Quote Originally Posted by michaelpeg
seems right on. im using miracle gro and i went from single bladed leaves straight to 5 blades. biggest leaves I have have 11 blades but some nodes above the 11 bladed leaves only put out 10 or 9 not sure why but growth is still vigorous.
This may be the reason for the blade count to decrease.

Quote Originally Posted by Marijuana Growers Guide, Copyrights 1978 Mel Frank & Ed Rosenthal, And/Or Press

"The number of blades on each leaf begins to decline during the middle of the vegatative stage. Then the arrangement of the leaves on the stem (phyllotaxy) changes from the usual opposite to alternate."
WashougalWonder, what do you mean by "Hot Soil"? Is that soil with a lot of nutes, or is that simply soil that is has a high temperature?