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What can cause a plant not to stretch?
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indicas tend not to stretch much, also you can phospoload you plants at the begining of flower to get flowers developing sooner and not stretch.
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Phosphoload is a high Phosphorus liquid supplement that can assist your flowering plants.
Phosphoload has a chelated form of active phosphorus that can be more readily available to the plant.
This product is reported as a copy of Dutch Master Superbud with the same effects on plant height and bud density.
Use 2ml-4ml per liter of water for 1 week during the early to mid flowering stage.
The manufacturers "flowery" product description of "Dutch Master Superbud":
SUPERBUD is the most innovative & powerful flowering additive to hit the market EVER! SUPERBUD utilizes a new technology which extracts unique isolates from coal derived humates. These Humatic Isolates are powerful rare earth elements that when combined with Dutch Master's proprietary Phospholipid* Technology, unlocks the floodgates for a fast & powerful flowering response. The Phospholipid Technology then incenses or switches the flowering receptor sites on, which then allows these Humatic Isolates to exert their powerful flowering effect. Plants flowered with SUPERBUD stop their upward growth almost immediately & start to form numerous, tight & heavy clusters of flowers that continue for many weeks. Growers who use SUPERBUD can expect larger heavier yields of flowers with an average yield increase of 25 to 30%.
Key Benefits:
* Up to 30% Yield Increase
* Halts Vertical Growth
* Significantly Faster Flowering Response
* Heavier, Tighter Flower Density
* Fastest/Strongest Flowering Response Possible"
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Phosphoload is a high Phosphorus liquid supplement that can assist your flowering plants.
Phosphoload has a chelated form of active phosphorus that can be more readily available to the plant.
This product is reported as a copy of Dutch Master Superbud with the same effects on plant height and bud density.
Use 2ml-4ml per liter of water for 1 week during the early to mid flowering stage.
The manufacturers "flowery" product description of "Dutch Master Superbud":
SUPERBUD is the most innovative & powerful flowering additive to hit the market EVER! SUPERBUD utilizes a new technology which extracts unique isolates from coal derived humates. These Humatic Isolates are powerful rare earth elements that when combined with Dutch Master's proprietary Phospholipid* Technology, unlocks the floodgates for a fast & powerful flowering response. The Phospholipid Technology then incenses or switches the flowering receptor sites on, which then allows these Humatic Isolates to exert their powerful flowering effect. Plants flowered with SUPERBUD stop their upward growth almost immediately & start to form numerous, tight & heavy clusters of flowers that continue for many weeks. Growers who use SUPERBUD can expect larger heavier yields of flowers with an average yield increase of 25 to 30%.
Key Benefits:
* Up to 30% Yield Increase
* Halts Vertical Growth
* Significantly Faster Flowering Response
* Heavier, Tighter Flower Density
* Fastest/Strongest Flowering Response Possible"
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mexilandrace
genetics
My plants don't stretch as much when I am running my lights vertical and very close
My plants don't stretch as much when I am running my lights vertical and very close
mexilandrace said:
That's how he ran it. Vertical grow. But vertical grows should still stretch from what i've seen. THe main cola was only 5-6 inches long.. but a lot of side branching. Was hopnig for a lot bigger main cola. Figured the reason why it didn't produce a big main cola was because it didn't stretch hardly. The plants weren't topped.
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mexilandrace
Prolly genetics then, did the side branches grow to meet the man cola?
some plants try to make a table top more than one main cola
some plants try to make a table top more than one main cola
As long as environmental issues does not occur like no light leaks and or stress to the plant....... then below can cause the issue.......
High amounts of nitrogen can cause it to slow it's stretch if I remember correctly, or it may be the other way around... but it sounds like to me it sounds like genetics played a role here......
Did it bud out good? Also if your plant is rootbound it can cause your plant to not stretch either also like others have said strain plays a role too.
High amounts of nitrogen can cause it to slow it's stretch if I remember correctly, or it may be the other way around... but it sounds like to me it sounds like genetics played a role here......
Did it bud out good? Also if your plant is rootbound it can cause your plant to not stretch either also like others have said strain plays a role too.
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mexilandrace
MynameStitch said:
ya, other way around
Ok, thanks for that cause, for the life of me I can't remember that for some reason.... I don't know why.
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mexilandrace
no worries, I got your back
TY!
Strain was White Widow 50/50 sativa/indica... usually does a nice thick main cola. It budded out well except the main branch. He did have a nitrogen problem though. He was low on nitrogen for a while and was using bloom nutes after 2 weeks of flower... The plant started yellowing a lot.. then he went back to more nitrogen the rest of the grow. The yellowing stopepd but it didnt seem to stretch much that 1st month of flowering. THe plant shoulda been 6 ft tall... at least 5.
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mexilandrace
ya sounds like he didn't have enough N when it needed it for the stretch.
prolly gonna burn pretty harsh if he kept the N high through out flower
prolly gonna burn pretty harsh if he kept the N high through out flower
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Space Ghost
you're forgetting phenotypic variation, that is to say that not every pheno is going to express a 50/50 ratio.
Was it from seed or known clone?
Was it from seed or known clone?
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Space Ghost
and in past grows of the same clone it did stretch to the desired height?
if so.... i'd say if would be a N problem or low temps maybe... or different lighting ie. MH as opposed to HPS... or different light intensities?
if so.... i'd say if would be a N problem or low temps maybe... or different lighting ie. MH as opposed to HPS... or different light intensities?
if the light given is a cool blue spectrum (cool 6500k) it encourages less stretch and more bushy growth. also repotting a plant in flower is another good way to slow down vertical growth (i've tried it before, won't anymore)
