What's up, everybody?
I'm running a 600w SOG and I'm 2 weeks into flowering right now in a 4' x 3' space. 13 lucky GDP ladies in Ocean Forest soil. Running the 3-part Fox Farm nute line with Cal\Mag & Superthrive. This is my second run. First SOG. The ladies seem to be done stretching and they're at about 2 ft. I would say.
My question pertains to pruning. I haven't pruned at all yet, only the leafs that have died. I have a lot of undergrowth and a lot of branches stretching up towards the canopy (but don't quite make it) that don't seem like they are going to hold much or yield much. I've been reading tons and tons of information about lollipopping and can't seem to make a decision. I'd really like to lollipop these ladies as the structure of the colas seem like they're going to hold a lot of weight with all the tight nodes being up near the canopy.
Isn't lollipopping in flowering going to put them into shock? I can't make up my mind! Regardless, even if they weren't cramped, I still feel like all of the undergrowth is just a waste, but I'm nervous about hacking it all off as I had a hermie last go around. I'd like to trim the bottom 1/3rd of the plants to allow for optimal airflow and to concentrate the energy to the colas. I've read from a few people that they lollipop two weeks into flowering, most do it in veg, and I've also read from a lot of people in different threads that say don't trim anything in flowering as it can cause a metabolic imbalance and really hurt the plant.
What should I do to optimize yield and increase airflow for the ladies? Thanks for all the help. As an old OG refugee, IC has really helped me out a lot!! I commend you all.
Also, the Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom flowering nutrients drop the PH of my tap so much. I use a drop test kit, and with two gallons of water that have sat out overnight to evap. chlorine, I'm using almost 5-10 ml of PH up to stabilize it to 6.5 - 6.8! In the first two weeks of flowering I've been hitting them with a little bit of FF Grow for N, Tiger & Big Bloom, and some Cal-Mag. Regular water every 3rd watering. I'll probably just start the straight Tiger & Big Bloom feeding schedule now as I'm heading out of two weeks and I feel like they have enough N in them. I stir the water really well before adding each nutrient. Should I mix the nutes a day in advance? Also, when done watering sometimes I find some gritty salts in the bottom of the mixing bucket. I feel like I'm doing something wrong and I definitely feel like teaspoons of PH up is not good for the water.
Might try to get some pics up to help out. Any advice would be awesome. This is definitely a lot of fun for me.
I'm running a 600w SOG and I'm 2 weeks into flowering right now in a 4' x 3' space. 13 lucky GDP ladies in Ocean Forest soil. Running the 3-part Fox Farm nute line with Cal\Mag & Superthrive. This is my second run. First SOG. The ladies seem to be done stretching and they're at about 2 ft. I would say.
My question pertains to pruning. I haven't pruned at all yet, only the leafs that have died. I have a lot of undergrowth and a lot of branches stretching up towards the canopy (but don't quite make it) that don't seem like they are going to hold much or yield much. I've been reading tons and tons of information about lollipopping and can't seem to make a decision. I'd really like to lollipop these ladies as the structure of the colas seem like they're going to hold a lot of weight with all the tight nodes being up near the canopy.
Isn't lollipopping in flowering going to put them into shock? I can't make up my mind! Regardless, even if they weren't cramped, I still feel like all of the undergrowth is just a waste, but I'm nervous about hacking it all off as I had a hermie last go around. I'd like to trim the bottom 1/3rd of the plants to allow for optimal airflow and to concentrate the energy to the colas. I've read from a few people that they lollipop two weeks into flowering, most do it in veg, and I've also read from a lot of people in different threads that say don't trim anything in flowering as it can cause a metabolic imbalance and really hurt the plant.
What should I do to optimize yield and increase airflow for the ladies? Thanks for all the help. As an old OG refugee, IC has really helped me out a lot!! I commend you all.
Also, the Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom flowering nutrients drop the PH of my tap so much. I use a drop test kit, and with two gallons of water that have sat out overnight to evap. chlorine, I'm using almost 5-10 ml of PH up to stabilize it to 6.5 - 6.8! In the first two weeks of flowering I've been hitting them with a little bit of FF Grow for N, Tiger & Big Bloom, and some Cal-Mag. Regular water every 3rd watering. I'll probably just start the straight Tiger & Big Bloom feeding schedule now as I'm heading out of two weeks and I feel like they have enough N in them. I stir the water really well before adding each nutrient. Should I mix the nutes a day in advance? Also, when done watering sometimes I find some gritty salts in the bottom of the mixing bucket. I feel like I'm doing something wrong and I definitely feel like teaspoons of PH up is not good for the water.
Might try to get some pics up to help out. Any advice would be awesome. This is definitely a lot of fun for me.
I've done more research on the pistilwhipt technique\lollipopping pruning technique, and I've drawn some good conclusions so far:
