How to slow down stretch?
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Roger A. Shrubber
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it does help some. if you really want them to stop, get something with cold water kelp extract, and spray it as a foliar. it contains cytokinins, a plant growth regulator that promotes short internodal spacing and thicker stems. not pushing vegamatrix products, but they have one called "hard n quick" designed to do just that. i've used it in the past, and it works.
newguy123
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Roger A. Shrubber
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pretty much any product that is made from cold water kelp ought to have enough cytokinin to help, look around
whitebb2727
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Why slow it? That will only stunt the plants.
If you are running out of room just super crop them. Basically just pinch the stems and bend them over. You work the stem between thumb and pointer finger like flattening a straw. Work the stem and soften it. The bend them over. If the stem breaks just put a piece of tape on them.
The stretch only last so long.
If you are running out of room just super crop them. Basically just pinch the stems and bend them over. You work the stem between thumb and pointer finger like flattening a straw. Work the stem and soften it. The bend them over. If the stem breaks just put a piece of tape on them.
The stretch only last so long.
Roger A. Shrubber
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yeah, you can do that too...
a mongo frog
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This advise right here. Your only day 10 of flower.
SchmoeJoe
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You could probably get some benefit from manipulating t-dif.
Rakin
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I’ve done this a lot with some pure sativas. Looks like shit but works like a champ
gjs4786
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Read this: http://bigbudsmag.com/how-to-stop-marijuana-plant-stretch/
Sure, you want some stretch, but cannabis stretches more than it needs to. That's why growers utilize positive and negative dif. SchmoeJoe mentioned this as well. If you have the means to have your temperature 3-4 degrees lower than night temps for this first 3-4 hours of lights on, that should help out a lot.
Sure, you want some stretch, but cannabis stretches more than it needs to. That's why growers utilize positive and negative dif. SchmoeJoe mentioned this as well. If you have the means to have your temperature 3-4 degrees lower than night temps for this first 3-4 hours of lights on, that should help out a lot.
newguy123
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Do you leave the stem bent to the side or you bring it back up?
Roger A. Shrubber
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leave it bent over, if you did it right, it will rise up a little but mostly stay bent over, while feeling like it belongs there, it shouldn't be floppy. not the end of the world if it is, but you didn't do it quite right
Rakin
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Leave it bent ever which way. Sometimes it almost laying down. When you do that everything else takes over as growth tops. The bud sights turn. If you have a long flowering strain and multiple plants they end up being one intertwined ball of shit but it works.
Last one I did was several eldorados and in the end they all together looked like 1 big block of shit bush but they had a flat canopy
