rotating pots

charface

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How many of you do not rotate your pots to make sure the whole plant gets direct light on different days.
I have bamboo stakes and tied the separate branches to the stake with the main stem. I have a couple weeks to go before I`m done and I would like to stop rotating the plants. Question is will the light shining on 3/4 of the plant be enough to feed the whole plant or do I need to keep rotating these bastards. I switched from what I was feeding to organic this time around with tea, batshit and the works and got more than I bargained for. It is a good problem but a problem none the less.
 

imchucky666

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I just rotate them when I think about it, but only so I stay in the habit and remember to do it for my next grow, when they are under non-natural lighting and may have a tendency to lean if I don't have everything just right.
To answer your question, I don't think it is necessary this late in the game.
 

charface

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I plan on adding more lighting but right now I`m finishing this batch and hanging it up for a bit.
 

xxEMOxx

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I rotate earlier in veg and begin of flower.... but then as they get more established and 2 many stakes/ 2 big to move... i generally leave them in place.

I notice like after week 3 or 4 in flower they tend to grow towards the light from the position they had been in that last 5-7 days or so..... I tend to leave them at that point just spinning the pot itself on its axis/poles so that i get the most light I can where it needs it most and then just leave it....

If you looked at my tables you can see where the plants and colas pull up and nearly form a wall where they get light from the inside part and shade the outside forming almost a flat wall on the back sides.

SO at this point for you position them so they get the optimal light for each plant... ( you know with the gear you have currently ) and then just leave em you will be fine... and they will pull towards the light a bit as well after the first 3-4 days.
 

ULMResearch

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Rotating would help but I tend to let my plants grow wild. During flower it's impossible to separate the intertwined branches without serious and unnecessary effort. I've had plants that produced their heaviest buds on the fringes of the grow room near the white reflective walls farthest from the bulb and others that grew tons of dense heads directly under the light. I'm not nearly botanical enough to decipher it all but I think with a little LST (which I'm too lazy to even do myself) you can manage just fine without rotation and even light spread.
 

shadyslater

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I rotate mine twice daily 1/3 of a turn each go

Ive got a blue widow topped ta fook (14 colas) all within a 1/4 inch in hieght
 
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