First time growing with cfls

winkdogg420

winkdogg420

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I had three of em i chucked when i moved too! They have the cvs brand the kind you can put vapo rub in when your sick ..should be perfect in a small grow room!!
 
MurderAlley

MurderAlley

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Alright i have a decision to make and i need your help......Look at the plant in the attachment... It is a really fun plant to work with and it really responds well to the lst..i really like the strain but i flowered it way too soon and i have no clones... The branches are really spindly and the buds are just growing weird.....soooo.... should i..

a.) Try to cut off a bud and clone it

or

b.) clop off All the extra bud material but leave lowest/tiniest buds and revert the whole plant and use it as a mother???

This plant really wont make or break my crop but i just wanna know what someone else would do. And i am aware of the hermie risk
 

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winkdogg420

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Cut a couple long skinny branches without alot of bud and trim them a nice long clean stem 6-10" then stick them in soul and 18+hrs of light!! It will take a week to get back to revegg then a week to grow rooots but it will clone:) make as many as possible incase some dont make it!
 
winkdogg420

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Just re looked at her clip the bottom 4 branches leave the lollly pop top to finish! And clip off the lil buds too they will die when the branches go back to vegg:)
 
MurderAlley

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winkdogg420 said:
Just re looked at her clip the bottom 4 branches leave the lollly pop top to finish! And clip off the lil buds too they will die when the branches go back to vegg:)
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Im willing to compromise with that plan.. That top should still be fine without the rest of the plant to support it right?
 
winkdogg420

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The top will swell because its getting a whole plants worth of roots feeding it!! That 1 big mass will out way all those little branches! She will really fatten up!
 
MurderAlley

MurderAlley

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winkdogg420 said:
The top will swell because its getting a whole plants worth of roots feeding it!! That 1 big mass will out way all those little branches! She will really fatten up!
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ok so i was sold on it and i went to prepare to take te cuts and i pussied out.. I had already topped most of the branches weeks ago so its just a single branch with 2 buds on top and im unsure how much to get rid of.....If i clip off both those buds it will just be a stick with a couple leavesand nowhere for new growth????? SHould i then just cut like half the bud off and then throw em into 18hrs?
 
MurderAlley

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winkdogg420 said:
Try to get a better pic from straight on no angle i thought it was a main stalk and four branches??
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Here u go cant tell if these will help.. But maybee u can see what i mean, the buds are pretty much the only growth on the plant so would i have to leave the buds on in order to reveg
 

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winkdogg420

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haahaahaha just kidding but you can prob get 2-3 good cuts off her..in red i made marks for cuts cut closer to the stem i was just pointing out where i would take the cuts from ..leave the leafy material up at the tip and dip and burry all the way to the leaf..use sharp clean blade/scissors.. dont mist just keep the soil moist dome if possible..upside down 2-liters make goodd domes:)
 

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MurderAlley

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winkdogg420 said:
haahaahaha just kidding but you can prob get 2-3 good cuts off her..in red i made marks for cuts cut closer to the stem i was just pointing out where i would take the cuts from ..leave the leafy material up at the tip and dip and burry all the way to the leaf..use sharp clean blade/scissors.. dont mist just keep the soil moist dome if possible..upside down 2-liters make goodd domes:)
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Yeah i have really bad lighting in my house(most of my light bulbs stay in the closet) so i have to try and get all funky with the angles ....and my cam sux:lol: So on those cuts should i leave the buds on so they can reveg or prune em off
 
winkdogg420

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THEY WILL DIE ANYWAY SO CHOP EM.LEAVE THE LEAFAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE:) ...LIKE I SAID JUST STICKING THEM IN THE DIRT IS THE EASIEST WAY AND THATS HOW I BROUGHT BACK THE ww CUTS NOW THEY ARE ROOTED! KEEP MOIST NOT WET....
 
MurderAlley

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winkdogg420 said:
THEY WILL DIE ANYWAY SO CHOP EM.LEAVE THE LEAFAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE:) ...LIKE I SAID JUST STICKING THEM IN THE DIRT IS THE EASIEST WAY AND THATS HOW I BROUGHT BACK THE ww CUTS NOW THEY ARE ROOTED! KEEP MOIST NOT WET....
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yeah i caught on to that when i realized i was using peat pellets and no nutes in the water....So i mixed 1/2peat to 1/2 of the soil i use i started 4 of my other clones and they look great conpared to the peat pellets... Well alright im dividing her up tonight. Ill post pics of the carnage toorrow!
 
winkdogg420

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Light is light more the merrier...of coarse there are exceptions ...i.e. Halogen. What a shame so bright and so cheap:( i guess too much heat and wrong spectrum??
 
cincismoker

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sounds suficiant but down grading the light is not good. i know accidents happen ive broke tooooo many bulbs myself. but when u start flower you need to add light. mabey pick up a couple 48 watts cfls to throw in the mix if budget allows. im sure the added light would help pick up your growth. as for your re-veg ive never tried my self an would be kinda apprihencive to try my self get some more opions for sure
 
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