Concerned about stretching.

Cremaster8

Cremaster8

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Concerned about whether or not she is stretching a little, too much, or at all.
Wondering if it is a temperature/humidity issue, lighting or both?
Constructive critasism needed
Thanx


3 weeks old
FF Happy Frog / FF nutes (started on week 3)
74F (average room temp)
Rain water
(unsure of seed strain)
Florescent (18/6)
 

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Sativied

Sativied

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Yeah stretched too much, also underdeveloped for 3 weeks old.

How much watt is the light and how far is it from the plant? 74f is pretty cold, 77-82 would make it happier.
 
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jay719

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As mentioned it is quite stretched and under developed for its age. The plant needs more light.

Your temp is fine, it certainly wouldn't cause that at 74 degrees.
 
dbdweller

dbdweller

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When you plant her in a bigger pot, bury her deeper so soil goes up about 3/4 more of the stalk.

You need to get her at the min 32 watt on her. She can not sustain life with less. Also the farther up the light is she will stretch. You could take away vit B but its not really an issue right now if you bring the soil up.bongsmilie

Peace out
 
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old shol4evr

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yeah i would defitnely transplant that baby and bury all the way to the leaves that are fixing to fall off ,if you can't get your light down ,put it up on something to get it closer to the lights ,when the light is hot on the back of your hand for 30 sec it is to close ,keep trying until it is comfortable on the back of your hand for 30 sec and it will be comfortable for the plant.after you transplant water it in with 1/4 strength nutrient and you should be good
 
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oprincezzo

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How can u tell if you clone is stretching when i bought it it aready had long steam.how can u tell.i have a tread its called newby growing blue dream i have pics there
 
Dr.Pecker

Dr.Pecker

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Transplant into a deep pot. Break up the roots a little. You have to wake them up, tough love. when you pot up plant it deeper all the way up to the sprouts. If you do that you will establish a bigger root base.
 
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oprincezzo

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Dr.Pecker said:
Transplant into a deep pot. Break up the roots a little. You have to wake them up, tough love. when you pot up plant it deeper all the way up to the sprouts. If you do that you will establish a bigger root base.
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I was told not to break that spong thing just plant with it
 
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oprincezzo

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Dr.Pecker said:
Transplant into a deep pot. Break up the roots a little. You have to wake them up, tough love. when you pot up plant it deeper all the way up to the sprouts. If you do that you will establish a bigger root base.
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Will u please look at my pics in the tread.i made newby growing.blue.dream and see how they look.if they are stretching the first pics is the day i got them
 
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bigsteve

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Your plant has the same phenotype, plant shape in this case, as the Burmese Kush, BuKu, I know real well. It is famous for growing scrawny 3-foot stems before there is much side-branching. Now is the right time to either top or FIM the plant. By removing the top crown you force the plant to split into 2 main colas. Up to 3 or 4 colas if you decide to FIM. If you are not familiar do a search on FIM and see that it is just topping 80% instead of 100% of the top bud as in topping. FIMing and topping will make the plant put most of it's energy into growing sideways instead of straight up. I assume that's what you want. You can also prompt more side-branching by allowing the plant to get mildly rootbound. Wait to transplant until the widest leaves are twice as wide as the pot.

Good luck, BigSteve.
 
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