Will I damage if I cut these?

HansBud

HansBud

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Hell everyone nooby here with my first plant it's an amnesia auto and it's 4 weeks old today, I'm wondering if I can cut the two biggest solar leaves on her so she can receive more light in the middle and sides. Would this be bad? I don't wanna take a part of the plant that it still needs I'll take any input!



It'd be this leaf and the leaf on the opposite side of itIMG_20160509_204936.jpg IMG_20160509_204942.jpg
 
leaves are like solar panels for plants.. which sized solar panel do you think would collect more light converting it into electricity, food when it comes to plants? smaller sized ones, or the nice and big ones?
if you want to get more light to other areas of your plant, you can try to spread it out some using a bit of lst, or low stree training, basically bondage for plants.. tie her up, and tie her down, and spread her out a bit, which will allow more light to the middle of the plant..
topping or removing leaves or auto's isn't recommended as they don't have a true vegetive phase and won't have a chance to recover before flowering starts.
 
i'd also back off on the feeding a lil bit, you're getting some slight burning going on in the tips of the new growth.
 
racerboy71 said:
leaves are like solar panels for plants.. which sized solar panel do you think would collect more light converting it into electricity, food when it comes to plants? smaller sized ones, or the nice and big ones?
if you want to get more light to other areas of your plant, you can try to spread it out some using a bit of lst, or low stree training, basically bondage for plants.. tie her up, and tie her down, and spread her out a bit, which will allow more light to the middle of the plant..
topping or removing leaves or auto's isn't recommended as they don't have a true vegetive phase and won't have a chance to recover before flowering starts.
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Ohhh auto plants are different!! good to know! :clap:

more info

http://www.hightimes.com/read/grow-qa-should-i-prune-my-auto-flowering-pot-plants

"I do not recommend any training or pruning with auto-flowering plants. Because their vegetative stage is so short, there’s no benefit to cutting them. The short vegetative time doesn’t give the plant enough time to recover from pruning before going into flowering and thus the final yield is negatively affected.

I also don’t advise people to prune regular non-auto-flowering plants in the 2-3 weeks before flowering is induced for this very same reason. With autos however, you have no choice on when they flower and they will begin to do so at a certain height regardless of photo-period."
 
if anything other then using using last as described above I would recommend tucking vs trimming especially at this point. Also, as pointed out that autos done have a true veg state, and any stress to the plant at any point through out the grow can truly affect the overall yield and quality of the plant.
 
You make a solid point I've read autos are pretty fussy. Looks like some lst and mayb couple more CFLs! Thank you! And yes I was effin stoned and screwed up my mix was supposed to add another quart of water with the nutes I effed up haha
 
I can already see it's starting to flower I think those are pistils in that last picture.

Either way it looks really good keep up the good work! :D
 
HansBud said:
There are pistils! They showed up 2 days ago :)
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Overall it is looking very nice especially for a newbies. I myself am on my first grow and have 1 auto going that was a freebie. Some say autos for newbies is a good idea as they don't have to worry about lights etc, however many more experienced growers that I talk to heavily advise against autos, especially for newbs. Their main argument would normally be for possible yield vs photoperiod plants, however their #1 argument against them for newbs is that any stress at any time through out the grow will negatively affect outcome. Let's face it, most of us newbs experience at least some type of issue with our first grows which is one the only one I planted was a freebie.

All in all it looks like you have done a wonderful job thus far, keep up the great work!
 
tntgreen13 said:
Overall it is looking very nice especially for a newbies. I myself am on my first grow and have 1 auto going that was a freebie. Some say autos for newbies is a good idea as they don't have to worry about lights etc, however many more experienced growers that I talk to heavily advise against autos, especially for newbs. Their main argument would normally be for possible yield vs photoperiod plants, however their #1 argument against them for newbs is that any stress at any time through out the grow will negatively affect outcome. Let's face it, most of us newbs experience at least some type of issue with our first grows which is one the only one I planted was a freebie.

All in all it looks like you have done a wonderful job thus far, keep up the great work!
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Thanks man! I see exactly what your saying, the autos are sensitive and we newbs WILL make mistakes for sure possibly effecting yield and potency and such, why pick such a sensitive plant if very unsure of what you are doing to begin with, but with that said and like alot of others I did little research and I picked em for the speed,/should of done my homework but I don't think I'll be disappointed and hopefully will get the hang of it, it's alot of fun so far!
 
No, do not cut anything off.

Instead use Low Strength Training (LST) to tie her down. Expose all parts of the plant you can by gently bending and pushing the plant down and holding it in place with string, twine, gardening wire, or whatever you have that will work. After a few hours all of your plants nodes will be facing your light.

You have lowered your plant and exposed more of it to your light source without having to cut it that is the magic of LST now get to it.
 
Oh yes been looking up vids and info on lst gonna get her tied down today! Thanks everybody!
Cyrus420 said:
No, do not cut anything off.

Instead use Low Strength Training (LST) to tie her down. Expose all parts of the plant you can by gently bending and pushing the plant down and holding it in place with string, twine, gardening wire, or whatever you have that will work. After a few hours all of your plants nodes will be facing your light.

You have lowered your plant and exposed more of it to your light source without having to cut it that is the magic of LST now get to it.
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racerboy71 said:
i'd also back off on the feeding a lil bit, you're getting some slight burning going on in the tips of the new growth.
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So for the next two waterings I'm going to use water only, theb when I feed again should I add any blume nutes since it's showing pistils?
 
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