ww 5 weeks into flower little help?
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imrickjames
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Couldn't be more wrong, the plant uses the fan leaves to make food to grow. You need the fan leaves.
BloodyAmaurte
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Know dnt do this,
The leaves are the engines of the plant. They are adapted to bring together the raw materials, water, carbon dioxide and light to produce energy for the plant in the form of sugars (glucose) through photosynthesis. These sugars will then be transported from the leaves to use elsewhere in the plant.
The leaf does this in three basic stages:
1. Collecting light - The leaf uses pigments in the form of chlorophyll cells to capture the light energy.
2. Light dependent phase - The effect of light on the chlorophyll cell causes a flow of electrons which splits the water into hydrogen ions and oxygen.
3. Production of sugars - The hydrogen ions are used in the reduction of carbon dioxide to produce sugars (glucose)
Transpiration.
This is evaporation of water from the plant. This evaporation happens through tiny pores on the leaf surface called stomata and helps create a pressure gradient to draw new water up from the roots into the xylem, where nutrients (minerals) can be carried up the plant in the transpiration stream until they get to where they are needed. Here, they can diffuse or be transported into the cells where they are required. Evaporation (transpiration) helps keep the movement of water going up the plant, creating our main transport system, the transpiration stream.
Nutrient uptake and transport.
All plants need certain minerals which we call nutrients . We put them in a bottle and when mixed with water we have a nutrient solution which can be used to feed our plants. The nutrient solution can be absorbed through the leaves as a foliar spray but is more commonly applied to the roots and absorbed through the root hair cells through diffusion, osmosis and through proteins that span the root membrane.
Once into the plant via the root hairs, the water and nutrient molecules will move through and around root cells until the nutrients enter the xylem where the transpiration stream will transport them to where they are needed.
The nutrients and water are used at their destination to make more complex molecules and help perform normal metabolic functions. Water again reaches the leaves where it transpires from the plant and also goes to play it's part in photosynthesis, and the whole process starts all over again
I hope this helps m8
The leaves are the engines of the plant. They are adapted to bring together the raw materials, water, carbon dioxide and light to produce energy for the plant in the form of sugars (glucose) through photosynthesis. These sugars will then be transported from the leaves to use elsewhere in the plant.
The leaf does this in three basic stages:
1. Collecting light - The leaf uses pigments in the form of chlorophyll cells to capture the light energy.
2. Light dependent phase - The effect of light on the chlorophyll cell causes a flow of electrons which splits the water into hydrogen ions and oxygen.
3. Production of sugars - The hydrogen ions are used in the reduction of carbon dioxide to produce sugars (glucose)
Transpiration.
This is evaporation of water from the plant. This evaporation happens through tiny pores on the leaf surface called stomata and helps create a pressure gradient to draw new water up from the roots into the xylem, where nutrients (minerals) can be carried up the plant in the transpiration stream until they get to where they are needed. Here, they can diffuse or be transported into the cells where they are required. Evaporation (transpiration) helps keep the movement of water going up the plant, creating our main transport system, the transpiration stream.
Nutrient uptake and transport.
All plants need certain minerals which we call nutrients . We put them in a bottle and when mixed with water we have a nutrient solution which can be used to feed our plants. The nutrient solution can be absorbed through the leaves as a foliar spray but is more commonly applied to the roots and absorbed through the root hair cells through diffusion, osmosis and through proteins that span the root membrane.
Once into the plant via the root hairs, the water and nutrient molecules will move through and around root cells until the nutrients enter the xylem where the transpiration stream will transport them to where they are needed.
The nutrients and water are used at their destination to make more complex molecules and help perform normal metabolic functions. Water again reaches the leaves where it transpires from the plant and also goes to play it's part in photosynthesis, and the whole process starts all over again
I hope this helps m8
03boosted
Member
alright so all the big leaves it has through out the whole plant need to stay for bigger buds? is there anything else i should be doing im givin it fox farm big bloom and tiger bloom nutes
thank u i appreciate the help
BloodyAmaurte
Member
You should only cutting in early stages known as Nipping out.
This is only normally done on seed plants which tend to go straight up and are less bushy than cuttings. The effect of nipping the top shoot out would be to divert hormones and energy into the surrounding side branches and tips, which become stronger and bigger than they would otherwise have been, helping to have a bushier plant with more top shoots. In practical applications, this action can be performed to create multiple flowering sites.
This is only normally done on seed plants which tend to go straight up and are less bushy than cuttings. The effect of nipping the top shoot out would be to divert hormones and energy into the surrounding side branches and tips, which become stronger and bigger than they would otherwise have been, helping to have a bushier plant with more top shoots. In practical applications, this action can be performed to create multiple flowering sites.
Philo2
Active Member
There is some debate on this issue but I haven't found much of a difference in leaving the fan leaves on or taking them off. I take most of mine off just so they aren't shading the lower buds.
Most recent studies I have seen say that the fan leaves do not provide any energy to the buds. The buds get their energy from the trim leaves. The fan leaves are most important in the vegetative cycle and are for the most part useless during flowering.
Most recent studies I have seen say that the fan leaves do not provide any energy to the buds. The buds get their energy from the trim leaves. The fan leaves are most important in the vegetative cycle and are for the most part useless during flowering.
BloodyAmaurte
Member
Trust me on this i am on my 1st grow and made this mistake know i have buds but very few leaves this make me a sad farmer..
luvvin growin
Active Member
definately look into the FF addititives,thaey work wonders on the plants,really great response,no salt residue,goood shiiit.Great looking plant,really.