Week 5 plants grew alot since last week. I defoliated and did let on the main stem on FS. I'm seeing alot of white hairs and bud sights beginning to form!
I'm on week 4 I've been keeping it light on nutes. I've noticed slow growth it seems compared to others in week 4. Also I think my plants are stretching they are skinny and not short and bushy. I wanted to LST but I don't think they are strong enough yet. Any insight would be app
Gotta agree with @Ezzjaybruh, more lights or move it closer, its stretching a bit to much between the nodes and will make the plant weak if it does not thicken up later.
Good Luck!
Your nodes are too far apart and it has grown very tall. You must either hang the lamp lower or increase the wattage. For this I would recommend topping after the 4th node instead of LST. Apply LST to the shoots later. This will strengthen the side shoots and limit the height.
I'm a first timer and I'm curious to what this means? I'm thinking it's possibly heat stress my plants are closer too the lights (tops 8 inches Frm light) and I did turn the intensity up just a couple days ago. Any thoughts???
Also noticed the hole it can be from leaves drying up so if u even lightly touch em they'll Crack or it can be pest but everyone has there own opinions
The hole is from a pest and the light curl is heat and or light stress. But based on where you are in flower, I would keep the light where you have it…
Im a new grower aswell and i think they look great. The reason for them stretching might be that the light needs to be closer to the plant. But again might have to check with an expert. Good luck mate will follow and check regular
Im a new grower aswell and i think they look great. The reason for them stretching might be that the light needs to be closer to the plant. But again might have to check with an expert. Good luck mate will follow and check regular
Hey there friend. Would you be alright with me offering some pointers? I try to give this to all new growers on here, So dont mind me! So cannabis plants LOVE heat and humidity. It is the buds that hate it. In veg we want to take advantage of this fact to help our plants grow along much quicker and more vigorously. In veg we can look for temps of 79-84 MAX with lights on & no more than 9 degrees less with lights off. If we allow for too much temperature swing between lights on and lights off while the plant is still growing vertically up to day 20 of flower, We will cause the plant to stretch ALOT which we do not want. So in veg & early flower, Keeping our temperature gaps nice and close between lights on and off is key. Utilizing humidity in our rooms during veg will also help out a lot with more rapid growth but we must introduce it properly. In our rooms we have our temperature and humidity set-points, But when we combine those 2 it forms a third set-point which is the most important & that is called VPD, Vapor pressure deficit.
I strongly recommend every new grower or old grower who has not learned it yet, To study and understand it & implement it into your room, Logging your numbers daily.
https://cerescann.com/importance-of-measuring-vpd/
For soil, We generally want to go for a PH of 6.1.
This website does a GREAT job of illustrating it with a nice graph & very good detailed explanation for soil.
https://autoflowerseedshop.com/cannabis-ph-chart-guide/
As we briefly touched on before, During veg & early flower we want our temperature gap's nice and tight to avoid stretch. Why exactly our plants stretch in response to this is a genetic trigger being activated by the environmental stress essentially telling the plant the end of the season is closer than it really is. In veg & early flower the plant is still in its first stage of development which is to grow up wide and tall so when it produces seed, It can cast them out nicely. Remember, Whether we are growing our plants for seed or bud their genetic responses do not change as they gh sidedo not know any different. Once the plant has finished that first stage of growth by weeks 4-6 of flower with most strains, It is by day 20 of flower. Autoflowers you have to watch for it, But once the plant has finished this goal its new mission is to focus 100% on producing nice big flower clusters & to get very sticky so it can attract pollen to it successfully.
So once that vertical growth is finished, We actually now want to begin to expose our plants to larger temperature swings between lights on and lights off. This will help activate that genetic response and allow us to draw out the most potential from the strain utilizing the plants genetic triggers to environmental stresses at the right times. We can also take this a step further with doing light deprivation in the last 2 weeks using less light to simulate cloud cover. Very cold feed temps on the last flush is very good too. If you do not have them already, Get yourself a good PAR meter & thermal laser temp gun to monitor your plant top temperatures & optimize how much light your plants are getting. We are currently in the middle of producing a very comprehensive tutorial series for everybody to learn from & understand how to grow the highest level craft cannabis all on their own. If this interests you please check out our youtube and subscribe. The first 2 episodes are out the next one is coming in a few days. If you should ever have any questions or need any help, Please feel free to follow my profile and shoot me a DM. I will gladly help you with the pull down & make sure you get the best quality harvest possible as it is the most important step of the entire process.
Happy growing friend!