[SkunkMe1]

Hey stickyplant thanks... i would love to give them more light its just i cant i have no space and a 400W HPS is all i got, i covered the place with aluminium foil for better reflection. Here are some pic's[attachment=o67701]

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Can i do anything else, or just leave them like that ????

[Stickyplant]

This is just my opinion, but given the choice, I would not cut them. I have read that it could force it into survival mode if you go to heavy. Tying may be an option, but for $5-$7 per, you can go to Home Depot and pick up 2-4 clamp lights with metal domes... the bigger the better.

Get some CFLs and just clamp them down low and direct them up to the under branches. You may even be able to clamp them right to the pot itself.

They look like this:
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/index...ROD&ProdID=868

Easy cheap way to light the lower parts of your plants.

[SkunkMe1]

What kind of bulb do i have to use ???

[Jdog7000]

I would LST them...topping I don't like .So I would bend it over a bit.
All you have to do is bend it down below the top and tye it down. Without breaking it. And continue to tye it down threw the stretch. Then let flower. This will increase your yield alot too.

[Stickyplant]

A CFL (compact flourencent) There are plenty of write ups on here about them. People make recommendations, but go with what you can afford. Any light is better than none.

See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp

[Stickyplant]

Jdog gives a good option as well, but that is tying the top of the plant down not just certain leaves... this also works for a lot of people on here!

[Jdog7000]

Isn't that what I said?

[SkunkMe1]

So i just tie all the fan leaves down leting the litle ones on the light (Cause i want to have a better yield too). Is that right cause i want to do it ? I dont quite understand tying the top down ???