Advice on trimming/training Sativas in closet grow..

rnint

rnint

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phil k said:
don't listen to the new guy that says purple stems are bad he doesnt know what he's talking about the purple stem thing isn't what everyone makes it out to be.. 90% of hybrid strains have purple lines or young seeds generally start with a purple stem sometimes it means nothing about the health of the plant unless your having some really serious issues .. and if thats the case your plant would show many other issues ALONG WITH purple as hell stems.. purple lines purple hues in stems mean absolutely nothing
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I said it might be a sign of it dude chill im not trying to be a dick here but i had problems that started with purple stems then leaves dropping off, still dealing with it now actually so if you want I can film myself poking a leaf and watching it fall off. And also reading back I specifically said twice even that it didnt necessarily mean anything. I was just trying to maybe help someone else possibly avoid problems that I had theres no need to go ape shit. I even said just to keep a look out for other things rather than saying to try changing anything. But yeah definitely didnt mean to offend anybody and somehow I feel like I owe someone an apology now so sorry for whatever upset you although I still dont understand why because that was just me summarising some of my research and my own (granted that it is limited) experience because I would have appreciated it if someone who knew had told me.
 
phil k

phil k

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rnint said:
I said it might be a sign of it dude chill im not trying to be a dick here but i had problems that started with purple stems then leaves dropping off, still dealing with it now actually so if you want I can film myself poking a leaf and watching it fall off. And also reading back I specifically said twice even that it didnt necessarily mean anything. I was just trying to maybe help someone else possibly avoid problems that I had theres no need to go ape shit. I even said just to keep a look out for other things rather than saying to try changing anything. But yeah definitely didnt mean to offend anybody and somehow I feel like I owe someone an apology now so sorry for whatever upset you although I still dont understand why because that was just me summarising some of my research and my own (granted that it is limited) experience because I would have appreciated it if someone who knew had told me.
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no unfortunately i don't.
 
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Six9

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so trimming undergrowth went fine, seems I have two height levels with two taller plants. Any suggestions to help them reach equal canopy height? Or should I let em go, aim is to gain height now. Thanks..
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phil k

phil k

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well two ways one is pinching the very top heads off on the two taller ones that will stop the upper growth for a week and redirect the growth to the under internodes... it will bush the plant more... the other is staking and bending the branches but they aren't that much taller i wouldn't worry that much its one thing if you have a bunch of plants that are being drowned out but your close in height i wouldn't mess with them.
 
phil k

phil k

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your leaves are starting to taco a lot.. slow on the feed they aren't big enough to be receiving a extreme feed and make sure your giving them clean fresh water atleast once hopefully twice a week.
 
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Six9

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phil k said:
your leaves are starting to taco a lot.. slow on the feed they aren't big enough to be receiving a extreme feed and make sure your giving them clean fresh water atleast once hopefully twice a week.
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Thanks Phil I did overfeed them a bit you're right they can't take much. I think I figured out the taco or cupping, thought it was heat and nutes but temps are fine, turned out the fan I had pointed straight down at them 24/7 was causing excessive transpiring, I adjust fans to blow around them and all seem fine. They're exploding now. Considering sativas can triple in height, I may have to switch to flower soon. I'm not worrying about height variance, I have an adjustable rack under all and just adjusted to bring them to equal height. Thanks a lot please let me know if you see anything else, from this morning:

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phil k

phil k

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no its hard to get leafe curl from high heat unless its in the high 80s to 90's consistently generally in that case the plant sweats more water than it can uptake and the leaves curl much different but you look more salty buildup which is from the over feeding.. a bit different of a curl more taco...
 
phil k

phil k

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what strains are they again? id flower personally they are a good stout height but thats me i turn shorter plants.. keep in mind depending on the genetics some stretch a lot in flower... i have a ghost train haze that stretches almost 3 feet in flower.
 
phil k

phil k

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its sort hard under leds to tell but they are much better.. whats your feeding / water schedule? also whats your PPM feed level generally right now?
so like monday you feed a full strength at what level?
then when do you feed again?
 
phil k

phil k

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well just so I'm not wasting time with messages basically say feed monday ... every other water say wednesday and saturday you water .. it should be clean fresh water you would drink yourself.. then the next feed is next monday... never feed more than once a week i have to assume you are.. or your splitting the chemical regimens up over the week... one of the two. either way its too much especially in veg... 400ppm-600ppm is more than enough to run a proper veg especially at the size your at...
 
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Six9

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Sorry for the delay Phil I was out of pocket. I was feeding FF big bloom and grow big 1tsp per gallon twice a week, was trying to follow their schedule and included 1tsp of Tiger Bloom last time. I did a good overwatering on Wednesday to help flush out. They're getting light though cool/damp up to first knuckle. They're Acapulco Gold and have been very N sensitive, I had claws for a few days before overwatering. Here are pics just taken:

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The big ones really shot up over the past day. Note they're lighter color than the smaller ones, must have used more N? The third pic is something I'm seeing on the big ones, the last pic shows what smaller ones look like right now.

They're about due for watering, was thinking of doing a 20% runoff overwatering than starting over. Appreciate the help sorry for the delay
 
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