Streching
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Stretching is usually thought of as a bad thing, as a consequence of too little light or light that is too far away. For stability of the stalk, health of the plant, you want it to be as bushy as possible.
Some plants will stretch no matter what you do with lights because they are genetically viney. These are usually sativas or sativa dominant plants.
As a rule I am against stretching people.
Some plants will stretch no matter what you do with lights because they are genetically viney. These are usually sativas or sativa dominant plants.
As a rule I am against stretching people.
Yeah, me too, unless they're assholes.
saynotothebs
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stretching is not good for the plants.....you dont want them to stretching...
Illegalbreather
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one part of me stretches, and I make it stretch, is that what you mean??
Sorry peep,s what i ment buy the question was do you stretch your plants .
I tie and bend my plant,s through the veg stage traing all the plant top,s to grow as cola,s every time one top gets to tall i tie or bend it to let the rest catch up . Meaning there is only cola,s growing and little Nugget,s
When i do this for 2 months of veg my plants be still smallish and very compact . The plants be half the size than f i let them go natural but yield
So this time i lifted the light before flowering to let all the cola,s strech up a bit before the flower,s strart to grow
i
I tie and bend my plant,s through the veg stage traing all the plant top,s to grow as cola,s every time one top gets to tall i tie or bend it to let the rest catch up . Meaning there is only cola,s growing and little Nugget,s
When i do this for 2 months of veg my plants be still smallish and very compact . The plants be half the size than f i let them go natural but yield
So this time i lifted the light before flowering to let all the cola,s strech up a bit before the flower,s strart to grow
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RastaCourage
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well, i'm not sure what you mean..
but, are you saying you like stretching for little nugs?
personally, i think it's better for one big cola..
& or if you top it one big cola attached to two fat nugs..
but, for your question..
no, i do not stretch my plant..
check out the link in my sig..
it has little to no stretching..
& on the pictures it's seven days old..
but, right now she's eight days old..
but, are you saying you like stretching for little nugs?
personally, i think it's better for one big cola..
& or if you top it one big cola attached to two fat nugs..
but, for your question..
no, i do not stretch my plant..
check out the link in my sig..
it has little to no stretching..
& on the pictures it's seven days old..
but, right now she's eight days old..
No i do not grow nuggets just cola,s bonsi style ..
T813308004
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Stretching is bad for the plant, it makes the plant more flimsy and will result in less yield. Just because the plant is taller doesn't mean you will get more out of it. The more bud sights and nodes the better. You want your plants to be short and bushy with the smallest increments possible between nodes. To keep your plants from stretching keep your lights as close as possible without burning them (with fluoros or CFLs this is up to about 1/2 inch from touching the plant).
Thats how ive always did it m8 i use a 600w in a 150mm cooltube so the light is usually about 9" away Ive friend,s that would stretch there plants by lifting the light a extra few inch,s on the 1st week of flower After they have there plant structure sorted and they are growing the way they want them to by lst an pruning .Ive always just keep the light as close as possible through out I was just wondering ive any one else does it . Quess not lol Cheeese
