Best way to make plants grow slower.

[Porky101]

Hi All,

So I am trying to get a perpetual grow going....

my problem is the plants in the veg room are growing too quickly...

is there any way to slow the plants down??

Growing in coco under 400W MH.

Thanks!

 

[tomascat]

kill the big light til u want to move ahead with her. leave her under a cfl . go to 25% ballast power. if u raise light, shell stretch to reach light so be aware

 

[SPLFreak808]

Just lower the temps a bit or take a shit load of clones....

 

[tomascat]

for a perp grow, take clones after 4 wks and keep in veg room in 18/6 on side lines. after another 4 weeks, all move forward. harvest some, clone some, advance some to flower

 

[HydoDan]

Removing the tops will retard vertical growth and make your plants more bushy..

 

[MoMoGrows]

They're growing too fast? Wouldn't you just move em to the flower tent sooner?

Lower the light wattage n they won't grow as big.

 

[KryptoBud]

You could super crop them, it might slow em down enough.
You could let them grow normally and use fewer but larger plants in flower.

 

[tomascat]

u have control of their growth. cut the energy source a bit. cut the light. u keep a mother plant for years if ya want by the same method

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Use 24/0 time signature. Maybe getting COBs would help. But the time signature should keep it from stretching.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

kill the big light til u want to move ahead with her. leave her under a cfl . go to 25% ballast power. if u raise light, shell stretch to reach light so be aware

If he lessens the light, it will stretch just as well.

 

[tomascat]

as I said, keep her in veg as long as ya want. its no big deal in its own room

 

[Olive Drab Green]

as I said, keep her in veg as long as ya want. its no big deal in its own room

Not trying to talk shit, but he wasn't looking for your opinion, he was asking how to reduce stretch. Reducing light will increase stretch.

 

[majins]

Need to stunt it.
Easiest and lest stressful would be turn the light right down,
Or you can do some high stress training (super cropping, topping)
Or you can miss treat them, (Over water, real low temps)

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

i don't think he wasn't only asking how to reduce stretch, he wants to physically slow the plants down till he has room in the flower tent.
slowing down the stretch will help, if he only has to slow them down for a few days. if he has to slow them down for more than a week, you could top them, you could cut a FEW sun leaves off, 3 or 4 of the bottom ones will slow you down for about a week till the plant regrows a few.
i'd turn that 400 down to 50% if its dimmable, and move it closer, then top them, that will definitely slow them down, and they'll be bushier when you put them into flower

 

[Olive Drab Green]

If he keeps them at 24/0 and keeps the light on them, they should blow up only after the flip.

He probably should just flower the fucker if it's too big to veg, honestly.

 

[Porky101]

i don't think he wasn't only asking how to reduce stretch, he wants to physically slow the plants down till he has room in the flower tent.
slowing down the stretch will help, if he only has to slow them down for a few days. if he has to slow them down for more than a week, you could top them, you could cut a FEW sun leaves off, 3 or 4 of the bottom ones will slow you down for about a week till the plant regrows a few.
i'd turn that 400 down to 50% if its dimmable, and move it closer, then top them, that will definitely slow them down, and they'll be bushier when you put them into flower

Yes as Roger said, I need to move them into my flower room...

I am sitting with 6 foot tree's....this is getting ridiculous!!!

 

[tomascat]

cut the light and keep her in veg like a mother plant!!! nothing to it if it stretches too much, so what, itll catch up when u open the throttle. it is a weed lol

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

damn. i'd super crop the shit out of that, make it look like a pretzel, and take a load of clones.
you just let it veg too long. don't take clones quite so early next round

lollipop it and shape it now before you put it into flower

 

[Porky101]

damn. i'd super crop the shit out of that, make it look like a pretzel, and take a load of clones.
you just let it veg too long. don't take clones quite so early next round

Should I pull her over?

And then cut off all the tops that are on the "under side"???

That is the Blue cheese.

Its in day 12 flower.

 

[Bolof]

Use it as a mother and cuts lots of bigger clones from it. Gives you 1. Smaller mother after the cuts. 2. Smaller plants to love to flower room.