sodium and fluorescents during flowering?

[Pandaman]

Thanks for taking a look at my grow LordDankinstien.

Tent 4'x4'x6'7"
1000watt MH
4 Low Speed Oscillating Fans 6"
FF Soil and (All) Nutes + Super Thrive + Revive + Cal-Mag
6" Vortec Can Fan for light (Closed Circuit)
6" Booster Fan (Duct Style) Fresh air and Negative Pressure

Relative Humidity Average - 45-51%
Average Temperature 79.2F
Lighting is 24/0
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Water Schedule
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Every other day - Water + Super Thrive (Water is 200ppm ph'd and dechlorinated)
Every other day - Nutes at 50% Recommended Strength
Flush every 14th day - Dropped to average 450ppm - 550ppm
Average ph = 6-7 Most at 6.5

All plants are in 3gal Smart Pots except the two Sour Kush and the two Madman.

Sour Kush + Madman started vege on 11-16-09
All others - Warlock, AK-47, Green Crack, Jack the Ripper, Holland's Hope, Strawberry Cough and White Widow started vege on 11-22-09

Planing on flowering only 5 plants. The rest I was planing to wait till there was good room in the tent.
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Measurements of plants as of 1 hour ago.
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Family Picture - Sorry Blurry
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Madman #1 - base of stem 3/4", height 20 1/2"
Madman #2 - base of stem 1/2", height 20 1/2"
Sour Kush #1 - base of stem 3/4", height 20 1/2"
Sour Kush #2 - base of stem 1/2", height 20 1/2"
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White Widow - base of stem 1/2", height 24 1/2"
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Jack the Ripper - base of stem 1/2", height 34 1/2"
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Warlock - base of stem 1/2", height 29"
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Holland's Hope - base of stem 3/8", height 18 1/2"
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Strawberry Cough - base of stem 3/8", height 21"
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AK-47 - base of stem 3/4", height 37"
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Green Crack - base of stem 3/4", height 27 1/2"
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Jack the Ripper, Warlock, AK-47 and Green Crack are the tallest ones. Green Crack and AK-47 were topped at 3 weeks into vege.
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Thanks again LordDankinstien for checking out my grow

Peace
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[LordDankinstien]

The first 4 look pretty good for throwing into flower if you were to put them in now but in 2 weeks they will be alot bigger.I would just try to keep all of those plants around 1.5 feet. Your jackda rippers and ak 47's are huge!!! :D I would just take the tops off to about the same height at the lateral branches. Remember once you get used to your strains they streched differently in flower so just pay attention or write it down how much they strech that way next time you know extactly how tall you need them to be when they are put into flowering. That way they dont end up getting way to big. Dont be afraid to cut those bitches while in veg they will grow right back you will be suprised how fast.

 

[Pandaman]

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

I don't mind if I make mistakes as long as I learn along the way :)

Thanks again!

 

[lurch]

give your hand @ cloning w/ all that trim.lol nice looking plants

 

[FlaTransplant]

Revegging

I see buds on all the branches so I worry that I'll lessen my yeild somewhat if i start cutting them off. I dont know if i will be able to tell which ones to cut. This is my first attempt at growing. I really appreciate you guys responding to my post.

I'm doing a fair amount of reading on revegging a plant. There is indications that you will receive a better high and better yield the second time through...
Just something for ya to chew on

 

[urbanite420]

imvho, topping is not as important as training is for increased yields - but proper pruning is probably the most important. pick the strongest 4-6 (up to 8 if your plant has the rootage) strongest looking branches and cut everyting else off. If you haven't been training, then your yield will sufer a bit but if the branches are spaced enough for good ventilation you should be okay. If you clear most of the unproductive branches a week or two before flowering, yield, if not nuggetry will be better, as you allow some time for the wounds to heal, and you will avoid more of those popcorn nugs a lot of peeps dont like.

Fan/water leaves should be left on as they do feed growing flowers. I tested this on a Chemdog D plant once. branches with clipped fan/water leaves had nugs that did not "connect." branches with fan/water leaves had connecting nugs that were even denser.

 

[peabody]

pandaman your jungle looks great! nice job. An FLA don,t know if the high is better but can honestly say that the re veg that is running as we speak is healthier an more complex in structure then the org. took a top site off at week 3 into flower an planted it an waited to see if it would revert it did but it took a long long time. i guess it could be a clone - reveg. IT was in flower so reveg it is lol. be safe peabody.

 

[kreeper66]

What does "OP"and "SOG"stand for,in regard to growing?Is it a technique or a product?

 

[Pandaman]

What does "OP"and "SOG"stand for,in regard to growing?Is it a technique or a product?

Thanks for the kind words guys :)

kreeper66, I don't know what "OP" means, where did you see it?

SOG stands for "Sea of Green". A term used to describe an area that has a dense canopy of leaves. Most commonly used to describe a type of grow that contains many plants of the same strain in a tightly packed area.

Hope that helps

 

[Bill Bloome]

Greetings I have been reading this thread and have reached two conclusions. I agree with Sedate and JUDICIOUS trimming of fan leaves is beneficial.Been there,done that!My second conclusion is Sun Simulator hit it out of the park!Try your ideas ,take notes and SHARE you findings.Everyone does different but we try to arrive at the same place.The reason we are all here is to learn from each other.I grew monster dank outdoors for years but this indoor growing is a whole new animal.I've learned so much here I actually have a Micro grow that I think is kicking ass for my first shot.thanks Farmers

 

[jordisgarden]

I have 2 nl plants that are exactly the same. except i yanked the fans on one. god dam i wish i never did that. the other one has a 100 hps shining up. there is no question the one i pulled leafs from has more orange hairs than white and smaller buds. the one with a shit ton of leafs is less developed at 52 days but the buds are way fatter. i thought id open the plant to more light by pulling fan leaves but Ll i did i feel is give it a sun burn. it seems like the one i yanked fans off is well done at 52 days but the other one is medium well.

but maybe i pulled the wrong ones. whats a left over veg fan. i have no idea what that means. thanks for explaining.