Yea, I guess it's more about what your goal is. I'm a personal stash guy so getting 4 or 5 oz's off a plant without using any advanced techniques keeps me flush.
First off, thanks for getting me over from the Alien Tech Sector.
See how he is cutting through the middle of the lower mass?
Ah, great idea, and that is but one reason. The main reason is the plant feeds on CO2 and will deplete that around each leaf very quickly in still air. Another reason is heat distribution and exhaust of heat.
thanks you all, this is all helpful, unfortunately i think my plants are coming to a short life in veg stage. i am starting from seed all over again. i literally birthed and killed about 50 plants so far without success from trying too risky methods with out taking time i have learn through my short experience that growing cannabis takes much patience it isn't as quick as calling my weed man up for a couple grams when i need it. so i will post in a few weeks when I'm back to veggingFirst off, thanks for getting me over from the Alien Tech Sector.
-your tap water? What is the PPM of your tap water? When I had problems like this I called the City and found I had 400 ppm tap water. Too much! Start with distilled water and add 1/5 the recommended of Clonex or another starter food. That should bring you to about 200 ppm.
My rule of thumb is +100 ppm feed for every 6 inches of growth. This is how you can feed a 4 foot plant, at 800 ppm without any problems. You can go even more than that after you know what you are doing. You NEED a PPM meter. But, once you understand the pH effects of the feed in your water, you can just add a pH balance without measuring pH very often. I wasted so much money on pH measurement equipment.
The best topping I think, is FIM. " F**K! I missed."
wish me luck this time and i will post question before taking risky precautionsI started with 4 plants, I currently have 2 alive, the 2 that are dead is because the where males, just do the proper research and you will be finethanks you all, this is all helpful, unfortunately i think my plants are coming to a short life in veg stage. i am starting from seed all over again. i literally birthed and killed about 50 plants so far without success from trying too risky methods with out taking time i have learn through my short experience that growing cannabis takes much patience it isn't as quick as calling my weed man up for a couple grams when i need it. so i will post in a few weeks when I'm back to vegging
Get roots and never drown them. May the Force be with you.thanks you all, this is all helpful, unfortunately i think my plants are coming to a short life in veg stage. i am starting from seed all over again. i literally birthed and killed about 50 plants so far without success from trying too risky methods with out taking time i have learn through my short experience that growing cannabis takes much patience it isn't as quick as calling my weed man up for a couple grams when i need it. so i will post in a few weeks when I'm back to vegging
That .... and because most of a plants mass comes from the air. The cannabis literally uses the carbon in the air as raw material to build itself.
I got a bean from a good friend last year, and ended up with over 4 1/4 oz. from that one plant under just 300+w of CFL's, so it CAN be done.
Nice to see you around, i heard you had gone awol
That one, I only vegged for 30 days, at 18/6 under mixed 5000k and 2700k CFL's, after realizing my previous grow that the ones I did for 45 days and 60 days did not seem to produce a noticeable amount more than the 30 day plant, but another thing to consider, is I almost NEVER do more than one plant of the same strain, so that could be it too.
Actually, if you do it right, there is big points, it creates new tops, it is actually quite effect depending on the grower as well though, space, and light, For instance, Topping responds well to users growing with CFL's, they can create multiple tops and trim the underbrush, and still get awesome yields. Although if I had a 600w + HPS, I don't see an overall need to top, Rather I would scrog or something of that effect personally.