Doing just fine my friend. Roseman and Mostly Crazy just has me LMAO.
Well, everything is relevant, Buddy. Comparing is not good sometimes
Thinking of that 10 gallon pot and your indoor girls is not fair. It makes you think of how much time and trouble the little ones have caused you, for miniature plants. You have heard that size doesn't matter and this time it's true. You have a great journal and have made lots of friends. Even a nom for MOTM. I would say those girls are magnificent.
They are still yellow, but will be gone when I replant them. I do like PitViper and remove most of the leaves up to about a foot when I put them in flower.
Most of the leaves and growth below a foot don't really contribute much to the plant once they are covered with big fan leaves up higher. May get a few worthless popcorn buds. Of course, I am talking about outdoor plants, so I don't know about smaller in door plants. My two grows have been outdoor so I really don't know if removing them on your plants would be good or not.
Pit also thinks it helps with air circulation. It worked good last grow, so will do it again. Sorry, I wasn't much help to you.
Hey OMM, don't get me wrong, I love my plants, just comparing size difference. when they're in the tent they look larger than when I had it outside where I'm used to seeing my plants.
About the leaves falling off, I just read over the part that talked about it and yes they will die off. Here is one of the links that I had been reading, the others are not part of this site so I won't link to them:
Cannabis Plant and Pest Problem Solver - Pictorial
I removed the lower leaves (bottom half) about the same time I went 12/12 an that was because I thought that since I'm not going to grow buds below the canopy level and doing a SOG type grow, they were just going to use the fuel up that other wise could be sent to the budding areas.
That shed is an awesome idea my friend!! I like it!
Thank you Joe, I 'hope' to do it, but i've talked about doing it in the past and it never got done! We'll see.. Like everything. the plywood or lattice will cast a few $.
Unlike most growers both indoor and outdoor one of my primary concerns is going to be, 'how am I going to afford all the soil medium that I'll need?' Before coming to this site (and others) less than a year ago, I had no clue about pH and this soil or that soil, I just got what they had at Wally's or Lowes. Now I know that it involved too much peat moss and manure! Both of which are reletively cheap.. Now I'm wondering how I'm going to afford 50 lbs of FFOF or Happy Frog! Were as before I'd use the peat, sand, manure and maybe a little potting soil. Probably why my stuff was not 'primo weed'. Now I know and it is a huge concern, that is in the back of my mind and will continue to be there until I figure out what to do! So having the shed is important, but having the soil is more so!
Bro, I don't think Woodsman would mind. Were still talking about growing and smoking...he likes that kinda stuff.
MountainHigh Power Company Sounds good to me. Cheap living power.
The lumber industry would be pissed.
Your staging plans sounds like a good idea and with clones it could be continuous.
Well, you've done a grow without a camera before.......HeHe
Mountain I didn't re quote your post because I'll comment off of OMM's here.
Mountain my friend, you can talk about your stuff on this site anytime you like! As Groover would say, 'no worries mate' How else are we going to know what's going on with you? You finished your journal and we don't want to loose you. Your great successful journal was a treat to many of us and we'll miss it!
OK, here's my 2 cents. Not a good idea to cut a healthy leaf from a plant. The plant is just going to try and replace that leaf and you want it concentrating on other growth.
You don't cut leaves or limbs off a tree while it's growing in summer so why do it here. Do you trim roses mid season before the flower buds develop? How about trimming up a tomato plant - not? When you switch to 12/12 the plant also uses those leaves as a spare fuel tank and they will drop off soon enough.
Where the fan leaves meet the stem (node ? don't know what it's called) there is the growth that will start to form buds. By taking off the lower fans, this pretty much stopped the continued growth on those tiny buds. That's the reason why I removed the foliage on the bottom half. They would not be receiving very much light, if any, and much energy would have been used and lost to produce the very very little buds, so I took'em out! Now I've seen this done before on SOGs and SCROGs. Otherwise I wouldn't have. On a normal grow whether it's a bush or a skyscraper I would not be removing perfectly healthy leaves.. MC, you are much more knowledgeable that I am about growing, so what your telling me has me somewhat concerned (too late now).
Well, actually we were talking about dead yellow leaves, however last grow I did half with the bottom cut and half with out them cut. I honestly had better and more buds on the ones without under brush. It's in my first journal. Course you are probably right, that first grow was stressed to hell anyway.
Looking at your comparison is interesting OMM. Much of my reasoning for defoliating this time was because of my last grow where half my buds were on the lower half of the plant and I figured the plant wasted too much energy down there instead of putting to better use on top.
woods,
the pic right before sara, is the one that worries me....the kinda yellowing might be age, but watch that speckled stuff on the leaves...i posted a pic of leaves that i had that i finally got over, i think, that started like that...some told me it was fert burn, so i clear x'ed her, i just went thru similar with the girls that i transplanted...i wish i knew what it is too, but youre not alone...then, around where your yellow is, mine mildewed, but they were in the veg room thank G; so i had the ability to play with cures...and not damage a bud....sorry, wish i knew...most of us buy our soil at the same place, the same brand, but he changed his formula...who knows why, and all of us, at least 30 growers ended up with this when we transplanted...he was a good soil maker, but i told the store, either he quits fooling with it or i go to sunshine....so the message has been sent to him...from all of us....it never goes completely smooth does it? lavendar
did you change your brand of soil when you transplanted? or do anything different?
I did not change the soil just added more. I use FFOF and Happy Frog mixed together.
Thanks for looking at my girl Lavendar. I think your talking about the fan leaf on the lower portion of the main cola? Ya there is something going on there. That side of the cola is facing away from the light though, and is also up against the Mylar in the back. Maybe that's why it is discolored? I hope it's nothing! I do have a tiny bit of leaf tip burn on many of the leaves and that's over fert correct? I find this difficult to understand as I have never given more than half strength when feeding! I even skipped a feeding when I had some low pH issues earlier in flower. I surely do not want to have to do a flush! I could not afford all that distilled water!
Tie that bully down and feed her, and she'll get fat and sticky !! So will her little sisters !!
Puffer I really enjoy the humor that you all bring to the thread. It's refreshing to be able to laugh in between the more serious discussions, right?
Good Mornin. Me and Lilbit (in spirit..smoke, whatever) came by to visit. I normally do not agree with removal of fans...but I think in veg and right before blooming keeping that space clear is important. I have been having explosive growth on BB Cheese and have been cutting off any under canopy leaves or stalks with no chance. I let the leaves sort out covering the stem with their flat "solar panels", built in sun tracker...wonder how long before we have wires coming from genetically engineered plants for producing electricity? 
), Maybe I should start a journal to ramble in until I get a camera. 
my friend from the mountains after the storm. 
