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pityrules

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Baner said:
Hi,

Can anyone guide me in the right direction? Im on my 3rd grow and I wanna know if I should trim my girls when they get bushy?

After reading many post I still dont have a clear answer. Can someone help?
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I have read mixed information as well. According my my 'grow bible', leaves should remain until they are at least 1/2 dead because they still provide valuable photosynthesizing surface area and give more than they take from the plant.:weed:
I am tempted to trim them on my plant because of traditional gardening experience but with my regular garden it is more about aesthetics than product, plus they are the biggest and healthiest leaves, and I think that my mama plant likes having her fan leaves.

I speculate that if you use healthy soil and nutrients the plant shouldn't have to 'take away' from the bud to provide for the leaves.

Hope this helps.
 
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pityrules

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mudd1280 said:
got a quick question as to watering. Is it better to water so that 10 to 20% of the water runs out the bottum or should i "dose" the girls out? thanks for the info
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I am not sure what dosing out means but my plants seem to like it when their soil gets dry between waterings, enough that if I poke my finger in the dirt I dont feel moisture, then I water them with nutes and filtered room temperature water until it drains out the bottom in a steady stream and the dirt is clearly saturated.

Once dirt reaches maximum saturation (when the water drains out the bottom) watering more doesn't really do much but wash nutes away.

Allowing the dirt to dry out a bit between waterings encourages root growth, as they grow to seek out the water
 
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pityrules

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Am I Norml said:
OK i posted some pic's a while back and just thought id update a little
This is a CFL grow pushing 5400K its basically just a bunch of mommy's (northern lights/big-bud seed cross i get from a friend of mine) getting big enough to clone while I'm slowly building my new growing environment. I'm using 2 full daylight spectrum tubes (made to simulate daytime for lizards) and one CFL bulb (soft white) for the lighting on a modified tube hood and man does it pump out some light, and the girlz LOVE IT !!

cool how you made your light set-up! was it less expensive than ballast/MH setup (maybe 400 bux), or was it just because you had the lights handy?
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Am I Norml

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pityrules said:
Am I Norml said:
OK i posted some pic's a while back and just thought id update a little
This is a CFL grow pushing 5400K its basically just a bunch of mommy's (northern lights/big-bud seed cross i get from a friend of mine) getting big enough to clone while I'm slowly building my new growing environment. I'm using 2 full daylight spectrum tubes (made to simulate daytime for lizards) and one CFL bulb (soft white) for the lighting on a modified tube hood and man does it pump out some light, and the girlz LOVE IT !!

cool how you made your light set-up! was it less expensive than ballast/MH setup (maybe 400 bux), or was it just because you had the lights handy?
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400 BUX !! Lordy that's a whole lot-ta money lol !! to answer your questions in a word .. YES .. its alot cheaper running cfl's than it is for about any other type of lights.
i have 12 dollars in the hood then the tube lights are 15 dollars apiece at the pet store and the socket for the spiral cfl is 8 dollars for the shoplight i canabalized for the socket and then i get a pack of 3 100 wat spiral cfl's for 6 bucks at walmart. then just a little creative wiring and bingo one grow hood that has been growing 8 plants like crazy. 56 bucks for a killer grow light that i can run 4 inches off the tops of the plants and gives me killer penetration to all the leaves and doesn't run my electric bill sky high. :):weed:
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Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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I did some revising to my cfl grow light .. i didn't like how the 100 watt cfl was dangling down like that so i got out the trusty tin snips and the drill and used the wire cover off the bottom of the light to make a bracket to hold it up and allowing me to lower the light more because i was having to keep it about a foot off the plant and my Girlz like it better when its close up and personal :) here is the new revised CFL grow light setup and i think it looks more compact and functional now.




Much better don't you think :)

this is before i added the 100 watt to it ..



This is 2 days after ..



All in all the bracket made a world of difference i think and also uses the hood more to focus and really spread the light to the plants more :)

Amazing what Pot-Head ingenuity can do lol
 
Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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Just for the record i have a old ass piece of shit 2 mega pixel camera that is 2 days older than god himself and the dates on the pictures aren't the actual date of the photo taken .. the stupid thing just randomly puts a date on it and i cant seem to get it to stop doing it so please bear with me on that :)

Oh well time for a coffee and a nice fat Joint ... Later Peeps !!
 
