y arent they streching

[junkboxer]

ok so my plants are growing and about a week and a half ago i had the bulb really close to them. they grew real squat. especially that one in the back. the blueberry might look weird because i just topped it a few days ago. and the skinny northern skunk in the front is repairing from some stress. anyway i raised the light a little bit more to where it is in the pics. will they strech? should i raise it more? i got like 2 or 3 weeks left of veg i think and i want them to get taller.

junkboxer Reviewed by junkboxer on 03-26-2007. y arent they streching ok so my plants are growing and about a week and a half ago i had the bulb really close to them. they grew real squat. especially that one in the back. the blueberry might look weird because i just topped it a few days ago. and the skinny northern skunk in the front is repairing from some stress. anyway i raised the light a little bit more to where it is in the pics. will they strech? should i raise it more? i got like 2 or 3 weeks left of veg i think and i want them to get taller. Rating: 5

[Splifted]

I wouldn't raise the light much more than that. They should start to grow taller regardless of how close the light is, the kind of stretching you get from the light being too far away isn't the kind of growth you want. What size light is that anyway?

Regardless, they'll stretch plenty in flowering. Short dense plants in veg = fat nugs in flower.

[junkboxer]

400w hps. ye maybe ill lower it a tad as well.

[orangeman]

Why would you want them to stretch?

[MULLETMAN]

Junkboxer, things are lookin pretty good, once you flower those babies you'll probably get the stretch and then some that you were looking for. Height looks good to me.

[junkboxer]

i figured that if the plants stayed to small then they wouldnt be able to support big buds. i was lookin to get them to be like 4-5 feet but then again im used to growing outdoors for a few years. this is my first grow indoors so i still have a lot to learn i guess.

mulletman-thanx for the support....ye i guess they are lookin better considering they were in a little stress. they got their first feeding of fox farms last week and ive been using superthrive with every watering. i guess thats why they are bouncing back so well. growing indoors is harder then i thought. cant wait for my next grow allready so i can makeup for what i messed up in this one.

[dirfjiggler]

What is the cucumber for...your girlfriend?

I think they look good.

[junkboxer]

haha i duno....felt wrong only growing weed....duno why. next grow will be just ganj.

[Splifted]

i figured that if the plants stayed to small then they wouldnt be able to support big buds. i was lookin to get them to be like 4-5 feet but then again im used to growing outdoors for a few years. this is my first grow indoors so i still have a lot to learn i guess.

If you want them that tall, you should flower when they are around 12"-18". You will end up with 3-5 foot trees, depending on the strain.

Good luck man, I too only have one grow under my belt, I can't wait to start the next one. Its gonna be in coco coir (you can see pics from last one, link in sig) I'll be following this one, I wanna see how it turns out :greenthumb: