How can I make her taller

gopherbuddah

gopherbuddah

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Any suggestions on how I can make this little lady taller. I got her in some fox farm organic soil, with worm castings and bat guano. I got her on an 18/6 cycle with a 105w (400w equivelant) cfl. Started feeding her with Shultz expert 10-15-10 plant food, and super thrive hormones and vitamans. I would like to her move her on to a 12/12 cycle and a 100w cfl in the next 2 weeks to start a flowering cycle. She's quite healthy, she's tripled in size in 9 days. I would just like her to be a little taller. I'm thinking she'll start to stretch out some when I lower the light wattage and move her farther from the light, just curious as to wether are not I can help this growing along:dunce:
 
Meds4Me

Meds4Me

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I think I would veg a few more weeks before I tried to flower those.Cant imagine much more than 1/4 Oz from one of them put into flower,they look pretty small.
 
riddleme

riddleme

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patience, your going the organic (slow) way, if you want fast then you have to grow with more control
 
sketchcomedy.skitter

sketchcomedy.skitter

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personally i wouldnt want to make her taller. plus she will stretch once flowering starts you are right. i would just leave her the way she is, you get closer nodes that way, and bigger buds because all the little buds that will be spaced apart if she is tall, will be closer together.

but i fyou want to make her taller, just move her further from the light
 
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brainfade

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I agree keep in veg till at least till 10" tall. she'll strectch enough during flowering. If your growing just the one lady I would use both the 105 and 100 CFL for flowering and keep them close. You could use one over the top of the plant and one for side lighting. A plant that grows short and stout in veg. supports thick thight heavy buds.If you force the plant to strectch by reaching for light the stems could become hollow and weak. A healthly unstressed veg time is the key to a good harvest.
 
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pokesalotasmot

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You can move the plant further from the light. You can simply give her more time to grow taller. You might want to transplant to a bigger pot too because that will limit the size of a plant. And also she'll grow 2-3 times the size when you put her in flowering.
 
JimmyT

JimmyT

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You definitely want to keep her as short as possible. I'm not saying you should start topping or anything like that, but you do want to keep those nodes tight. Even people who are growing tall sativas still want to keep their plants as short as genetically possible.

Veg them longer. The bottom line is longer vegging = bigger, better produced buds. Remember, patience, patience, and then more patience. Plus, you'll want a better produced, vegging plant that way you'll have better clones to take from :lol::leaf:
 
Ledhed

Ledhed

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I disagree with Jimmy T. Why would he/she want to keep it as short as possible? The taller the plant, the higher the yield, typically. I do however agree with tighter spacing of the nodes, but shorter plants do not automatically produce closer nodes. To the OP, your plant is way too young and too small to be thinking of flowering already. If you want height, I agree with moving the lights a bit further, but that usually makes the plant stretch, which is not a good thing. Maybe move them just a bit to promote growth, but not too far. Bigger pots, nutes, and more lighting, not less, will increase the growth. The first lesson I learned while growing, and it's a hard one to learn and deal with, is that it takes time and patience to produce a decent plant. Once you can learn to have patience, the rest will follow. I used to look at my babies every day, several times a day, just to see any changes. Now I rarely check on them more than once every 4-5 days. I know my timers work, I know when I water them, and I know that it takes time and patience to be rewarded for your efforts. If you switch light schedule now, your plant will produce next to nothing and you will be disappointed. Give it a few weeks to gain some height and strength, then switch to flowering schedule if you're satisfied with the height and health.
 
JimmyT

JimmyT

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Ledhed said:
I disagree with Jimmy T. Why would he/she want to keep it as short as possible? The taller the plant, the higher the yield, typically. I do however agree with tighter spacing of the nodes, but shorter plants do not automatically produce closer nodes. To the OP, your plant is way too young and too small to be thinking of flowering already. If you want height, I agree with moving the lights a bit further, but that usually makes the plant stretch, which is not a good thing. Maybe move them just a bit to promote growth, but not too far. Bigger pots, nutes, and more lighting, not less, will increase the growth. The first lesson I learned while growing, and it's a hard one to learn and deal with, is that it takes time and patience to produce a decent plant. Once you can learn to have patience, the rest will follow. I used to look at my babies every day, several times a day, just to see any changes. Now I rarely check on them more than once every 4-5 days. I know my timers work, I know when I water them, and I know that it takes time and patience to be rewarded for your efforts. If you switch light schedule now, your plant will produce next to nothing and you will be disappointed. Give it a few weeks to gain some height and strength, then switch to flowering schedule if you're satisfied with the height and health.
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Perhaps the best thing to say is that it's not about tall or short but mostly about stock thickness. The thicker the stock, the more water and nutrients your plant will utilize to create wonderful flowers. almost as wonderful as your avatar. ahh taste the rainbow!
 
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