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29menace
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veg is from the start of growth to the point where you flower..
also its the time in which you will grow your plant to the required size b4 flowering her.
normally i would veg for 3-6 wks depending on height coz remember that a plant can double its size and possibly more when you go into 12/12. (flowering).
also its the time in which you will grow your plant to the required size b4 flowering her.
normally i would veg for 3-6 wks depending on height coz remember that a plant can double its size and possibly more when you go into 12/12. (flowering).
email468
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here's something i wrote for another post which may help...
Growth Cycle
Marijuana is an annual plant, which is also called a single season (four to nine months) plant. The growth cycle consists of germination, seedling, vegetative growth, pre-flowering, flowering (also called blooming or fruiting), and finally seed set.
Let's look at each in a little more detail.
Germination - In nature, seeds naturally germinate during the spring thaw. Temperatures rise, ice melts, and the little seed absorbs water warmed by sunshine, which is absorbed by the embryo in the seed. This absorption causes the embryo to swell cracking the seed along the edge allowing the embryonic root or taproot to begin downward growth.
After the taproot gains a foothold, the germinated seed starts growing a stem upwards. The small, ovular embryonic leaves are called cotyledons. Often the cracked seed husk gets stuck on these cotyledons. This is normal and harmless unless, for some reason, the seed husk stops or impedes upward growth.
Seedling - once the second pair of leaves appears, the seedling stage begins. These leaves are very different from the cotyledons. They are bigger and have serrated edges. Another words, they look more like the marijuana leaves that are immediately recognizable. The plant will continue to produce more and larger leaves.
The seedling stage is at an end when the plant has reached the maximum number of leaves per blade. Usually nine to eleven leaves in four to six weeks.
Vegetative Growth - This phase is the plants maximum period of growth. The large fan leaves act as solar collectors, which allows for new and increased growth. The larger the plant is, the larger is its capacity for growth. Under perfect conditions, marijuana can grow six inches per day! The growth rate is normally closer to one to two inches.
About the middle of the vegetative growth phase, the number of blades per leaf begins to decrease. The leaves growing off the stem change from growing opposite to one another to growing alternate one another. Also the space between internodes, that is the space between sets of leaves on the stem, which was increasing begins to decrease and overall growth gets thicker. In the wild, the vegetative stage usually ends into the third to fifth month of growth.
Pre-flowering - After the plant completes its vegetative growth, it enters a "slow-down" period. This plant begins to switch from green growth to producing seeds (female) or pollen (male). This is when the first signs of sex can appear.
Flowering - As we learned earlier, Cannabis is dioecious. This means the plants are either male or female. A single plant can also have both male and female flowers and is called a hermaphrodite - but we'll learn more about that condition later.
During flowering, males start to develop their flowers that will soon fill with pollen. Because pollen is necessary for seeds, the male plant usually (but not always) begins flowering first. Male flowers are easily recognized as they are pale green or red/purple in color and look like little balls. Once the balls fill with pollen and the pollen is released, the male plants die.
Female flowers (or buds) have two small, fuzzy white hairs coming out of modified leaves called bracts and bracteoles. These modified leaves enclose the developing seed and form into dense groupings called buds. The most noticeable difference between early male and female flowers is males lack the two fuzzy white hairs called stigmas.
These flowers continue to bloom and grow until fertilized with pollen. After fertilization, seeds begin to form and grow. Flowering usually lasts two months but that depends a lot on the genetic strain and growing conditions.
Seed Set - is the final stage and is only reached by pollinated females. The male plants have already withered and died. Female plants that have been pollinated, produce more and more seeds that take from ten days to five weeks to develop and mature. Once seeds are finished being produced, the plant dies and drops its seeds.
Female plants that have not been pollinated grow big resinous buds without seeds called sinsemilla. Sinsemilla means "without seeds" in Spanish.
Growth Cycle
Marijuana is an annual plant, which is also called a single season (four to nine months) plant. The growth cycle consists of germination, seedling, vegetative growth, pre-flowering, flowering (also called blooming or fruiting), and finally seed set.
Let's look at each in a little more detail.
Germination - In nature, seeds naturally germinate during the spring thaw. Temperatures rise, ice melts, and the little seed absorbs water warmed by sunshine, which is absorbed by the embryo in the seed. This absorption causes the embryo to swell cracking the seed along the edge allowing the embryonic root or taproot to begin downward growth.
