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Streching

TheVomit
TheVomitstarted grow question 6mo ago
Hi. What ist the best solution to keep the plant internodes as short as possible during the 18/12 light (changing to flowering cycle) reduction? I have often too much streching. Thanks.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 6mo ago
High light intensity reduces internodal spacing, more light less space. Also blue light effects how much auxin and gibberellins depending on its ratio, more blue shortens internodal spacing. Cell elongation is linked to turgor pressure created from osmosis which is directly linked to rate of transpiration. More transpiration more pressure to elongate.
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MindFlowers68
MindFlowers68answered grow question 6mo ago
Reduce the amount of red and far red and give them more blue light. More light in general will help. I think more nitrogen will make them stretch more too. Apparently the reason plants stretch under shade from other plants is because the shade gives off more of a red wavelength of light that cues them to stretch to get to better light. Genetic will play a role as well. some plants are just going to stay squat no mater what. Keeping your temp differental closer togeather apparently helps strech too.
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ATLien415
ATLien415answered grow question 6mo ago
At the end of the day this is gonna be hormonal and strain dependent, but you can try your best to fight it. I personally love large internodal spacing..all flowering sites get ample light that way. I also use it to train into my canopy. If I were trying to beat it though, your best chance is having apical dominance thwarted for the immediate time period prior to flipping and to keep doing LST to ensure this. Recall that 50-150% of the height of the plant is the old rule of thumb, with 50% growth during stretch in height being just the norm back then for the types of lights
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