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StAlKeR

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Hello everyone
im new here and thought this seems like a nice site full of lots of info so thought i should sign up and share some of my own diy things ive made and share them around for others to enjoy just like i have and still do.
Anyways a little about me.
I am 24 years of age and live in Western Australia and have been growing outdoors hydropinic styles for a few years and now i have my first younge plants indoors under a 600w hps light finding it rather interesting so far so yea hope to get to know some cool people here and share some thoughts around.
See you guys and ladies around :)
 
crypt kine

crypt kine

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hi guys new grower from big island hawaii here. I've been through 2 growing seasons outdoor at home now using 24 hr light for vegging(sunlight in the day and 4ft florescents at night) and regular sunlight for flowering. Im working with a white widow clones givin to me from a local grower that he seems pretty satisfied with. i havnt used a mother yet, i just clone the ones i have before they flower. now i have long season comming up (mar-oct) and i ordered 4 strains(purple power,afgan,purple princess,bubblegum) that i plan on growing in the wild. I have a spot picked out and ill be going to break ground soon. I plan on making a journal on here for my grow.
 
sk8ntoke

sk8ntoke

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hey guys im new to the forums my bro is a expert grower i smoke it alot but im trying to learn how to start growing my first plant i think these forums will help:bigjoint:
 
mudd1280

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pityrules said:
I am not sure what dosing out means but my plants seem to like it when their soil gets dry between waterings, enough that if I poke my finger in the dirt I dont feel moisture, then I water them with nutes and filtered room temperature water until it drains out the bottom in a steady stream and the dirt is clearly saturated.

Once dirt reaches maximum saturation (when the water drains out the bottom) watering more doesn't really do much but wash nutes away.

Allowing the dirt to dry out a bit between waterings encourages root growth, as they grow to seek out the water
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i mean dosing as instead of giving it a gallon of water for a 3 gallon pot, only give it enough water to get the dirt wet and do it more then twice a week. in everything i read one says to let water overflow 10 to 20% and the next one says to only give first week cuttings half a liter i just want to know what the everyday person thinks
 
Am I Norml

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mudd1280 said:
i mean dosing as instead of giving it a gallon of water for a 3 gallon pot, only give it enough water to get the dirt wet and do it more then twice a week. in everything i read one says to let water overflow 10 to 20% and the next one says to only give first week cuttings half a liter i just want to know what the everyday person thinks
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If your talking about plant maintenance such as keeping the nutrient levels down and the salt build up down i would go with the 10-20% rule but if your talking about flushing the plant before harvest time id go with at least a gallon extra per pot volume but only do it a couple times don't want to drown the girls just get their feet wet lol.

i know this is how i do it and my info came from a hard core grower in my area and its always worked awesome for me. flushing like that allows me to also reuse my dirt for 2-3 grows before i have to re-compost it just have to watch when the dirt starts to wear out and nute it accordingly. Hope it helps ya !! :) Peace ..:weed:
 
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Catogenic

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Growing for the first time at the moment and finding loads of helpful advice here.
Really enjoying it so far and looking forward to getting better at it
But mostly I'm just looking forward the results....
Thanks everyone who put up grow guides, i've read them all and found them really helpful
 
dkgremlin

dkgremlin

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hello all, I just recently stumbled across this site, just wanted to thank everyone for all the usfull information i have read sofar and to come, its helped my lovely ladies remarkably.
 
green finger 1

green finger 1

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hi all just a quick one need to no some info on dutch passion (snowstorm) and (taiga) recently purchesed from my local head shop wanted to get lowryder 2 but they had sold out :-? eny info would be good will show pics sooon on how they gettin on thanksssss.
 
Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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mudd1280 said:
yeah but i've noticed that i get more plant growth from only giving the plants a little at a time
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lol i think you misinterpreted what i was saying its all good tho ... when i water i don't do the 10 to 20% thing on every watering .. maybe every 3 to 4 waterings just for soil maintenance to keep the salts down then flood them a couple times right at the end of flowering to flush the plant out so you don't get that fukt up plant food taste in your product. but otherwise i just give a little to moisten the soil and then let them dry clear out .. your right .. it does promote some nice growth .. but don't drown them constantly or you will have nothing but mold and root rot ... which i am sure you already knew .. seriously tho when it comes to watering i think everyone does it differently so if it seems good and your girlz love it .. if it aint broke dont fix it :) go with your instincts and listen to your plants they will tell you what they need :) now here...hit this fucker before it goes out bongsmilie :)
 
Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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Slayxr said:
Hey,

I'm Slayxr, hope to start growing some bud for personal use. I rest my head in Michigan.
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are you a grow box grower, a closet grower, a growing room operator, or just toss them in the back yard and try to keep the neighbors from finding your stash grower ??

welcome to the forum tho man .. tons of good stuff to learn here :)
 
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