Week 3 flower, are they too compact?

[soursmoker]

Hey guys I got some plants about to be on week 3 of flower and they seem a little too compact to me. They haven't stretched all that much and some of the phenos are extremely bushy. I'm afraid the canopy is too thick and the light might not be penetrating good. But I don't want to start removing perfectly good budsites.

Here's some pics.

Thanks guys, I'm gonna try and get some better pics tomorrow.

In case anyone is wondering, I have a 35x18 in cab.
Equals 4.375 sq ft. I have an HTGsuppy PLL light setup. Two 55w PLL with a reflector. On both sides of the reflector I have 69 watts of CFLs as supplemental yellow light. Total of 248 watts. But I think I might need to add more I just don't know how I'm gonna arrange them.

 

[blackosprey]

hey man, hope all is well.
Overall, I'd say they look nice. How long did you veg for? What are the strains?
Have you taken a look in the pots to see if you are root bound? Sometimes if you get root bound it can affect overall growth.
You could pull some of those leaves from the under canopy. I have to do a lot of lst, leaf tucking, and leaf picking for my micro, just to keep an even canopy and good airflow at the base. My general rule is if it touches the soil, pluck it.
I'll take a look in your micro thread and comment there if I see anything else.

 

[Avinash.miles]

that is super compact dense growth..... nothing wrong with it, watch out for mold & mildew when the buds are swollen and large & restrict air flow

all green and happy, keep it up.

 

[soursmoker]

Lol can't remember exact veg time right now, somewhere round a month. strain pictured is GDPxQuerkle. also have BKGK bx1 and CBxDB bx1. but not pictured here. thanks guys.

 

[MrCopyZ]

I think you should be fine.

 

[soursmoker]

I think you should be fine.

thanks bro. only problem now is, I want them to stretch so i wanna move them down a bit from the lights, but I want the lights to penetrate good. might say fuck it on the stretch...

 

[blackosprey]

^^^
Why not lower them a couple inches? I can almost promise if you do, they will stretch a bit.

 

[soursmoker]

I lowered them a bit, I just want to make sure I'm getting good light penetration. I added some more CFLs. Running 11 23watt cfls and 2 55watt PLLs. Total of 363 watts.

 

[blackosprey]

You'll be okay. I run 310 watts cfl in a bit under 4 sq ft, and keep plants about 4-6 inches away from the lights at all times. Develop your canopy and all will be right with the world.

 

[soursmoker]

thanks man, check out my micro thread there's an update...