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per grow because we will be in a vegetative stage longer than a SOG
grow.
The plants are trained to grow horizontally under the screen
until they are 2 weeks into the flowering cycle. At this point you let the
tops grow vertically through the screen. One should always train the
main growing tops to the outside of the screen. They always grow the
tallest, and we want the tallest to be on the perimeter of the screen. As
the tops grow vertically, push the large fan leaves down under the
screen, allowing the light to get to all the developing bud sites. If leaf
growth is excessive, one should first cut the finger in half making a
shorter leaf and allowing light to get to the bud site. Leaving half the
leaf on the plant still allows it to make energy for the plant to grow.
Taking a whole fan leaf away in one go can stunt growth.
In a week take off the rest of it. Some do not remove leaf at
all, but I do it to help with air movement, reduce chance of mould or
fungus, and to allow light to penetrate the bud sites. Just remember to
remove a little at a time if you do remove leaf.
At this point flowers are forming and growing vertically
creating a carpet of bud above the screen. Now we go below the
screen and remove all the lateral branches and stray bud sites. The
canopy has thickened up enough now that light is blocked from
reaching this lower growth. It is only sucking away your plant's
energy from the buds under the light. Remove all branches that have
not made it to the screen and the stray bud sites. We want the plant to
concentrate all its grow energy on the developing flowers above the
canopy.
