White Widow cabinet grow

[Puffzter]

Ah ok. Thought you were about to switch this sunday.
Well then it has started, It will keep on for 2-3 weeks then slow down and you will get a small period again for a couple of days a week later or so. I got about 1 metre growth during those stretch periods.
After that they more or less don't grow an inch the last 4 weeks.

[PlainJane]

ONE METRE?! Shiiiiiiiit!


If push comes to hard shove I can put the shelf down but it would be a right pain in the arse, so I hope I don't have to. That space beneath is supposed to be the clone station for another day.


Thanks for the info. :jointsmile: And enjoy your rewards, a mighty fine grow you've had with these.

[phatsesh101]

i put my ww in flower from 4-6 in. clones and in the first 2 weeks they jump to 2ft.

i also nute every other watering they seem to like it better than wter,water ,feed for me but i only give thenm each 8-10 oz. of water or food per feeding so i water every other day

[PlainJane]

Day 4 of flower and growing like weeds. :jointsmile:

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The wonky tilted light is to accommodate that big tall one in the back. I can't believe that one was the last one to sprout from seed too. Look at her!

They are growing about an inch or more at night. They all have teeny tiny signs of calyxes too so it looks like they may all be keepers. Blimey.

I still have a few mysterious rust coloured spots on some of the newish growth so I'm going to do a bit of epsom salts because I keep coming back to possible Mg deficiency and I know a bit of MgSO4 is good for them a few times in their life.

[seattlesmoke247]

very good 3 page read so far jane, i will keep watching this one can't wait for the end results!!!

[PlainJane]

1 week of flower and they have grown so much that I had to remove the lower shelf to accommodate their height. I'll have to watch my growth more carefully next time, I was lucky to even have this option. I planned on having that lower portion of the cabinet for clones but hadn't gotten around to it for this grow. I was too determined to have 5-6 weeks of veg and I don't think I can go that long in the future. As I've said before, part of the problem is that the cabinet is WAY too full. 5 plants is too many for that space, at least untrained and allowed to veg for this long. 3 plants with about 1-2 weeks less veg time would be perfect. Live and learn.

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That cabinet is 2 metres (6'5) tall, for reference. When I stand next to the one in the back left it comes up mid-waist on lil ol' me. I have a spiffing good time trying to move them around and water them. :wtf: It's all part of the fun.

[LuciferN]

Wow, great job, they really grew like weeds !
You can still expect some stretching, I just hope, for you, that they don't too tall.

[Puffzter]

There are some options still to slow the stretching a bit and I would reccomend that you strip off the lowest vegetation as well. No leaves etc at least for the lowest 4 inches or so. I stripped the lowest 12 inches on my 4-5 foot plants and that was a gradual thing. Take some everytime you tend to them.
The benefit is you direct more energy to where the high grade is produced but even more importantly you allow for better airflow in under the canopy.
The absolutelly most important building block (given you have sufficient light) for a plant is carbon and ALL of it comes from the air.
Look at your grow room and try to figure out how the air moves from intake to exhaust. You want air to come in, move to the centre of the plants still on floor level and then get sucked up through the canopy.
Try to make that path as easy as possible for the air and you will get more and better weed for it.

Looking awesomne by the way.

To stop the stretch a bit you can break the main stem of the plants a bit under the forming colas. Sounds drastic and I guess it is but I did it to a few of mine as last solution and they got stunned for a few days then continiued like nothing had happened but at an angle, a week later I broke them again and made them grow like the letter "Z" almost. Feels like a terrible thing to do and a hanging top cola is no fun to watch but a few days later it just mends and starts aiming for the light again but at an angle.
Might be something to consider if it starts to become a serious problem. Also in a tight space like yours an even canopy is an absolute must so it might come to that even for canopy reasons if you have some that grow faster or slower than the others.
It's just this time anyway, in the future I guess you as me will use clones.

Puffzter

[Dutch Pimp]

To stop the stretch a bit you can break the main stem of the plants a bit under the forming colas. Sounds drastic and I guess it is but I did it to a few of mine as last solution and they got stunned for a few days then continiued like nothing had happened but at an angle, a week later I broke them again and made them grow like the letter "Z" almost. Feels like a terrible thing to do and a hanging top cola is no fun to watch but a few days later it just mends and starts aiming for the light again but at an angle.

I did the same thing, five times, five plants. Each one was an accident, I swear....:thumbsup:...I was trying to bend them over. Same results, they just made a U-turn back up towards the light...Go figure? I don't think you can kill white widow...it's a killer weed.

[Puffzter]

Hehe, been thinking the same many times.
Got warned a bit for starting with White Widow as they were supposed to be grumpy but they are fucking imortal.
Kept them on 2300ppm for 2 weeks, broke them, had light leaks, poison tent, bad pH for a period and what have you.
Feminized damn plants and still they just came back for more without a nut ever forming between them. Averaged 2 ounces/plant cured and ready, not one seed.
The genetics is rock solid. The last living thing to die on this planet will be someones Dutch Passion Feminized White Widow.