Yungxtraterrestrial
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Any tips onhow to get my plant thicker and leafier? Do the curling leaves heal themselves?
Bushier plants
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Yungxtraterrestrial
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foo its my first grow! Dont need to judge i was just asking how to make her better
chemphlegm
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for a bushier plant you will need the following.
a quality light/schedule, controlled temps, humidity, air flow/exchange/c02 quality substrate and really good fertilizer/feeding habits along with proper watering techniques. Then you could pinch each new meristem with your fingers, to the point of destruction even.
this will cause auxins(?) growth hormones to make new meristems below those you pinched. you can continue this forever in a vegetative state. makes no sens to do though if you are not able to provide those items listed in support.
curling leaves are caused as one or more of those listed items are being improperly managed. They will only get better in veg if you correct each of those items first.
for proper controls read these; http://catnews.org/FREE Pot Books/
Yungxtraterrestrial
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I have my plants on an18hr daylight/6hr darkness schedule. Temps are usually between 75-80 degrees. Don't know what level of humidity they need. I got a circulating fan w a homemade co2 generator. I feed themjobes organic fertilizer w npk 3-1-2. Anything im doing wrong or i could do better? Thanks for the advice
You need to LST it to do anything now as you are way too late to top it. You see the Big fan leaves near the top? tie something just under them (string etc) and tie it down to your pot so the tip of you plant is the lowest part and it will force the side branches to become main braches which will increase your tops and overall increase the bushiness of the plant. However you need to read up on feeding/watering the plant as it is suffering from some kind of burn/ph problem which is part of the reason it isn't pumping out heaps of new leaves like it should be. Your tips are burnt and your leaves are curling etc.
Flush the soil and give it a 1/4 strength feed and see how it goes then do the lsting. And please don't feed them every watering cause that's dumb. It's a sativa and won't take as many nutes as most indicas will so go easy on it.
Always remember it's better to LST after watering as the plant is more supple and don't go overboard and snap the stem, do little by little if you have to, though your stem is so thin and green it should be OK.
Flush the soil and give it a 1/4 strength feed and see how it goes then do the lsting. And please don't feed them every watering cause that's dumb. It's a sativa and won't take as many nutes as most indicas will so go easy on it.
Always remember it's better to LST after watering as the plant is more supple and don't go overboard and snap the stem, do little by little if you have to, though your stem is so thin and green it should be OK.
Yungxtraterrestrial
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Alright ill take you up on your advice, thanks !