Stretching/growth during flower

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Blimsa

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This is a first for me...

This little auto flower (I have grown with these seeds before) went into flower as normal, however I want to mention now it had a little shaky start, as a seedling the cotyledon leaves seemed to have a hard time emerging but did make it in the end.
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20220429_183447.jpg20220429_183454.jpgNow gone into flower like normal however even though it had already done a little stretching during the earlier stages, it seems to keep stretching. I've attached a picture to try give a idea.

Is it anything to worry about or something I'm doing wrong? Only difference to usual auto grows is that I have given it a 17/5 light cycle and give grow and bloom nutes separately.
 
crimsonecho

crimsonecho

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sativa dominant flowers sometimes do this with photoperiods. less N, lower temps and shorter light schedules help minimize it with photos but i dont grow autos
 
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Treesomewanted77

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Blimsa said:
This is a first for me...

This little auto flower (I have grown with these seeds before) went into flower as normal, however I want to mention now it had a little shaky start, as a seedling the cotyledon leaves seemed to have a hard time emerging but did make it in the end.
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View attachment 5127825View attachment 5127826Now gone into flower like normal however even though it had already done a little stretching during the earlier stages, it seems to keep stretching. I've attached a picture to try give a idea.

Is it anything to worry about or something I'm doing wrong? Only difference to usual auto grows is that I have given it a 17/5 light cycle and give grow and bloom nutes separately.
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It looks like a re-veg with all the single blade leafs up top but shouldn’t be since it’s an auto. Interesting. Maybe a mutant. Not much of an auto grower either. It looks healthy otherwise
 
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Blimsa

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Treesomewanted77 said:
It looks like a re-veg with all the single blade leafs up top but shouldn’t be since it’s an auto. Interesting. Maybe a mutant. Not much of an auto grower either. It looks healthy otherwise
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This is what I would have said if it was a photo and I had changed back to longer light cycles.
It's been a weird grow really as the one next to it was a "feminine auto" NL and has turned out to be a photo since it's been growing in veg for the last 4 months without a bud in sight. Was worried it had hermied but haven't seen a set of balls anywhere so hoping it was simply mislabeled!

I've switched the lights to 12/12 since the NL and my genuine photo are ready to bloom. Will see what this does for the stretching in the auto
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Not sure why you would feed grow and bloom on plant same time. Higher N ( over nute / etc ) can give you those stacked calyx ( foxtail ) / shiny leaf. Many sativas can throw foxtails genetically but over feeding can exaggerate the issue. Sativas grow flower in that spear shape - but autos do not need complicated feeds. Most autos can be run on medium alone with minimal recharging. Over feed it / over water it / stress it - expect wonky shit.

Simple 18/6 , 20/4 or 24/0 cycle ( no light variations or modded times . ) Grow nutes up to point of sexxing / transition- then Bloom around time of stretch. From then on , plant would get a lower N ratio ( plant still needs N - photosynthesis/ cell health / etc. ) BUT if still going over board on N , it will show excess in different ways - shiny / dark leaf , malformed flowers / slower growth.

Once it finishes stretch- autos are in “ bloom “ mode and should be fed that way .
 
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Blimsa

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Budzbuddha said:
Not sure why you would feed grow and bloom on plant same time. Higher N ( over nute / etc ) can give you those stacked calyx ( foxtail ) / shiny leaf. Many sativas can throw foxtails genetically but over feeding can exaggerate the issue. Sativas grow flower in that spear shape - but autos do not need complicated feeds. Most autos can be run on medium alone with minimal recharging. Over feed it / over water it / stress it - expect wonky shit.

Simple 18/6 , 20/4 or 24/0 cycle ( no light variations or modded times . ) Grow nutes up to point of sexxing / transition- then Bloom around time of stretch. From then on , plant would get a lower N ratio ( plant still needs N - photosynthesis/ cell health / etc. ) BUT if still going over board on N , it will show excess in different ways - shiny / dark leaf , malformed flowers / slower growth.

Once it finishes stretch- autos are in “ bloom “ mode and should be fed that way .
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I understand this, however in all my previous grows I have kept some bio grow in their feed even during flowering. I cannot say if this is the "right" thing to do as under the biobizz feeding charts, it says to continue feeding grow nutes all the way until flush.

I cut them right down to only 1ml per litre of water as opposed to what they recommend at this stage (think 4-6ml per litre)

Not saying this is correct, just that I have given them more N at this stage in the past and never had this issue, the only reason I am doing this now is I give it a little sprinkle hence why it gets a seperate feed
 
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