Update...& Huge Thank You!

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Japedo

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First off...

I'd like to thank those that responded to my thread!

Secondly...

My plants are doing wonderfully they are now 1 week 2 days into flowering and both of my plants are Female...Which was a huge unexpected thing...
It's hard to see from my camera the little pistils from the plants, I'll try to get better pics up at the end of the week.

I took the bottoms from both of the pots. Which was also an improvement!

I did make a huge booboo in over nute but fixed that problem. I flushed as soon as I seen the leaves browning and drying up.
As mentioned above they are doing well.

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Phinxter

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very nice and glad to hear your plants are doing so much better ... they definatly dont look like they are dying and with the exception of a few bad leaf tips they look great
 
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Oh yeah I forgot...

The fan leaves that are damaged should I prune them off or leave them?
I realize they are doing a lot of work for the plant or rather should be but maybe because of the damage they may not be? And the energy being used to repair maybe would be put to better use for the rest of the plant?

But I'm not sure so..... therefore I hesitate and patiently await a response!
 
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Well if they still have green and aren't hanging limp, why not leave them for now. Every bit of ligth energy your plant can get, the better. And your plant won't be using extra resources to heal the leaf. Once a leaf is damaged to the point where it can't absorb and process light it curls up and falls off. Your plant would would slow up and use only use resources to heal a broken stem. you usually only remove fan leaves when they are covering up bud sites or if there is a chance of mold happening when you grow your plants in a tight space and need maximum air flow. SOme guys like to trim alot of the leaves off in the final couple of weeks of bud but I think the only gain is the possible extra exposure the bud might get if the leaf was covering up that area in the first place.<:)
 
desertrat

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Japedo said:
Oh yeah I forgot...

The fan leaves that are damaged should I prune them off or leave them?
I realize they are doing a lot of work for the plant or rather should be but maybe because of the damage they may not be? And the energy being used to repair maybe would be put to better use for the rest of the plant?

But I'm not sure so..... therefore I hesitate and patiently await a response!
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its great to see your plants doing well. no, don;t cut a leaf unless there is no green left.
 
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desertrat said:
its great to see your plants doing well. no, don;t cut a leaf unless there is no green left.
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madbiker69 said:
Well if they still have green and aren't hanging limp, why not leave them for now. Every bit of ligth energy your plant can get, the better. And your plant won't be using extra resources to heal the leaf. Once a leaf is damaged to the point where it can't absorb and process light it curls up and falls off. Your plant would would slow up and use only use resources to heal a broken stem. you usually only remove fan leaves when they are covering up bud sites or if there is a chance of mold happening when you grow your plants in a tight space and need maximum air flow. SOme guys like to trim alot of the leaves off in the final couple of weeks of bud but I think the only gain is the possible extra exposure the bud might get if the leaf was covering up that area in the first place.<:)
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K...I won't prune off the brown or dried up looking ones on the tip. I'll leave them be.

I also made another change and put each potter in a metal container :)
I had read someone's post where they were doing a grow in a garbage can to spread light so I thought what the hey I'll give it try!

I did take notice though the plant that was smaller and still is...is bushier than the other one but I believe that is due to the grow light there. I guess at some point I'll have to get another.

I had planned for now to rotate the two pots and give each a week under the grow light. That may not be a good idea. Each plant should I think have a grow light and definitely different cfls. I broke the only other good light source I had. :(
 
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desertrat

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Japedo said:
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I also made another change and put each potter in a metal container :)
I had read someone's post where they were doing a grow in a garbage can to spread light so I thought what the hey I'll give it try!

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slow down there cowboy. not all advice is equal. for instance, don;t trust me when i'm baked, i make shit up.

that said - i don't like the metal container idea. how are you getting excess water out of the bottom? how are you getting a sufficient breeze to the plants? don't they get hot surrounded by metal?
 
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desertrat said:
slow down there cowboy. not all advice is equal. for instance, don;t trust me when i'm baked, i make shit up.

that said - i don't like the metal container idea. how are you getting excess water out of the bottom? how are you getting a sufficient breeze to the plants? don't they get hot surrounded by metal?
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Hmmm yeah I'd thought about that too..the excess water that is. Maybe the cans are not such a good idea.

I'll just leave a good thing be.

But they are not completely surrounded by metal since they are not garbage cans but bushel buckets, plus I've had a fan blowing on them since just about the beginning.
As to heat that's not an issue and I'm not taking your advice lightly but the area surrounding the pots is very roomy.
 
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desertrat

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Japedo said:
Hmmm yeah I'd thought about that too..the excess water that is. Maybe the cans are not such a good idea.

I'll just leave a good thing be.

But they are not completely surrounded by metal since they are not garbage cans but bushel buckets, plus I've had a fan blowing on them since just about the beginning.
As to heat that's not an issue and I'm not taking your advice lightly but the area surrounding the pots is very roomy.
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the excess water was my main issue as i've seen other people do similar things and have problems with root rot and the like. sounds like you're good to go.

edit: you can put the pots on something while still in the bushels so that the bottom of the pot is above the level of excess water
 
madbiker69

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You defintely have to watchout for root rot if you have your pots in a container to catch the excess water....
But... Alot also depends on the size of pots you are using as well. If you are using smaller pots (8" for example with a soil mix that drains water efectively) that excess water will probably end up being used by your plant. Just a thought...
You might want to monitor how often you have to water. Amount of water used and how long it takes for the excess water to disappear. More than a day ,,you need to slack up a bit on how much you giving them..
 
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Japedo

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I suppose that didn't come off right.

My above post that is...

I decided to take them out of the bushel buckets and leave them free standing on what they were on allowing for the air flow to the bottom of the pots as suggested before and they picked up nicely and did well. So I'll not mess anymore with a good thing and leave things be.

UGH I do have to say though...after flushing them...I gave them a bit more nutes the other day I believe it was...I notice today a bit more yellowing at the tips on a few leaves. What would you guys suggest? Probably the clearest thing is not to give them anymore nutes.
Should I flush them again?

I'll have to read up on that and see where I'm goofin' up.
 
desertrat

desertrat

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no worries.

i woud give them a couple of days without doing too much and see if they recover on their own
 
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Japedo

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Update pics on my girls. They will be 5 weeks into flowering on Monday!

The first 4 pictures are of plant 1...the smaller of the two...the next 5 are plant 2 the larger one.

I did not measure them I kinda think they are the same height it's only been a few days. ;-)
 

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