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 aerie
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 Thickening stalks 
#418329 - 05/15/10 01:28 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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How do you go about and when do you go about thickening the main stalk?
I want to make sure I get a strong enough plant to support the size I want.
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: aerie]
#418331 - 05/15/10 01:36 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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LST(Low Stress Training)
its not only used for that reason but I use it most of the time the additional time is worth it to me
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aerie
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
#418333 - 05/15/10 01:43 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I was thinking about doing that coiling method. Is that a good one?
Here is a link to my grow log.
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: aerie]
#418334 - 05/15/10 01:48 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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im sure you could get away with that. personally............
what i would do is build some type of center post thats very sturdy in the middle of the plants so that you can bend them
that way and then i would tie them back the like the wall when they got bigger and then cut them lose to let them finish
thats just me. thats what i do..but yea you would be fine if you have the space and everything worked out
and ill be watching your grow
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aerie
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
#418342 - 05/15/10 02:15 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm not sure how what you mean because I don't see how it makes it any stronger. Unless you mean tie it, bend it for a while, release and tie again? Here is a picture of what you were talking about the way I'm hearing it. 
This is the coiling thing I was thinking of, I thought it was good because it increases the surface area. Since I'm using cfl's I thought the best thing to do would be short and bushy.
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: aerie]
#418354 - 05/15/10 03:07 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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bushy plants require more light to penetrate the canopy
but i see what youre saying, i mean it would work regardless
but yes what you drew is basically what im explaining
its like if you damage a plant and rescue it in the spot that it was damaged it will be 10x stronger than the rest
probably not 10x but you get the idea
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: aerie]
#418357 - 05/15/10 03:27 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Just by having the light really close to the plant without burning it has caused my stalks to be pretty sturdy.
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mhbound
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: DoPeYsMuRf]
#418360 - 05/15/10 03:49 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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so you have like a portion that is laid on its side maybe a foot depending how big you want them
and then release them and let them grow straight up from that point
that bent over part acts kind of like a umm spring within the root system
of course a solid root system is the answer to the problems here
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
#418371 - 05/15/10 04:22 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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wind. Just get a nice fan on it while its in veg becareful with seedlings though.
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aerie
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Is there a specif amount of time I am supposed to bend my plant? Like how long is too long and how long is too short?
By the way thank you all. Some of the stuff I remember hearing but I forgot it was a factor so thanks for the reminders lol.
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: aerie]
#418426 - 05/15/10 06:33 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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i do like 1 foot horizontal for every 3 feet in height...
it also depends on your setup
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aerie
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
#418477 - 05/15/10 07:19 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hey one of the seedlings looks to be doing something like this. I assume it will correct itself?
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: aerie]
#418484 - 05/15/10 07:34 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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yea dont touch it
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aerie
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
#418537 - 05/15/10 08:25 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Awesome. Is it odd that one of them has a bit of purple tint on first true leaves? I haven't seen any northern lights with purple on them.
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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: aerie]
#418539 - 05/15/10 08:26 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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nah. those leaves...arent really leaves they will fall off a lot of the time
but mine always have purple from the soil i use but it will grow out of it
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