Autos too bushy?

JordanZz

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Unless you are growing under sunlight, or with vertically-placed lights, vertical isn’t the best for light distribution over bud sites.
The sun is so bright and powerful that the distance between the top of a tall plant and the bottom is negligible if the in direct sun, though it does help to trim or train so the plant doesn’t shade itself- but once again, sunlight is powerful and penetrative).
For electric lights the diffusion over distance is far far far far far far greater so the difference in distance of a foot is a factor in growing indoors.
Yes I have read up about this before!
Do you think I should just leave my plants alone for now? Should I expect them to keep growing outwards with help of lst at the point?
 

ComfortCreator

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Autos have many diff genetics like photos. How bushy it grows and how much it grows out vs up is partly genetics. You will see tall, medium and short strains. Short strains are often the bushiest and many people want that because of limited height grows.

How much light they get partially determines how tightly the nodes grow. Less light they stretch up to the lights more, more light they have less space between nodes.

You got great advice from "81" above, he is right on. You want as big and bushy a plant as possible space permitting. Stretch will pull it up and out and give it all more space.

The most important thing to know is the plant knows what to do...you don't yet! The plant will grow fine if left to do so. Asking as you did is great. Its perfect so far keep going and leave them alone, thats what autos are for, fast easy grows.
 

JordanZz

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Autos have many diff genetics like photos. How bushy it grows and how much it grows out vs up is partly genetics. You will see tall, medium and short strains. Short strains are often the bushiest and many people want that because of limited height grows.

How much light they get partially determines how tightly the nodes grow. Less light they stretch up to the lights more, more light they have less space between nodes.

You got great advice from "81" above, he is right on. You want as big and bushy a plant as possible space permitting. Stretch will pull it up and out and give it all more space.

The most important thing to know is the plant knows what to do...you don't yet! The plant will grow fine if left to do so. Asking as you did is great. Its perfect so far keep going and leave them alone, thats what autos are for, fast easy grows.
Amazing advice, thank you for taking the time to comment. I will continue what I am doing and will wait for the stretch.
Thanks
 

ComfortCreator

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Amazing advice, thank you for taking the time to comment. I will continue what I am doing and will wait for the stretch.
Thanks
There are some really helpful people on this site and we try to help each other when we can. Ive learned a ton here on this site!
 

JordanZz

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There are some really helpful people on this site and we try to help each other when we can. Ive learned a ton here on this site!
Yes I agree. I have been using the power of Google to learn as much as I could before actually starting (about 6 months of research) and always found myself getting the answers for this site over all the others! Hence why I signed up and asked the question :)
 

ComfortCreator

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Yes I agree. I have been using the power of Google to learn as much as I could before actually starting (about 6 months of research) and always found myself getting the answers for this site over all the others! Hence why I signed up and asked the question :)
Growweedeasy dot com is a favorite of mine and many newer growers. It has a very nice overview and is especially helpful with diagnosing problems.

You can learn almost everything here. Find a thread about "is it male or female" and after 50 pages of looking at pictures you will be a pro at gender.

Find 100 threads about plant problems, read them all and soon you can diagnose most problems.

Is it done? Same, 100s of pages to review.

Nothing replaces growing for a few cycles. Watch, observe, think, enjoy, get wasted and have fun with it all. It should feel like Zen karma when you are in your space and things are going along well!
 

MAGpie81

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Yes I have read up about this before!
Do you think I should just leave my plants alone for now? Should I expect them to keep growing outwards with help of lst at the point?
Listen to seasoned pros here for nute/lighting advice (I’m still a lil’ green and work a lot on instinct with my soil), but importantly- let it grow and only train it if you need to help it get more light and/or air to bud sites. My first year I got a little zealous with training on some. Hardy plant, but stunted it’s growth for no reason; that’s the other thing- the more bent you make them, the slower the branch will progress. I intentionally bent my autos early on the stalk to help delay them pitching right into flower- did this to give them more time to develop leaves. Remember- each leaf is a power factory. Been very low stress (try using light weights lightly secured to branches, or bungee cords) since.
Mine germinated on January 11.
 

JordanZz

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Hey guys, my plants are day 40 from seed today and still no signs of budding, I see a lot of pistils. Do you think these need lights changing to 12/12 to induce budding? Or just keep going as I am? They are supposed to be autos...
I wonder if a bit of trimming may have kept them in vegging...
 

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JordanZz

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Hey guys, just an update on this, the plants have grown massive! One looks full on flower and the other looks like its just starting! Please see pics, one pic is April 8th the other is today, the growth is insane. Would you guys do anything to them at this point? Defoliation? Leave them be? Cheers
 

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