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angelgoob · 06-10-2017, 06:23 PM

Can you root bound and keep feeding for a shorter harvest cycle?

Plant will think "oh shit must produce calyxes for seeds!" And then you keep feeding...

aridbud · 06-10-2017, 09:09 PM

They are on their own time schedule. Decreased yield being root bound, but hastening harvest time, though some say in theory, it will....we disagree..

rolandomota · 06-11-2017, 01:21 AM

This works more for long flowering sativas

Easy7 · 06-11-2017, 03:14 AM

Interesting theory as I would have guessed, no.

Maturation is all about DNA and environment. DNA seems to write it's story in time. But yes light spectrum and fertilizer levels influence some strains ripening. Root bound I believe would hurt yield to closely.

aridbud · 06-11-2017, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy7

Interesting theory as I would have guessed, no.

Maturation is all about DNA and environment. DNA seems to write it's story in time. But yes light spectrum and fertilizer levels influence some strains ripening. Root bound I believe would hurt yield to closely.

Theory....although we've done side-by-side comparisons, root bound has not been one of them. Had a sativa root bound in 3 gallon container....maybe finished 5 days earlier than same one on 5 gallon. To me, no appreciable difference.

Mr Jay · 06-12-2017, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by angelgoob

Can you root bound and keep feeding for a shorter harvest cycle?

Plant will think "oh shit must produce calyxes for seeds!" And then you keep feeding...

You really seem to have an obsession with autos finishing quicker. In all honesty, if that's all you're after then get a vege and flower chamber on rotation and get a 50 day flowering photoperiod strain. Poof, the time period you wanted.

Why the obsession with a quicker finishing auto? What is your end goal?

DJXX · 06-12-2017, 02:56 PM

i think making the plant rootbound adds un necessary stress....this might help hurry it up a lil...watch this youtube...in short he says at lights out, turn on only red spectrum for 15 min and it tricks the plant into implementing flowering faster...he explains it well...this guy is really informative regarding LED and light color effectiveness...DJXX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwYk4L14vd4

angelgoob · 06-12-2017, 09:04 PM

my end game is to breed an easy growing plant for people who struggle with small plants to keep them alive.

aridbud · 06-12-2017, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by angelgoob

my end game is to breed an easy growing plant for people who struggle with small plants to keep them alive.

It's more in the genetics than how you treat your plant. Learn, experiment, journal....it's all part of the process for good successful breeding.

angelgoob · 10-02-2017, 01:40 AM

I did some reading.

Someone helped me a little. Actually three people had three different ideas and I took them.

Not only am I carefully root-bounding generations of plants, but I'm introducing cold and shorter light cycles early to them.

Ak 48 auto has big seeds. Here we go!

I cannot incorporate a photoperiod into the mix. Although it would probably teach me something.

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Easy7 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,575	Interesting theory as I would have guessed, no. Maturation is all about DNA and environment. DNA seems to write it's story in time. But yes light spectrum and fertilizer levels influence some strains ripening. Root bound I believe would hurt yield to closely. __________________ This is username Easy7, NOT username EasyGoing. They say geniuses pick green
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DJXX Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 2,872	i think making the plant rootbound adds un necessary stress....this might help hurry it up a lil...watch this youtube...in short he says at lights out, turn on only red spectrum for 15 min and it tricks the plant into implementing flowering faster...he explains it well...this guy is really informative regarding LED and light color effectiveness...DJXX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwYk4L14vd4 __________________ SourGlue GCut the cut every G should have!!! SD IBL CROSSES feat. SourGlue and more!!! https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=331377
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angelgoob Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 782	I did some reading. Someone helped me a little. Actually three people had three different ideas and I took them. Not only am I carefully root-bounding generations of plants, but I'm introducing cold and shorter light cycles early to them. Ak 48 auto has big seeds. Here we go! I cannot incorporate a photoperiod into the mix. Although it would probably teach me something. __________________ I'm new to the game.
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