Hello, first of all I would like to thank all the great people on this site for all of your knowledge and advice!
Now onto my problem... I've never had this happen in my 8 years of growing (except with 100% sativas)
Here's what is going on; I'm at the start of the 4th week of flowering as of today (April 18 2011) and my plants are STILL stretching. Some more than others, but it's getting to the point were if they don't stop I'm going to have to cut the top 6 inches or so off and just let the bottom growth grow out, which I really do not want to do!
The only thing different I did was I topped 3 of the plants that were taller than the other 2 in hopes of having an even canopy (which I do)
Here's my setup:
Pot size/nutrients and soil:
Etc...
I can't think of anything else to say except for the strains... clones were acquired from a local Medical Marijuana co-op.
Strains are: AFxGP, SFV OGK, Purple Dragon (leans towards the sativa side by the way it grows...), Platinum Kush, and MTF (can't spell it, matathuskan thunder fuck (sp??).
All the plants look great, no yellowing, no light burn/bleaching, nothing. They all seem to be in perfect health except they keep getting taller!!
What can I do to make them stop stretching so much? They are very close to the light and are getting fed enough. I don't have any room to do any LST or anything like that, my box looks like an overgrown jungle as it is right now.
Any advice is more than welcome... techniques I can use, products, etc..
Thank you all very much!!
Now onto my problem... I've never had this happen in my 8 years of growing (except with 100% sativas)
Here's what is going on; I'm at the start of the 4th week of flowering as of today (April 18 2011) and my plants are STILL stretching. Some more than others, but it's getting to the point were if they don't stop I'm going to have to cut the top 6 inches or so off and just let the bottom growth grow out, which I really do not want to do!
The only thing different I did was I topped 3 of the plants that were taller than the other 2 in hopes of having an even canopy (which I do)
Here's my setup:
- Box size: 5 - 5 1/2 feet tall (can't remember), 3 3/4 feet wide, 3 feet long. Painted white inside.
- 400 watt HPS cooled hood with 172 CFM Vortex fan pulling air through it, no carbon filter. Light stays cool enough that the plants can literally touch the glass and be fine.
- Small fan blowing over the tops of the plants and a small fan that has an ozone generator built in at the bottom of the box blowing to keep air circulating and another ozone generator (smaller one) above my plants sitting on top of the light hood
Pot size/nutrients and soil:
- Each plant is in a 2 gallon square pot from the hydro shop.
- Foxfarm ocean forest soil
- Feed with foxfarm "big blom", liquid karma, molasses, PBP bloom, and the dry foxfarm nutrients (Open seasame, etc) **Following the foxfarm chart for when to use the dry nutrients**, been using this nutrient/soil mix for years with no problems at all.
- They get fed every other day, then a flush once a week on friday and I let the soil dry out for 2 days, then continue feeding (Again, been doing this for years with no problems)
Etc...
- Plants are never more than 6 inches away from the light, as of right now they are 3 inches from the glass and are fine, but still stretching like crazy.
- They get a spray of neem oil (pretty weak solution) about 3 times a week to control any of those pesky little flys. (Just as a precaution since I 've had them before, but none on this grow)
I can't think of anything else to say except for the strains... clones were acquired from a local Medical Marijuana co-op.
Strains are: AFxGP, SFV OGK, Purple Dragon (leans towards the sativa side by the way it grows...), Platinum Kush, and MTF (can't spell it, matathuskan thunder fuck (sp??).
All the plants look great, no yellowing, no light burn/bleaching, nothing. They all seem to be in perfect health except they keep getting taller!!
What can I do to make them stop stretching so much? They are very close to the light and are getting fed enough. I don't have any room to do any LST or anything like that, my box looks like an overgrown jungle as it is right now.
Any advice is more than welcome... techniques I can use, products, etc..
Thank you all very much!!