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Impression that my plant does not grow in height compared to other growers.

Donatello
Donatellostarted grow question 4y ago
HI, I have the impression that my plant does not grow in height compared to other growers. Do you know where this could be coming from? My extractor is running at very low power. I water about my 12L pot with 1L every 3/4 days. The humidity is about 60/70% (when the light i
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 4y ago
No need to compare what your plant looks like to other peoples' plants, there are too many variables involved to make direct comparisons, such as lighting, temps, nutrients and type/strain of the plant. However, there are a couple of things going on. Firstly, one litre every 3-4 days is nowhere near enough, more like 3-4 litres every 4-5 days. Your plant will not grow roots in dry soil, which can limit growth. You want to water the entire pot, from side to side and not just next to your plant. The substrate needs to be moist, top to bottom. Over watering in fabric pots is nearly impossible, so do not be afraid of giving much more water than you currently are. Secondly, unfortunately you have topped this plant which generally is a no-no with auto plants and is most likely the main reason your plant is not getting taller. When a plant is "topped" the plant undergoes a "metabolic shock" caused by losing her head, basically. Once the top (head) is cut off, the plant first tries to figure out what happened, "decide" on what happens next, then implement a new "strategy" for where growth will now go and which part to designate as the new "head" of the plant. All this takes 7-14 days to occur, during which time growth stagnates. Since an auto only has a roughly 4 week growing period before flowering starts, topping, with its one to two week recovery period, and where no/very little growth takes place, severely handicaps the plant. At this stage, there is little you can do, other than continuing with your current care routine and learning as much as you can while being patient with your plant. She will still grow and flower, but probably not as much as you may have been hoping for. Topping and other "high stress" growing techniques are best used on photoperiod plants, where recovery time can be dealt with effectively, and the growing cycle can be extended to compensate for the "metabolic shock" allowing for bigger plants before flowering is initiated. Hope this helps,.... Organoman.
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R_Dank
R_Dankanswered grow question 4y ago
Not sure you will have much run off if your only giving them 1 ltr every 3/4 days? Maybe time to increase the water ❤️🤞
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DeadwebsiteBoringcommunityanswered grow question 4y ago
If you've been feeding her since birth that can be part of your problem.. When the feed water you add evaporates the nutrients are still left in the soil. And then your plant grows and you add more nutrients. But there are already nutrients in the soil. So what happens when there is too much nutrients in the grow medium? Osmotic Pressure of the Grow medium becomes high. And the plant slows down because it is having a very hard time transpiring. I use the word transpiration a lot when giving advice because it's such a valuable and important part of growing Plants. If you check the EC of the run off from your grow medium you will most likely have very high Levels of nutrients. Or you can try using just plain old water for a week or so and see if your plants start to take off in terms of growth. I'm 90% confident it's just "too much".
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