Minimize 12/12 stretch?
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crazy-mental
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never herd of 3 days?.
ccodiane
New Member
I was just about to say the no light trick, but for 36 hours, not three days. Go 24-36 hours of straight dark before 12/12 and the flowering response will happen faster and harder. I usually only do this with sativas since indies really don't stretch much if given plenty of light.
kindprincess
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Turn your grow lights off for three days before going 12/12 and your plants won't stretch
that's the craziest thing i've ever heard. deprive them of light which would make them stretch in order to keep them from stretching?
duh
geez....
people do give their plants 24 hours of darkness to rush the change to flowering, but i find that totally unnecessary.
kindprincess
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i'll give that a shot with one of mine that i know pretty well; one thing to note with sativas is alot of that stretched out part will often fill with bud...
I found an article on the internet that backs up what Kind Princess says about phosphate in that low phosphate level causes compact growth and higher levels, while highly beneficial to flowering, also promotes stretching.
I'll keep'em on the veg nutes until week 3 of flower. I'll still feed with Fox Farm Big Bloom (0.01-0.3-0.7) in order to provide the plant with trace amounts of phosphate during this period.
I'll keep'em on the veg nutes until week 3 of flower. I'll still feed with Fox Farm Big Bloom (0.01-0.3-0.7) in order to provide the plant with trace amounts of phosphate during this period.
