Trying to get this little lady to stretch more, 5 weeks in from planting
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PadawanWarrior
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Why does your plant have a bun?
speedwell68
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This is when some selective defoliation and LST comes into play. Doing that wouldn't be my first choice.
Samwell Seed Well
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Technaflora soluble seaweed, it's suggested grams/gallon litre rates are fairly high based on the reactions of my plants. I dilute 50% and then see how the plants react.
Hiphophippo
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I’ve seen this before where you tie up your top nodes and expose the bottom. All that’s going to do is make her bushier. she looks good! Can I ask why you want her to stretch?
hotrodharley
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Just raise your light too high.
famebudz
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It's called ponytail, it allows lower branches to get light and stretch up to top to even out the canopy. Works great
PadawanWarrior
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Bun vs ponytail.
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famebudz
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Honestly still new to the whole thing. Just figured she'd be taller. But if that looks like the right height for a 5 week old plant then I guess I'm good lol
famebudz
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Yeah, that's why I tied it up top. The leaves were so big and burying the rest of the plant. But once I started tied up the top, the bottom went nuts and started stretching out
mudballs
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It's an indica so that's normal sort of to be squat and bushy...sativas are a little more leggy. Stretch happens during flower as some have mentioned but if you really really wanted to get an indica to stretch out you'd change to a red spectrum light and weaken its intensity for a short time. Not worth it, better to advance ur canopy skills.
famebudz
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The strain is granddaddy purple. Don't know if this helps but I have it under a mars sp250 and a viparspectra p2500. BTW thanks for the info
Hiphophippo
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I agree with mud balls! Your plants look good. I would just work on more lst and topping on your next grow, and the next grow, and the next grow. We’re all always learning. I top twice sometimes 3 times, anymore than that I notice the buds shrink a good bit in size compared to only being topped three times and lots of lst, open them babies up then your scrog will really work its magic.
Hiphophippo
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Yeah those lights will work just fine for that area. 4’x4’ right? I have a couple and I mean like 8 different grow lights I’ve tried that I thought just weren’t intense enough. Now I run a hlg 650 rspec, 18 barinna light bars and 2 sunraise 1000w to cover a 5’x10’ scrog. I just make sure I have even light intensity across so I judge everything off my brightest light that being the hlg I don’t grow In a tent so not a lot of side reflection
PadawanWarrior
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Those Sunraise aren't 1000 watts.
Hiphophippo
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Oh I know that lol! Just stating what’s there they are used as a filler. When I turn them on you really don’t notice any difference in the light intensity at all