So this is my first grow and like everyone, when you finally put seeds in the medium, you realize you may have made a mistake about something a week after you start lol. My mistake was I planted 4 different strains, and now, I have 1 plant 3 weeks into flower, two plants maybe 1.5 weeks into flower, and 1 plant, just starting to flower. None of this would be too big of a deal, but I’m running into a few issues. I am defoliating these things like crazy, I didn’t anticipate them getting this big. But right now, the tallest 3 are about 58 inches tall.
I had light burn on one of the larger colas. I zoomed in with a 45x loupe and didn’t see any mold so I’m pretty sure it light burn and not bud rot. I’m attaching photos so everyone can get an idea of what I’m seeing. Or maybe none of this is an issue. I don’t know. What’s happening is I’m getting some plants running into each other in this 4x4 tent. The one that is the longest into flower is looking good, but I’m guessing it might have another 4 weeks or so. The buds look much larger in the picture close up than they really are. They are still pretty small.
I’ve been doing my best taking out fan leaves and trying to limit them from running into each other best I can, but unless I start cutting off outside branches I’m afraid there isn’t much I can do. Should I worry about that?
I took my 45x loupe and all the flowering buds trichomes look between clear to clear and milky a little. Hopefully these still have a way to go before they are ready as I would like to have thicker, larger bud formation.
- should I worry about the plants running into each other? If so what should I do, take out extra branches that are otherwise good just to make room?
- The tall plants have buds that are getting close to my light, and my light is at max height as it’s up against the inline fan. I might be able to move it around a big, but then it would be off center and would limit distribution of light to some areas of the tent.
I have done multiple “super cropping” techniques on various branches… Should I just keep doing that to everything once they get within 18 inches of the light? I don’t know what is too much, I’ve probably done this 6x so far, and see another 6 stems that are getting quite tall and might need to have that done on them
Everything I’m growing are autos, and I’m using FoxFarms 70/30 with Advanced nutrients ( call mag, A&B, Big Bud, Bud Candy, PH down to 6 ). Watering every other day right now. I also have my lights on 24 straight.
I’ve heard a lot of different voices on different forums say things like "reduce temperature to slow growth and increase bud development time ) - Not sure how true that is, but I have my temps at 70% and my RH at 55. Really struggling getting the RH any lower, as I’m in the midwest growing in a basement. I have a dehumidifier in there, but not sure it’s having much of an impact. I get about 4oz of water every other day.
