Personally, I would top them to keep them short and encourage more branching out, which equals more blossom sites. Also, are you letting the soil dry out a bit before watering? I may be way off base but I have read and seen that over watering can cause them to NOT branch out, basically growing stick plants. If these will stay outside, perhaps height is not an issue, but I would be concerned that they don't appear to be branching out.

SweetLeafGrow said:

Personally, I would top them to keep them short and encourage more branching out, which equals more blossom sites. Also, are you letting the soil dry out a bit before watering? I may be way off base but I have read and seen that over watering can cause them to NOT branch out, basically growing stick plants. If these will stay outside, perhaps height is not an issue, but I would be concerned that they don't appear to be branching out.

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So wait, they aren't branching out well? How can you tell?
They're currently in a mix of coco coir, worm castings and perlite (I made sure to add a lot of perlite).. They weren't always in that mix though, and they were in pots with no drainage when I receive them from my friend.

Usually now, I'll let them dry out pretty well before watering, but maybe its not enough!!

your doing fine, if anything maybe a transplant..

petalie said:

So wait, they aren't branching out well? How can you tell?

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Personally, I would be looking for branching out more like these.

petalie said:

So wait, they aren't branching out well? How can you tell?
They're currently in a mix of coco coir, worm castings and perlite (I made sure to add a lot of perlite).. They weren't always in that mix though, and they were in pots with no drainage when I receive them from my friend.

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These are also in coco and perlite. Light has a lot to do with branching as does indica/ sativa mix. These are about 50/50 hybrid. Regular seeds on the left are larger than the feminized seed on the right. How they grow is partly genetics and a lot about how they are grown. These got topped once and are in the process of going into flower now. Light has been about 350 real watts from LED about 16 hours a day.

Within the next couple weeks of 13/11 dark/light they will either show pistils or little balls for the regular seeds which will hopefully be pistils. Pineapple Poundcake from Lucky 13 seeds for the 2 plants on the left. On the right is a Sweet God in front and a Black Bomb from Philosophers Seeds at the back right.