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Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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Wow! Thats quite the setup :o. Just a thought but I use small link chain and hooks, easy peasy. I tried ratchets but had terrible luck lol. And I'm pretty much convinced that pulling leaves is a bad thing. Perhaps if you've got a strain dialed in and know how it behaves then maybe but never worked with me.
 
ttystikk

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Budley Doright said:
Wow! Thats quite the setup :o. Just a thought but I use small link chain and hooks, easy peasy. I tried ratchets but had terrible luck lol. And I'm pretty much convinced that pulling leaves is a bad thing. Perhaps if you've got a strain dialed in and know how it behaves then maybe but never worked with me.
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Defoliation is a tried n true technique. I defoliate lightly throughout my runs and more heavily around week six, which helps the buds get more light and swell up, IME.
 
Kush Killington

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ttystikk said:
Defoliation is a tried n true technique. I defoliate lightly throughout my runs and more heavily around week six, which helps the buds get more light and swell up, IME.
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Lol idk how people still even question defoliation. I mean really... People defoliate almost every single other outdoor/indoor plant without issue. Its like maintainence. My plants get reaaal leafy, so why not trim a few? I doubt they even notice or care when the removed leaf allows light to penetrate deeper. Not to mention the removed leaves are replaced quickly with more leaves lol.

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By the way I smoked just a couple bong bowls and it got me semi high. Could this indicate that I am doing good so far? Kinda obvious but I am curious cuz this got me more high than some flowertypes I've smoked in the past.
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Lol! Haha i feel it thou. Do wat chu gotta do. Thou, id b nervous having my lights barely hanging above my plants!
Definite upgrade potential. All yu need are one of those pulley things yu find at grow shops.

Sir KK
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..and yeah I am always feeling a little nervous when im away from home for more than 1 day :D:mrgreen::eyesmoke:
 
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Budley Doright said:
Wow! Thats quite the setup :o. Just a thought but I use small link chain and hooks, easy peasy. I tried ratchets but had terrible luck lol. And I'm pretty much convinced that pulling leaves is a bad thing. Perhaps if you've got a strain dialed in and know how it behaves then maybe but never worked with me.
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Yeah I've been thinking about small link chain & hooks too as I have a few on my LED panel. B plan would be some sort of rack and then attach the link chain to it. Wanna tell me your terrible memories using ratchets? Im curious :D
 
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If you use a hook and a chain with links that fit around the hook, you can hang stuff and adjust the height by adjusting what chain link attaches to the top
Usually lights have like a little hangy thing on the top of the for that
 
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kermit2692

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eh.. If you smoke it early and you're doing ok you get a different buzz and being a new grower you immediately all like omg this stuff is great or else wtf that's not normal weed.. In reality you shouldn't pull anything early to try out you will never get a representation of the final product, you lose weight on that bud, and it's just not good smoke yet anyway. But we've all done it at least once :) I realized pretty quick I don't need to do that again lol rather smoke something I bought and wait.
 
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kermit2692

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had a 1000w enclosed de supported by normal ratchet light risers and have used them repeatedly with lighter lights. Haven't had a problem personally.
 
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kermit2692 said:
eh.. If you smoke it early and you're doing ok you get a different buzz and being a new grower you immediately all like omg this stuff is great or else wtf that's not normal weed.. In reality you shouldn't pull anything early to try out you will never get a representation of the final product, you lose weight on that bud, and it's just not good smoke yet anyway. But we've all done it at least once :) I realized pretty quick I don't need to do that again lol rather smoke something I bought and wait.
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I see what you mean. I just smoked some trimmings I cut off a few days earlier. Never that I would try smoking the flower this early :D
 
Budley Doright

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kermit2692 said:
had a 1000w enclosed de supported by normal ratchet light risers and have used them repeatedly with lighter lights. Haven't had a problem personally.
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I had a bitch of a time with the ones I had but they were the ones that came with the cheap ballast I bought years ago. In all fairness I haven't had tried them since.
 
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kermit2692

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may have been a little extra Chinese.. Give the fifteen dollar hydro shop brands a try.. You won't go back to opening and closing links, I used to use chain also.

I thought you clipped a bud for sure.. I'm just babbling my .02 do what you have to do lol
 
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kermit2692 said:
may have been a little extra Chinese.. Give the fifteen dollar hydro shop brands a try.. You won't go back to opening and closing links, I used to use chain also.

I thought you clipped a bud for sure.. I'm just babbling my .02 do what you have to do lol
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No closing links, they have little s hooks now lol. But yes I perhaps should give them ..... Wait ... What!!! $15 ... Forget it lol.
 
Budley Doright

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ttystikk said:
Defoliation is a tried n true technique. I defoliate lightly throughout my runs and more heavily around week six, which helps the buds get more light and swell up, IME.
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To each his own lol. And unlike others I dont get bent out of shape when others promote it. Trust me I keep trying lol. Just never did anything re yield but hey I'm a newb indoors. Outdoors, now I know it didnt do shit with the strains I grew and how I grew them. Leaving them be got the best yield and healthier plant. Again I kept trying and after 20 years I finally stopped lol. But who am I to say dont do it. I keep forgetting to insert IMO or IME lol.
 
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