i want a taller plant. how?

[Stinkmeaner]

yeah i know you be talkin about "dont stretch it" and so on and so on.

but my plant feels too bushy for my raggedy ass lighting. no way in hell i can penetrate them leaves proper man...

 

[mikmike]

okay first off the plant looks unhappy, maybe over watered, how often u watering her. Then what nuts are u using, what light schedule u on. and what are these shitty lights, CFLS? and if so what 6400K or 2700K, what wattage and how many. is there drainage in that bucket. then remember when u stick it in flowering it can double it size. so u need to keep that in mind. how old are your plants? and there is no way to speed up growth without stretching so no go. and if u are worried about lights getting to bottom dont worry to much as long as u have reflective stuff around the plant. i mean use tin foil around the grow area or even car reflectors (for the sun) that will solve that prob really quick

 

[Stinkmeaner]

they are overwatered. i water em too often. im not using any nutes yet cause i almost killed one of early messin around with that shit :S
my shitty lights is CFL's , around 200 W in total.my bigger CFL is a 6500 K white/blue and i got three smaller warm whites.
i think the lager one is nearly 4 weeks. not sure. the little one was born 24 nov.
i use regular white A4 papers around my closet.

SO HOW DO I MAKE EM TALLER!?

 

[Skroatz]

seems lights good for now, raise it a bit to stretch it out. Its good if you go bushy first anyway so the stem is nice and thick at the bottom if you want a nice big plant so it doesn't need to be supported. You'll notice if you don't get good penetrating light later anyway and can adjust or add light.

 

[Stinkmeaner]

but it looks ridicilous :S its growing leaves on the leaves ...theres visualy no branches

 

[Desr]

raise your lights.

 

[cowboylogic]

Put them on a 12/12 light schedule they will get taller. But as long as they are vegging I would keep them as tight as possible they will open up when you put them into flower. And with CFLs(23-26 watters most use), get 3-4 inches away from the bulb and they are not doing the plant much good anyways.

 

[Stinkmeaner]

i dont wanna!

 

[Purplekrunchie]

They didn't get any B-9 did they? Too much zinc can cause lack of node stretching too.

 

[Vento]

They didn't get any B-9 did they? Too much zinc can cause lack of node stretching too.

so your saying , Zinc can be used if you want to keep them tight in veg ?...Thats something i could use , Unlike the OP , I like mine nice and low and bushy in veg

OP , Are you saying you just want them taller coz you don't like how they look being small and bushy ?

And ... Do them pots have drainage holes ?

 

[Brick Top]

yeah i know you be talkin about "dont stretch it" and so on and so on.

but my plant feels too bushy for my raggedy ass lighting. no way in hell i can penetrate them leaves proper man...
View attachment 1306230View attachment 1306231

First: Only roughly 15% of light that strikes a leaf is absorbed and the remaining, roughly, 85% passes through to strike the lower portions of plants.

Second: If do you not have enough light to make it to the lower portions of your short plants, unless you improve your lighting you won't be any better off with taller less bushy plants. Light efficiency decreases with distance. The inverse squared light rule states that illuminance is inversely proportionate to the square of the distance from the light source.

Having taller plants with more spaced out leaves will only get parts of your plants farther from your light source meaning they would get little light, most likely less light than they are now getting. What you are contemplating is not logical if your goal is increased light to lower portions of plants.

If you have low light conditions the answer is not stretching your plants to open up areas or removing leaves so light can penetrate farther. The singular solution is upgrade your lighting. Purchase a 400-watt MH/HPS HID light, or one of higher wattage, and you will never have to worry about having adequate light again.

That or you can add about 8 or 10 or 12 of those pigtail looking home lighting CFLs that people use to grow with and position them above and around your plants at every level .... and still not have nearly the light of a 400-watt HID (or a higher wattage one) but you will at least be somewhat better off.

