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Dave Groomer
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Here are pics
from today. She is a little over 5 weeks veg. Should I be trimming some of these BIG fan leaves before I flip to 12/12 or wait?
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Dave Groomer
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OK. Thanks.
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Dave Groomer
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OK. I switched her to 12/12. I don't have the room for her to get too big.
I trim fan leaves all the time, B 
I agree though, if you can keep the leave, keep it
Plants are looking great buddy!
I agree though, if you can keep the leave, keep it Plants are looking great buddy!
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Dave Groomer
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I trim fan leaves all the time, B
Plants are looking great buddy!
Thanks guys!! I really appreciate the help!!
wildjim
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You'll know when to defol those fan leaves. I am one that takes the fan leaves, at the point you are, and let the new secondary leaves do the photynthesis. Just my way of doing things. Nice looking plant. Here's to your harvest. Hope it's a good one.
WJ
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Dave Groomer
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You'll know when to defol those fan leaves. I am one that takes the fan leaves, at the point you are, and let the new secondary leaves do the photynthesis. Just my way of doing things. Nice looking plant. Here's to your harvest. Hope it's a good one.
WJ
Thanks. I will leave them for now.
Here are picsfrom today. She is a little over 5 weeks veg. Should I be trimming some of these BIG fan leaves before I flip to 12/12 or wait?
I have a much different understanding of defoliation applied at the proper time line to enhance vegetative growth and flowering. You can see examples of how I defoliate and train my plants in my Grow Journals and Reviews. I would defoliate in vegetative growth 10-14 days before flowering to remove excess fan leaves and open more light to branches and nodes that become bud sites and colas. I defoliate in vegetative growth by removing any fan leaves that are excessively shading the branches and nodes to encourage the nodes to grow larger and produce more colas. I use Low Stress Training to tie the branches of my plants to the outer edge of the rim of the pots and each branch becomes its own bud site and cola. When I defoliate in preparation for flower I leave no more then 4 fan leaves at each growing top and remove the majority of the fan leaves, any fan leaf that shades a top and lower growth, this is a perfect time to select cuttings to root as clones from the plants you are about to place into flower. I defoliate in flower at days 21-25 of flower when the stretch phase has ended by removing lower growth that will not produce anything except for popcorn bud and any fan leaf that shades a bud site and again if required at day 45.
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Dave Groomer
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Two days at 12/12 and she seems to be taking off. Have a look.
geturgrowon
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tie her down and spread her legs open for the light !!! supergroomer !
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Dave Groomer
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That was the plan for today. I had a little problem yesterday. I blew a breaker and lost the heat for several hours in my grow area. The only plant that seems to have suffered is the SSH. Some of the big fans leaves appear to be almost crispy. you can see them in the pictures. Should I trim them off or let them fall off by themselves?
smithy8806
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id trim em, but thats just me.
You will most likely loose the whole leave. I'd cut off the dead growth, leave the parts of the leave that are okay for now
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Dave Groomer
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You will most likely loose the whole leave. I'd cut off the dead growth, leave the parts of the leave that are okay for now
I trimmed the dead stuff. It had the added benefit of opening her up a little.
Thanks
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Dave Groomer
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Here are some pictures from this am. I have trimmed her up and tied her down a bit. I also took two clones since this is the only seed I have. If I like it I want to keep it. 
And here are the 2 clones. I cut them at 45 degree angle with a scalpel, scraped the "skin" and dipped it in Roottech cloning gel. I put them straight into my pre-watered soil mix and put a humidity dome over them. Hopefully they will take.
And here are the 2 clones. I cut them at 45 degree angle with a scalpel, scraped the "skin" and dipped it in Roottech cloning gel. I put them straight into my pre-watered soil mix and put a humidity dome over them. Hopefully they will take.
Colesdad
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Sending positive vibes to your little ones
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Dave Groomer
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Thanks very much Colesdad. My first 2 tries at cloning didn't turn out too well. My last attempt all four made it and are vegging right now (I am about to post some pics in the Blue Blood / Train Wreck thread.) Putting them straight into dirt, as opposed to a rapid rooter seemed to work for my last time so I am trying it again.
Thanks for checking in.