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JiggamanFatbudz
JiggamanFatbudzstarted grow question a year ago
What can I do to get these plants to stretch? They are going into Week 4 and only 5" tall. They have a diameter of appx 10" I feel these should be much taller at this point.
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Growstick
Growstickanswered grow question a year ago
Its the genetics. Indica generally have fat leaves and stay short and squat. Sativa have thin leaves and stretch taller with more branching. Yours is an Indica leaning hybrid anyway, but it's possible it leans even more heavily that way than another seed grown alongside it - hybrids are often unpredictable. There's nothing wrong with the plant, don't worry. Lots of nodes tight together makes for large, dense buds. Plus it will stretch at 50-100% when it starts to flower. Just keep doing what you're doing! 😀
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GreenHarvest_Official
GreenHarvest_Officialanswered grow question a year ago
The stretch will come in time my friend. Sit tight and good luck with your grow :)
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NegotiatedBubble
NegotiatedBubbleanswered grow question a year ago
You are only going to get so much additional stretch out of a ruderalis hybrid, but introducing (or increasing the amount of) far-red light (IR) in veg or during early flower will stretch it:   “We get asked a lot about how these photobiological ratios apply to cannabis. The good news is that my laboratory has a state license to   study cannabis. So we've applied these ratios to predict cannabis growth, and they have the same value in cannabis as they do in all other   crop plants. Adding far-red is both good and bad and that's why the sensors are so important. You want to add the right amount at the right   time to get full advantage of it. More far-red can make cannabis plants taller. That’s usually bad. But it also helps expand leaves. That's   good, and there's evidence it can help with slightly earlier flowering, which is another benefit. So this is emerging research.”‹‹      Dr. Bruce Bugbee. “Predicting Stem Elongation and Leaf Expansion: Percent far-red is a better predictor than PPE”, YouTube,   www.youtube.com/watch           “In controlled environments, Bugbee suggests applying far-red photons early in the lifecycle to help close the canopy and capture   all available photons, then minimizing far-red during stem elongation early in flowering to keep plants short. With that phase finished,   Bugbee says, the last four weeks before harvest open the door to apply far-red photons again.”    ‹  Bruce Bugbee, “Far-Red Lighting and the Phytochromes”, Maximum Yield, ‹  www.maximumyield.com/far-red-lighting-and-the-phytochromes/2/17443   I will be covering up the IR diodes on my light during early flower this grow. Bugbee's entire video on far-red (Far-red: The Forgotten Photons) is an easier watch than the nerdy one from the above quote.      Dr. Bruce Bugbee. "Far-red: The Forgotten Photons, Dr. Bruce Bugbee", YouTube   www.youtube.com/watch
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Ezzjaybruh
Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question a year ago
It’s the ruderalis more than anything if we’re talking about genetics - which it is more than likely
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ernest_twwg
ernest_twwganswered grow question a year ago
You may have your light intensity up too high.
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UnkleSkunk
UnkleSkunkanswered grow question a year ago
io sono un cultore delle piante corte e ciccione quindi adoro gli internodi corti... dopo questo preambolo veniamo alla spiegazione intanto sono appena in prefioritura quini almeno un altra settimana sara' in vegetativa l'allungamento avverra' un po' in ritardo come ha fatto a me.. quindi aspettati l'allungamento tra 2 settimane piu o meno..
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Ctrellis90
Ctrellis90answered grow question a year ago
Unfortunately there's nothing you can do at this point. Next time I recommend planting in a bigger pot a less training/ less stress. You'll end up with a bigger auto. Or just go with photoperiod plants and that way you can control they're veg and bloom cycles so if something were to go wrong, you can correct it and not have to just deal with it like with auto flower plants. Hope this helps
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