New Grow, Advice and comments welcome

Kingsmark

New Member
I've read this forum and others for years, and as I've found such valuable info on here, figured I'd finally make an account now that I'm finally growing for myself. I'd love to see any feedback, comments, suggestions, tips, etc that anyone feels like giving me!

Setup:
4x3 tent (3x3 flower, 1x3 veg)
SF 2000 and SF1000 Leds
Coco coir and perlite medium, 65/35 respectively
3 Gallon smart pots
1 4 inch 3 speed inline fan for exhaust
12 inch desk fan (oscillating) below
6 inch clip fan (stationary) above
GH Flora Trio
Water PHed to 5.5-5.9
Humidity and temperature levels kept around VPD standard (9ish).
Humidifier when needed, dehumidiguer when needed, A/C when needed

Grow start date (seeds successfully germinated): 4/20
Vegged 5 weeks at 70 percent light intensity
Defoliated: 5/25
Flipped to 12/12: 5/31
Defoliated: 06/16


Other than being topped once, VERY minimal training (like I only bent branches I felt like may get light burn, 3 total), as this first grow is going to be used to compare no/minimal stress training, to low stress, to high stress, to extreme stress.

Let me know what you guys think of them, and again, any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Last 3 pics are most recent (6/17), both after defoliation (let me know if I cut off too much , especially since I did it a little after 2 weeks of flowering)
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Tracker

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I see the pics on this post. You will get various opinions on defol here. I take off leaves and small branches on the lower 1/3rd of the plant that aren't getting any light, and I thin out some of the large fan leaves at the top that are blocking light from bud sites below them inside the canopy. Some people don't do defol at all, and others strip the plants almost naked.
 

Kingsmark

New Member
I see the pics on this post. You will get various opinions on defol here. I take off leaves and small branches on the lower 1/3rd of the plant that aren't getting any light, and I thin out some of the large fan leaves at the top that are blocking light from bud sites below them inside the canopy. Some people don't do defol at all, and others strip the plants almost naked.
Do you think I went too far, for them already being in flower? And how do they look to you, in general?
 

MidnightSun72

Well-Known Member
I've read this forum and others for years, and as I've found such valuable info on here, figured I'd finally make an account now that I'm finally growing for myself. I'd love to see any feedback, comments, suggestions, tips, etc that anyone feels like giving me!

Setup:
4x3 tent (3x3 flower, 1x3 veg)
SF 2000 and SF1000 Leds
Coco coir and perlite medium, 65/35 respectively
3 Gallon smart pots
1 4 inch 3 speed inline fan for exhaust
12 inch desk fan (oscillating) below
6 inch clip fan (stationary) above
GH Flora Trio
Water PHed to 5.5-5.9
Humidity and temperature levels kept around VPD standard (9ish).
Humidifier when needed, dehumidiguer when needed, A/C when needed

Grow start date (seeds successfully germinated): 4/20
Vegged 5 weeks at 70 percent light intensity
Defoliated: 5/25
Flipped to 12/12: 5/31
Defoliated: 06/16


Other than being topped once, VERY minimal training (like I only bent branches I felt like may get light burn, 3 total), as this first grow is going to be used to compare no/minimal stress training, to low stress, to high stress, to extreme stress.

Let me know what you guys think of them, and again, any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Last 3 pics are most recent (6/17), both after defoliation (let me know if I cut off too much , especially since I did it a little after 2 weeks of flowering)
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I think you defoll'd nicely.
Good job man I like what you got going on.
 

MidnightSun72

Well-Known Member
Do you think I went too far, for them already being in flower? And how do they look to you, in general?
No an issue. At 3 weeks I like to have all the lower shit buds removed and plant fully defoliated like you've done there. You should see the amount of shit I throw away
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