 

[Stinkmeaner]

i want them to have longer branches goddamn it! i cant grow buds on top of the leaves now can i?
yes it got drainage holes.
i aint give em nuthin...in a while xD haha. it dont matter now, they can grow however the fuck they want. as long as they grow

 

[missnu]

Yeah...I wouldn't worry about it...once that plant starts to flower they get alot---ALOT bigger...and will be more stretched out but as was said before I would get more cfls and just stick em around in there at interspersed levels...I have to do that...Gotta get more lights though...lol. My plant growing now is just tiny...I think...I can never tell where a plant should be at an age....it is only like 2 or 3 weeks I think...lol, but one guy was saying he switches his plants of this strain around one month or when they are about a foot tall...my plant has 5 nodes and is maybe 2 in. tall...so imma have to wait forever if I wait for it to get a foot tall...I am probably just doing this wrong anyway...I think about getting an MH or HPS light from time to time, but then you have to try to keep them cool...my temps stay pretty perfect right now...maybe a little chilly at times but not too much.....anyway I am rambling on forever so let me rehash my answer one more time...I wouldn't worry at all about your plant...Just get some more CFLs to put around the plant and let it go....also you might wanna think about flowering...

 

[Bonzi Lighthouse]

First: Only roughly 15% of light that strikes a leaf is absorbed and the remaining, roughly, 85% passes through to strike the lower portions of plants.

Second: If do you not have enough light to make it to the lower portions of your short plants, unless you improve your lighting you won't be any better off with taller less bushy plants. Light efficiency decreases with distance. The inverse squared light rule states that illuminance is inversely proportionate to the square of the distance from the light source.

Having taller plants with more spaced out leaves will only get parts of your plants farther from your light source meaning they would get little light, most likely less light than they are now getting. What you are contemplating is not logical if your goal is increased light to lower portions of plants.

If you have low light conditions the answer is not stretching your plants to open up areas or removing leaves so light can penetrate farther. The singular solution is upgrade your lighting. Purchase a 400-watt MH/HPS HID light, or one of higher wattage, and you will never have to worry about having adequate light again.

That or you can add about 8 or 10 or 12 of those pigtail looking home lighting CFLs that people use to grow with and position them above and around your plants at every level .... and still not have nearly the light of a 400-watt HID (or a higher wattage one) but you will at least be somewhat better off.

I know it is hard for the OP to hear you with his head up his ass so i will repeat it for Him.

Bricktop.... Will you marry my 24 year old daughter?

 

[Stinkmeaner]

still. im ashamed of my plant. it looks like an asshole. a short , fat bastard that keeps tauntin me....i meen it dont look anything like other plants :S
ima focus on my small plant instead. looks more respectable and healthy.
FUCK that bushy midget ass frankenstein punk bitch plant!
"your plant has stretched, get more lights" i got more lights and the sommoma bitch stopped increasing in height completely. fucked up one-way plant. either it stretches, or i dont grow at all. i give up

 

[Brick Top]

I know it is hard for the OP to hear you with his head up his ass so i will repeat it for Him.

Bricktop.... Will you marry my 24 year old daughter?

If she is pretty and slender, has a butt that would fit in a tea cup and does not possess the bitch gene and has some perverse attraction to 55 year old men, then yes, I would likely marry her.

 

[Stinkmeaner]

i aint buyin no new motherfucking lights! thats just it.
i may be slow, but not as slow as the retarded plant im housing....i see your points and i registered the facts about the lighting situation
nevertheless, i aint fucking around with the plant no more. i just gon water the piece of bullcrap for plant and see how he/she likes it. the rest is up to itself

 

[cowboylogic]

i aint buyin no new motherfucking lights! thats just it.
i may be slow, but not as slow as the retarded plant im housing....i see your points and i registered the facts about the lighting situation
nevertheless, i aint fucking around with the plant no more. i just gon water the piece of bullcrap for plant and see how he/she likes it. the rest is up to itself

Great attitude. But exactly what you would expect from a troll.

 

[cowboylogic]

If she is pretty and slender, has a butt that would fit in a tea cup and does not possess the bitch gene and has some perverse attraction to 55 year old men, then yes, I would likely marry her.

Unfortunately I think they all come with the bitch gene! lol

 

[Brick Top]

i aint buyin no new motherfucking lights! thats just it.
i may be slow, but not as slow as the retarded plant im housing....i see your points and i registered the facts about the lighting situation
nevertheless, i aint fucking around with the plant no more. i just gon water the piece of bullcrap for plant and see how he/she likes it. the rest is up to itself

If that is your decision, then go with it. But I would strongly suggest that before you make another attempt at growing you first assemble a good growing setup that includes quality HID lighting of at least 400-watts and able to burn both a MH and a HPS bulb.