After the taproot gains a foothold, the germinated seed starts growing a stem upwards. The small, ovular embryonic leaves are called cotyledons. Often the cracked seed husk gets stuck on these cotyledons. This is normal and harmless unless, for some reason, the seed husk stops or impedes upward growth.
Seedling - once the second pair of leaves appears, the seedling stage begins. These leaves are very different from the cotyledons. They are bigger and have serrated edges. Another words, they look more like the marijuana leaves that are immediately recognizable. The plant will continue to produce more and larger leaves.
The seedling stage is at an end when the plant has reached the maximum number of leaves per blade. Usually nine to eleven leaves in four to six weeks.
Vegetative Growth - This phase is the plants maximum period of growth. The large fan leaves act as solar collectors, which allows for new and increased growth. The larger the plant is, the larger is its capacity for growth. Under perfect conditions, marijuana can grow six inches per day! The growth rate is normally closer to one to two inches.
About the middle of the vegetative growth phase, the number of blades per leaf begins to decrease. The leaves growing off the stem change from growing opposite to one another to growing alternate one another. Also the space between internodes, that is the space between sets of leaves on the stem, which was increasing begins to decrease and overall growth gets thicker. In the wild, the vegetative stage usually ends into the third to fifth month of growth.
Pre-flowering - After the plant completes its vegetative growth, it enters a "slow-down" period. This plant begins to switch from green growth to producing seeds (female) or pollen (male). This is when the first signs of sex can appear.
Flowering - As we learned earlier, Cannabis is dioecious. This means the plants are either male or female. A single plant can also have both male and female flowers and is called a hermaphrodite - but we'll learn more about that condition later.
During flowering, males start to develop their flowers that will soon fill with pollen. Because pollen is necessary for seeds, the male plant usually (but not always) begins flowering first. Male flowers are easily recognized as they are pale green or red/purple in color and look like little balls. Once the balls fill with pollen and the pollen is released, the male plants die.
Female flowers (or buds) have two small, fuzzy white hairs coming out of modified leaves called bracts and bracteoles. These modified leaves enclose the developing seed and form into dense groupings called buds. The most noticeable difference between early male and female flowers is males lack the two fuzzy white hairs called stigmas.
These flowers continue to bloom and grow until fertilized with pollen. After fertilization, seeds begin to form and grow. Flowering usually lasts two months but that depends a lot on the genetic strain and growing conditions.
Seed Set - is the final stage and is only reached by pollinated females. The male plants have already withered and died. Female plants that have been pollinated, produce more and more seeds that take from ten days to five weeks to develop and mature. Once seeds are finished being produced, the plant dies and drops its seeds.
Female plants that have not been pollinated grow big resinous buds without seeds called sinsemilla. Sinsemilla means "without seeds" in Spanish.
homegrownboy
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Thank you Email...glad to see that i'm not the only one that knows the TRUE cycles of the marijuana plant, it bothers me to see people that don't really know the growth of the plant. If your going to do something do it right...especially this stuff. I always try to reccomend letting your plant grow for at least 2 months before flowering, but most people are worried about height...but that's also a simple solution as well.
email468
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oh yeah -- before coffee in the morning - checking the plants
before you go to bed - check the plants
any time the plants cross your mind (aprox three times a minute - that is - in between thinking about sex) - check your plants...
it is obsessive! i think most all of us do that (and some still do) - the only thing i'll say about it is this - it is good to keep a close eye on them to make sure nothing is wrong - but my plants seem to thrive the most when i just leave them alone. unfortunate - but true.
email468
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my pleasure - glad you liked it. the sad thing is all this info is readily available in just about any marijuana growing book or right here on this site.
sometimes it helps to have it condensed and spelled out though
homegrownboy
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I tried that once...lol didn't work too well...the only way i could keep myself away from them was to leave town for a few days...and guess what?...they do grow...lmao. It's funny that when we see them everyday it looks like there's no growth at all...but leave them alone for a few days and it's like they grew twice as big.
email468
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that's how i learned the "leave them alone" secret too!
homegrownboy
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Lol. I don't overtend my plants...i just check them when i get up before i leave for work when i come home and before i go to bed....unless it's flowering time, but i do hate how it seems like it's not growing at all. I'm not the kind of person that can leave his plants alone...even my houseplants get some sorta look at everyday, l just like to make sure there happy.