Hi folks, im 3 weeks into nothern lights medicinal flower, 2 out of the 10 plants are touching the 2metre ceiling of the tent already, i only vegged them for 7 days, fed every 3 hours (coco), this happened last time, thats why i started the veg early, ant tips on how to reduce height for next time would be great, thanks in advance, happy growing
height, stretch problems
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
That does not sound like Northern Lights at all. NL usually has the bushy, conical Indica habit. Whose NL is this? cn
<edit> Pics would be a bonus.
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mattyferris
Active Member
lower the light closer to plants... what lights are you using ?
DawgMountain
Active Member
You can do LST (low stress training) where you bend the stalk and that will keep it from growing upward.
mattyferris
Active Member
to be honest if you have had them for 28 days and they are 2meter tall ..... Man i want you to teach me haha mine are into 3 week of flowering and are 44" Tall lol..
there is quite a few buds coming along, its just difficult to access, 2m square tent, to check for males and stress issues and stuff, i think im just gona put them straight to flower after the rockwool stage and see how that goes, my main concern is burning the top buds, it happened last time and cost me a least 3 oz
donutpunched
Active Member
Bend that bitch over.... I have the same problem.... So I bend the girls over with a string and then the side branched start shooting up and the cola will make a 90 degree turn and grow towards the lights...
dirtycows
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MH or HPS lights? it makes a difference.
rocknratm
Well-Known Member
true mh induces more stretching.
I was gonna say did you top them at all? I say top them when they get to about 1.5 ft tall, and then flower. Likely the light is too far and they are stretching. Are they like tall corn stalks, just one strait up stalk?
AS the other person said, look into LST (I know nada) or other manipulation methods. You want short bushy plants over corn stalks.
AssassinofYouth
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I think you mean HPS induces more stretching
dirtycows
Active Member
True, If you use a HPS to veg, your plants will be stretched out over 2 times the amount that a MH light will do, buds become spaced out and never got a nug over 3g large with out my MH. But for the flowering stage, you use the HPS on a flowering light cycle.