so I'm curious to hear about different people's methods on controlling the 12/12 stretch. I've grown blue cookies the same strain for 3-4 runs indoor and just finishing my first run outdoor.
I've had this genetic stretch so hard where internodes were 4-5 inches apart and I've had it had no stretch at all to where the plant looks exactly like it was before flower but with buds.
From my experience and assumption this is why my plants stretched and not stretched..
I believe it's nutrient related.. When transitioning to flower Lower levels of N = Lower stretching. On my first runs I used to veg and finish flower in the same 3 gallon pots in FFOF soil. I veg and train the plants for 6-7 weeks under t5s, then flower under a 1k hps.
This is When my blue cookie strain didn't stretch!
By the time flowering came all the nutrients in the soil in my 3 gallon pot would be gone and needed to get supplemented (id usually start adding nutes around week 3-4 of veg).
My plants always started flower while they were low on nitrogen. Id only do low doses of boom nutes during the first 2 weeks of transition then I'd go with higher doses. My plants BARELY stretched at all. Internodal distance was tight and I harvested fat colas!
This is When my blue cookie strain stetched!
The last few runs I've been transplanting to 5 gallon pots a week before switching to flower because I felt like some of my other strains started getting rootbound in the 3 gallons. My plants stretched like crazy when I hit flower and I think it's due to the roots having more space and a bunch of new soil that's loaded with nutrients(FFOF).
Especially because one of my plants that was in the center was getting some light burn and light burn = overworked plant using tons of nutes to keep up with the light. It got a little deficient and didn't stretch at all. Every other plant with the same genetic stretched like crazy.
Point period blank if you keep the plant hungry for nitrogen the first 2 weeks of flower it won't stretch as hard. I've heard and tried keeping even day/night temps for the first 2 weeks but I felt like that didn't really help with the stretch.
Same thing with my outdoor blue cookies. I kept it in the same 7 gal pot since 2 months before flower got lazy with nutes the first 2 weeks of flower got a light N def and now there close to finishing and I shit you not the plant did not stretch at all. I got huge 8 inch colas..
Idk if it's the nitrogen or root space or I could be wrong and it could be something else.
I want to hear about your guys experience on controlling the flower stretch.
P.S sorry if my post is unorganized and too long I'm super high right now and just went off on my keyboard lol.
I've had this genetic stretch so hard where internodes were 4-5 inches apart and I've had it had no stretch at all to where the plant looks exactly like it was before flower but with buds.
From my experience and assumption this is why my plants stretched and not stretched..
I believe it's nutrient related.. When transitioning to flower Lower levels of N = Lower stretching. On my first runs I used to veg and finish flower in the same 3 gallon pots in FFOF soil. I veg and train the plants for 6-7 weeks under t5s, then flower under a 1k hps.
This is When my blue cookie strain didn't stretch!
By the time flowering came all the nutrients in the soil in my 3 gallon pot would be gone and needed to get supplemented (id usually start adding nutes around week 3-4 of veg).
My plants always started flower while they were low on nitrogen. Id only do low doses of boom nutes during the first 2 weeks of transition then I'd go with higher doses. My plants BARELY stretched at all. Internodal distance was tight and I harvested fat colas!
This is When my blue cookie strain stetched!
The last few runs I've been transplanting to 5 gallon pots a week before switching to flower because I felt like some of my other strains started getting rootbound in the 3 gallons. My plants stretched like crazy when I hit flower and I think it's due to the roots having more space and a bunch of new soil that's loaded with nutrients(FFOF).
Especially because one of my plants that was in the center was getting some light burn and light burn = overworked plant using tons of nutes to keep up with the light. It got a little deficient and didn't stretch at all. Every other plant with the same genetic stretched like crazy.
Point period blank if you keep the plant hungry for nitrogen the first 2 weeks of flower it won't stretch as hard. I've heard and tried keeping even day/night temps for the first 2 weeks but I felt like that didn't really help with the stretch.
Same thing with my outdoor blue cookies. I kept it in the same 7 gal pot since 2 months before flower got lazy with nutes the first 2 weeks of flower got a light N def and now there close to finishing and I shit you not the plant did not stretch at all. I got huge 8 inch colas..
Idk if it's the nitrogen or root space or I could be wrong and it could be something else.
I want to hear about your guys experience on controlling the flower stretch.
P.S sorry if my post is unorganized and too long I'm super high right now and just went off on my keyboard lol.
