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Hey all, my plants are at week 15 and I'm starting to flush.

But my light only penetrates the first foot of my crop it's so dense and in

A small area...

Can I harvest my colas and keep flushing my unripe buds and let them mature?

Yes... I do it all the time, and would suggest getting every bud u can to mature, and although u need to flush it before u take the tops, u can re-feed it with some P-rich teas, after the tops r harvested, and let the bottom growth mature, and then chop it all, after yet another flush... Week 15? Must be a long flowering Sativa, like I have a couple of at week 5 right now... I also have some knarley hybrids that I bred myself, but I love the big ol' sats... If u r having light penetration issues, however, for your next grow, I'd consider not only using HPS for my main flowering light(s), but also get a MH for deeper penetration, as well as more trichome production, as this is the plant's natural response to UV radiation, which MH's do emit some of, resulting in tighter internodal spacing, as well as more potent medicine... And when u use both types of HIDs in conjunction, like I do, with more MH than HPS during veg, and more HPS than MH during flowering, you will notice much happier plants, by increased vigor, growth, size, potency, and yield... And if u can add a CO2 system, even a small, "clandestine" setup, like a fermentation style rig, u will notice an even greater difference than if it were not there...

The main reason most folks just take em all down when the tops r ready is because they likely have a perpetual garden schedule in place, and simply diont have the time, patience, or space to allow the younger buds to develop... But, if u have the time and all, it'll be worth it in the end... What is it they say?- "Waste not, want not..." I believe... And dont forget to use all of your resin-laden trim and loose stigmas to make some good ol' ice hash, and kief, and ganjabutter, to really maximize your efforts...

GanjaGod420000 said:

The main reason most folks just take em all down when the tops r ready is because they likely have a perpetual garden schedule in place, and simply diont have the time, patience, or space to allow the younger buds to develop... But, if u have the time and all, it'll be worth it in the end... What is it they say?- "Waste not, want not..." I believe... And dont forget to use all of your resin-laden trim and loose stigmas to make some good ol' ice hash, and kief, and ganjabutter, to really maximize your efforts...

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All of my questions are now awnsered thanks buddy!

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I posted this in another thread on lighting with MH and HPS, but I'll make a brief point here. The Lighting industry does not go far enough to explain that both MH and HPS should be used together, at different ratios through both of the plants cycles. You walk into your local grow store and they say all you need to do is flip this swicth and change the lamp thats it. You think if they did inform the folks about using both they would sell more ballasts and lamps. Doesn't make sense.

most growers who are in it for more than just to smoke, whether its to make $$ or growing for patients, know that fact.
they just dont want to spend more on both, and most growers i know dont use MH anymore period.

i would love to run both, but 1: my power currently doesnt give me that leeway, and 2: my grow style has been in rapid change, until i get things set, i dont want to mess with more variables

sure you could just take half and do MH, but I would rather keep my amount of HPS that i see fit to grow with, and add in the MH on top of that, maybe a lower wattage.

The way to +rep someone, is to go to whichever post that person put up, and then click onto the Jewish-star shaped-icon at the bottom left of the window, and write the reason(s) why they should be given rep, and thatz it, buddy... Thanks a million... Hope my ideas help you now and in future grows... )

Valron said:

All of my questions are now awnsered thanks buddy!

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I couldn't agree any more, man... Well said... This is the ONLY way to do it, if one is going to attempt to cultivate mj...

Hucklberry said:

I posted this in another thread on lighting with MH and HPS, but I'll make a brief point here. The Lighting industry does not go far enough to explain that both MH and HPS should be used together, at different ratios through both of the plants cycles. You walk into your local grow store and they say all you need to do is flip this swicth and change the lamp thats it. You think if they did inform the folks about using both they would sell more ballasts and lamps. Doesn't make sense.

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