The stretch is a myth.. prove me wrong

promedz

promedz

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lmao if i gave you a clip of this holy grail number 1... you will see a 7-8 foot plant after 3 weeks in flower... shit stretches so bad but i can tame her and she gives back sticky stank
 
Mellow old School

Mellow old School

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Well different circumstances can for sure influence lack of stretch in flower, the 8 clones I have growing at the moment eg. have been stunted quite a bit, due to the cold hence me working different hours, not being the best daddy one could be...

Have a mellow evening(here)...
 
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TheHarvester

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Gquebed said:
The temp differential between lights on and off play a role too. The smaller the diff the less the stretch has been my experience...
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Pot size does as well, It's not recommended to flower immediately after potting up.

You shouldn't be going for a 4" pot to a 5 gal either. Potting up is a technique to help control height and create a maze of layer root zones.
 
Gquebed

Gquebed

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TheHarvester said:
Pot size does as well, It's not recommended to flower immediately after potting up.

You shouldn't be going for a 4" pot to a 5 gal either. Potting up is a technique to help control height and create a maze of layer root zones.
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I always potted up from 1 gal to 5 gal and then 2 or 3 weeks later flipped to flower. Never had a problem with that. Would average 5 to 6 ounces per plant that way.
 
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TheHarvester

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Gquebed said:
I always potted up from 1 gal to 5 gal and then 2 or 3 weeks later flipped to flower. Never had a problem with that. Would average 5 to 6 ounces per plant that way.
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Yeah the key to your statement is letting them veg in the 5 gallon for 2-3 weeks. They find there legs by then. Send one into flower immediately and compare.
when you pot up, the plant will have surge of growth. If you match that with the sudden long dark period on 12/12, you will get more stretch.
Pot size helps make the difference between a tall lanky sparse plant and a shorter plant that fattens up the buds instead putting energy into growing taller.

If you went from a 1(2 weeks) - 3(2 weeks) - 5(2 weeks) then flowering, your root mass will be better. It's a standard practice in horticulture. Try it, 2 weeks extra veg, what kind of extra yield would make it work it? Try one, what do you have to loose. maybe you'd get 10 ounces per plant.
Matching the right size pot for the size of your flowering plants makes for better plants.
 
Gquebed

Gquebed

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TheHarvester said:
Yeah the key to your statement is letting them veg in the 5 gallon for 2-3 weeks. They find there legs by then. Send one into flower immediately and compare.
when you pot up, the plant will have surge of growth. If you match that with the sudden long dark period on 12/12, you will get more stretch.
Pot size helps make the difference between a tall lanky sparse plant and a shorter plant that fattens up the buds instead putting energy into growing taller.

If you went from a 1(2 weeks) - 3(2 weeks) - 5(2 weeks) then flowering, your root mass will be better. It's a standard practice in horticulture. Try it, 2 weeks extra veg, what kind of extra yield would make it work it? Try one, what do you have to loose. maybe you'd get 10 ounces per plant.
Matching the right size pot for the size of your flowering plants makes for better plants.
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Hmmmmm.... might be worth a try...

What i have found when i transplant is that there is very little above soil growth until the roots... i dunno... find the boundaries of the pot? Then comes a growth surge.
 
JohnDee

JohnDee

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Gquebed said:
Hmmmmm.... might be worth a try...

What i have found when i transplant is that there is very little above soil growth until the roots... i dunno... find the boundaries of the pot? Then comes a growth surge.
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I'd worry that up-pot manipulation might only delay stretch...thus setting you back...
JD
 
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TheHarvester

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Gquebed said:
Hmmmmm.... might be worth a try...

What i have found when i transplant is that there is very little above soil growth until the roots... i dunno... find the boundaries of the pot? Then comes a growth surge.
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And I'd rather that explosive growth under my blue spectrum MH, and a shorter darker period(where stretch mostly occurs), more light/energy
As oppose to the explosive growth come in the form of stretching stems from the Red spectrum HPS and longer dark period, less light/energy.
This situation is HID light specific, or more like light spectrum specific. You won't notice as much of a difference with full spectrum lights. Or using the same bulb from start to finish.

Then if the pot size is correct, it will stretch less and fill out more. Granted it has everything it needs to thrive. ;o)

Light and temperature play a huge role in it as well.
 
mytwhyt

mytwhyt

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Whats a running joke is you and this thread... Your trolling got a lot of serious replies. Not the first time i've bit on click bait, probably not the last..
 
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