HedgedAndLevered
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First time grower here
Day 51, or about 2 weeks into flowering for a Green Crack Auto, just noticing some very asymmetric growth, but pretty much expected based on the sun my plant gets. Though its getting almost a full day's sun being on the roof, its hitting the plant asymmetrically, with one half of the plant getting the lion's share.
I knew that growth would be promoted on the side that gets more light, and figured that its a plant adaptation to light and I'm probably better off letting it do its thing, so I haven't rotated at all the whole grow.
It's a larger effect than I anticipated though; as far as the bottom, largest branch, the side closest the sun is over twice the mass of its twin on the darker size. The longer side is about 3.5 feet long (the branch is about 80% as long as the plant is tall!), the other about half that and notably absent any fan leaves as large as its twin (but still looks like a very healthy branch).
I counted 51 little flower buds on the long branch and 20 on its twin.
Would there be any benefit to rotating the plant at this point, or for next time, earlier in the grow?
Seems like the plant "knows" how to grow to maximize energy absorption from the sun given its orientation, and my goal is to maximize flower mass, of course. Are these goals aligned?
Day 51, or about 2 weeks into flowering for a Green Crack Auto, just noticing some very asymmetric growth, but pretty much expected based on the sun my plant gets. Though its getting almost a full day's sun being on the roof, its hitting the plant asymmetrically, with one half of the plant getting the lion's share.
I knew that growth would be promoted on the side that gets more light, and figured that its a plant adaptation to light and I'm probably better off letting it do its thing, so I haven't rotated at all the whole grow.
It's a larger effect than I anticipated though; as far as the bottom, largest branch, the side closest the sun is over twice the mass of its twin on the darker size. The longer side is about 3.5 feet long (the branch is about 80% as long as the plant is tall!), the other about half that and notably absent any fan leaves as large as its twin (but still looks like a very healthy branch).
I counted 51 little flower buds on the long branch and 20 on its twin.
Would there be any benefit to rotating the plant at this point, or for next time, earlier in the grow?
Seems like the plant "knows" how to grow to maximize energy absorption from the sun given its orientation, and my goal is to maximize flower mass, of course. Are these goals aligned?