theloadeddragon
Well-Known Member
crowding isn't the only reason for stretching. But my guess it is the most likely cause of RDRFN420's, as I have watched his set up and methods developing over a long period of time. It could be a reason for yours stretching, I honestly couldn't tell you. Most strains also stretch a little when reaching a point in maturation that they are capable of flowering, or propagating anyways, you won't see this with clones, only with seedlings. 
. I mean really.... there are so many things that play into it, like moonlight for example, the color of the light spectrum that is most prominent during the day, or lights on, distance from light to plant etc. Genetics have a lot to do with it as well, as far as how exactly the cells are arranged, and how they work together to transport the auxin signals.
Im glad you have learned from the link quickrip. I learned from there and many other places about auxin storage, composition, and movement as well. I hope you understand what I mean when I say..... The best advice I could give you or anyone is: "It all always depends, and it is all always up to you." The information is already out there for the most part, and I love helping people find it, as well as love people helping me find it or understand it any better than I already do.
Hopefully removing your males was the solution for that issue for you. You soon shall know
. I mean really.... there are so many things that play into it, like moonlight for example, the color of the light spectrum that is most prominent during the day, or lights on, distance from light to plant etc. Genetics have a lot to do with it as well, as far as how exactly the cells are arranged, and how they work together to transport the auxin signals.Im glad you have learned from the link quickrip. I learned from there and many other places about auxin storage, composition, and movement as well. I hope you understand what I mean when I say..... The best advice I could give you or anyone is: "It all always depends, and it is all always up to you." The information is already out there for the most part, and I love helping people find it, as well as love people helping me find it or understand it any better than I already do.
Hopefully removing your males was the solution for that issue for you. You soon shall know
The buds are starting to develop. I transfered some clones today to 4: rockwool cubes and worked on my veg room, cleaning trays, pumps and setting up timers etc. I aslo worked on the outdoor girls, thinning out the lower shit and fed. I thinned out a lot more of the mango/papaya tray and seem to getting a decent canopy. It does look funny though with the 3+ foot stems. The stretch really got aout of control for a minute. Anyway, I am beat so I am gonna crash, I will try to give a better update soon.
The ph in the reserviors has been drifting up, so I have to bring it back to 5.8 evry other day. Other than that everything seem sto be moving along fine. I am going to continue to top off the res until the end of week three( next week). That means next weekend I will have some work, taking out the reserviors and cleaning them. I will start the budxl next week so I want to have a fresh reservior of water. I picked up a bad ass air pump today and added two large air stones to each res. That was the one thing I was missing. I did raise the lights in a few inches, but theere are buds within 6" of the lights that seem to be doing great. I have to attribute the tolerance to the CO2 and maybe the light spreaders have a bit to do with it as well. 
. I usually try and put them in at the edge of the pot, so I don;t damage the roots more than I have to. I am hoping I can get by without them though.
