slow gowth normal with LST?

[bluntwiz]

quick question...

im on my third grow.. so far only been doing standard growing with my 2 first grows and have been wanting to experiment LST for my 3rd. so far so good... however, it seems to be taking an awfully long time to grow... i got 7plants under a 400 watt hps..16/8 they look healthy and are growing but just really slowly... i have transplanted them twice, now they are in 11 inch pots and topped 2 of them.

just wondering if its normal that they are taking so long.. maybe they need more time to adjust to the bending etc. anyhow any comments are appreciated. thanks

bluntwiz Reviewed by bluntwiz on 04-28-2007. slow gowth normal with LST? quick question... im on my third grow.. so far only been doing standard growing with my 2 first grows and have been wanting to experiment LST for my 3rd. so far so good... however, it seems to be taking an awfully long time to grow... i got 7plants under a 400 watt hps..16/8 they look healthy and are growing but just really slowly... i have transplanted them twice, now they are in 11 inch pots and topped 2 of them. just wondering if its normal that they are taking so long.. maybe they Rating: 5

[madeline]

16/8 isn't very good for veg or flowering as it's right there in the middle. Most growers use at least 18/6 while a lot of us use the 20/4 day, and a few go with 24/0 too but I only use that for rooting clones under flouro's. So I suggest adding 4 more hours to your day ASAP.

[KL4D4]

Make them 18/6 if you really want them to take off. 18/6 maximizes the root seeking, aka bigger roots bigger plants.

Also if you water smaller plants at night (based upon their usual watering cycles, right before the 6 hours of darkness,) and pump some C02 into the area I find in the morning things get a little ridiculous in the mornings when I wake up.

[bluntwiz]

hey thanks for the advice. I just added 2 hours of my light to my timer.. hope that does the trick.. i was just trying to cut back on electricity ya know =p

i ll let you know if it makes a difference!