(first post) I've been lurking on these forums reading up on info for a friend who's growing, her plant is around 3 or 4 weeks now and today it seems the cfls dropped while she was out and crisped up some leaves, nothing too severe but it did crisp the new shoots that were starting at the top, I was wondering if now would be an opportune time for her to top the plant and trim some of the other burned parts and potentially attempt to clone their remains, so far the plant has not been trimmed, pruned, or trained in any way, its about 7 or 8 inches tall and about 8 inches across at its widest(very short and bushy) any info would be appreciated. lighting CFL 2x5500k CFL 1x2700k <--- was taken down today because it gets extremely hot 2x4ft 40watt shoplight style fluoros 1 plant Everything I say is entirely fictional/hypothetical.
additional info:growing space has been around 90 degrees during the day, hoping she'll fix that today though
Haha, sure..a friend. We are all cannabis smokers and a lot of us are growers here on the city, you and your friend will enjoy the resources available on here!!! You were right sir, this would be a great time to top the plant, or fimm whichever you choose..pics would help me see how bad the damage to the plant was/is, but back when I grew with cfl's that happened once or twice..I was devastated, but cannabis is so damn hardy it came back within a week and fixed itself. It's hard to fail at growing weed, they fix all your mistakes almost, it's awesome. Your plant sounds young, I suggest you have your friend start some lst..there are tons of articles on here that go into low stress training far deeper than I can right now. But it will only help your yield Tell your friend happy growin' for me
Haha, thanks for the quick reply, however whenever I try to upload images I get an upload failed error. tried making images smaller/switching file types, but nothing has worked so im attaching links. 3d36f9a8.png picture by Alaskan_Grizzly - Photobucket the brown areas are from previous burns, she was intending to chop anything that burned and attempt to clone it. 39cdf665.png picture by Alaskan_Grizzly - Photobucket Everything I post is entirely fictional/hypothetical.
ya, trim the crispy dead stuff. once it gets crispy, it won't come back. go ahead and top too if you like. with trimming, just don't do too much at one time. too much at any one time, can cause shock.
It was topped last night, would it be possible for me to clone any of the crispier branches, theres some living tissue near the base of even the worst branches, or would it just be a waste of time?
sweet, home depot it is then... some kind of cooling system is in order anyway, her closet is like 90 degrees
This is first attempt, it was hotter, probably near 95 a few days ago, small improvements in air flow are being made, the problem is is that its located in a closet in a room that does not receive air conditioning while no one is there, making the temperature difficult to regulate
Why don't you guys build a grow box inside of the closet? It'll be much easier to cool using fans in that space I would think right?
there is actually a grow box inside the closet, however temps in the room outside the closet during the day can easily reach 90 degrees