My plants are too close

[Dutch Pimp]

I have cracked over the top of flowering plants...they don't like it..but, it didn't hurt anything.

in fact, it only made them, off balance

Dutch Pimp Reviewed by Dutch Pimp on 11-07-2010. My plants are too close Hello. I'm new to both this forum as well as to growing. This is my first attempt att growing cannabis. I wasn't sure about how I should do to germinate the seeds, and thought I had failed with most of them, but I planted them anyway. At the moment, three of them have grown about an inch over the soil, and it seems like there are a few more that will come up during the next 24 hours. Two of them are very close, about two inches apart, which I think is bad: Rating: 5

[ookami]

A few branches are cracked, but they seems to do fine. The growth rate have slowed down, but the plants are thirsty. Since I have an automatic watering system with a large reservoir, it doesn't bother me much. I just have to check the water level every couple of days, and fill it up if it becomes too low.

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This is one of the flowers. I made an enlargement of the picture, which I shoot today. It seems like there are crystals on the leaves. These crystals are too small to be seen by the eye. But it isn't even a month of flowering this far, so I hope I will se much more within a few weeks.

[GaGrown]

I have cracked over the top of flowering plants...they don't like it..but, it didn't hurt anything.

in fact, it only made them, off balance

Pimp,

What height were these plants when you went to 12/12?:thumbsup:imp:

[GaGrown]

With all things said in this post one thing I missed.. Room temps. have alot to do with trichome production. Room temps. at a constant 68-72 will produce better bud or higher trichome gland count,than a room at above 75 slows growth. Proper ventilation is key! It's fine if humidity is all over the place.. Just never needs to stay high like 90% or more. Rain causes humidity. Dry air=lower humidity. Learned all that by Keepin' it Simple!

[ookami]

The temperature is around 80°F when the light is switched on. But I suspect the thermometer doesn't give me an accurate reading. I avoid having it exposed to the hps light by placing it high up in the tent, but then hot air will rise to the temperature. I have just now reseted the thermometer, so I can check the low temperature during the dark period.

The humidity is at 32%rh. I believe that should be OK during flowering.

[jon420]

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[Dutch Pimp]

Pimp,

What height were these plants when you went to 12/12?:thumbsup:imp:

The usual 30 days of vegging. 3 weeks in 16oz cups, one week in 2 gallon pots...about 12-15 inches tall....switch to 12/12.

Sometimes, I transplant again, to 4 gallon pots, and wait another week...sometimes, I stay with 2 gallon pots, if I'm in a hurry.

High...Ga...:abduct:

[ookami]

I have just now reseted the thermometer, so I can check the low temperature during the dark period.

And now I have had a dark period since reseting. 68°F when it is as coldest. That's the room temperature I have. The humidity varies between 25-35%rh.

When it comes to ventilation, my fan moves 160m3/h according to the spec. If I convert that into imperial units, I get 5650 cubic feet per hour. Could that be a reasonable figure? I think I have mostly seen lower figures here on this forum. Anyway, it sucks sufficient air to make the tent walls bulge inward, which I consider a good thing. Then all outgoing air will pass the carbon filter. It seems to work. The only times I can feel the cannabis odour outside the tent, is when I have been handling the plants.