thanks! green thumbs are a gift! I just did the one major prune right as they started to flower. Now I only remove the yellow leaves...doesn’t seem like any major benefit to prune once a bud has started. I do a pretty ruthless prune though so there’s really not much left of the slackers.
hot here too so I am watering twice a day now...seems to slow down the yellow leaves
Definitely pays off I can see! Yeah I was just a bit scared with one plant of mine where i figured I didn’t need to prune so much. Left more on than I should’ve. The rest I learned my lesson the first time and just butchered my plant (in a good way!)thanks! green thumbs are a gift! I just did the one major prune right as they started to flower. Now I only remove the yellow leaves...doesn’t seem like any major benefit to prune once a bud has started. I do a pretty ruthless prune though so there’s really not much left of the slackers.
IMO, prune ‘em! Prune hard! My thought is that these girls are a hot mess of explosive flower production and a little trimming won’t slow that down. That said, I picked a CS major not horticulture...so hope someone who knows will chime in here.
Hot in Reno NV too, but I put up one of those people misters on a drip timer to help cool things off. (about $20 for 20 ft..enough for my 4 plants + a few more if I wanted)...RH in the desert is so low, that I never worry about mold/bud rot..Still cooler than most summers..only hit 100d F a few days so far, and summer has begun to wane (my altitude is about 4500 ft above sea level at the foothills of the High Sierra and Lake Tahoe.. Sure beats trying to hand mist them..But in Promix and 15 gallon cloth pots..They want water a couple of times a day..not to mention increased feedings.
I have noticed that my one plant in a 15 gal pot is not as big or healthy as the ones in 20 gal. I am retiring the 15s...maybe save those for tomatoes...summary: 15 gal might not be big enough to keep the roots cool and let the plants grow bigger in this heat
Agree with that, just threw a farmful of potential clones on the compost pile, nothing but lower sucker branches that would only be popcorn buds, while taking all that energy from the colas. Beautiful bud!thanks! green thumbs are a gift! I just did the one major prune right as they started to flower. Now I only remove the yellow leaves...doesn’t seem like any major benefit to prune once a bud has started. I do a pretty ruthless prune though so there’s really not much left of the slackers.
One thing I’ve noticed when you’re in dark coloured pots is the side that gets the most sun gets way too hot then the roots won’t grow near as good as the shade side does. I wrap my pots with heavy white plastic to keep the root temp down it works very well I use the black on one side white on the other side grow room stuff it’s thick. And I doubled my pot size as well I’m in 35 gal pots this year the mass sure helps too I’ll probably be going to 50 gal next year
Last year I experimented with THREE gallon bags (and 1 five)..Finally dropped them into larger plastic things at yrs end..Royal PIA watering..Even those were little trees and impossible to move without damaging them imo. This yr I used the tan bags and they did get hot too, but not as much.
what did you do to get them shorter but with many tops? I would surely prefer this over super tall!
Continued topping until week 1 of flower (I think..LOL)
I was guessing you’d say that. I’ll be reading up on topping now!
I threw in some supercropping too..until week 3..(I think..LMAO)I was guessing you’d say that. I’ll be reading up on topping now!
LOL...Buzz, your replies are the best testimony to the quality of your grow!
TY..I call it flying by the seat of my pants!;)LOL...Buzz, your replies are the best testimony to the quality of your grow!
