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[First time LST]Is she stunted ?

Germaican
Germaicanstarted grow question 7 months ago
Is she a bit shallow ? Did i bend her too low ? She is only about 10cm - 11cm max. Looking healthy and keeps growing a lot the last weeks. Any tipps or insights would be nice.
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Plant. Too short
Techniques. LST
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001100010010011110answered grow question 7 months ago
looks fine.. leaves have consistent color and generally perky. Looks like normal lighting in that picture or a very dimmed grow light? if not and that is under an intense grow light, may want to back off on N or Mg as it's getting dark (plants appear paler than they actually are under intense grow lights) Make sure internodes continue to elongate at least a little bit -- don't want stertchy, but no lengthening is just as bad. When you LST or top, growth hormones spread out -- you may have more growth occurring in total, but in any one spot it may look slower than before. if the plant goes from 1 dominant top to 4-5+, it's going to take a second for the roots to be able to supply that much more growth occuring concurrently. if your were counting total new nodes per week.. you may see fewer new nodes at one one palce but should add up to more new nodes relative to expected uptick over time as growth rate is increasing upto any phyiscal limitations (pot size, et al and genetics will limit how big a plant grows and growth will slow back down again when you approach that limit, but early on it's incerasing exponentially. plant doubles every 7-10 days or so.) 2 to 4, would be +2 then 4 to 8 was be +4, then +8, +16 etc... whatever the time to double ends up being in your garden. some methods cause faster growth than others. soilless/hydro generally is the most productive way.
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Scrubbyjimbob
Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question 7 months ago
Your plant looks good and I wouldn't worry too much yet. I'm not even seeing preflowers yet, though you should soon. I've seen lots of autos this size/age finish 5'-6'(or nearly 2 meters for you metric fans) tall in the greenhouse. Lots of people make a big ta-doo about topping autos but it's really not a big deal-we do it all the time at work, the key is just doing it early enough. I promise you most of the people who "firmly believe" autos shouldn't be topped have never topped one in their life and are just passing along "wise words" they read someplace.
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GanjaGecko
GanjaGeckoanswered grow question 7 months ago
Hey grüß dich. Ich denke auch stark das der Wachstumsstop mit dem topping zu tun hat. Dazu das binden. Da kommen HighStressTraining und LowStressTraining zur gleichen Zeit. Das war vielleicht etwas zu viel auf einmal. Die wird sich schon wieder erholen. Gib ihr noch ein paar Tage. An sich hat LSchnabel aber recht, Automatiks sollte man eher nicht toppen. Automatiks haben eine vorprogrammiert Lebenszeit, wenn man anfangs toppt, nimmt man ihr wertvolle Tage in der Vegetation die man nicht wiederkriegt. Bei Automatiks lieber die Triebe so binden das sie alle die gleiche Höhe haben. Wenn man die Genetik kennt und weiß das diese Automatik eine recht lange Vegetation hat, könnte man mal überlegen zu toppen. Aber an sich würde ich nur photoperiodische Ladys toppen.
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LSchnabel
LSchnabelanswered grow question 7 months ago
Well I’ll say this first after looking at your diary. I’m a firm believer that you should never top an Autoflower. As far as your LST, it looks good. The plant will be short during this time because your whole goal is to spread everything out even to get a nice even canopy. Once she starts to flower your growth will skyrocket. Hope this helps.
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