Choose strains that grow massive colas?
well, like mr blah said, remove low branches. Also, top your buds - that is, snip off the very topmost bit off of your tallest branches. That will make the lower branches grow faster, so that you get several big colas in the best & brightest spot under your artificial sun.
well, like mr blah said, remove low branches. Also, top your buds - that is, snip off the very topmost bit off of your tallest branches. That will make the lower branches grow faster, so that you get several big colas in the best & brightest spot under your artificial sun.
As you go from vegetative lights to 12/12, doing the above will help you to produce several big main flowering branches, aka colas. After the growth spurt slows down, simply remove all thin little stems & branches under the main canopy - all those little ones who will never reach the optimal light will just drain resources from the main growth.
Just realized that sounds really hard & fascistic.. but anyways, get rid of those. I smoke the trim, because that is one way of keeping track on how your plants are doing. For example, if your plants are pale green and simply not growing as much as they should, and the removed leaves are completely smooth when you smoke them? Well, that tells me that the plants just aint taking in the nutrients they need. Leafs and trim from hydro plants should be relatively harsh to smoke, because of the nutrient content.
On the other hands, if the plants are really dark green, but not growing as well as they should, and trim is is like smoking ground up plastic bag? That's over-fertilization which is hindering their growth.
Find out the optimal lighting depth of your lamp, and try to keep your main branches within it. Cooltube helps, and i personally use 5" 12v DC fans for computers to blow heat away from the bulb.
that's my 2cents worth anyways, hope it helps.
Indoors:
Mixed light spectrum. I will utilize a combination of Metal Halide and enhanced spectrum HPS for maximum growth rates.
Do not over fertilize, increase Magnesium and sulfur levels by 30% beginning on day 12 of flowering (end of stretch).
Remove under growth and allow plant to focus on new growth.
Flip to flower just as the plant begins alternating growth nodes.
Develop an incredibly healthy root system before flowering and support it throughout the grow.
Maintain a constant temperature between 74 and 77 degrees, a relative humidity between 55% and 65%, all day and all night for the entire grow.
Place the light as close to the top of the plants as possible. Consider vertical arrangements.
Strain selection is extremely important.
Not many SOGR's worried about plant #'s... It would kind of defeat the point dont you think?@doneit - Or you have a plant limit....
This is a joke right? Smoke the leaves to determine what your plants are doing? Are you blind and cant see what theyre doing?
And really? To get big main colas trim the lower branches and top the main to promote the lowers you previously cut to grow?
well, like mr blah said, remove low branches. Also, top your buds - that is, snip off the very topmost bit off of your tallest branches. That will make the lower branches grow faster, so that you get several big colas in the best & brightest spot under your artificial sun.
As you go from vegetative lights to 12/12, doing the above will help you to produce several big main flowering branches, aka colas. After the growth spurt slows down, simply remove all thin little stems & branches under the main canopy - all those little ones who will never reach the optimal light will just drain resources from the main growth.
Just realized that sounds really hard & fascistic.. but anyways, get rid of those. I smoke the trim, because that is one way of keeping track on how your plants are doing. For example, if your plants are pale green and simply not growing as much as they should, and the removed leaves are completely smooth when you smoke them? Well, that tells me that the plants just aint taking in the nutrients they need. Leafs and trim from hydro plants should be relatively harsh to smoke, because of the nutrient content.
On the other hands, if the plants are really dark green, but not growing as well as they should, and trim is is like smoking ground up plastic bag? That's over-fertilization which is hindering their growth.
Find out the optimal lighting depth of your lamp, and try to keep your main branches within it. Cooltube helps, and i personally use 5" 12v DC fans for computers to blow heat away from the bulb.
that's my 2cents worth anyways, hope it helps.
This is a joke right? Smoke the leaves to determine what your plants are doing? Are you blind and cant see what theyre doing?
And really? To get big main colas trim the lower branches and top the main to ,the lowers you previously cut to grow?