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And the finished room...all back together. Only thing I actually changed was putting the Ethos strain in 3 rows on the left side of the room, and all the other plants are the Light Speed. It feels good to be done and have a clean room for the rest of flowering!
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So elongation is a good thing? Does it mean longer/bigger buds?
This is so cool for me. I have been wanting to grow weed for EVER but didn't want to risk my family's future on a hobby. Not to mention knew they had all this equipment to stay stealthy as well lol.my plants seem to be coming along pretty well and look to flip to 12's in about 3 to 4 weeks. I will have to post week 8 pictures when I get home.Is it good........yes and no I’m guessing. Bad in the sense that you have to raise your lights high enough so the plants don’t burn, which means the lower parts of plants get less light and you can end up with unfinished buds down low. It may also mean some plant staking is necessary to help hold the plants up as the buds get heavier. Good in the sense that the longer the stalk, the more area for buds to grow. But much of that is genetically determined. But overall, I’ve found I like a stretch of 1-2 feet so the plants can spread out a bit and open up some so more light can get to the bud areas.
Remember too, I cut off the top of the main stalk to help spread the plant auxins (hormones) to control elongation. If I hadn’t done that- these plants would have been way taller, due to their sativa genetics.
Plants will also stretch more when looking for more light, typically plants further to the outside of the room will be taller. And one more thing, the more tightly you have the plants spaced- the more they typically stretch competing for light against their neighbors. Space them out more, they will stretch less.
But to specifically answer your question- more elongation does NOT necessarily lead to bigger buds in the end. It’s all about genetics, IMO.
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