DrFrankenstien
Well-Known Member
Thats whats up, you did a good job. In terms of size, If the plant consumes the screen and fills it by day 14..12/12 than most likely whats underneath will not get much light,.... if the screen is not as dense than i suppose whats in the middle underneath may still get light.... I guess thats key.. if you put your hand under the screen where you would be trimming and light is shining on it... chance are maybe it might still be getting light 2 months into flower but probably not...It's my first plant.
Dr F. when you mention size you mean it's Larger than what you would flower or Smaller?
as soon as the stretch hit when a flower reached the screen I moved them to the outer holes.
I continued moving branches away from the center and finally have a very full screen.
I squoze one Bud, it's as hard as a rock! The big one in the back right.
I bought a light meter, I've found that my hood has a hot spot you can see the extra growth around the back.
The hot spot is directly below the base of the bulb.
I know tilt my hood and use my light meter to get a more even spread at 7000+ lumens across most of the plant.
The outer buds are getting 5000 + lumens plus the side lighting.
My run was an experiment, I've had several different runs and i'm trying to dial in the best method... based on time/yield/quality/ease ..... theres a pic on one of the last pages in my second sig of my critical kush when she hit the screen, (30"x56") i could have flipped her into flower sooner but i wanted my screen enveloped since she was my only plant... I needed the harvest so i took clones and flipped as late as possible..
eventually as you improve your technique your buds up top will be so fat that underneath will all be scraggaly spindley bud that you'd end up using for edibles or tossing