damn dude, don't know how I wasn't following this grow before Drella. my bad man! glad I found it when I did
definitely scribed now tho and looks like things are starting to get very interesting
they for sure are brother, don't feel bad. i been folowwing yours b/c we got similar setups, this should be a good one! pull up a chair mang!
Looking great Drella. Yes, just keep the light about 18" above the canopy so that the light can 'spread' out evenly across all the plants. I used to try to keep it lower for more lumens, which I thought would equal more yield. But trust me, it works much better with the light up a bit so it can spread and this way you never have to worry about heat-stressing/light-bleaching your tops either.
Put the tallest plants in the corners, the shorter plants in the middle, put them in a circle kinda, spread out evenly, with the light about 18" above the middle. Then, trim off any big fan leaves that you have that grow INWARD on the plant and are obstructing lower areas from getting light. Leave all the big fans around the outside edges of the plant and the outside 'ring' if you will of plants (your lighting footprint). Fan leaves that aren't obstructing anything (i.e., around the outside edges of the garden 'ring') should not be cut.
I trim leaves off all the time, and it doesn't hurt the plant at all. THIS is what trimming off the big fans on the top half of the plant will give you. Leave the bottom half. Big. Rockhard. Nugs.
ill defnitely benefit from yours trials DC! the lights gonna stay 18" away! i like the theory of tall plants to the outside, i always wondered how the canopy of light should be disbursed. i cut like 10-15 fan leaves off my four plants in bloom, those nugs underneath are gonna love it! i only cut leaves on the inside, like you said, it makes sense!
basically ive admired your grows from the beginning DC, your one of the few who got it dialed in! i also love how some of your opinions differ from the mainstream, were similar in a lot of ways, thanks bro! BTW, theres always room for your bud porn on my thread!
Sativas have a nice high, I just can't stand the A)lengthiness of them B)the extra 2-3 weeks of flowering they need and C) the reduced yield compared to a Indica of the same age. I guess you could always go with a 70/30 or 50/50 and reduce these effects though. I'm impatient at this point in my life what can i say lol
i know! sativas are so frustrating! to be honest tho, i think ill always have at least one in bloom, no more than that though!
i know what you mean about impatience!
Did you leave some plants with all the leaves on the top half? It doesn't make sense that by removing the leaves from the top half of the plant would result in bigger buds, it just doesn't work that way
I can bet that if you left a plant untouched it would have yielded even more than the ones that were touched
The plants need the sun/fan leaves to adsorb light and combine it with co2 and h2o to go through photosynthesis
The leaves need the light, not the buds
The leaves absorbing the light along with co2 and h2o will make glucose (C6H12O6)
h2o + co2 + light = C6H12O6 or glucose a simple sugar that feeds the plant
defintely true statements tom_420, thanks for the advice! i trimmed some of my inside fan leaves simply because i want the nugs that i let stay on this plant, (i mean the ones that survived the last undergrowth trimming) to be big like the rest of the nugs. weird how there are two contridicting basic opionions in growing, 1-undergrowth is always gonna yield small, just cut it off, consintrate energy to the top! and 2- fan leaves are the lifeline to Cannabus!
damn drella u got sum lanky lady there. sativa is always gonna b taller but lookin good!
the whole leaf trimming theory is gonna be a mess. everyones gonna have their own methods and good arguments both sides. ull just have to experiment and find wat u like. all natural makes sense, but then so does cleanin up the plant to avoid future issues; (fungi pest humidity etc) so better to have sum nug then no nug. but gotta figure shit out for urself. theres plenty of growers on here with good and bad experience to share and help ya learn
yeah thats why i love growing, and this site. everyone here just wants to help and learn. you guys all rock in my book!
Amen to that!
That's why I never remove any leaves from my plants, let nature take it's course, your only job is to play god
Terror, i respect your disipline and green efforts. your grows are sick bro! your grows really resemble nature, mine have a little twist. i love experimenting, and the "fun" in growing. im always gonna try new things. one day i hope to have the method "dialed in" but right now im having fun! thanks dude!
