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great question, great thread. thanks for all the input farmers.
Plant growth regulator. Some are safe and okay, many are hella sketch. There is a sticky thread at the top of the Nutrients section that goes into some detail about this.PGR stands for? i'm still learning the grow abbreviations
Only the ooze was recalled. It was found to be spiked with daminozide. I dont trust the line period, if you cheat once you will do it again and the results have always seemed a little "too good" for what was claimed on the bottles.FWIW
Yellow bottle product line has PGR issues, if i remember correctly. Not completely sure, sales guy at local shop said that.
icompletely agree with him^^ i also use dyna grow silica solution but what i have noticed is that at higher rates the stems and stalks seem to get almost too rigid, when training before dyna gro i rarely had a break, but now i have to be super gentle cause they break and sometimes cannot be repaired. when i do have a break i wrap the are with medical tape and hope for the best. but at an applicaation rate of 1ml/gal i think u may not see much of a difference. at 2-3.5 ml per gal i have noticed stalks and stems rigidity increase to handle weight from even the heaviest production.....Add a silica product. Many use Pro-tekt @ about 1 ml/gallon. That and supercropping.
Good job noticing the correlation between stalk girth and size of flower sets.
Lots of light from the get-go also promotes thicker stalks. Higher wattage lamps, and reflectors that do not throw hella wide like the raptors, ochos, etc.
Could not agree more. Strain matters too. The size of your container matters a lot too. I don't use any of the additives listed above, and the stalks on my plants are not nearly as thick as you see in hydro/soilless, but they are damn hearty. The photo below is a Bubba from a few weeks ago. It's quite a bit thicker now.
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Agreed^^ Giving them mini workouts/massages - just like lifting weights for us. Challenge is to do it without breaks. Gentle at first.Just looking at a pamphlet from med-man I have. He recommends massaging the stalk and stems by gently twisting and bending. "Shock massages: boost immunity, branch and stalk strength for bud support,nutrient uptake and unbreakable cell walls." I have tried this and it does definitely increase branch strength, so if the branches are stronger the stalk must also increase in size.
Is there soil in these pots and are you using a drip feed or hydro.. just never seen these pots before.. where I'm from weed is legal to grow upto 4 plants .. and wanna know some more info on ur setup displayed in your pics. Looks like a solid setup I like it.. this is my first plant that I'm actually trying to produce a decent bud... it's a clone
Could not agree more. Strain matters too. The size of your container matters a lot too. I don't use any of the additives listed above, and the stalks on my plants are not nearly as thick as you see in hydro/soilless, but they are damn hearty. The photo below is a Bubba from a few weeks ago. It's quite a bit thicker now.
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