First Time Grower - overcoming mistakes

[TomDaDon90]

I see how much lst training gets them a lot more bushy.

[Wayzee]

Yea that and I am lucky to have a se7000 spider farmer led, which is around 700watts so that helps stopping them from stretching...
Pretty sure that strain was Dr trichomes gelato..

[TomDaDon90]

So your pretty much saying to cut all the big leaves and cut them down to the stem below the yellow line in the picture you did for me??
That makes sense...!

[TomDaDon90]

Pretty much cut all the leaves that are below the yellow line that aren't generating any buds....

[Wayzee]

All the growth below those lines even it it has little buds starting to form....

[Wayzee]

ductwizard Yea man just for helping keeping it flat, it's what I had laying around so that why I used wire instead of a net... I haven't had anything big enough indoor to have to support branches... Yet 🤞🏾 haha

[TomDaDon90]

That's pretty cool, using wire instead of net bro....!

[Wayzee]

My whole room I made as cheap as I could out of old timber pallets, old iron roof sheets, old mattress Toppers and polystyrene foam for insulation and a few rolls of self adhesive gloss white wall paper off of Temu..

[TomDaDon90]

Okay and in the morning I will trim all the leafs and stems under the yellow line. The light will get to it much better. And thanks.

[TomDaDon90]

But you got one big as fuck led light that's kinda expensive lol with cheap as hell grow room and shit lol

[Wayzee]

Haha yea, I figure the most important thing is light.

[Rootsruler]

TomDaDon90 What you're doing by trimming some of the lower branches is concentrating more energy towards the top of the plant that get the maximum amount of light energy. Similar to topping a plant where you are redirecting the energy that plant has to where you want it to be directed. The plant naturally exhibits Apical Dominance which is what makes it grow like a Christmas tree. When you top it you are redistributing that energy to other lateral branches.

When I set my ScrOG net I don't weave the branches. I use the net to keep the branches spread out so that the entire canopy gets the same amount of light energy. Basically the net is there to hold the branch in place. Weaving it will lock that branch in and will not allow you to be able to readjust it if needed so I use the net to hold the branches down but they aren't tied to anything. The splayed branches receiving equal light will produce similarly sized flower from the base to the tip versus the traditional grow where the top bud is the largest and the lateral branches have smaller buds as you go down the plant.

This was how my last grow turned out using this method. As you can see the branches are held back from growing vertically and the flower sites are allowed to go vertical.

[Wayzee]

I notice the extender on your humidifier? Is that how it is or have you set it up like that so the humid air settles on the canopy,?

[Rootsruler]

Drphil69 - Thanks! I just watered them. They did all the work! LOL!

Wayzee - The extender was a DIY project I pieced together at the local Home Depot. The humidifier was too short so I rigged up the extender to clear the canopy. I probably could have made it shorter but I'm lazy and it worked! Hahaha!

[Wayzee]

Ok, haha if it working don't f#$k with it..... ☺️