4 lights, 11 plants and an auto. Hydro.

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Okmedgrow

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bajafox said:
I kill all of my 11+ week phenos


Have you pinched the stems to stunt their stretch?
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I'm not really up to speed on stuff like that. Lst and some topping is all I've done. I haven't really read up on anything like pinching stems. Most of my grow experience is outdoor organics and I would grow just 5 or 6 big ones where height didn't matter and I liked the stretch. I moved to Oklahoma from California so big outdoor plants aren't really an option anymore so I'm going back to the system I ran years ago. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks bending, toping and gh 3 part is all I really know.
 
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oztoka

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in future instead of using 2 canopy nets try using one at desired height and keep bending the streching tips under the canopy UNTIL the stretch has finished, usually week 3 ~ 4. Might mean less plants and tips all overlapping each other but doesnt matter.
 
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Okmedgrow

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oztoka said:
in future instead of using 2 canopy nets try using one at desired height and keep bending the streching tips under the canopy UNTIL the stretch has finished, usually week 3 ~ 4. Might mean less plants and tips all overlapping each other but doesnt matter.
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I only have 11 plants covering 2 4'X8' areas and first time growing these seeds indoor. It's really just one plant stretching too much so I won't be growing it again. I still have more than a foot to raise the lights just complaining about the stretch of the one plant.
One layer wouldn't work for me and i can get netting free. First layer is down low for lst. They wouldn't have the support the need to grow this big (some over 6ft already) if only using one net up top. I don't like to keep bending past one week of 12/12. I prefer no stress in flower. Only the left side has a second layer now as it stretched way more than expected. Both sides will get another layer (3 on the left 2 on the right) of netting as the buds form more.

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The first layer down low adds support and let's me make them more bushy than tall. The bottom branches would have fallen down if not for the first layer of net.
 
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Okmedgrow

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Killaki said:
In the future you can avoid this by training the plant and make short and more full. Scrog and LST go hand in hand. Looks great though, nice and healthy.
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It's just this one single plant. I'll avoid it next time by not growing this strain indoors. I had been bending them but this one plant is streching more than the others.

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It was even with the other plants when I switched to flower and stopped bending them. I have 2 layers of netting on that side they were bent through so 6 plants fill in each 4'X8' section I could bend more and get more yield but this is all just for 2 people to smoke. I'll use a lot for edibles and toss a lot of it.
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The left side of the light is one plant and the right side is another. The one plant has stretched almost 2 feet more than the other under the same light from the same seed pack. I expected a good amount of stretch but this one is just out of control. All the other lights have plenty of room just this one plant...
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