King Rusty
New Member
Greetings everyone. I am a long time reader here and have learned everything from this place. This is my first start to finish indoor grow, this is the setup.
10 Purple Kush clones, they were rooted when bought and grown in soil. They were vegging for a few days over a month. Two weeks into vegging 6 of these girls were super cropped. I wanted to see the difference and I definately regret not doing it to all of them. They are now three weeks into flowering. The room is about 5'-0" x 8'-0" and painted white from the ground up. I'm using a 1000w HPS (24hrs Veg, 12/12 Flower), a vortex fan to bring in fresh air/cool the light and a couple oscillating fans (one for air out, one for air flow). I am using Hydro Fuel for the nutrients.
I'm wondering what I can do to maximize the yield at this point. The top buds all look great and fat but the lower buds are a fraction of the size. I wouldn't be concerned but I feel I could get alot more bud out of the lower stuff then I'm going to. I realize they won't get as much light but is it a good idea to start pruning some of the fan leaves at the top to let some light down? I have been picking off the yellow leaves but is it any use to pick off healthy leaves? Also what about putting some CFL's along the bottoms?
The Buckets
Supercropped Girls
Close Up
Some of the big leaves I'm asking about cutting
10 Purple Kush clones, they were rooted when bought and grown in soil. They were vegging for a few days over a month. Two weeks into vegging 6 of these girls were super cropped. I wanted to see the difference and I definately regret not doing it to all of them. They are now three weeks into flowering. The room is about 5'-0" x 8'-0" and painted white from the ground up. I'm using a 1000w HPS (24hrs Veg, 12/12 Flower), a vortex fan to bring in fresh air/cool the light and a couple oscillating fans (one for air out, one for air flow). I am using Hydro Fuel for the nutrients.
I'm wondering what I can do to maximize the yield at this point. The top buds all look great and fat but the lower buds are a fraction of the size. I wouldn't be concerned but I feel I could get alot more bud out of the lower stuff then I'm going to. I realize they won't get as much light but is it a good idea to start pruning some of the fan leaves at the top to let some light down? I have been picking off the yellow leaves but is it any use to pick off healthy leaves? Also what about putting some CFL's along the bottoms?
The Buckets
Supercropped Girls
Close Up
Some of the big leaves I'm asking about cutting
i cant wait to see the end results. this is similar to the grow im getting started on. not the clones but i will be using a 600w hps in an almost same size little bigger area with 10 plants from seed, so im very interested to see what your yield is in the end with the 1000w bulb, maybe it would be a smart idea for me to upgrade or maybe run 2 600w bulbs.
so far
