Bad Problem/ Good Problem Advice needed

petert

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I'm getting dicked around by my county in efforts to go rec and now I'm limited on my medical grow.
So I amped it up this year and started early, invested time, effort and lab test in cannabis loving soil, and upped my container size for 30 gallon to 100 gallon.
Most of my greenhouse plants are 6+ feet and super bushy, they are pretty much the size of a lot of my finished plants the past few years.
I'm needing advice on how much to thin/prune the inside of the plants. I always keep the bottom foot or so cleaned up.
I've been growing for 10 years and these seem to be on their way to the biggest plants I've had the pleasure of growing.

My strains are Black Cherry Soda, Agent Orange ( AO are my biggest plants), Bubbas Gift, G13, Black DOG, and Super Lemon Cookies.
I'll take some pics tomorrow, but would appreciate advice on thinning/pruning.
 

Buyfrommycity

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Very controversial topic. But one suggestion I have used is to clip everything that doesn't have flowers on it in week 4. Not really a big fan of clipping at all in out door gardens personally. Just my opinion hope some other Gardner's chime in here.
 

DG1959

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Heard both ways. I have grown for many many years and if it is a gorilla I leave them alone for the most part.... in the greenhouse I trim up a couple feet as the season progresses. Need better air flow is my reasoning and the plants get so big and bushy I feel I need to.... do a little at a time.
 

petert

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Yeah. From past experience I know that if I prune a lot in June I'm dealing with regrowth by mid July. It's a shock to the plant once.. As opposed to taking a little at a time which shocks the plant multiple times.
I guess I'll just make sure I don't have too many spindly sucker branches and keep good air flow.
This pic is from May 29. Since then I've wrapped the pots with 6' fencing for support and I'm about to attach bamboo onto the fencing to take it up to 8-10 feet and attach mesh trellising to that.
 

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slow drawl

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Yeah. From past experience I know that if I prune a lot in June I'm dealing with regrowth by mid July. It's a shock to the plant once.. As opposed to taking a little at a time which shocks the plant multiple times.
I guess I'll just make sure I don't have too many spindly sucker branches and keep good air flow.
This pic is from May 29. Since then I've wrapped the pots with 6' fencing for support and I'm about to attach bamboo onto the fencing to take it up to 8-10 feet and attach mesh trellising to that.
Looks like your going to kill it this season. Sounds like you have the right idea on pruning, periodically prune back the spindly shit. I have really went at mine before with the thinning and haven't seen any stalls at all. Its hard to hurt a large healthy plant in good soil. 100 gal grow bags have treated me very well, lot less maintenance.
looking forward to seeing that GH busting at the seams..your gonna have a lot of pot :peace:
 

petert

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Long as I keep the bad shit out! It really is farming!! Two years ago my outdoor crop got drenched late September by a three day heavy rainfall ( which is pretty rare for my part of Oregon) I had a pickup truck bed almost full of big bud rotted buds to dump on my burn pile, then last year I was introduced to Russet mites! I would welcome a hord of spider mites over Russets any day!! By the time I could see I had a problem I was fucked! Going to be on it this year!!
But one thing I've learned. Don't expect the best case senario.. expect the worst and work your ass off for a good harvest!!
 

slow drawl

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Long as I keep the bad shit out! It really is farming!! Two years ago my outdoor crop got drenched late September by a three day heavy rainfall ( which is pretty rare for my part of Oregon) I had a pickup truck bed almost full of big bud rotted buds to dump on my burn pile, then last year I was introduced to Russet mites! I would welcome a hord of spider mites over Russets any day!! By the time I could see I had a problem I was fucked! Going to be on it this year!!
But one thing I've learned. Don't expect the best case senario.. expect the worst and work your ass off for a good harvest!!
Wow man that is some serious loss to deal with, especially the russet mites. It's a given there is gonna be some loss from molds where I live in the NW part of the state. I don't have mold issues in my GH I keep a dehuey and heater in there for the fall. My raised beds are a different issue, I can cover them well come Sept but the humidity is still an issue. I'm already being more proactive this year by inoculating my soil with Actinovate and will do a few more apps along the way. Also some Serenade spraying in early flower. Running Getaways stuff in the raised beds, hoping for a true Sept harvest.
Your GH should help out a lot come fall to keep em dry. I deal with spider mites every year in my small GH, I just stay strong with my PM and spray with neem once a week and some BT thrown in as well up until about the 3rd week of flower. They never get a foothold beyond that. Those Russets would worry me for sure.
 
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