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Hutch80
Hutch80started grow question 5 years ago
I only have 45w lights on it though, I’m worried about this hurting my yield. There are some small colas towards the lower half, should I consider clipping them to focus more energy on top canopy? Thanks!
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DankGardener
DankGardeneranswered grow question 5 years ago
Definitely lollipop 45w is not enough even for one plant. U might want to buy one more of your lights for this grow to be at 90w. You want to size your grow light by your square footage you are growing in and times it by 30w to 50w. So if I have a 3x3 that would 9 square ft. Now take 9x30=270w this will be the lowest watts I want from grow light. 9x50=450w will be the max I want for a 3x3 to get good yields.
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Stick
Stickanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi @Hutch80! In my opinion this would have benefit to your yield, but it's too late. I do not recommend to prune/lollipop after the 2nd week into the flowering stage. Doing it during late flowering increases the risk to harm/stress the plant and loose in weight. In this situation I would try to increase light penetration on the lowest colas, by bending the main stem slightly. Next time consider buying a real led growlight such! Let me know in the comments section if you need any further information, and happy growing! 👊
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motaman311
motaman311answered grow question 5 years ago
Your plant looks healthy and it doesn't look too large. While your light wattage definitely hurt your yields, it looks like you trained well and kept her small enough so your buds won't be airy and have some nice density. I would only remove the bud sites at the bottom, at this stage of flowering, if you have little to no light penetrating to them. Also, if your plant reacted well to your other training techniques, then you could assume removing the bud sites wouldn't hurt her too much... basically did she handle stress well? If you could add some light to the sides or bottom then absolutely do it. good luck!! 👊
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