My girls almost 4 weeks in and barely any stretch

[bignugz420]

So i ran these strains before in hydro. This time they were mother plants so i have them on 5 gallon smart fabric pots. They did stretch a lil bit but not like last time. Even my clones this time aren't really stretching this time i think it might be due to cold temps during lights off. I do have small heaters inside each tent. But haven't checked temps due to not wanting to hermie them. But if anyone can help me so i don't have the same problem on next run i would appreciate it. Some more info, the clones are in hydro dwc, my bigger ones 5 gallon fabric pots. Feeding each once a week. Gh products along with some additional nutes like earth juice hi-brix, mammoth p, three part fox farm flowering booster. Pictures from beginning of flowering and pictures from today are coming. Like i said a lil bit of stretch but not what i am used to there other ones went from 18" to 3 ft

 

[bignugz420]

that is right around when I flipped them now like I said they did stretch a lil bit but not like my last run of same genetic plant

tonight's pictures 3.5 weeks since 12/12.

my new dwc Afghan Kush run and flowering mothers

 

[Tango Hotel Charlie]

Inkbird ITC-308 Digital Temperature Controller Thermostat Regulator UK Socket, Dual Relays 1 Heating & 1 Cooling 220V Plug

I use 2 of these thermostat plugs with a 2000w fan heater in each that kick in at 19 degrees and off at 20 so my room stays quite accurate.. They also have a cooling socket for when the room gets too hot.. Hope this helps you.

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[dauzer]

I have one of the Inkbirds and they are great for controlling the night time temps. Like Dfarrell123 mentioned you can hook up a heater and set the temps. I have mine on a timer so when the light go off this kicks in.

You might also benefit from a digital hydrometer with max and min readings. The one I use is cheap and reliable. Have used them on the last 2 grows without an issue. It will read current max and min humidity and temp so I know what the conditions are with lights off. I bought two of them for about €25

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[bignugz420]

I have one of the Inkbirds and they are great for controlling the night time temps. Like Dfarrell123 mentioned you can hook up a heater and set the temps. I have mine on a timer so when the light go off this kicks in.

You might also benefit from a digital hydrometer with max and min readings. The one I use is cheap and reliable. Have used them on the last 2 grows without an issue. It will read current max and min humidity and temp so I know what the conditions are with lights off. I bought two of them for about €25

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Do you guys think that a cold temp can mess up there stretch? It's my first time experience this. My last ones I flowered on Oct 16th, it wasn't cold cold but def wasn't warm. Now it's Dec 6th start of flowering and have a small ceramic heater in both tents. Even my Afghan Kush didn't stretch or any of my clones at least not like last time with this strain. I have new beans I want to drop but am waiting BC I don't want this problem again. Gold leaf is one of those beans and critical Kush and vanilla Kush, lemon super haze. So with all those there should be a huge stretch. With critical it is usually a huge stretch from 18" up to 3.5 ft so that's like a 150% stretch

my new dwc Afghan Kush run and flowering mothers

 

[dauzer]

This has a good explanation about what the ideal temps should be night and day and the affects if they differ.

Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Grower's Handbook

What I do know is that low humidity will cause the plants to stretch which is what happened to the ones I have. The guy I got them from was dealing with 20% humidity and they stretched like mad which I'm trying to deal with now

Hope this helps


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[bignugz420]

My Rh is around 35-40% so it's definitely not to high for flowering. It's actually my usual range for this time of there life for me

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[dauzer]

Yeah around the 40% mark is good for flowering. Mine were grown in veg for 3 months at 20% or less. He ended up leaving open water bottles around to make it rise lol


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[bignugz420]

To low Rh is just as bad as to much. BC she won't pack on weight if she doesn't have the humidity.

my new dwc Afghan Kush run and flowering mothers

 

[bignugz420]

This has a good explanation about what the ideal temps should be night and day and the affects if they differ.

Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Grower's Handbook

What I do know is that low humidity will cause the plants to stretch which is what happened to the ones I have. The guy I got them from was dealing with 20% humidity and they stretched like mad which I'm trying to deal with now

Hope this helps


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Did you have to purchase that book. I have been reading Ed Rosenthal advice since 98 when it was just a small article every month called ASK ED. I do have a couple of his books but not that one.

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[dauzer]

No it's just a section from one of his books. I found it on the website where his books are sold


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[dauzer]

You could probably get more of his books from the torrent sites


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[dredge91]

Looks like you still got a bit of time left in them.

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