adrjunkie85
New Member
Ok so I am brand new to this industry. All of my work is and always will be for personal consumption and not for sale... well, for my wifes consumption.. I don't smoke the Wackotobacco, just Legal tobacco. I'm on day 41 of my first plant (test run) I vegged for 31 days and then flipped toflower as soon as i seen the first alternating node I'm nearing the end of day 10 flower right now and yes I am starting to see alot of those Trichomes is what you call them? Anyway.. my question is this and I know it's a popular question.. My Plant is starting to bush out really well and I am concerned about the lower nodes/bud sites getting light.. I don't have the correct tool or eventhe room to tie it down like I have seen people talk about. I do however have an Idea that I would love some input from as many experienced growers as possible.
Instead of removing leaves to allow light to get to lower portions of the plant (tying leaves back isn't an option either as they are short stemmed leaves) I am using hair ties on the large-mature-dark-green leaves. I put the hair tie around the leaves to bunch them up and open a path for light to reach the lower areas. I plan on doing this half the day everyday until I feel the under parts of those leaves have grown enough. Should I just leave this alone and let it be or is this and interesting point for someone new like me to bring up?
I also knew absolutley nothing about growing pot until about one month prior to germinating this baby. I'm glad it ended up female =)
And I'm sorry if this exact post is somewhere else.. I couldn't find it!
I have also heard alot of talk about aluminum foil creating hotspots.. No need for input there because I have been monitoring the plant a whole lot and no issues yet from the foil
My plant is about 31 inches tall with just over 6 weeks to go in flower.. from what I hear as averages (8 weeks). I have a 12 ft high grow area
Instead of removing leaves to allow light to get to lower portions of the plant (tying leaves back isn't an option either as they are short stemmed leaves) I am using hair ties on the large-mature-dark-green leaves. I put the hair tie around the leaves to bunch them up and open a path for light to reach the lower areas. I plan on doing this half the day everyday until I feel the under parts of those leaves have grown enough. Should I just leave this alone and let it be or is this and interesting point for someone new like me to bring up?
I also knew absolutley nothing about growing pot until about one month prior to germinating this baby. I'm glad it ended up female =)
And I'm sorry if this exact post is somewhere else.. I couldn't find it!
I have also heard alot of talk about aluminum foil creating hotspots.. No need for input there because I have been monitoring the plant a whole lot and no issues yet from the foil
My plant is about 31 inches tall with just over 6 weeks to go in flower.. from what I hear as averages (8 weeks). I have a 12 ft high grow area
I have to agree that you may be going a bit overboard 
Bud sites will pop out, pretty much even if they receive very little light. When you see em, you can almost always tuck the fan leaves out if the way. Leaving most of the fan leaves "solar collecting" ability intact. Like still facing the light, but under or behind the bud. Since this is your first grow, perhaps as suggested a bit less "messing" may yield better results. Just sayin....... 
