Do all plants go through the "flowering stretch"?

Enigmatic Ways said:

if you put maximum effort into them you would probably be a growing guru!

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Gurus are overrated. Most of them around here are self proclaimed.

tangerinegreen555 said:

Now tell me 12 more times how I'm screwing up, over watering, under watering, over feeding, deficient in every conceivable mineral, and how you can grow more while standing on your head, naked, while reciting the Gettysburg Address in French.

Give us all a break alreadyView attachment 3527502 That is over a pound. Enough already!

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you have got to be joking, looks like you pulled most the fan leaves off to prove a point

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The buds do look full and well grown and I can see the side lights have helpt to fill the lower canopy, great job with the plants
problem is, there no canopy magment and because of this 90% of the space/light is wasted in the room

The 6 main shoots in the room look very good and each cola could have an oz's of top quailty bud.

look at my plants after I removed the fan leaves


group picture of my 4 plants after the fan leaves removed ( a quick budget, rushed grow, 4 weeks veg, 7 weeks in flower) so i could pull a second large crop 2 weeks before christmas )
some canopy magment but not a great job, gives me 250g of dry cured bud



2 plants in 2 pictures so you get a clearer view of my plant as I havest them





your cola's do look fuller than mine but you have 5 vs 16 good size colas so i would say your pulling 150-200g from your plants

would you say this is a fair comment ?

you can't really say there 2-3 oz's cola's on the plants, don't think any grower would believe that ?

whats bullshit mate, I made a coment about the fan leaves and you showed me a picture where you removed most of them ?

looks like the plants ready to be havest, did you remove all the fans because your chopping the plant ?

look i think your are a really good grower, just try topping, lst or trainning the canopy in any way and you will get double the yeild, are you really so set in your way you can't even talk about canopy management ?

I am sure there loads of growers reading this and thinking the same thing, only trying to help you !!

My dear friend from England...I don't need to be a "really good grower". I only have to grow enough to suit my needs. Commercial growers who grow a pound out of a 34 gallon Tupperware storage crate are really good growers. I don't have to be.

If you think you are a really good grower then knock yourself out. I'm thinking you don't grow more than me, a pound at a time.

That's not a really good grower...that's a hobby.

tangerinegreen555 said:

My dear friend from England...I don't need to be a "really good grower". I only have to grow enough to suit my needs. Commercial growers who grow a pound out of a 34 gallon Tupperware storage crate are really good growers. I don't have to be.

If you think you are a really good grower then knock yourself out. I'm thinking you don't grow more than me, a pound at a time.

That's not a really good grower...that's a hobby.

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ok my friend not the best grower to make comments like that lol

here some of my large plants



and the yeild



and another large single plant



and another one



could go all day got 1000's of pictures of 100's of plants i have grown over the last 10 years

and yes i think i am a really good grower lol
but you never stop learning and trying new things, so there alway new thing's to learn that improve your skills as a grower

looks like you stopped for some reason and lost your way

4 plants under 2 600w hps

right and left picture of the plant near havest

right side

and left side

Stretched nodes = low light or too low of a kelvin value used, also geno/pheno dependant. This is solely dependent on how you grow, one things for sure, its better to boost the pot with books to get closer to the lights instead of letting them stretch to make up for light deprivation.

Vertically growing cola's (flower pre-stretch) = normal growth under 12/12, it is mostly bud sites starting to stretch. If you keep this to a minimum and give them the light they need, you end up with a corn dog on a stick buds assuming your running a dense strain.

Excessively stretching cola's = once again not enough light and or too low of a kelvin value used, you will have multiple nugs on a stem

Using metal halides WILL keep stretch and vertical growth shorter then any other bulb i have ever used. If your running out of vertical room, use the mh untill stretch has slowed.

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I made an account just to tell you that you have the patience of a saint. My blood pressure is too high for that shit lol.

I can post now?!!? Beginner level grower here. I only need a few oz per year. Got some freshly sprouted Rio Negro from Centennial Seeds and only one female will cover my needs. Side lights for a Sativa maybe 2 to ? feet tall? I tried a little defoliating and small bud removal on my last grow. I liked how it SEEMED to work. I am kind of afraid of fiming, topping etc. but I read for sativa just emphasize the top cola. Thoughts, suggestions, links to beginner forums?lol