kiwipaulie
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Silica will help with strong thick branches. I started recently on rdwc and my first grow they broke really easily, second run of same strain, but using silica, they are nice and strong and don't break so easily
How to get thick stalks and stems. Short and bushy.
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TrimothyLeary
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Aside from simply a good environment, lots of airflow is what will build thick branches.
bryan oconner
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I agree with you . very strong fans will stress the plants or sure its all about survival and not production .
GroErr
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^^ this ^^
^^ this ^^
Build a strong root system, everything else is a distraction. The faster you realize that and stop throwing snake oil remedies in your soil or res, the faster you'll learn to grow healthy plants with thick stalks and solid buds.
purplehays1
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Genetics is the biggest factor in this IMO. A pure incida will have the shortest nodal structure and the largest and strongest stems.
CSF_Raziel
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Key factors in a think, healthy stalk:
1) appropriate sized container (and transferring when it's appropriate)
2) let your roots dry out in-between waterings (water to about 10% runoff when you do water)
3) a breeze that gently sways the plant
4) placement of your light
1) appropriate sized container (and transferring when it's appropriate)
2) let your roots dry out in-between waterings (water to about 10% runoff when you do water)
3) a breeze that gently sways the plant
4) placement of your light
A.K.A. Overgrowem
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1. Pay attention to the plants you use when doing a seed run.
2. See if you can find some of Uncle Buck's past posts on soil and roots. I found his input to be helpful back when, although some of his posts may have been lost.
2. See if you can find some of Uncle Buck's past posts on soil and roots. I found his input to be helpful back when, although some of his posts may have been lost.
primabudda
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https://www.rollitup.org/t/aussie-outdoor-giant-trees-20-ft.919921/#post-12928740
it's all about the cow shit
VenomGrower6990
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Good piece of advice.
Dawsond88
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True and true, 5000k Spectrum plus+ in veg results in tighter inter node spacing, as well as constant airflow from on oscillating fan, you want to push them around, not wind burn them, lights as close as possible, 6w uncovered LED's are sick for penetration and low heat for veg starting. Also Silica does help with a strong stem system, but try Nectar from the gods Bloom Chaos, Its an organic nutrient that has been tested and proven, HELL if you even email them for a sample, they will send you a 8 bottle nutrient line up, and not a 4 oz bs bottles, 6 freaking 1 quart bottles! then a small bottle of bloom chaos, and a small bottle of ph Up. cost me 27 bucks for shipping, Check out the site and give him a holler and he'll shoot you over a pay-pal quote for freight, Sick company, and my girls look like bodybuilders.
Lord Kanti
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My Indica can't support the weight of the buds on it. It has "kill me now, please" written all over it. I crossed it into a hybrid and now it is over 5' with at least 6 forearm sized colas. Other than feeling happier than usual, the hit is completely Indica-like. I can't wait to see how it hits once amber sets in.
evergreengardener
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Got pics of that?
Lord Kanti
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I'll post tonight if it's not too late.
Lord Kanti
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Only a day late.
Dawsond88
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Only a day late.
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Lucky Luke
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Really thick hand size stalks?
Veg under lights then into the ground outside. Big hole, well amended. Topping the plant early helps. (4 mains make a large base)
Water and feed as necessary. Great season helps to.
A good friend of mine vegged a plant for 12 months then into the ground for the following season. He used a chainsaw to cut her down.- no exaggeration.
Veg under lights then into the ground outside. Big hole, well amended. Topping the plant early helps. (4 mains make a large base)
Water and feed as necessary. Great season helps to.
A good friend of mine vegged a plant for 12 months then into the ground for the following season. He used a chainsaw to cut her down.- no exaggeration.
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Budley Doright
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I'm sure a few of the suggested things work to a point but IMO some strains are just prone to be weak stalked like the one I'm growing now 
. I was going to try silica but never got around to it. Indoor and outdoor produced the same weak stems
. I was going to try silica but never got around to it. Indoor and outdoor produced the same weak stems
Bbcchance
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It's already been said, but roots, roots,roots...but in my grow the silica did help quite a bit tooI'm sure a few of the suggested things work to a point but IMO some strains are just prone to be weak stalked like the one I'm growing now
no fist sized trunks, but I did notice way bigger branch knuckles and the same strains I ran without it seemed to be more upright at chop time with it
Budley Doright
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Well I had a pretty good root mass with the last grow but still the stems were lanky and rubbery, it was actually the worst strain I have grown for flimsy stems and larf, but they didn't break, just bent. All I'm saying is it may not be the grower but the plant itself in some cases. That's why I wanted to try silica just to see if after 3 runs there would be a difference.It's already been said, but roots, roots,roots...but in my grow the silica did help quite a bit too