New grow: day 12 veg (First grow journal)

[Normajean1]

Heres some more pictures of my girls. i do have to say that the growth has been unbelievable. I decided to Lst only one of my girls, seems to have responded well. on my other girl im going to have a bunch of tops just dont know how many. Heres the pictures went ahead and added my flowering girl almost 11 weeks in.

 

[Normajean1]

heres some more dont know what happend

 

[Normajean1]

gonna bump

 

[Normajean1]

anyone at all

 

[Roseman]

They are pretty.


FYI, saw on the news today, a 50 year old film clip of Marilyn Monroe smoking a joint.

 

[Normajean1]

They are pretty.


FYI, saw on the news today, a 50 year old film clip of Marilyn Monroe smoking a joint.

No shit Marilyn Monroe is beautiful. Got a link roseman?

 

[Roseman]

No shit Marilyn Monroe is beautiful. Got a link roseman?

It is on AOL news, let me go look.




Film clip shows Marilyn Monroe smoking pot - Celebrities- ...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/01/marilyn-monroe-smoking-ma_n_375680.html

 

[Normajean1]

no doubt she was definitely a smoker. It sucks that she died so young.

 

[alexonfire]

Nice grow, when are you going to flower?

 

[Normajean1]

about 7 days, have a girl in flowering right now an shes taking a lifetime it seems like to finish. it will be 12 weeks flowering friday

 

[cjishigh]

about 7 days, have a girl in flowering right now an shes taking a lifetime it seems like to finish. it will be 12 weeks flowering friday

Wonderful grow normajean. Keep up the good work!
You should try to get an hps.

 

[Normajean1]

actually im working on getting a 250 hps or mabye even a 150 hps. I figured why let the cfls go to waste by buying a big 400 watter. I think ill just go with a 250 and use the millions of cfls i have to scatter out around her. Thanks for the reply CJ

 

[cjishigh]

actually im working on getting a 250 hps or mabye even a 150 hps. I figured why let the cfls go to waste by buying a big 400 watter. I think ill just go with a 250 and use the millions of cfls i have to scatter out around her. Thanks for the reply CJ

Great idea! Once you get that you will be cranking nice size colas. Did you ever try lst? I heard that its the best way to maximize your yeild.

 

[Normajean1]

yea if you look back a few pages i have a picgure of my other girl flowering. shes been lst'ed but that was my first grow didnt know much wat i was doing. I also started lst ing one of my other girl. I love lst get a whole bunch of colas. I usually topp then wait about 5 days then start the training.

 

[cjishigh]

yea if you look back a few pages i have a picgure of my other girl flowering. shes been lst'ed but that was my first grow didnt know much wat i was doing. I also started lst ing one of my other girl. I love lst get a whole bunch of colas. I usually topp then wait about 5 days then start the training.

Cool I musta missed it. I have two lst plants in flower two but they only have like 5 tops.

 

[Normajean1]

yea my last girl only has 3 that i would consider being tops. this one im going to make as even as i can for the best light distribution.

 

[cjishigh]

yea my last girl only has 3 that i would consider being tops. this one im going to make as even as i can for the best light distribution.

Cool. The more even the canopy= More bud!

 

[d.c. beard]

Throw up da pics brotha!

 

[skervy]

my fan leaves wont make it that big i keep whackin em off before they can get big lol

 

[Roseman]

my fan leaves wont make it that big i keep whackin em off before they can get big lol

removing fan leaves is a big waste of time, they just come back.

I am often asked about removing Fan Leaves to allow more light to penetrate.

DO NOT CUT THEM.
IF you think they are blocking some lights, then get some paperclips and hold them back, if you insist on doing anything, but DO NOT CUT THE FAN LEAVES OFF.

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, When a large FAN leaf starts yellowing, say it is half yellow, that means in the photosynthesis process, that leaf has ate nutrients, absorbed some LIGHT and made food for the plant and buds and NOW, half of that is gone, or used or consumed. Well, what about the other half? Can not it's energy still be used or consumed?
AND when it is ALL consumed or used, that leaf will naturally just fall off.

AND you say it is blocking LIGHT?
GREAT and GOOD, that means it is getting the LIGHT it needs and deserves more than the other leaves do, to do it's job, to make food and grow.


Years ago I tried removing lower fan leaves to allow more Light to penetrate in. When I did cut them off, the plant went into shock for a day or two, and quit eating or only ate half as much, and just went on "stand by" mode. Then, after a day or two, suddenly I saw that big fan leaf replaced by a new leaf, and I saw my plant use the energy to replace that leaf and grow it back FAST to the size it was, more than it used it to grow the plant bigger and make more buds or bigger buds.

I now believe that removing fan leaves is pointless, and that a leaf has a purpose and will serve that purpose until it is dead. Then it will naturally fall off. You will have small and large lower leaves just naturally wilt and fall off daily.


Don't ever remove fan leaves before harvest for several reasons.

1. The fan leaves MAKE AND STORE energy for the plant. The fan leaves are doing a process called photosynthsis, and it is the most important part or task or job the plant does, to make it grow. They make the FOOD, the sugars and carbs needed to grow.

If you remove a FAN leaf, the plant will stop growing taller until it can replace that removed fan leaf.

Removing a healthy fan leaf is a big waste of time..they are rapided replaced, unless you are in the last 2 or 3 weeks of flowering.


2. Even if the fan leaves are yellowing in late bloom I do not remove them until they are almost ready to fall off. The yellowing in the fan leaves at late harvest is the plants metabolism at work. She is transferring all stored energy in the fan leaf to bud production. It is the easiest source of energy she has late in life. Let that leaf do its job.

The Wrong reasoning is like "I could run faster if I was lighter and weighted less, so I am going to cut my legs off".



From the Growers Bible by Jorge Cervantes:
Leave leaves alone! Removal of healthy leave hacks up a healthy plant. Removing large or shade leaves DOES NOT make plants more productive. This practice DOES NOT supply more light to smaller leaves and growing tips. Plants need all their leaves to produce the maximum amount of chlorophyll and food. Removing leaves slows chlorophyll production, stresses the plant, and stunts its growth. Stress is a growth inhibitor. Remove only dead leaves or leaves that are more than 50 percent damaged.