Brown thumb grow

[Brwnthmb]

Bluey, @dirtymike
Thanks for your responses.
There’s one place around the plant where I left fan leaves; I caught myself before I got to the last spot. The plant is such that there are colas starting upwards and this was the last one. So hopefully it will help answer the question, comparing this one to the colas with fan leaves removed.

[Brwnthmb]

Bluey, @dirtymike
Thanks for your responses.
There’s one place around the plant where I left fan leaves; I caught myself before I got to the last spot. The plant is such that there are colas starting upwards and this was the last one. So hopefully it will help answer the question, comparing this one to the colas with fan leaves removed.

[dirtymike]

Fan leaves can be left on until they fall off unless they are blocking light to a bud sight. The plant will turn more yellow at the bottom telling you the PH is off or it needs some supplement, usually Cal-Mag.

[Bluey]

That's a good question.

I think it's a bit of a compromise between getting as much light onto the buds, especially the lower reaches of the buds and leaves for plant growth inc buds.

I'm guessing this is where under canopy lighting comes to the rescue.

[Brwnthmb]

I have removed some fan leaves with the plant in the flowering phase and I need some guidance. The plant has been flowering since 1/24, or about 3 weeks. Therefore I can see the flowering locations. I just now removed some fan leaves that were shading the flowers and sugar leaves below. However, each fan leaf is attached at a flowering site. So my question is; does each fan leaf produce sugars for the flower at its base (more specifically) or do the leaves just provide sugar for the plant in general? Therefore, which is best? Do you leave the fan leaf where you want production or do you remove the leaf that is above the area where you want production?
Thanks

[Brwnthmb]

this is an unusual plant and I am just asking for suggestions because I feel sure others have tried this before. I didn’t set out to do these steps but it happened. That is; I topped the plant twice because the pair of shoots created after the first topping were outrunning the rest of my grow. Then the 4 shoots were shading out the center so I bent them over. It only took a day for the leaves to turn over. I ended up with a bush as you can see. Also after the second topping the plant got all confused and started sprouting (more branches) from the stem.
I plan to flip the light schedule as soon as watering stabilizes. (I also repotted this plant recently and it hasn’t fully recovered.)
I like that there are a lot of bud sites on top, and it is like LST in that way.
Comments or suggestions?

[Bluey]

Give it time. Burp every day for at least a couple of weeks yhen drop it back to two/three times a week then once a week and your done. They say no benefit going past 6 months. Its normally quite good after a few weeks.

[Brwnthmb]

Rwise, @Gingerbeard,
Thanks

[Rwise]

My 150 gallon pots are hard to weigh.

[Gingerbeard]

You'll have to weigh things up as you go. The coco from last grow has been drying on my balcony since last harvest and weighs significantly less than the stuff I still have in the bag from this grow. I can't tell you what my coco weighs until I put it in the pot. I can't tell you what wet coco weighs until I wet my coco.

[Brwnthmb]

Rwise and Gingerbeard.
I’m only looking for a broad range of weight. For example; should a 3 gallon pot weigh 25-40 pounds, or 5-25? And does a plant lose (a lot of) weight as the potting soil is used up?

[Gingerbeard]

I can see keeping a constant weight going to know when 1 pound of water has evaporated from the soil so another pound can be put in. But it seems like a major pain in the ass.
Figure, too, your plant will gain weight.
A little secret, just between us, don't tell anyone... I have a probe I use if I can't tell by weight. Usually, I get that out when the plants are going on flowering and get top heavier.

[Rwise]

The issue I see with that is each mix of soil has a different weight depending on what it is made up of. Add perlite and the weight goes down, got clay in there its heavier. Best I can say is weigh it after watering, then let it dry a few days and weigh it again.

[Brwnthmb]

I have a question about pot weight. That is: what is a reasonable weight per gallon of potting soil that says that below this weight the plant needs water, and the weight above which the plant does not need water. In other words I need to calibrate myself.
I got myself out of whack trying not to over-water and get the pots light and I feel like I’m way to the light side. I haven’t weighed the pots because I don’t have a scale but I feel sure that these 3 gallon pots are easily less than a 5 pound bag of sugar. And I looked up potting soil weight and for moist potting soil 3 gallons should weigh 30-35 pounds. (3 gallons of water weighs 24.6 pounds.)
What got me to thinking was after a recent repotting, and before watering, the newly repotted plant is much heavier than my plants after watering.
Would one of you please weigh your fabric pot after watering (before and after is even better). I would appreciate it very much.

[Brwnthmb]

@Bluey
How do you know when curing is finished?
Does the humidity of the buds drop to a “finished”%?
Edit; I found online that it is good to store cannabis at 59-63%. That is surprising to me that it will stay lit there.