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Hello everyone. I'm a home growing novice from Massachusetts. Admittedly, I bought these plants with the attitude of "I've been gardening for 15 years, I'll figure it out". Clearly a bad idea. As I
researched the web I realized that I was far too confident. I think these plants should have been pruned a lot more when they were young. They're about 6 weeks old (I got them a week ago) I feel like I should be making them much shorter and stockier by removing the fan leaves, but I don't want to kill them. I need to put them in a bigger pot, but I want to get them trimmed (if you all recommend it) before I make the change. I'm happy to share my bread making knowledge for free to anyone willing to help me with what I should do here. I actually do know what I'm doing in bread baking. :) Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Looks like they are stretching for the light.
What light are you using? How high above the plants and what is it dimmed to?

There's a debate on defoliating but I'm not going to get into that but what I will say is just let them grow and don't worry about defoliation.
Get a couple grows under your belt, get the hang of topping and training. Once you feel more confident then you can decide if you want to experiment with defoliation.

What are they growing in? Do you have nutrients you're giving them?

Other then being stretched, they don't look to bad from what I can see from the pictures.
 
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They arrived this way and I agree, they are reaching for the light. I just got the light today, it's from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089CR9N5X/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
I had it at it's highest today (100). I really don't know what I'm doing, but I'm doing a ton of research and reading and so thankful to everyone sharing their knowledge. I am adding Myco Supreme and Mikro-Root to the soil when I transplant them. They came in coco coir, but I will be transplanting them into soil. The stuff on top is just cinnamon because I could see some fungus growth and a couple of fungus gnats and I was trying to combat that situation. Thank you for the advice. I might trim 1 and not the others as an experiment. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. :)
 
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u need to lettem grow a bit then i would top every top & let it fan out, there isnt much to trim leaf wise, transplant them into at least 3 to 5 gal pots, wait about 3 weeks then top every top IMO...
 
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jetbtkng said:
u need to lettem grow a bit then i would top every top & let it fan out, there isnt much to trim leaf wise, transplant them into at least 3 to 5 gal pots, wait about 3 weeks then top every top IMO...
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Thank you!
 
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Newty said:
Looks like they are stretching for the light.
What light are you using? How high above the plants and what is it dimmed to?

There's a debate on defoliating but I'm not going to get into that but what I will say is just let them grow and don't worry about defoliation.
Get a couple grows under your belt, get the hang of topping and training. Once you feel more confident then you can decide if you want to experiment with defoliation.

What are they growing in? Do you have nutrients you're giving them?

Other then being stretched, they don't look to bad from what I can see from the pictures.
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I just wanted to say thank you for telling me to just let them grow. As a newbie I was too intimidated to and some of them are now almost 10 feet tall. :)
 
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Hello and welcome. I would not remove any leaves because they don't have many. A bigger pot would help. You can bury then a few inches to try and offset the stretch. You could possibly pinch them to slow them down a bit and promote a little lateral growth. My first thought was LST but that's a little tricky for a first time grower. Good luck
 
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bostonrocks said:
I just wanted to say thank you for telling me to just let them grow. As a newbie I was too intimidated to and some of them are now almost 10 feet tall. :)
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That sounds horrible if you’re growing indoor. You’re still dealing with inverse-square law of light. How tall are your ceilings because most plants stretch 2-3x in veg.

If I were you I’d look into training. Fim, Lst, topping, super cropping, scrogging etc.
 
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dextr0 said:
That sounds horrible if you’re growing indoor. You’re still dealing with inverse-square law of light. How tall are your ceilings because most plants stretch 2-3x in veg.

If I were you I’d look into training. Fim, Lst, topping, super cropping, scrogging etc.
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This is an old post. I moved the plants outside a long time ago. I was just saying thank you to the person that replied to me back in April. Apparently I've renewed the thread by accident. I've attached a pic of my bud from this past Saturday to hopefully let people realize since you're the 2nd person to reply. Sorry, I guess I shouldn't have said thank you to an old post. My bad.
 

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bostonrocks said:
This is an old post. I moved the plants outside a long time ago. I was just saying thank you to the person that replied to me back in April. Apparently I've renewed the thread by accident. I've attached a pic of my bud from this past Saturday to hopefully let people realize since you're the 2nd person to reply. Sorry, I guess I shouldn't have said thank you to an old post. My bad.
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😂. It’s ok I guess.
 
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bostonrocks said:
I feel like a moron. I have no idea where to post my new question.
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Right here. It’s your thread keep it running.

While you’re at it post some pics of that 10 footer. I’d love to see what you did so far with the plants.

edit: there’s a grow diary thread you can post on too.
 
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Don't feel silly or awkward. We were all new here once. Forums are a bit strange in their layout. You are fine to ask here, thank anyone you want, or start a new thread. With new interaction of this post, it just sent this post to the top of the most recent post. That's all.

Congratulations on your first grow and making it this far outdoors. Cheers to making it to the finish line.
 
#14
Okay thank you. Here goes:
Are any of you experienced growers able to help me figure out what week I'm in for bud growth? I noticed buds on 8/17 (1st pic taken with iPhone). 2nd pic was taken Saturday 9/7 (this pic was taken with my macro lens so you can zoom in if it helps determine the bud age). This is a sativa plant about 8-9 feet tall. I would love to know what week this pic might suggest the bud is. I've read I need to change the nutrients as the buds get older. Any help would be greatly appreciated. First time grower and I've read so much helpful stuff on this site.
I'll upload a pic of the whole plants tomorrow. I don't have any recent ones. I've been concentrating on the buds. They are in 20 gallon grow bags.
Thank you! Thank you!
 

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Organic13 said:
Don't feel silly or awkward. We were all new here once. Forums are a bit strange in their layout. You are fine to ask here, thank anyone you want, or start a new thread. With new interaction of this post, it just sent this post to the top of the most recent post. That's all.

Congratulations on your first grow and making it this far outdoors. Cheers to making it to the finish line
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Thank you! I'm going to see if I can figure out how to delete my other post so I don't waste peoples time. :)
 
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dextr0 said:
Right here. It’s your thread keep it running.

While you’re at it post some pics of that 10 footer. I’d love to see what you did so far with the plants.

edit: there’s a grow diary thread you can post on too.
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It's between 9 and 10 feet. I'm 5' tall so it's huge to me. I'll get a good pic of it tomorrow. :)
 
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W2Lucky said:
Don’t. Newbies like me are learning from your posts. I’m grateful.
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Awesome. Thank you! I'm a newbie too. (since April). This site is the best. Everyone is really helpful and willing to share there knowledge.
 
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bostonrocks said:
Okay thank you. Here goes:
Are any of you experienced growers able to help me figure out what week I'm in for bud growth? I noticed buds on 8/17 (1st pic taken with iPhone). 2nd pic was taken Saturday 9/7 (this pic was taken with my macro lens so you can zoom in if it helps determine the bud age). This is a sativa plant about 8-9 feet tall. I would love to know what week this pic might suggest the bud is. I've read I need to change the nutrients as the buds get older. Any help would be greatly appreciated. First time grower and I've read so much helpful stuff on this site.
I'll upload a pic of the whole plants tomorrow. I don't have any recent ones. I've been concentrating on the buds. They are in 20 gallon grow bags.
Thank you! Thank you!
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To me looks like week 3-4 of flower at latest. It be better to see the full plant. In flower it’s gonna want less nitrogen and more potassium and phosphorus. They are putting on right now so I would be pushing them bloom ferts right now. (What are you using for bloom fertilizer?) (for that matter what have you been using for fertilizer so far )
 
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