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I know you guys say to have Nitrogen relatively high, because it's needed for stretch/growth. Since I'm in a very small PC box, i do NOT need growth at all haha. Someone said this somewhere on this forum: But it was stated in my post that I need to always have the nitrogen high? When i go to flower, i can only afford SOME growth due to the flowering/colas, so minimal growth is ideal.
"Gonna have to take exception to your comment about nitrogen in flower. This is the time to reduce nitrogen and increase phosphorus. Excessive nitrogen in the bud cycle can delay flowering."
Gotta have nitrogen. Best way to control growth is to flower earlier, top/LST.
Earlier you flower the smaller your plant will be at end of flower compared to a plant that is allowed to veg longer.
Topping will even out your canopy, and slow vertical growth for about a week. Even canopy=more light getting to more leaves=more bud.
Light Stress Training is bending the top growth tip lower than the secondary growth tips, and causes the secondary tips to grow faster. That evens out the canopy without recovery time.
While it is true that you don't want excessive nitrogen during flowering, you still have to have enough to maintain the plant. After the plant goes through it's flowering stretch (first 2 weeks of 12/12) it doesn't need as much nitrogen. So if you have 20-10-10 during veg, you can switch to 10-20-20 after the stretch. The plant is gonna stretch no matter what nutes you give her. If she is lacking what she needs, however, it will cause problems for the plant.