lower branches

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ojitos1985

Well-Known Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #1

Hello roll it up comunity!, My grow is pretty good at the moment except i am noticing one thing, the lower branches are not flowering because of poor light, do i cut them down ?

 

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jesus of Cannabis

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Sep 6, 2011

• #2

i cut all branches on the lower 1/3 of my plant so the energy goes to the top.

 

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ojitos1985

Well-Known Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #3

does this stress the plant or something? is there a disadvantage?

 

Nusky

New Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #4

use em for clones

 

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ojitos1985

Well-Known Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #5

Nusky said:

use em for clones

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yes! i was thinking about that, i was wondering if its possible!

 

closetgrower69

Active Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #6

I have cfl's around the bottom of all my ladies, flowering or not. I intend on using the lower buds for butter, hash, etc. Not that J of C is wrong, they are your plants, do what you want! Happy growing!

 

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Destillat

Active Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #7

dude what are you lighting them with? Those plants are leggy as hell. Strip the bottom stems and use them for clones if you want to. It's possible but not ideal to take clones off of a flowering plant. How long have these been flowering? Get a better light asap and you might get something

 

smokinheavy79

New Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #8

yea they are really stretchy... you should try LST

 

DrFever

New Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #9

imo i would just leave it alone might get something out of them if not hash )

 

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tokenbrownguy

Active Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #10

What kind of lighting are you using? IMO, I'm surprised they haven't toppled over yet.

 

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ojitos1985

Well-Known Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #11

well actually the light it is 70watts HPS and 20watts (the tube).... it is really hard to "handle" the plant at the moment, the stem is really hard cant hardly move it... the most i could did is tie them to the side of the closet, you guys think it is a light issue? or they are just sativas?... because i always tried to keep the light the closest possible

 

Nusky

New Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #12

no its a light issue, with a 70 watt HPS I'm sure you could get the plant a couple inches from the light and slowly move it down to the floor. Your best bet is to buy a light reflector and hang it so you can control how high it is

 

nicrod

Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #13

yeah remove them to promote upper growth

 

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ojitos1985

Well-Known Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #14

ok this maybe dumb but, it is effective to put a light on the ground?

 

nicrod

Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #15

i think that would make the plant want to grow downwards?
if you think about it, plants grow towards the light, IE why plants grow to the sun.
ALSO i think the light on the ground may be too close and harm them more then being usefull..
just my oppinion though

 

Nusky

New Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #16

not all the way at the bottom but the sides are good. Only the top part of the leaf absorbs light so it'd have to twist around to get to it.

 

0011StealTH

Active Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #17

get clones
cut all the bottom branches

 

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tommyo3000

Well-Known Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #18

Yeah, quit messing around. Cut them off and clone them. They are wasting your plant's energy down there.

 

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tokenbrownguy

Active Member

Sep 6, 2011

• #19

70 watt hps...yea, nit gonna cut it...ESP at that height...I've researched, and a MINIMUM of 250 watt hps, is what should be used...and that's MINIMUM...as for MH, I'm not sure the wattage, but I would assume it would be slightly less than the hps...any who, good luck...I was also wondering what to do with lower leaves and branches, but my ladies are bushy as heck with tig ol bitties now...