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Thickening stalks
    #418329 - 05/15/10 01:28 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

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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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
    #418333 - 05/15/10 01:43 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

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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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
    #418342 - 05/15/10 02:15 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

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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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: DoPeYsMuRf]
    #418360 - 05/15/10 03:49 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

wind. Just get a nice fan on it while its in veg becareful with seedlings though.

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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: SalviaNshrooms9090]
    #418419 - 05/15/10 06:19 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

i do like 1 foot horizontal for every 3 feet in height...:shrug:

it also depends on your setup


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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
    #418477 - 05/15/10 07:19 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

yea dont touch it


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Re: Thickening stalks [Re: mhbound]
    #418537 - 05/15/10 08:25 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

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 (13 years, 10 months ago)

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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