LED / CFL grow.... WW x BB....

well today starts the second week of flowering.... lots of pistils and great growth!! My first thread seemed to disappear so just a reminder.... 2 105w CFL 2700k and 2 100w lighthouse blackstars.... so far so good.... any advice or comments are always welcome!!

sorry..... forgot the pic!!! here she is lol

Looks healthy. Im interested in this cross. What breeder is it from?

thx for the compliment!!! It's from female seeds... via seedboutique.com..... has grown super bushy from the get-go... very low maintenance so far... having said that she has been treated well.... fox farm nutes and soil, etc

Day 15 or 16 of flowering.... had her out to clean up some dropped leaves so snapped a few pics.... getting exciting!!!!!!

Always love any feedback!!! good or bad.... suggestions... you name it~

Looking good! What's your medium, and what's your feeding schedule like (frequency, nutrients, etc.)?

ty puffenuff... almost scary how good it seems to be going... almost waiting for something to go wrong.. lol~! At transplant I went to an ocean forest (80%) peat (10%) and perlite (10%) mix... just kind of a random mix I came up with from a few journals I was following on here. Drainage is great and she seems happy.... as for nutes been following the marijuana grow guides fox farm schedule to the tee and have been very happy as well!! http://www.marijuanagrowguide.net/Soil.html
I'll keep posting pics and ty so much for the input!!!

Day 19 of flowering... usually water every 3 days but she was def thirsty today after 2.... is this normal??? anyway... lots of good things going on she's def going through a lil stretch period. As always would love and comments or feedback!!

Yeah, in bloom you will often find yourself needing to water more frequently. Might consider trimming off some undergrowth or tucking away some big fan leaves to get more light to the lower budsites. Looking good though!

Puffenuff.... I'm glad you mentioned that.... I actually have new shoots coming out from the base of the stem.... I would liken them to the "suckers" I get on my tomato plants.... I was tempted to cut them but was afraid to rock the boat.... what do you think??? they cant be contributing anything to the plant... I just dont want to stress it or anything...

if you look close in the enlarged pic you can see one.... it's much brighter green.... just a straggly little shoot coming out from the stem... I would guess there are three of them....

Puff I don't mean to keep posting but I trust your opinion, so everything you say has my wheels spinning....lol! please tell me about trimming the undergrowth and fan leaves??? I have seen people on both sides of this fence but if you tell me to do something I'll def do it.... I looked into lollipopping because it just seems like there is so much unnecessary shit going on at the base of this plant.... but most people say to just leave it alone once it's flowering... I guess I should have done it earlier???

Yeah you're probably going to want to remove those little popcorn bud sites; they're harder to harvest and take away potential energy from the larger, higher main colas. When you cut these what basically happens is that the main colas get huge because now the plant is using all of its energy on them. Whereas before it was split between the main colas and the smaller bud sites. The key though is to do this gradually because as you guessed this can definitely stress a plant. What I would do is trim away in levels and just work your way up. Also take note of where the light is actually penetrating the canopy/leaves. If they're not getting much light, they're not going to be worth it come harvest time.

IF you're going to remove any, I'd say do it sooner rather than later. When the plant is in its later weeks of flowering you're going to want it fully devoted to bud development, instead of dealing with bud sites getting removed from it.

She looks beautiful by the way!

Oh also, while I did say that because you're already in flowering, the trimming of smaller bud sites is definitely better for the vegetative phase. This lets the plant recover if you happen to take too much foliage, and allows it some time to grow into its shape

sky said it very well. If you think there's useless growth, trim it gradually. You don't want to cause shock especially during flower. Yeah, I'd say it's too late to lollipop. You should be ok to remove one of those suckers at a time. I'd probably do one per day every two days and then start tucking fan leaves, spreading out the branches some and opening her up so more light gets in.

Many thanks!!! I'm going to snip one when she "wakes up" and then the other few over the next week. I'll keep you posted~ ty again guys!

Day 23 of flowering.... picked up a 150w HPS which will go into the mix as soon as the new tent gets here... should be monday~ can't wait!! anyway here's a few pics... did some light trimming as suggested at the base of the plant.... so far she seems to be doing great... any comments or feedback always appreciated... ty!

Looking good donnie! keep it up, looking forward to seeing that girl fill in. Glad to hear the light pruning went well.

as always many thanks Puff.... things seem right on sched... noticed the first sign of trichs today... another exciting moment...lol!!! so I'm guessing she didnt stress too much when I chopped off a few of the suckers.... took 4 in all and I think I'm done.... dont want to push my luck~ I'll get some pics up when the new bulb goes in.... ty again!

I heard you don't want to do anything to the plant after 20ish day of flowering , you would be bordeline alright if you were to cut some more. I trimmed my plants really well at day 20 flowering, no signs of shocking them and the main buds are getting really nice.